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Jonah Busch

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Environmental economist: climate, forests, land, biodiversity, development.

Environmental science 49%

Economics 28%

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Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Jul 7

I'm thrilled to share our new paper, "Implementation costs of restoring global mangrove forests," published in One Earth!

We find that restoring 1.1 million hectares of mangroves globally would remove 0.93 billion tons of carbon dioxide and cost $10.7 billion.

www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

Implementation costs of restoring global mangrove forests

Mangrove forests provide many ecosystem services, prompting a wave of recent mangrove restoration initiatives. Here, we estimate and map the implementation costs of restoring mangroves globally. This ...

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

Berkeley is known for three things: protests, Nobel Prize winners, and sunshine. All three came together today to #standupforscience

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thousands march at UC Berkeley today to #standupforscience

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“Thanks to advances in science, my son’s life was saved!”
—Robin Lopez, Mayor of Albany, CA and PhD candidate at Berkeley
#standupforscience

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“We have the numbers, and we have the power! If you haven’t yet, join your union.”
— UAW rep, and also a scientist who lost NIH funding
#standupforscience

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“I had a choice to study science in Europe or the US. I chose the US”
—Fernando, Colombian computer scientist (and developer of Python?)
#standupforscience

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“Science and engineering are for everyone!”
—Negar, president of Berkeley Society of Women Engineers

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

#standupforscience!

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“When you feel like you’re losing hope, look up to the sky!”
— Brian Mendes, Director of Berkeley Planetarium and Berkeley’s first Mexican Ph.D. in Astrophysics

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“Truth wont bend, nor will we!”
—speaker at #standupforscience Berkeley

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

Proud to #standupforscience at Berkeley!

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“Today’s young people are tomorrow’s scientists!”
—Rita Dorff, Director of Lawrence Berkeley Hall of Science

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“There is no king, or dictator, or tzar, in science!”
—Ted Miguel at #standupforscience Berkeley

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 7

“I would not be here without the support of the National Institutes of Health…and the National Science Foundation”
—Science rockstar and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna at #standupforscience Berkeley

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 4

Merci mon ami!

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Mar 4

I'm energized to #standupforscience at Berkeley this Friday!

Stand up for Science has 3 goals:
1) Secure and expand scientific funding
2) End censorship and interference in science
3) Defend diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in science

Find a rally near you standupforscience2025.org

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 26

Oh, and for economists: the GOAT of countercyclical public investments.

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 26

Hoover Dam is the Sistine Chapel of dams. Breathtaking in scale, transformed the entire Southwest, an engineering marvel, architecturally and artistically beautiful, historically fascinating, the yardstick against which all other dams are measured…

I’d give it a chance.

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 26

Our Oceans is astonishing. The nature footage that drones can capture is like nothing seen in previous documentaries.

www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=8...

Watch Our Oceans | Netflix Official Site

Discover the stories beneath the surface of the water in this stunning nature documentary series, which explores each of the Earth's five oceans.

www.netflix.com

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 17

Proudly Team Parasaurolophus here, repping the 0%

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 14

@whatthefog.bsky.social I’m trying to think of what the SF equivalent would be. Maybe a beloved burrito or dim sum place.

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 13

Relative to NYC they were top tier, among many contenders obviously.

Relative to the Bay they were so much better that when we moved here I started baking my own bagels because nothing else compared.

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 13

As a spatula user I’m relieved.

As a media reader I’m disappointed.

As a scientist, there but for the grace of God go I.

And as someone with all-new kitchen implements now, well, for cooking blue is also great and will suffice.

Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · Dec 13

“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10?
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/13/h...

“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science...

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 13

I feel this in my soul from three time zones away. Hug your bagel shop a little tighter today, people.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/n...

A Bagel Shop Closed, and the Upper West Side Is Absolutely Losing It

The neighborhood reaction to the sudden closure of a Manhattan bagel shop was intense: “No no no no no no no no no no no!!”

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Jonah Busch

Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · Dec 13

“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10?
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/13/h...

“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science...

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Dec 6

There are many more Nutches than Nitches!

What should the Nutches do?

A) Build more Nitches
B) Do NOT build more Nitches, because of neighborhood character, traffic concerns, and greedy developers
C) Only support Affordable Nitches, paid for by bond measures they know will never pass
D) B and C

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Nov 23

That explains it! Made me smile though.

Jonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · Nov 23

Lol thanks for this walk down memory lane!