Steven J. Davis
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Hot take: people who insist on backing into parking spots are a blight upon the Earth.
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.
Reposted by: Steven J. Davis, Gerhard Krinner
@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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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
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
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Geophysical Constraints of Climate Solutions:
-clean energy tech
-adaptation solutions
-resilient energy transitions
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
@lfreese.bsky.social
@stevenjdavis.bsky.social
@michaeldavidson.bsky.social
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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Psyched to have this formalized! We’re recruiting motivated students and postdocs who like to think big.
Ignoring news and spending cocktail hour with a Naked and Famous (but subbed out my precious Chartreuse with Maine-made Handshake digestif)
I think the void is actually hearing my screams and mocking me
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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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
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...
www.nature.com
Nice sunset walk at the Dish yesterday. Nature’s first green is gold!
Really sorry to hear this, Zack. Let me know if you need a rec letter, because I have lots of great things to say.
by Juan Moreno‐Cruz — Reposted by: Steven J. Davis
14 amino acids (left- and right-handed)! Ammonia! Formaldehyde!
We are but stardust: mundane and transcendent.
My gosh, what a time to be alive!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are but stardust: mundane and transcendent.
My gosh, what a time to be alive!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Asteroid fragments upend theory of how life on Earth bloomed
Samples from Bennu contain the chemical building blocks of life — but with a twist.
www.nature.com
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
www.science.org
Reposted by: Steven J. Davis
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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Post-storm sunrise on the shores of Lake Tahoe this past Saturday.
Some of the Christmas cookies our family made this year!
Nice view from the Marin Headlands after this morning’s storm cleared!
I’ve been enjoying Landman too, and was disappointed by that bullshit rant. They apparently don’t want facts getting in the way of a good story. Payback on energy or emissions of a new wind turbine is usually within months. www.ourenergypolicy.org/wp-content/u...
www.ourenergypolicy.org
Hanging out in the Pacific NW for Thanksgiving and captured a nice little microcosm yesterday.
