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A theme emerging - honing heat pump *installation* methods could make a significant difference to uptake going forward.
New: A heat pump that can be installed in minutes is allowing Boston to quickly decarbonize a public housing complex for the elderly and provide air conditioning as climate change-driven heat waves intensify. The window heat pump is made by SF startup Gradient.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps
A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A theme emerging - honing heat pump *installation* methods could make a significant difference to uptake going forward.
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Follow along as DRI’s Ice Core Lab goes on an expedition 14k feet high in the French Alps to sample a 12k year old glacier. After discovering the historic age of the ice, they’re hoping to see what’s changed since the original ice was collected in 1999. Read more: bit.ly/icecoredatesbacktoiceage
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Follow along as DRI’s Ice Core Lab goes on an expedition 14k feet high in the French Alps to sample a 12k year old glacier. After discovering the historic age of the ice, they’re hoping to see what’s changed since the original ice was collected in 1999. Read more: bit.ly/icecoredatesbacktoiceage
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Get a #BehindTheScenes look at DRI’s Ice Core Lab as they are out in the field in France on Mont Blanc to collect an updated ice core from the Dôme du Goûter with the goal of updating a core that was collected in 1999. #DiscoverDRI and learn more about the Ice Core Lab: bit.ly/icecorelabdri
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Get a #BehindTheScenes look at DRI’s Ice Core Lab as they are out in the field in France on Mont Blanc to collect an updated ice core from the Dôme du Goûter with the goal of updating a core that was collected in 1999. #DiscoverDRI and learn more about the Ice Core Lab: bit.ly/icecorelabdri
I had an amazing time in the French Alps with DRI's Ice Core Team, and am having a surprising amount of fun making these reels about it! I love my job.
Glaciers in the Alps are melting rapidly. DRI’s Ice Core Lab has been out in the field in France on Mont Blanc to collect an ice core with the goal of updating a core that was collected in 1999. Learn more about our Ice Core Lab: bit.ly/icecorelabdri
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I had an amazing time in the French Alps with DRI's Ice Core Team, and am having a surprising amount of fun making these reels about it! I love my job.
Reposted by Elyse DeFranco
When freighters were required by anti-pollution regulations to reduce their sulfur emissions, lightning over two Asian shipping lanes dropped by half almost overnight in 2020.
Researchers analyzed years of lightning strike data to find the link between pollution and lightning
buff.ly/IFa5NUE 🌍
Researchers analyzed years of lightning strike data to find the link between pollution and lightning
buff.ly/IFa5NUE 🌍
The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped
An unplanned experiment takes scientists closer to solving a long-standing mystery: To what extent, if any, have human-created emissions influenced thunderstorms?
buff.ly
August 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
When freighters were required by anti-pollution regulations to reduce their sulfur emissions, lightning over two Asian shipping lanes dropped by half almost overnight in 2020.
Researchers analyzed years of lightning strike data to find the link between pollution and lightning
buff.ly/IFa5NUE 🌍
Researchers analyzed years of lightning strike data to find the link between pollution and lightning
buff.ly/IFa5NUE 🌍
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Important work is underway at @driscience.bsky.social, filling a gap in Nevada government as a small team of researchers “own” the urban heat issue and guide policy.
Does Nevada need a dedicated government office for extreme heat? Story @reviewjournal.com
www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...
Does Nevada need a dedicated government office for extreme heat? Story @reviewjournal.com
www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...
‘We’re 10 to 15 years behind’: The Nevada Heat Lab is working to save your life
While Nevada is behind Phoenix, Arizona, when it comes to heat, a Desert Research Institute team led by Ariel Choinard is forcing progress.
www.reviewjournal.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Important work is underway at @driscience.bsky.social, filling a gap in Nevada government as a small team of researchers “own” the urban heat issue and guide policy.
Does Nevada need a dedicated government office for extreme heat? Story @reviewjournal.com
www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...
Does Nevada need a dedicated government office for extreme heat? Story @reviewjournal.com
www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...
