Today's IPCC report confirms what we already know: 3,949 pages in one PDF is too many pages

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“The science is unequivocal; a global increase of 1.5°C above the preindustrial average and the continued loss of biodiversity risk catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse,” the authors wrote. “Indeed, no temperature rise is ‘safe.’”

Ground-breaking Oxford University paper deserves much more air time. It overturns the common thinking that decarbonizing will be hugely expensive (it’s not –in fact it saves us $14-26 TRILLION), but also shows that 100% renewables can displace fossil fuels within 25 years THREAD

Last chance to register for ICSS this week. Should be a fun event with some great speakers on the docket. science4biodiversity.org

Rachel is a good friend and a brilliant writer. If it wasn’t for her I’d have zero emotion toward polymetallic nodules nor any idea what they are. Now they’re in my everyday lexicon as a science-term and an insult

This paper has been doing the rounds, claiming that lockdown was useless (the source of the 0.2% effect of lockdown claim). Dozens of people have asked my opinion of it, so here we go: In my opinion, it is a very weak review that doesn't really show much, if anything 1/n

Work with Skylar! You won’t regret it.

If - like me - you sometimes feel a bit lost when you hear climate experts talk about "transformative social change," I have a bit of a theory about why. Heartfelt thoughts from a scientist who worked on the new #ipcc report 🧵

I'm Belarusian. Seeing more and more hate against Belarusians as a result of Lukashenko's participation in Putin's atrocious war against Ukraine, I have a few things to say.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Living in a Westwood parking lot using my diploma as a pillow, clearly.

Basic IPCC formula, in order 1) build massive amounts of (now cheap) sun and wind 2) Electrify everything to run on it 3) Conservation and efficiency 4) Research the hell out of the last hard stuff (planes, cement, etc) 5) Stop cutting down trees for cows (or anything else)

Pro-lifers don't like complexity. At 17 weeks my placenta detached and he was much too small. I thought I felt my baby's frantic attempts to breathe. My OBGYN advised me to terminate the pregnancy, there wasn't much time. But I couldn't.

Between 1997-2008, voters in Los Angeles approved a series of bonds dedicating around $20 billion in funding to the construction, expansion, and renovation of hundreds of schools. What was the impact of this massive investment in public goods? Julien Lafortune and I investigated.

"We found that the overall upfront cost to replace all energy in the 145 countries which emit 99.7% of world CO2 is about $62 trillion. "However, due to $11 trillion annual energy cost savings, the payback time for the new system is less than 6 years." thehill.com/opinion/energy…

A highly informative 🧵 on our latest paper on 🌟win-win🌟solutions for conservation 🌿 and infectious disease 🦠 control, now out in The Lancet Planetary Health from our fearless leader @parasiteecology

post doc? don't you mean 22nd grade

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