California's changing climate

A fantastic piece by Paul Kedrosky on how California's Atmospheric River is changing and the implications of these changes.

Lots of great stuff in it, but this was totally new to me:

A predator-prey model is a mathematical representation of the interactions between two species: a predator and prey. It is often modeled as wolves, sheep, and grass. The most common model is the Lotka-Volterra, which consists of two differential equations. There are two stable equilibria: one with predator and prey in approximate balance, and one with both extinct

2024-07-20