Dr. Ramesh Laungani

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Now that the data is in and the prelim stats are run…now comes the deep dive!

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Today I’ll be collecting data about how #climatechange & biochar impact decomposition. I used teabags as the “litter bags”. It’s the first time I’ve tried this protocol & so I’m excitedly nervous to see what the data looks like!

How renewables are saving Texans billions A dive into ERCOT data reveals how solar energy is driving down electricity costs for Texas

How renewables save Texans enormous amounts of money.

The buildout of solar in TX reduced the wholesale price of energy by 50%.

#energysky

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I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

@anthropocenemag.bsky.social I saw this cool article about paint. Do you have a curated collection of #ClimateSolutions like this?

I know more about the effects of extreme heat on the human body--which is another form of "critical infrastructure"--so this graphic is helpful to me. Thanks for sharing.

@docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social

Visualization showing vertical colored lines corresponding to temperature anomalies from 1921 to 2024 for the Arctic Ocean. The colors have year-to-year variability, but generally go from blue to red through time, especially in recent years.

No surprises here - #Arctic Ocean stripes are off the scale. The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else in the world. #ShowYourStripes

➡️ Explore your own climate change stripes from around the world! showyourstripes.info (Global) and observablehq.com/@climatecent... (U.S.) What's in your area?

New CBO analysis: The Republican party-line reconciliation bill would decrease household resources by 4% for the bottom 10 percent, while increasing them by 2% for the top 10 percent. As of 2033.

Do you want to use the most powerful public outreach tools in human history to help change the world for the better, but don't know how?

If that's you, then my upcoming Association of Science Communicators course is for you! @sciencetalkorg.bsky.social

Register here: #SciComm 🧪🌎

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service) Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.

Cuts to NOAA funding threaten our ability to predict and monitor hurricanes and tornadoes—putting lives and communities at risk. But NOAA’s work goes far beyond weather. Guest blogger Dr. David Shiffman shares 10 vital but lesser-known roles NOAA scientists play.

Acts of #ClimateCourage can feel like isolated splashes of different sizes. But the ripple effects generate #ClimateHope

Ripples from both big & small acts intersect to create unique 🌊 of action!

An act of #ClimateCourage doesn’t need to be huge to inspire others to make their own ripple

LEGO Star Wars box for set 10143, “Death Star II,” recommended for ages 16 and up. The box features a detailed image of the partially constructed Death Star from the Star Wars Original Trilogy, with green laser beams shooting from its superlaser dish. The background shows a view of Earth-like terrain from space with starships and explosions. The set contains 3,449 pieces.

🧵🧪 It’s like watching your friend who has the most expensive Lego set on the block, after painstakingly building it up brick by brick so that it is the envy of everyone everywhere…start smashing it so that it lacks form or function. Just a pile of bricks… #NSF

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Who's responsible for the climate crisis?

Two new studies try to answer this question: but whichever way we slice it, the answer doesn't change much.

The wealthiest are disproportionately responsible for the greatest emissions, and that's why climate change is so unfair.

An explanatory thread 🧵

Truth. 💯
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I did get it! Thank you so much

Great! Looking forward to it.

@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social curious when we will find out if our abstracts were accepted & the presentation date.

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

“…on a weekly basis more than 90% of people use weather forecasts, job market reports, food safety warnings…based on federal science. But only 10% of respondents are concerned that cuts to federal support for science might impact their access to such information.”

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This week, think-tank Ember released a new report showing that solar ☀️ accounted for more than 40% of global energy generation in 2024

Read more at: www.bbc.com/news/article...

#solarenergy #reasonforhope #climateoptimists

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Warming stripes for deep ocean to upper stratosphere

The Warming Stripes have now been extended downwards into the ocean and upwards into the stratosphere!

Collaborative paper which tells the story of how the stripes were developed, and discusses their extension across the Earth system, is now available in BAMS: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions (Gift Article) With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.

"Do your own research" - Secy of Health & Human Services tells parents asking how to make informed decisions for their kids' health.
Meanwhile, HHS puts open access environmental health journals on chopping block. Yes the journals where parents might be able to read research to make those decisions.

New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It’s no contest. In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels.

What an interesting article! @anthropocenemag.bsky.social

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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.

Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.

HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.

99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.

Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

Not here all #earthday. I was finishing a new talk on navigating the Trump moment (it will, in the end, be a moment compared to the scale of the world's climate & energy challenges.) At Marist U. tonight via @drrambio.bsky.social. Also fit in a restorative walk at restored Foundry Brook. Look back ⤵️

“Reimagining the Leftovers” as Forests, One… | Autumn 2024 | Articles | Features A steady parade of trucks loaded with gravel, cement, and dirt rumbles down Binney Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, each day. There seems to be… This content is available in the magazine only. Pl...

and here's a story about turning old industrial sites into microforests in Cambridge and Boston

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Native soil microbes buffer savanna trees against nutrient limitation but are drought sensitive Below-ground microbial symbionts increased savanna tree growth in limited resource environments and could be critical for plant growth in the field. However, drought substantially affected both tree ...

New A Biro, SA Batterman, @jane-lucas-phd.bsky.social paper finds S African trees grow better w/ native soil microbes than sterile soil but trees + microbes both suffered in drought conditions, w/ implications for savanna carbon sinks.
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So excited to have @revkin.bsky.social visiting Marist on #EarthDay to tell our students about his experiences reporting on #climatechange & the importance of #SciComm to build conversation & community to tackle global challenges.