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Map of local National Weather Service office "areas of responsibility" modified (using polygons with black outlines and red fill) to indicate where recent/expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS have resulting in understaffing so extreme that some offices can not longer operate on a 24/7 basis.

I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

Superb video here about "forever chemicals" and how they got into the bodies of everyone in the world. Watch this if you need a thumbnail history. Congratulations to the
@veritasium.bsky.social team of Derek Muller, Gregor Čavlović and others. Impressive work about a frightening problem.

Rate of measles cases and deaths in the United States The reported annual rate of new cases and deaths from measles, per 100,000 people in the population.

Measles used to kill 400 to 500 children a year in the United States. Under the current reign of idiocy, our national goal seems to be to get back to those good old days. More here on case and fatality rates through time: ourworldindata.org/grapher/meas...

Trump's claimed legal authority for the new tariffs, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, is highly dubious. What he is doing is clearly beyond the scope of Congress's intent in passing that law. Message to Democrats in Congress: SUE HIM and seek an injunction to vacate.

Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.

New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

Man, I hadn't even thought about power pylons falling over. But now that you mention this, it seems inevitable in the climate of the future. And downed power lines start fires.

First US congestion pricing scheme brings dramatic drop in NY traffic Speeds along bridges and tunnels to Manhattan are sharply up and roads are much less clogged

Congestion charging update: Inrix numbers start to show benefits of the charge. Speeds on some routes into Manhattan have nearly doubled. And this is *after* the governor foolishly cut the charge by 40%. Congestion charging is a policy that works, folks! (on.ft.com/4hiK1rV)

Job announcement for a Researcher in Integrated Assessment Modeling The Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC) Research Group within the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Program seeks a talented researcher to advance the integration of climate change impacts and adaptation measures into the MESSAGEix integrated assessment modeling framework.

Come work with us at the @iiasa.ac.at Energy Climate & Environment program!
Help to develop the open-source #MESSAGEix modeling framework to better understand options for a rapid, just & feasible transition! 🔌💡
This position is part of the @sparccle.bsky.social project.
📝 iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...

2024 Climate Data Are In. We Need To Be Winning Faster. Passing 1.5C for one year underscores why we must double down on climate action

2024 #Climate Data Are In. We Need To Be Winning Faster.
By our @soniaaggarwal.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/thepower... #greensky #energysky

Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check Why future warming isn't as "locked in" as you might think

On The Climate Brink: Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check

This is a crucial point because it determines how much warming is already "locked in" and effectively unavoidable.

The answer is very little warming is locked in.

Also, this is our 100th post!

www.theclimatebrink....

1 does not solve 2.

1. Electrification w/renewables is a process that expunges waste from the system, thus lowering primary energy consumption.

2. Unless we start retiring cars, powerplants well before they've lost their economic value, the FF underlayer will further extend its lifespan. 🔌💡

The potential new energy secretary in the US is falling for the fallacy that renewables have to replace primary energy.

Here's what's actually happening: When we electrify, we become more efficient. The reduction in fossil energy input is far greater than the added electricity demand.

#EnergySky

Geothermal power is vying to be a major player in the world’s clean-energy future With technical advances and enthusiasm from policymakers, advocates say the time for next-generation geothermal has come.

Enhanced geothermal isn't so dark of a horse anymore.

Great writeup on the state and promise of the technology from Nature (www.nature.com/articles/d41...), including references to our recent paper on the long-run value of flexible geothermal power in Nature Energy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‘Fossil Fuels Are Still Winning’: Global Emissions Head for a Record Countries promised to move away from coal, oil and natural gas at last year’s climate summit. New research shows they’re burning more than ever before.

Sigh. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/c...

Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.

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Okay folks, we are officially done with Twitter.

You can find Project Drawdown — the world’s leading resource for climate solutions — on Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, and now… here!

Follow @projectdrawdown.bsky.social here and help spread the word! Thanks!

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Looking forward to learning how appointing an accused child-sex-trafficker as AG and a suspected Russian asset as DNI will lower the price of eggs

I'm sure this Cabinet of inexperienced grifters who excel solely at advancing their own careers will produce an administration that runs like a well-oiled machine.

A man with correct priorities!

Did the land sink collapse in 2023? No

The land sink was low in 2023, as expected with an El Niño.

The land sink will partially recover in 2024 as the El Niño subsides, but with high uncertainty.

Should we worry about the climate impact on the land sink? Yes

essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...

Thanks for joining us this week on SHIFT KEY @jeremywallace.bsky.social!
#EnergySky folks, tune in to hear us chat about what Trump 2.0 means for US-China relations and global energy competition and trade.

Fossil fuel CO₂ emissions increase again in 2024 The critical annual update revealing the latest trends in global carbon emissions

All year, we've seen predictions that fossil emissions will peak in 2024. Count me skeptical: I'll believe it when I see it in the rear-view mirror. If indeed the peak is at hand, we can attach a number to it as of today, thanks to the Global Carbon Project. globalcarbonbudget.org/fossil-fuel-...

Opinion | Climate Science Can’t Keep Up With the Warming Planet We need more timely updates in response to the rapid changes to the climate.

Gavin Schmidt (@climateofgavin.bsky.social) and I have a guest essay in today's New York Times about the exceptional and not fully explained recent global temperatures, and climate science can become more "operational" to address these questions: www.nytimes.com/2024...