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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Aug 30

Hot take: people who insist on backing into parking spots are a blight upon the Earth.

Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability is searching for a tenure-rank faculty in climate science. Candidates must have an exceptional record of scholarly work, be interested in interdisciplinary approaches and demonstrate a dedication to teaching. facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Tenured Professor in Climate Science

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Aug 8

Excited to help continue support for this open source model and dataset at Stanford in collaboration with Wes Ingwersen and Watershed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...

E.P.A. to Stop Updating Popular Database After Lead Scientist Criticized Trump

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Jul 26

Have spent most of July in the U.K., soaking up history, natural beauty, scientific ideas (and a fair amount of weak & warm beer). Back home tomorrow.

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Jacqueline A. Dowling @jadowling.bsky.social · Jul 18

Submit an abstract to our @agu.org session GC077 by July 30th!

Geophysical Constraints of Climate Solutions:

-clean energy tech
-adaptation solutions
-resilient energy transitions

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Multi-Sector Dynamics: Geophysical Constraints of Climate Solutions

What are the key geophysical constraints of adapting to and mitigating climate change? This session will highlight interdisciplinary research on geophysical limits of adaptation and mitigation solutio...

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · May 1

Psyched to have this formalized! We’re recruiting motivated students and postdocs who like to think big.

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Apr 17

Ignoring news and spending cocktail hour with a Naked and Famous (but subbed out my precious Chartreuse with Maine-made Handshake digestif)

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 9

@science.org confirms that yesterday the Trump admin wiped out the technical staff of the U.S. National Climate Assessment and the Global Change Research Program. When USGCRP's acting director, who is on a time-limited contract, leaves, it will leave the congressionally mandated office empty.

Trump administration fires staff for flagship U.S. climate assessment

Move could open the door to using high-profile report to attack climate science

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Apr 9

I think the void is actually hearing my screams and mocking me

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Apr 9

New piece from me published in Nature Climate Change: Decarbonization can improve energy security, robust trade and a circular economy increases energy security, and critical minerals are not like oil. 🔌💡

Journal link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Open access link: rdcu.be/eg3lR

Decarbonization can improve energy security - Nature Climate Change

Moving towards net-zero carbon emissions reduces reliance on fossil fuels but requires geographically concentrated materials for clean energy technologies. Now research finds countries can reduce emer...

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Apr 9

Ironically, our new paper on trade risks of net-zero energy systems, ~2 years in the making, has landed on the same day as the U.S. imposes sweeping tariffs on many of its trading partners.

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Trade risks to energy security in net-zero emissions energy scenarios

Nature Climate Change - Trade risks associated with fossil fuels and critical materials matter for energy security, and will evolve with the low-carbon transition. Here the researchers find that...

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 19

Nice sunset walk at the Dish yesterday. Nature’s first green is gold!

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 1

You don’t have the cards, lady.

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Mar 1

Really sorry to hear this, Zack. Let me know if you need a rec letter, because I have lots of great things to say.

Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Feb 12

True today, but not at net-zero.

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · Jan 31

14 amino acids (left- and right-handed)! Ammonia! Formaldehyde!

We are but stardust: mundane and transcendent.

My gosh, what a time to be alive!

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Asteroid fragments upend theory of how life on Earth bloomed

Samples from Bennu contain the chemical building blocks of life — but with a twist.

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Jan 25

Our new perspective in @science.org imagines a role for Tribal energy resources that is mutually beneficial to U.S. energy security and Tribe’s economic prosperity. With my brilliant colleague @mbazilian.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A path to US Tribal energy sovereignty

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Jan 11

How long has 350.org been a thing?

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jan 10

Replacing conventional building materials with materials modified to store carbon dioxide could move the planet closer to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study in Science.

Building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 annually

Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions likely entails not only lowering emissions but also deploying carbon dioxide (CO2) removal technologies. We explored the annual potential to store CO2 in building materials. We found that fully replacing ...

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Jan 10

Grateful to industry guru @chrisbataille.bsky.social for a great related perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Built to remove carbon

Building materials could facilitate long-term removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Jan 10

Our analysis out today in @science.org and led by Elisabeth Van Roijen (of NREL and formerly @ucdavis.bsky.social) shows that building materials--and especially concrete--are an enormous potential reservoir to store carbon (we think >16 Gt CO2 / yr). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...