Sylvia Dee
Climate Scientist specializing in water isotope hydrology and proxy systems at the University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics
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What a Week’s Disasters Tell Us About Climate and the Pandemic
Extreme weather presents an even bigger threat when economies are crashing and ordinary people are stretched to their limits.
Fight Over Virus’s Death Toll Opens Grim New Front in Election Battle
Elements of the right have sought to bolster the President Trump’s political standing by turning scientific questions into political issues.
‘It Could Happen Anytime’: Scientists Warn of Alaska Tsunami Threat
A retreating glacier is increasing the risk of a catastrophic landslide and tsunami within a few decades, researchers say.
Women academics seem to be submitting fewer papers during coronavirus. ‘Never seen anything like it,’ says one editor.
Men are submitting up to 50 percent more
Sylvia Dee
Women academics seem to be submitting fewer papers during coronavirus. ‘Never seen anything like it,’ says one editor.
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COVID-19 shutdowns are clearing the air, but pollution will return as economies reopen
From Nairobi to Los Angeles, pandemic lockdowns have cleared pollution from the skies. But those blue vistas may be temporary, and shutdowns aren't slowing climate change.
Will the Coronavirus Crisis Trump the Climate Crisis?
The battle over how to spend recovery funds — to quickly restore the old economy or invest in a greener one — will define the post-pandemic world.
The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.
A New York Times analysis found more than 60 environmental policies officially rolled back under Mr. Trump and another 34 rollbacks still in progress.
Ten Years To Save The World
What do you do when you're a teenager who feels they have a decade to save the world? How do you handle that emotionally? I talk to a youth climate activist, Caitlin Barron, and a climate scientist, D
Sylvia Dee
Former student @allisgracee with an incredibly polished radio piece on Climate Anxiety!
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Predicted To Fall Nearly 8% — Largest Decrease Ever
Global energy demand, particularly for coal, is falling sharply this year, the International Energy Agency says. The drop is due to weather patterns and COVID-19 shutdowns.
Why CO 2 Isn’t Falling More During a Global Lockdown
The answer lies in what sectors of the economy have shut down and expectations of recovery later in the year
Emissions Declines Will Set Records This Year. But It’s Not Good News.
An “unprecedented” fall in fossil fuel use, driven by the Covid-19 crisis, is likely to lead to a nearly 8 percent drop, according to new research.
Trump’s Response to Virus Reflects a Long Disregard for Science
The president’s Covid-19 response has extended the administration’s longstanding practice of undermining scientific expertise for political purposes.
College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here’s How We Do It.
It won’t be easy, but there’s a path to get students back on track. Higher education will crumble without it.
Pandemic Shutdown Is Speeding Up The Collapse Of Coal
Coal use has plummeted in part because it's more expensive than natural gas or renewable energy. Mines are shutting down, and some power plants may run out of places to stockpile coal.
Hubble Marks 30 Years of Seeing a Universe Being Born and Dying
A new image reminds us of what the orbiting observatory has let us see.
Agricultural risks from changing snowmelt
Snowmelt runoff is an important source of water for irrigating agricultural crops in high-mountain Asia, Central Asia, western Russia, western US and the southern Andes. Climate change places water resources in these basins at risk, indicating the...
The rightwing groups behind wave of protests against Covid-19 restrictions
Protesters in Michigan and other states claim to speak for ordinary citizens, but are also supported by street-fighting far-right groups
The pandemic and the female academic
I’m curious what lockdown will reveal about the ‘maternal wall’ that can block faculty advancement.
The Diversity–Innovation Paradox in Science
By analyzing data from nearly all US PhD recipients and their dissertations across three decades, this paper finds demographically underrepresented students innovate at higher rates than majority students, but their novel contributions are...