Dr. Shaina Sadai
@scienceshaina.bsky.social
Climate scientist and critical physical geographer. Works on climate and sea level projections, corporate accountability, climate litigation, and climate justice.
Queer, disabled, vegan🌱🌈 She/her
Views expressed here are mine
Queer, disabled, vegan🌱🌈 She/her
Views expressed here are mine
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🚨New paper🚨
We attribute present day air temperature and sea level rise, as well as future projected sea level rise to the Carbon Majors, the 122 largest industrial fossil fuel and cement producers…more details below! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 1/n
🧪 #scicomm #ClimateSky #ClimateChange
We attribute present day air temperature and sea level rise, as well as future projected sea level rise to the Carbon Majors, the 122 largest industrial fossil fuel and cement producers…more details below! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 1/n
🧪 #scicomm #ClimateSky #ClimateChange
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Ban #Massachusetts sheriffs from holding people in jail for ICE.
This is something concrete that our state government can do to stymie ICE's terrorism in our communities.
#mapoli #AbolishICE
This is something concrete that our state government can do to stymie ICE's terrorism in our communities.
#mapoli #AbolishICE
Monique Nguyen, the director of the Mayor Michelle Wu’s Office of Immigrant Advancement, talks about the stunning rise of detention in the Plymouth County HOC due to ICE activity and the dangerous effort to expand them. We need the Safe Communities Act to end new collaboration agreements. #mapoli
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Ban #Massachusetts sheriffs from holding people in jail for ICE.
This is something concrete that our state government can do to stymie ICE's terrorism in our communities.
#mapoli #AbolishICE
This is something concrete that our state government can do to stymie ICE's terrorism in our communities.
#mapoli #AbolishICE
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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“To be a woman in #Gaza today means facing hunger and fear, absorbing trauma and grief, and shielding your children from gunfire and cold nights. It means being the last line of protection in a place where safety no longer exists.”
“To be a woman in #Gaza today means facing hunger and fear, absorbing trauma and grief, and shielding your children from gunfire and cold nights. It means being the last line of protection in a place where safety no longer exists.”
Gaza women are ‘last line of protection’ for their families amid attacks, hunger and harsh winter
Women in Gaza are ensuring their families’ survival “with nothing but courage and exhausted hands” while violence continues and essentials remain in short supply, the UN’s gender equality agency warne...
news.un.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
news.un.org/en/story/202...
“To be a woman in #Gaza today means facing hunger and fear, absorbing trauma and grief, and shielding your children from gunfire and cold nights. It means being the last line of protection in a place where safety no longer exists.”
“To be a woman in #Gaza today means facing hunger and fear, absorbing trauma and grief, and shielding your children from gunfire and cold nights. It means being the last line of protection in a place where safety no longer exists.”
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Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
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In a piece for @us.theconversation.com, Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social and I wrote about the sea level projections in our new paper. The focus here is on explaining how melting Antarctic ice sheets lead to regional differences in SLR. Paper linked below. theconversation.com/sea-level-do...
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In a piece for @us.theconversation.com, Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social and I wrote about the sea level projections in our new paper. The focus here is on explaining how melting Antarctic ice sheets lead to regional differences in SLR. Paper linked below. theconversation.com/sea-level-do...
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Overall flu circulation is still low in the US but is steadily rising. Was on inpatient ID consult service last week.
Anecdotally I saw more COVID positives than flu positives. Lots of rhinovirus & parainflueza. Interestingly no rsv.
Get vaccinated now is the time.
www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-...
Anecdotally I saw more COVID positives than flu positives. Lots of rhinovirus & parainflueza. Interestingly no rsv.
Get vaccinated now is the time.
www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-...
Flu season is just beginning, but doctors are already on high alert
While flu levels are still low, a strain that has wreaked havoc in the U.K. and Canada is behind most cases so far in the U.S., mostly affecting kids.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Overall flu circulation is still low in the US but is steadily rising. Was on inpatient ID consult service last week.
