Thread on the link between climate change and extreme precipitation. Why does intense rainfall go up more than mean rainfall, but often different from the water vapor amount?🧵

With yet another term in sight for Venezuela’s Maduro, scientists hold little hope for their future | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Improved crop yields have allowed us to feed billions more people while sparing forests and other land from agriculture. Global cereal yields have tripled since 1961. And as you can see in the chart, they have increased in all regions. However, yields across most African

Authoritarians very rarely go down without taking their entire country with them. By Dipo Faloyin

Stephen Jay Gould’s concern is as important today as it was in 1980. Brilliant people, with the potential to make world-changing scientific discoveries, are living and dying in poverty, without ever getting the chance to nurture their talents. 26/N

The land carbon sink absorbed 9 GtCO2 in 2023, about a fifth of emissions. This represents a decline from 2022, but consistent with what we've seen in other big El Nino years. While there are real future risks to the land sink, rumors of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

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Balancing ocean health and economic growth: The role of sustainability metrics in the EU cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… via CEPR

Balancing ocean health and economic #growth: The role of #sustainability metrics in the #EU Ignacio Saldivia Gonzatti Wilfried Rickels ow.ly/qwwE50USbF5

Obstacles to #BlueGrowth: insufficient economic growth in #BlueEconomy and environmental problems like eutrophication (#OceanHealth, #SDG14). Target such specific problems while supporting promising blue economy innovations. Costas Kadis stalo Papanastasiou EU Maritime & Fish Kiel Institut