I dream of a time when people, like Bavishi, with expertise, vision, and compassion are again elevated to positions of leadership and we begin the work of building back and building anew.
At NOAA she worked to operationalize the philosophy that building resilience requires working toward equity. Her simple argument: When benefits of an action accrue primarily to a single group, that action will not be resilient against challenge (4/5)
In the Mayor's Office of NYC, she institutionalized the rules that make the city safer for its inhabitants as climate changes. It is now the LAW that hugely important but often invisible decisions (the width of a drainage pipe, the freeboard on a building) take account of risks. (3/5)
She cared for people across NOAA as they were RIFed from their jobs during the 2025 chaos, doing whatever she could to support them. (2/5)
I'm buzzing since yesterday's @urigso.bsky.social Fish Lecture -- named for a family with surname Fish, not (always) about the animals. The speaker was a career-long leader in coastal resilience and urban planning, Janey Bavishi, and she inspired me in at least 3 ways (1/5)
I've been looking forward to this one! Can't wait to listen
What a cool idea!
Thanks! Will you be at OSM? Maybe I can grab a minute to learn more.
I'm very interested in your work! What do the colors in Figure 3 represent? Is "RMT" regional mean temperature of Northern Europe (if so, what boundaries)?
🌊 With @metcalfuri.bsky.social, the amazing @jfrancisclimate.bsky.social will explain extreme winter weather, and expert guru @kevinjkircher.com will discuss system-level changes to keep people safe and comfortable in any condition. Timely for all of us in week 4+ of shivering on the east coast!
Imagine having access to resources and talent to solve some really urgent and important problems. And, instead, you choose some vulnerable group of people and blame them for all the problems and create a whole vortex of chaos to publicly punish and shame those people. Like, why?
Poster child for ranked-choice voting, at least in primaries
Thanks! If you hear of anyone doing the research to see if/how/at-what-cost this could happen, I'd love to know. I want to own my EV for like 15 or more years, and juicing them for home back-up would add a lot of value to me.
Is there any hope for older vehicles to be upgraded for V2H capability? Seems like lots of folks would sign up at the right price point (I sure would).
Gift link to a fun article with truly delightful video content. Who doesn't need a little baby laughter right now? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
I think @katharinehayhoe.com has a very nice discussion in the following thread about the conflation of different phenomena. She answers questions about why this view of stronger wintertime storms is not at odds with general warming and a loss/reduction of cold extremes bsky.app/profile/kath...
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
your thoughts on this one? www.nature.com/articles/s43...
I‘m very interested in these ideas but haven’t kept up with all the literature
rock star
It feels good when laws still matter
Thanks, I’ll read it
I know that there is controversy around the claim that severe winter weather is becoming more common with a warming Arctic. This article provides some observational evidence you say is lacking. I am genuinely curious why it doesn’t rise to a convincing level. Happy to read any recommended lit
I’m curious to know your take on this (and related) work: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Good work by my senator ...
Climate news rarely makes my heart soar. This is a very good sign. As always, the challenge level is high, but this shows we can aspire to meet them.
Victory! Halting Revolution Wind — already over 80% complete — ruled ‘arbitrary and capricious‘ for a second time about 6 months. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
To my Rep @magaziner.house.gov, will you join to impeach Noem?
Thanks for the tip. Felt good to be there
Peaceful protest is the way. When do we get out there?
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
