{"id":389785,"date":"2025-07-19T17:40:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389785"},"modified":"2025-07-19T17:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:40:44","slug":"storm-chasing-with-michael-mann-how-to-stay-in-the-climate-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389785","title":{"rendered":"Storm Chasing with Michael Mann: How to Stay in the Climate Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"430\" data-attachment-id=\"389791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=389791\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?fit=1667%2C991&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1667,991\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0pnas.2510029122fig02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?fit=723%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?resize=723%2C430&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?resize=1024%2C609&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?resize=768%2C457&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?resize=1536%2C913&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?resize=1200%2C713&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?w=1667&amp;ssl=1 1667w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/07\/18\/storm-chasing-with-michael-mann-how-to-stay-in-the-climate-spotlight\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Charles Rotter<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"258\" data-attachment-id=\"389788\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=389788\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-563.png?fit=720%2C258&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,258\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-563.png?fit=720%2C258&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-563.png?resize=720%2C258&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-563.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-563.png?resize=300%2C108&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2510029122\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2510029122<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s hard not to notice when Michael Mann\u2019s name appears in the author list of a climate paper\u2014after all, he\u2019s about as synonymous with climate alarm as Al Gore is with PowerPoint slides. One could say spotting his name in a paper about \u201cintensification of the strongest nor\u2019easters\u201d is like finding Waldo in a crowd where everyone\u2019s wearing a red-and-white striped shirt\u2014inevitable, but somehow still amusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the meat of the matter: this paper by Chen et al., published in PNAS in July 2025, claims that the strongest nor\u2019easters affecting the U.S. East Coast are not only getting stronger in terms of maximum wind speed, but also producing more precipitation over time, especially since 1940. Naturally, this finding is attributed to\u2014you guessed it\u2014 \u201ca warming world,\u201d though, as is tradition, the underlying uncertainties and methodological sleights-of-hand are tucked away in the statistical shadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paper leans heavily on reanalysis data (ERA5, 1940\u20132025) and cyclone tracking algorithms to cobble together a historical record, touting its \u201chomogeneity\u201d and \u201ccomprehensiveness.\u201d Yet, buried within the technical details, there is acknowledgment that models and data sources are patchy at best, especially in the pre-satellite era\u2014a recurring Achilles\u2019 heel in this field. Indeed, the authors admit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe precise significance levels vary depending on the choice of statistical test, time interval, and effective storm radius\u2026 Of specific potential concern is the sensitivity of the trend to changes in input data sources during the transition from traditional surface and radiosonde observations in the early part of the record to multisensor observations in later years. However, we find that the trends of interest are even greater in magnitude\u2026 if confined entirely to the satellite era (1979\u20132025)\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words: the \u201cclear finding\u201d that nor\u2019easters are becoming more intense is more \u201cclear\u201d the shorter and more satellite-heavy the dataset. It\u2019s a bit like insisting your cooking skills are improving because you swapped out a foggy bathroom mirror for an Instagram filter\u2014suddenly everything looks better, but is it really you that changed, or the tool?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authors do recognize the ambiguity and the wobbly ground their conclusions stand on. Previous studies, as they admit, have reached everything from \u201cno significant change in median cyclone intensity,\u201d to a decrease, or an increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is, as a result of these confounding factors, considerable divergence in future projections of ETC intensity in past studies, with findings ranging from no significant change in median cyclone intensity, to a decrease, or an increase.