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The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
U.S. Researchers May Never Probe Deep into Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Again Without This Ship
The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
www.scientificamerican.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
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Here's the press release - available via @ametsoc.org: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am....
"For decades, the State of the Climate has provided the most comprehensive annual update on Earth’s climate"
Anyone see any coverage or statements by NOAA (like they usually do)? Just honestly very sad...
"For decades, the State of the Climate has provided the most comprehensive annual update on Earth’s climate"
Anyone see any coverage or statements by NOAA (like they usually do)? Just honestly very sad...
International "State of the Climate" report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global temperatures, global sea level, and ocean heat in 2024
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
www.ametsoc.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here's the press release - available via @ametsoc.org: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am....
"For decades, the State of the Climate has provided the most comprehensive annual update on Earth’s climate"
Anyone see any coverage or statements by NOAA (like they usually do)? Just honestly very sad...
"For decades, the State of the Climate has provided the most comprehensive annual update on Earth’s climate"
Anyone see any coverage or statements by NOAA (like they usually do)? Just honestly very sad...
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Snapshot of US beliefs about science and flat-earthy stuff. [1000+ people surveyed, +/- 3%] carsey.unh.edu/publication/...
August 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Snapshot of US beliefs about science and flat-earthy stuff. [1000+ people surveyed, +/- 3%] carsey.unh.edu/publication/...
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Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.
Loving the one intrepid Nebraska journalist single handedly protecting her community from becoming a news desert: "The key: She covers her community so deeply that, in a county of 769 people, the Hooker County Tribune has 726 paying subscribers.”
This downward spiral of the number of working journalists in communities across the country has been happening for years.
At my former shop for example, the newsroom was systematically reduced from nine reporters and three editors to just a single reporter over the course of four years.
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At my former shop for example, the newsroom was systematically reduced from nine reporters and three editors to just a single reporter over the course of four years.
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New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.
www.niemanlab.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Loving the one intrepid Nebraska journalist single handedly protecting her community from becoming a news desert: "The key: She covers her community so deeply that, in a county of 769 people, the Hooker County Tribune has 726 paying subscribers.”
Reposted by Elyse DeFranco
This downward spiral of the number of working journalists in communities across the country has been happening for years.
At my former shop for example, the newsroom was systematically reduced from nine reporters and three editors to just a single reporter over the course of four years.
1/
At my former shop for example, the newsroom was systematically reduced from nine reporters and three editors to just a single reporter over the course of four years.
1/
New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.
www.niemanlab.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This downward spiral of the number of working journalists in communities across the country has been happening for years.
At my former shop for example, the newsroom was systematically reduced from nine reporters and three editors to just a single reporter over the course of four years.
1/
At my former shop for example, the newsroom was systematically reduced from nine reporters and three editors to just a single reporter over the course of four years.
1/
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It's not so often you get the chance to cover an entirely new impact of global warming. But here one is: climate make more earthquake.
Global warming is triggering earthquakes in the Alps
Study provides first solid link between climate change and earthquake hazard
www.science.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's not so often you get the chance to cover an entirely new impact of global warming. But here one is: climate make more earthquake.
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Susan, get my pants
June 23rd, 1998:
A large F2 struck near Columbus, Nebraska. The powerful wedge, which had a ground-scraping mesocyclone, destroyed rural farm structures and homes. This event was notable for the extraordinary home video taken by a local resident.
A large F2 struck near Columbus, Nebraska. The powerful wedge, which had a ground-scraping mesocyclone, destroyed rural farm structures and homes. This event was notable for the extraordinary home video taken by a local resident.
Columbus, Nebraska Tornado 6-23-1998 #2
One of the most dramatic videos in my collection with the very loud roar of the tornado and some of the largest hail that i have seen.
l.facebook.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Susan, get my pants
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Holy shit.
One of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first-look images.
This image is 3,840×2,160 but the original image is 40,000×21,047 px.
Virtually every pixel is a star or a galaxy.
VIRTUALLY EVERY PIXEL
One of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first-look images.
