2023 full-year TROPOMI NO2 data now available! Animation showing seasonal NO2 air quality patterns since 2019. Send me a DM/email if you want the 0.1x0.1 gridded annual/seasonal data for your project. US-only data will be on the NASA archive very soon.

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It’s been 24 hours since the new EPA PM2.5 (air quality / particulate matter) standard, so that’s enough time to pass for a few hot takes. The new standard is a net positive for sure, but several important nuances to be aware of… Mega-thread! 🧵 1/

I got my phd so I could sign up for emails with Dr instead of Ms

Prof Daniel Horton talks climate change impacts in "Chicago takes Big Oil to court, adding another heavyweight to the fight" by ExxonKnews exxonknews.org/p/chicago-take…

A big question looms over generative AI: what really is its impact on the environment? I spent months investigating a single campus of Microsoft data centers in the Arizona desert - designated in part for OpenAI - in an attempt to find out. Thread. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

“Our only measure of success is: Do the emissions go down? That's our North Star,” says our Project Lead Dr. Steven Hamburg. The New York Times Hiroko Tabuchi took a closer look at MethaneSAT and our mission - more here 👇 nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Congratulations MethaneSAT for getting into space today! Looking forward to seeing actionable methane data monitoring oil & gas, agriculture, + all the unknowns in between. So inspired by yall!!

Another view of MethaneSAT launch 🛰️

MethaneSAT has successfully separated from the SpaceX #Falcon9! We're in orbit 🌌 The spacecraft will now boot up its computer and 'detumble', using its actuators to slow down the spinning caused by the deployment.

Out today: Our NatureSustainability paper on hazardous heat exposure among incarcerated people in the United States over the past few decades. Short 🧵below. ColumbiaPublicHealth Montana State University UCLA University of Kansas Cascade Tuholske: nature.com/articles/s4189…

Help spread the word! In partnership with Grow Greater Englewood, Healthy Regions + Policies Lab & NASA, we’re hosting a conversation on green space & environmental justice in Englewood next week. RSVP by Friday: t.ly/5wPG4

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when the asteroid comes I will be reaching for my phone

The 2023 Canadian forest fires released about 640 million metric tons of carbon, according to a NASA study. That’s comparable to the annual fossil fuel emissions of a large industrialized nation. The fires were driven by Canada’s warmest and driest conditions in decades.