Rhysea Agrawal

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Staying safe during the “disaster after the disaster” - USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication Almost 10 million residents of L.A. County are currently experiencing the aftermath of the worst urban disaster in the country’s history.  Tens of thousands of people are displaced across the county a...

New blog post! @rhysea.bsky.social highlights the ongoing challenges faced by nearly 10 million residents of L.A. County in the aftermath of the LA wildfires and shares some tips she learned from attending a webinar organized by the Coalition for Clean Air.
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Happy Lunar New Year!

Red is traditionally considered the color of celebrations and prosperity. However, one particular shade, Red Dye No.3, is not doing so hot.

@aoruii.bsky.social @rhysea.bsky.social explain how the food, supplement, and oral drug ban of the additive was enacted by the U.S. FDA.

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Atlas Obscura Wild Life, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, Every Living Thing, Alien Earths, Becoming Earth, and Deep Water

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Frostbite, The Inner Clock, How to Kill an Asteroid, The Great River, The Last Fire Season, and Hoof Beats

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are The Serviceberry, Not the End of the World, Nature's Ghosts, Meet the Neighbors, The Light Eaters, and Our Moon

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Turning to Stone, The Weight of Nature, What If We Get It Right?, Waves in An Impossible Sea, The Tree Collectors, and Why We Remember

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!

Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚

Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

Faith communities can have such a powerful influence in driving folks towards climate action. I wrote a piece earlier this year on eco-chaplaincy for Sojourners to show how the climate crisis is also a faith crisis.

Also check out Katharine Hayhoe’s list of eco-faith communicators!

Help out a climate lady? If you communicate about climate for a living I’d be so grateful if you took this quick survey about your work. The info shared will be used for a report on the state of climate comms and to create programs that support YOU!

2024 Climate Communications Survey Our first Temperature Check survey was the first report of its kind that focused on trends in climate communication across various professions such as scientists, journalists, PR & corporate sustainab...

Participate in our 'Temperature Check' survey and contribute to a broader understanding that could shape future strategies. Your responses not only inform our report but also help define effective practices for communicating complex climate information. 📋📝
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Seems like scientific publications are now also participating in the “race for breaking news.”

It’s WAY harder to produce quality stories and research when you’re forced to have a quick turnaround. Kudos to the scientists and journalists who are still doing remarkable things in these conditions.

also applies to climate coverage!

For context:

It's estimated that the most vulnerable countries in the world need at least $1.3T per year to accelerate the clean energy transition and build resilience to climate impacts.

COP29 closed yesterday with an agreement for $300B per year (not the actual funds, just the agreement).

World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week

World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert

Fun fact, diminishing Arctic sea ice helps fuel large wildfires in the western US

In our world, neutrality means continuing to use climate language that Big Oil and Gas have imposed on us for decades to make us feel responsible for our planetary crisis while they rake in billions of dollars without a smidgen of guilt.

More scientists need to read this.

The #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week.

Do share it and flag up if you’d like added.

go.bsky.app/VJQzace

Thanks for this @jamiebgall.co.uk! I’d like to be added!

When There Is No Place Left To Call Home Indian journalist Laasya Shekhar explores the impacts of some of human-wildlife conflicts in her latest series for The Xylom, “No Place to Call Home.”

For our latest newsletter, @rhysea.bsky.social previews our ongoing series "No Place to Call Home": Laasya Shekhar explores the impacts of human-wildlife conflict in India and authorities' ham-handed response:

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The Xylom - Open Collective We grow science with words. The only Asian American-serving science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, run by Gen-Z!

It's our calling at @thexylom.com to provide science+society coverage that you can find nowhere else 🫡

Please consider supporting our work; from now until 12/31 all donations are triple-matched!

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I LOVED working with @angelymercado.bsky.social on this story. Go check it out!

With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.

Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.

Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.

I have often received ire from journalists who say calling myself a climate activist makes me “less objective.”

But echoing @charliejgardner.bsky.social, I feel a moral responsibility towards my 8.2 billion fellow humans to speak up.

I am a climate scientist, journalist, educator AND activist.

Check out @bentleyitems.bsky.social’s LONGGGG list of some very awesome climate starter packs!

@katharinehayhoe.com Would LOVE your help getting the word out about our second climate communicator survey!!!

“The problem with the climate movement is that people are not prioritizing the things (tech) that matters most to meeeeee!” - every white climate guy forever, despite the fact that they have also driven the climate agenda forever. There, saved you the time of reading their endless think pieces.

I just discovered #booksky and I think it's one of the best things to exist on the internet.

I'm currently reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac because I am fascinated by how people inculcate Buddhist philosophies. What about you?

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (in the middle of a foray into buddhist philosophy)

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Know what I love to see? A greenwashing crackdown 💥

Our managing editor Rhysea Agrawal shares a list of some of her favorite climate communicators in a starter pack. Go take a look!