Anecdotally I saw more COVID positives than flu positives. Lots of rhinovirus & parainflueza. Interestingly no rsv.
Get vaccinated now is the time.
www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-...
Anecdotally I saw more COVID positives than flu positives. Lots of rhinovirus & parainflueza. Interestingly no rsv.
Get vaccinated now is the time.
www.nbcnews.com/health/cold-...
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On Nov. 22, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor at University of Oklahoma, was boarding a flight to attend the Middle East Studies Assn mtg in Washington, D.C. when he was detained by ICE.
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On Nov. 22, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor at University of Oklahoma, was boarding a flight to attend the Middle East Studies Assn mtg in Washington, D.C. when he was detained by ICE.
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
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I began this drawing as a simple sketch to test some paper (a new batch of Fabriano Artistico 300lb). The red crest was such a treat to draw after using so many greys! I see and/or hear red-bellied woodpeckers almost every day, but it never gets boring :)
I’m happy with the paper. #SciArt #Birds
I’m happy with the paper. #SciArt #Birds
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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You can see the birds on the roof
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You can see the birds on the roof
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The findings of a study in Nature Climate Change show that artificial light at night disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments. go.nature.com/44cCKWm 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The findings of a study in Nature Climate Change show that artificial light at night disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments. go.nature.com/44cCKWm 🧪
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this is a hate crime
22 Nov 2025 -- Hundreds of trans pride flags planted on Boston Commons in a planned city-licensed memorial for TDOR removed overnight anonymously. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Hundreds of transgender pride flags pulled from memorial on Boston Common
Hundreds of flags representing transgender rights were pulled from a memorial on Boston Common.
www.cbsnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this is a hate crime
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Agribusiness responsible for criminal deforestation in Brazil got badges, a space in the Blue Zone, in partnership with a Brazilian govt agency. They even did a barbecue there.
Clearly, Von der Leyen is not the only one to believe you can talk about emissions without dealing with the sources.
Clearly, Von der Leyen is not the only one to believe you can talk about emissions without dealing with the sources.
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Agribusiness responsible for criminal deforestation in Brazil got badges, a space in the Blue Zone, in partnership with a Brazilian govt agency. They even did a barbecue there.
Clearly, Von der Leyen is not the only one to believe you can talk about emissions without dealing with the sources.
Clearly, Von der Leyen is not the only one to believe you can talk about emissions without dealing with the sources.
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It's unfortunately not the first time some country delegates try to fight gender definitions in climate politics to be openly transphobic. And sometimes they don't want gender to be included at all. This time it made all the way to the final plenary (and it was booed accordingly)
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's unfortunately not the first time some country delegates try to fight gender definitions in climate politics to be openly transphobic. And sometimes they don't want gender to be included at all. This time it made all the way to the final plenary (and it was booed accordingly)
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How AP News whitewashes genocide.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How AP News whitewashes genocide.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
TESTING THE CEASEFIRE??
Israel is *BREAKING* the ceasefire. Do you really think this would be the headline if Hamas killed 24 Israelis?
AP doesn’t even have the integrity to say Israel killed Palestinians. “Are dead” is passive to avoid attributing liability.
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Prince Hall & his collaborators twice endeavored to pass legislation in the Massachusetts state senate to end slavery. In a 1777 petition they argued for “the Natural Right of all Men” & against “the inconsistency of [people] acting themselves the part which they condemn and oppose in others . . .”
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Prince Hall & his collaborators twice endeavored to pass legislation in the Massachusetts state senate to end slavery. In a 1777 petition they argued for “the Natural Right of all Men” & against “the inconsistency of [people] acting themselves the part which they condemn and oppose in others . . .”
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COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
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A strange mishmash of influencers, anti-ageing entrepreneurs, Big Business leaders (Walmart, Google) and top govt officials gathered at the ritzy Waldorf Astoria in DC.
Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians. Instead, panelists criticized the medical establishment all day long.
Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians. Instead, panelists criticized the medical establishment all day long.
