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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · 20d

Go India go keep on track to energy independence, decarbonization, and sustainability

Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 20d

India has broken my graph.
30 GW of renewables added so far this year, ahead of 28.6 GW for all of 2024.
robbieandrew.github.io/india

Graph showing: Annual net additions of generation capacity in India

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · 21d

New NAS report on GHG impact on US climate response to EPA's efforts to retract endangerment finding www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/09...

www.nationalacademies.org

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · 24d

UN panel on effects of nuclear war members have begun their jobs in earnest reviewing literature and planning structure and timeline
disarmament.unoda.org/zh/panel-eff...

Bios | 联合国裁军事务厅

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disarmament.unoda.org

Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Sep 6

At UN for kickoff meeting on independent panel to assess effects of nuclear war. Same day US names DoD DoW

Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Aug 31

the human GHG heat is hiding in the ocean - for now!

Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Aug 31

Meanwhile, back in reality, global ocean heat content just updated through June 2025 and set a new record high. Time to wake up!

Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...

Line graph time series of global ocean heat content for the 0-2000 m layer for 3 year averages, yearly averages, and five years averages from the late 1950s to 2025. There is a long-term warming trend. The baseline is 1955-2006 for the zero reference to calculate the anomalies.

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Aug 30

Our new paper highlight www.lanl.gov/media/newsle...

Black carbon finding makes Earth system models more accurate | LANL

This finding will make Earth system models much more accurate, which will help the United States to better understand and manage national security interests in the Arctic and Antarctica.

www.lanl.gov

Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Aug 6

Privileged to be helping the United Nations update out knowledge of effects of nuclear war after a 40 year gap.
www.lanl.gov/media/newsle...

Dubey joins United Nations panel to study nuclear war effects | LANL

Laboratory Fellow Manvendra Dubey was selected to serve on an independent scientific panel that will examine the consequences of nuclear war for the United Nations General Assembly.

www.lanl.gov

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jul 31

Response to DOE's critical assessment of climate science in Science www.science.org/content/arti...

Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback

Researchers say DOE report cherry-picks data to downplay threat of greenhouse gases

www.science.org

Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jul 5

Secular anthropogenic GHG forcing and natural variability amplify and moderate warming

Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jul 4

I just added a new graphic to my climate indicators page. It shows monthly global mean temperatures from 1950 to present, with shading corresponding to the approximate state of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). I hope it is useful.

Follow along at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... (updated monthly).

Bar graph showing global mean surface temperature anomalies from January 1950 through April 2025. There is a long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are relative to a pre-industrial baseline of 1850-1900. Bars are label whether it is a El Nino or La Nina month using a definition from the Nino 3.4 region with ERSSTv5 data.

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jul 1

It’s time to add sense in BBB to continue progress in 21st century energy www.eenews.net/articles/sen...

Senate Republicans push clean energy megabill amendments

Many Republicans think party leaders are going too far in rolling back Inflation Reduction Act credits.

www.eenews.net

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 28

we must get our head out of the sand on climate change and act globally www.resilience.org/stories/2025...

So many moving pieces

I hope this tour through science and economics and politics has been helpful in some way—you can see why I sometimes despair, not just of the future but even of my own ability to get across what’s hap...

www.resilience.org

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 23

Excellent repository for the value of Earth System Science and Value of in 100 hours of very accessible Climate Talks organized by the grass roots young - Please watch at your leisure and call your representative to keep funding this work @wclivestream.bsky.social

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 22

Inspiring film to value nature and global collaboration at the Sustainability Research & Sustainability SRI2025 Congress in Chicago. Thanks ILLINOIS, US for your global leadership.

Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 14

430ppm CO2 but including other GHGs like CH4, N2O and CFCs that are more potent GHGs it amounts to 480ppm in effective CO2.

The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · Jun 13

429.96 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 12-Jun-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

The Keeling Curve

The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 9

Sad Ocean Day _ We need to redouble effort to protect it from heating, acidifying, over fishing and off shore oil and gas

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · Jun 8

Ocean damage unspeakably awful, says Attenborough
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ocean damage 'unspeakably awful', Attenborough tells William

Sir David Attenborough told Prince William he hopes the UN oceans conference will bring new protections.

www.bbc.com

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 8

Arctic is warming faster than the globe, sea ice is eroding, and we expect large scale changes in clouds and circulation. Thanks to federal funding we understand this reality.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Representation of Arctic Winter Atmospheric Boundary Layer Stability Over Sea Ice in CMIP6 Models

A cloudy state, without strong low-level stability (LLS), is often observed over winter Arctic sea ice but is absent in most Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) models CMIP6 models show...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 6

Please support long term climate forcing and response observations at www.keelingcurve.org

The Keeling Curve Foundation | A Legacy of Long-Term Scientific Observations

Our mission is to recognize, inspire, and promote accurate long-term observations of the environment, and to communicate their significance for mitigating and adapting to climate change.

www.keelingcurve.org

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Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 6

Good that there is a negative Boreal wildfire smoke feedback to slow warming. But smoke damages human health an boreal fire emit large amount of CO2 (a positive feedback).

UW College of the Environment @uwenvironment.bsky.social · Jun 4

A new #UWEnvironment study projects that increasing wildfires in Canada and Siberia will actually slow global warming @uwnews.bsky.social @uwatmossci.bsky.social

www.washington.edu/news/2025/06...

Study projects that increasing wildfires in Canada and Siberia will actually slow global warming

A new University of Washington–led study projects that in the next 35 years increasing boreal fires will actually slow global warming by 12% globally and 38% in the Arctic. Because the aerosols in...

www.washington.edu

Manvendra Dubey @mkdubey.bsky.social · Jun 6

Work towards for a prosperous plant for our children & grandkids. Common sense guidance by Nobelist & former energy secretary.

City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · Nov 27

A different take from a recent interview with Steven Chu, who is pretty blunt about what's going on. Cued to his recommendations for what kids should say to their parents about climate change:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4LE...

Climate Change: A Revised Prediction - Steven Chu | Endgame #162 (Luminaries)

Join Endgame YouTube Channel Membership!Support us and get early access to our videos + more perks in return:https://sgpp.me/becomemember--------------------...

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