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>This is climate science in a nutshell: if you don\u2019t like the answer, wait for another model run.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quantile regression, the paper\u2019s statistical hammer of choice, is used to hunt for trends in the upper tail of nor\u2019easter intensity. The median shows no significant trend\u2014no surprise\u2014but the \u201cupper quantiles\u201d (think: the rare, nasty storms) show a \u201cstatistically significant\u201d upward blip. Here, \u201csignificant\u201d is a term of art, stretched nearly to the breaking point. As the authors write:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrends\u2026 become statistically significant at P &lt; 0.10 for quantiles above 0.66. A similarly pronounced increasing trend at higher quantiles is also evident when applying the Mann\u2013Kendall trend analysis\u2026 the results overall lead to a clear finding: the strongest nor\u2019easters are becoming stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A P-value of 0.10, in case anyone\u2019s forgotten, means there\u2019s a 10% chance the result is due to random noise. For comparison, most scientific disciplines would require P &lt; 0.05 (or even lower). Here, we\u2019re invited to hang public policy on a confidence threshold that wouldn\u2019t pass muster in most reputable poker games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there\u2019s the matter of reanalysis data, which the authors themselves acknowledge is a stitched-together Frankenstein\u2019s monster of models and sparse measurements, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. If this is the bedrock for billion-dollar policy decisions, it\u2019s no wonder taxpayers feel seasick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study\u2019s discussion pivots to a familiar script, predicting more damage, more floods, and (curiously) \u201cthe counterintuitive possibility of increased winter cold air outbreaks in regions neighboring the U.S. East Coast.\u201d It seems global warming, much like a Las Vegas magician, can pull any outcome from its hat\u2014hotter, colder, drier, wetter, all roads lead to Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And let\u2019s not overlook the obligatory economic scare numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe total economic loss from [the Ash Wednesday storm, 1962] was estimated at approximately $3 billion (1962 USD). When adjusted for inflation, a storm of similar magnitude striking today would result in losses exceeding $21 billion (2010 USD)\u2026 Accounting for inflation, that would be equivalent to $31 billion, which is in proportion to the typical cost of a major landfalling hurricane.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>One almost expects the next sentence to warn of a biblical plague of frogs, with losses adjusted for inflation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, about Michael Mann: his presence on this author list is not just a punchline, it\u2019s a calling card. Mann, famous for the \u201chockey stick\u201d graph that gave Al Gore a PowerPoint and generations of schoolchildren nightmares, has become something of a celebrity meteorologist\u2014equal parts scientist, activist, and legal enthusiast. If his name\u2019s on it, you can bet the conclusion will be that weather is getting worse, and humanity is to blame. It\u2019s less a finding than a branding strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, let\u2019s give credit where due. The authors stop short of outright libel or slander against skeptics, which is more than can be said for certain climate \u201cdebates\u201d on social media. Instead, the rhetorical force is channeled into statistical acrobatics and economic extrapolations. The real comedy here is not in the intent to deceive, but in the perennial hope that just one more regression, one more reanalysis, will finally clinch the case for \u201cunprecedented\u201d danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In summary, this paper offers a case study in climate science as performance art. There\u2019s an obligatory nod to uncertainty, a parade of statistical significance at thresholds so generous even carnival barkers might blush, and a supporting cast led by Michael Mann, the maestro of the climate anxiety industrial complex. For policymakers and the public, the lesson is simple: always read the fine print\u2014and if the numbers look scary, check who\u2019s holding the calculator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HT\/rhs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard not to notice when Michael Mann\u2019s name appears in the author list of a climate paper\u2014after all, he\u2019s about as synonymous with climate alarm as Al Gore is with PowerPoint slides. One could say spotting his name in a paper about \u201cintensification of the strongest nor\u2019easters\u201d is like finding Waldo in a crowd where everyone\u2019s wearing a red-and-white striped shirt\u2014inevitable, but somehow still amusing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":389791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691821305,691836687,691818514,691818215,691823529,691836686,691824560],"class_list":{"0":"post-389785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-fearmongering","9":"tag-extratropical-cyclones-etcs","10":"tag-extreme-weather","11":"tag-michael-mann","12":"tag-pnas","13":"tag-snowmaggedon","14":"tag-storm-of-the-century","16":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0pnas.2510029122fig02.jpg?fit=1667%2C991&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1DoR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":282890,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282890","url_meta":{"origin":389785,"position":0},"title":"Leah Stokes, PNAS, and Conflicts of Interest","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Leah Stokes blames White people for opposing wind projects. 