There's an exclusive, closed-to-media MAHA summit tomorrow. Here's the full agenda I was leaked
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A strange mishmash of influencers, anti-ageing entrepreneurs, Big Business leaders (Walmart, Google) and top govt officials gathered at the ritzy Waldorf Astoria in DC.
Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians. Instead, panelists criticized the medical establishment all day long.
Notably absent were any academic researchers or clinicians. Instead, panelists criticized the medical establishment all day long.
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A fire tore through Joshua Tree National Park during the government shutdown, seemingly torching more than 1,000 Joshua trees. And it's possible there will be little or no active restoration thanks to Trump administration cuts. www.latimes.com/environment/... via @lilaseidman.bsky.social
Hundreds of Joshua trees were scorched during the shutdown
A firefighter with the National Park Service says a fire wiped out more than a thousand Joshua trees amid the government shutdown. Restoration could be limited by a depleted staff, they said.
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A fire tore through Joshua Tree National Park during the government shutdown, seemingly torching more than 1,000 Joshua trees. And it's possible there will be little or no active restoration thanks to Trump administration cuts. www.latimes.com/environment/... via @lilaseidman.bsky.social
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2/4. ... on the launch the “Belém Declaration” at #COP30.
“After 30 years this process is still failing us. So we will not wait. We must secure the future of our children. The future they deserve. That is why Tuvalu was one of the first country to call for the development of a fossil fuel treaty. “
“After 30 years this process is still failing us. So we will not wait. We must secure the future of our children. The future they deserve. That is why Tuvalu was one of the first country to call for the development of a fossil fuel treaty. “
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
2/4. ... on the launch the “Belém Declaration” at #COP30.
“After 30 years this process is still failing us. So we will not wait. We must secure the future of our children. The future they deserve. That is why Tuvalu was one of the first country to call for the development of a fossil fuel treaty. “
“After 30 years this process is still failing us. So we will not wait. We must secure the future of our children. The future they deserve. That is why Tuvalu was one of the first country to call for the development of a fossil fuel treaty. “
“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties, as well as by science and by the people who are watching our work closely.”
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Exclusive: The Guardian understands Brazil had been planning to drop a roadmap to a transition away from fossil fuels amid opposition from petro states
Countries supporting a phase-out of fossil fuels at the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil have threatened to block any agreement that does not include such a commitment, in a significant escalation of tensions at the crunch talks, the Guardian can reveal.
The simmering row over a potential roadmap for the “transition away from fossil fuels” boiled over on Thursday night when a group of at least 29 countries signed a strongly worded letter to Brazil, the Cop presidency. The leaked letter demanded that the roadmap be included in the outcome of the talks, which are due to end on Friday but likely to carry on into the weekend. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties, as well as by science and by the people who are watching our work closely.”
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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Autumn Leaf 2
Watercolour, approximately 75 × 127 mm.
A fiery bit of visual comfort now that winter is abruptly come.
Watercolour, approximately 75 × 127 mm.
A fiery bit of visual comfort now that winter is abruptly come.
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Autumn Leaf 2
Watercolour, approximately 75 × 127 mm.
A fiery bit of visual comfort now that winter is abruptly come.
Watercolour, approximately 75 × 127 mm.
A fiery bit of visual comfort now that winter is abruptly come.
This is so cool!
Yes, you CAN go back in time! This StoryMap allows readers to experience several hundred million years of Earth history in just minutes with a scroll-driven animation. Happy GIS Day too!
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Want to know how the team did it?
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⚒️ 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏
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Want to know how the team did it?
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⚒️ 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This is so cool!
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A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
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I agree with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social we're going to win this battle. I always thought that. But I think the struggle is always ongoing and I wish we didn't have to watch these confused hateful people pointlessly destroy so many resources we need for people to thrive. People deserve to thrive.
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I agree with @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social we're going to win this battle. I always thought that. But I think the struggle is always ongoing and I wish we didn't have to watch these confused hateful people pointlessly destroy so many resources we need for people to thrive. People deserve to thrive.