Imagine a 24-hour LOW temperature of 103.3 degrees...

For the average American, we StanfordECHOLab calculate that cumulative smoke exposure (PM2.5 exposure on each day, summed across days) through mid-2023 is already way worse than total cumul exposure in every year since 2006. And main fire season in West is just getting started.

Wildfires aren’t going away. Here’s how smoke can affect your health sciencenews.org/article/wildfi…

wildfire smoke has returned to DC

5:20p: This heavy shower/storm that has developed ahead of the main line and is now moving through the District is not severe as of now. The severe storms to the west should reach the Beltway and DC after 5:35pm or so.

NEW: This was the planet's HOTTEST summer on record by a WIDE margin. Details: washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/0…

With four days with highs in the upper 90s to 100 and counting, this is DC and Baltimore's worst September heat wave on record. We lay out all the data here: washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/0…

Climate change isn't a future threat; it's a present reality. That's the bad news. Here's the good news: we have the solutions and we know what to do. There's still time to rewrite our future if we act now. (image by Ed Hawkins)

Second paper on wildfire smoke from our @stanfordecholab group out this week. This one quantifies the contribution of wildfire to US PM2.5 trends. We find much broader wildfire influence than previously estimated, on both avgs and extremes. Quick thread. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Check out this NASA wow-factor imagery on the unequal air pollution burden on schools by Michael Cheeseman and Professor Jeffrey Pierce! col.st/3EGCa

The newly released 5th National Climate Assessment finds climate change impacts are increasing for Americans. Report highlights adaptation, carbon reduction strategies for reducing risks. Details: noaa.gov/news-release/c… #NCA5 White House Office of Science & Technology Policy U.S. Global Change Research Program

Today, the 5th US National Climate Assessment was released. I've been an author now for 4 assessments - so what's new with this one, and why does it matter? (thread) nca2023.globalchange.gov

[New AGU_GeoHealth] O’Dell Katelyn O'Dell @SusanAnenberg Milken Institute SPH et al. identified 60% more person-alerts (people x PM2.5 alerts) with geostationary satellite data than polar-orbiting satellites, potentially averting 1,200 deaths & saving $13 billion. 👉doi.org/10.1029/2023GH…

Incredible news for US air quality and public health!

How green is your city? New @AGUGeohealth research creates a way to track cities’ progress toward urban nature targets. eos.org/research-spotl…

I'm happy to announce our new study on inequities in air pollution and associated health outcomes, which was published today in Environmental Health Perspectives. I'm grateful to folks from @WUSTL, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), and GW EOH Department for their input and NASA HAQAST for funding! ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EH…

Every year, CERAWeek allows researchers and scientists to come together, think through tomorrow's energy challenges, and shape a brighter future. I’m so excited for what the clean energy transition has in store.

College of Charleston Men’s Basketball alumnus Canyon Barry ’16 (Canyon Barry) has been chosen to represent USA Basketball at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris! He will compete on the 3x3 men’s team. Son of NBA hall of famer Rick Barry, Canyon played for the Cougars from 2013-2016

This week, I announced $6 billion to decarbonize our industrial sector—the largest effort of its kind in the U.S. We’re going further by supporting 100+ American-made clean energy projects in coal communities to boost manufacturing and good-paying jobs. energy.gov/articles/biden…

College of Charleston alumnus Andrew Dana ’08 is making a serious splash in the culinary scene with a pair of Washington, D.C.-based staples. Mr. Dana is the CEO and "Chief Dough Boi" of Call Your Mother Deli (Call Your Mother Deli), a popular bagel and coffee shop he co-owns with his wife,