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Mann\u2019s Forecast Fiasco","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/12\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, the 2024 hurricane season has come to an end and we can now close out Michael E. Mann\u2019s forecast\u2014delivering a prediction so spectacularly off-target it could make a dartboard blush. As we previously noted in our post \u201cMichael E. Mann, the Black Knight,\u201d he reminds us of the Monty\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"33 named storms\"","block_context":{"text":"33 named storms","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=33-named-storms"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0wp4120746.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0wp4120746.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0wp4120746.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0wp4120746.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0wp4120746.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":406298,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=406298","url_meta":{"origin":389785,"position":4},"title":"Michael Mann\u2019s \u201cFire Hose\u201d of Misinformation: Projection at Its Finest","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In his latest op-ed for the\u00a0San Francisco Chronicle\u00a0\u2014 melodramatically titled\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m a climate scientist. Trump\u2019s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation\u201d\u2014 Mann plays the role of truth-teller, warning the public about Donald Trump\u2019s supposedly dangerous rhetoric at the United Nations. According to Mann, nearly \u201cevery single word [Trump] spoke\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"climate deniers\"","block_context":{"text":"climate deniers","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-deniers"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQNJ7kCQIfC1mdcqWh5qZEausuIqy4uKuverD3GEAcXltoPYuDoiHpwsydEgucerH6SHPVPMumxFjSmu2P0hizg4U0A470jzwYNx50dnLHTNdLlK6Ks-afoo9QDOFWxvt5-DMTkD7lhZ7gAs0Kes5umGFks9HA.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQNJ7kCQIfC1mdcqWh5qZEausuIqy4uKuverD3GEAcXltoPYuDoiHpwsydEgucerH6SHPVPMumxFjSmu2P0hizg4U0A470jzwYNx50dnLHTNdLlK6Ks-afoo9QDOFWxvt5-DMTkD7lhZ7gAs0Kes5umGFks9HA.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQNJ7kCQIfC1mdcqWh5qZEausuIqy4uKuverD3GEAcXltoPYuDoiHpwsydEgucerH6SHPVPMumxFjSmu2P0hizg4U0A470jzwYNx50dnLHTNdLlK6Ks-afoo9QDOFWxvt5-DMTkD7lhZ7gAs0Kes5umGFks9HA.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQNJ7kCQIfC1mdcqWh5qZEausuIqy4uKuverD3GEAcXltoPYuDoiHpwsydEgucerH6SHPVPMumxFjSmu2P0hizg4U0A470jzwYNx50dnLHTNdLlK6Ks-afoo9QDOFWxvt5-DMTkD7lhZ7gAs0Kes5umGFks9HA.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AQNJ7kCQIfC1mdcqWh5qZEausuIqy4uKuverD3GEAcXltoPYuDoiHpwsydEgucerH6SHPVPMumxFjSmu2P0hizg4U0A470jzwYNx50dnLHTNdLlK6Ks-afoo9QDOFWxvt5-DMTkD7lhZ7gAs0Kes5umGFks9HA.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":263562,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263562","url_meta":{"origin":389785,"position":5},"title":"Sticking It to the Mann &#8211; A Pushback on Climate &#8220;Scientist&#8221; Dr. Michael Mann","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"23\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently, hockey stick creator Dr. Michael Mann went on CBC to try linking wildfires and climate change, and the result was laughable. We'll give Mann the attention he craves with a thorough look into the decades of misdirection, ad-hominem attacks, and gaslighting few can reasonably call a scientific career.","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate change\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate change","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screenshot-2023-06-23-181112.png?fit=963%2C563&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screenshot-2023-06-23-181112.png?fit=963%2C563&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screenshot-2023-06-23-181112.png?fit=963%2C563&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0Screenshot-2023-06-23-181112.png?fit=963%2C563&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=389785"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389793,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389785\/revisions\/389793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/389791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}