Sylvia Dee
Climate Scientist specializing in water isotope hydrology and proxy systems at the University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics
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Zeta Turns Into Hurricane and Threatens to Dump Torrential Rains
Zeta could dump up to a foot of rain on some parts of the Yucatán by Tuesday before its projected landfall in the Gulf States.
Kushner, Employing Racist Stereotype, Questions if Black Americans ‘Want to Be Successful’
In a “Fox & Friends” interview, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser also criticized protesters as more concerned with what he called “virtue signaling” than in coming up with “solutions.”
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White House Releases New Plan for Seismic Tests in Arctic Refuge
The survey would bring heavy trucks looking for signs of oil reserves into one of the most remote and pristine parts of the United States.
The Heat Gap
The world is getting hotter, and the divide between rich and poor is getting bigger. In the Earth’s new gilded era, heat will be the defining human-rights issue.
A New Lens for Evaluating Dynamic Controls on Shallow Convection
Water isotopes distinguish the effects of surface temperature and moisture convergence on tropical humidity and convection
The distinct isotopic response can help evaluate thermodynamic and dynamic...
A New Way to Fingerprint Drivers of Water Cycle Change - Eos
Simulations of tropical ocean convection help distinguish climate effects resulting from large-scale changes in atmospheric circulation from those resulting from higher temperatures.
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Experts call for climate change debate to move beyond settled science and focus on action
Climate change will be one of the topics discusses in the last presidential debate of 2020, but climate scientists say they already agree on what and why it's happening.
Climate Change, Energy Policy Playing A Bigger Role In 2020 Debates
After being largely left out of the 2016 debates, energy and the environment have been discussed at every presidential debate this election cycle. That’s expected to continue Thursday night.
Calls For Closure, Investigation After Allegations Of Forced Hysterectomies At ICE Detention Center
U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia says the degree of abuse is unclear because women said they weren't told what was being done to them, or spoken to in a language they could understand.
Sylvia Dee
Every major news outlet should be reporting on the sterilization and mutilation of women at the border without their consent. ICE = concentration camp shit. Thank you @TexasStandard for covering this important story...
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Belching Cows and Endless Feedlots: Fixing Cattle’s Climate Issues
The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world.
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Oct. 21, 2020
Every place has its own climate risk. What is it where you live? How may climate change affect your community?
UBC Biodiversity Solutions Cluster Hiring Initiative | Biodiversity Research Centre
Advancing UBC’s capacity in interdisciplinary, policy-oriented biodiversity and conservation research. UBC’s Biodiversity Solutions cluster hiring initiative builds on the university’s position as a global leader in ecological and environmental...
Why the US election could decide battle against climate change
Who next occupies the White House could be decisive in the battle to limit global warming.
By Calling Climate Change ‘Controversial,’ Barrett Created Controversy
Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer numerous questions, but it was her avoidance of acknowledging climate change that particularly resonated.
Cameron Peak fire now largest in Colorado history after winds fuel explosive growth
Wind gusts as high as 76 mph fueled explosive growth of the Cameron Peak fire west of Fort Collins on Wednesday, helping push the 2-month-old wildfire across nearly 23,000 new acres and making it t…
Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People - Statement by Vice President Joe Biden |
Violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people, particularly Black and Brown transgender women, is an epidemic that needs national leadership. So far this year, the Human Rights Campaign has tracked 33 transgender or gender...
Florida Sees Signals of a Climate-Driven Housing Crisis
Home sales in areas most vulnerable to sea-level rise began falling around 2013, researchers found. Now, prices are following a similar downward path.
California Officials Tell State GOP To Stop Distributing Ballot Drop Boxes
Unauthorized boxes — many marked "official" — have been discovered across California, including at state Republican party offices and churches.