This image is 3,840×2,160 but the original image is 40,000×21,047 px.
Virtually every pixel is a star or a galaxy.
VIRTUALLY EVERY PIXEL
June 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Holy shit.
One of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first-look images.
This image is 3,840×2,160 but the original image is 40,000×21,047 px.
Virtually every pixel is a star or a galaxy.
VIRTUALLY EVERY PIXEL
One of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's first-look images.
This image is 3,840×2,160 but the original image is 40,000×21,047 px.
Virtually every pixel is a star or a galaxy.
VIRTUALLY EVERY PIXEL
Reposted by Elyse DeFranco
June 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...
Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
www.queensu.ca
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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For my first @salonnewsroom.bsky.social piece, I wrote about how freaks for the em dash (me, and possibly you) will not stand by and cede our precious punctuation to AI www.salon.com/2025/06/11/a...
AI can’t have my em dash
Gen Z and AI have pulled a divisive punctuation mark into the spotlight.
www.salon.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
For my first @salonnewsroom.bsky.social piece, I wrote about how freaks for the em dash (me, and possibly you) will not stand by and cede our precious punctuation to AI www.salon.com/2025/06/11/a...
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For years, I've long said that climate.gov's team of remarkable communicators (& their amazing blogs, which were accessible but did not "dumb down" the science!) was NOAA's best (& most cost effective!) public-facing extreme #weather / #climate education effort to date. This will be a huge loss.
Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content.
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For years, I've long said that climate.gov's team of remarkable communicators (& their amazing blogs, which were accessible but did not "dumb down" the science!) was NOAA's best (& most cost effective!) public-facing extreme #weather / #climate education effort to date. This will be a huge loss.
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I just published an explainer on aerosols and their role in the climate that I've been working on for the past few months! It includes both how aerosols work, how emissions have changed, and how thats driven recent warming: www.carbonbrief.org/...
June 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I just published an explainer on aerosols and their role in the climate that I've been working on for the past few months! It includes both how aerosols work, how emissions have changed, and how thats driven recent warming: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
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I can't believe people think that using LLMs to write isn't destroying their critical thinking abilities. I'm like 5% dumber just because of spellcheck.
June 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I can't believe people think that using LLMs to write isn't destroying their critical thinking abilities. I'm like 5% dumber just because of spellcheck.
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A study published in the Royal Society of Open Science shows that large language models #LLMs like #ChatGPT and #DeepSeek produce inaccurate conclusions when summarizing scientific studies in up to 73% of cases. #AI
Generalization bias in large language model summarization of scientific research | Royal Society Open Science
Artificial intelligence chatbots driven by large language models (LLMs) have the potential
to increase public science literacy and support scientific research, as they can quickly
summarize complex sc...
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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One of the world's biggest data center booms is quietly underway just outside of Reno. Some projects have been covered, but few outlets have recognized the full scope of the plans.
The developments will require gigawatts of new electricity generation & could consume billions of gallons of water.
The developments will require gigawatts of new electricity generation & could consume billions of gallons of water.
The data center boom in the desert
The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world's largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state.
www.technologyreview.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
One of the world's biggest data center booms is quietly underway just outside of Reno. Some projects have been covered, but few outlets have recognized the full scope of the plans.
The developments will require gigawatts of new electricity generation & could consume billions of gallons of water.
The developments will require gigawatts of new electricity generation & could consume billions of gallons of water.
Reposted by Elyse DeFranco
The EPA targets a geoengineering startup for small-scale sulfur dioxide emissions while seeking to roll back regulations for big polluters.
As EPA Rolls Back Regulations for Large Industrial Polluters, It Finds a New Target: A Two-Person Geoengineering Startup - Inside Climate News
The company, Make Sunsets, launches balloons that release sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. The gas—less than what is released during a single cross-country flight—cools the atmosphere by reflecting...
insideclimatenews.org
April 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The EPA targets a geoengineering startup for small-scale sulfur dioxide emissions while seeking to roll back regulations for big polluters.