KenCaldeira
A scientist researching issues related to climate, carbon, and energy. Emeritus faculty at Carnegie Global Ecology. Advisor to Gates Ventures (Personal account)
Last synced from Twitter 125d ago
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science
Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 126d 59 tweets
The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.
KenCaldeira 'Mr. McLean answered that his role as acting chief scientist made him responsible for ensuring that the agency’s rules on scientific integrity were followed. ... “You no longer serve as the acting chief scientist for NOAA,” ...' 126d
Global status report on road safety 2018
World Health Organization 768d 10 tweets
This report provides a snapshot of the road safety situation globally, highlighting the gaps and the measures needed to best drive progress.
KenCaldeira Hey, I've got a great invention. It will move us around quickly (unless there are many of them in one area) but it will heat up the Earth and kill more than a million people per year. Are you interested? I call it the "automobile". 126d
The Trump administration is burying dozens of studies detailing the promise of renewable energy
Grist 127d 7 tweets
“It just goes into a black hole,” said a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Lab.
KenCaldeira "The Trump administration is burying dozens of studies detailing the promise of renewable energy" 127d
Subscribe to read | Financial Times
Ft.com 127d 3 tweets
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
Bathymetry of the Los Angeles Margin
Visibleearth.nasa.gov 127d 1 tweets
KenCaldeira Are there really no geomorphologists out there eager to explain why the oceans are apparently sized right to fill the ocean basins? 127d
Pence’s Chief of Staff and Other Key Aides Test Positive for Coronavirus
Daniela Hernandez, Michael C. Bender - WSJ 127d 1 tweets
The vice president has tested negative for Covid-19 and has decided not to quarantine. He is scheduled to campaign in Minnesota on Monday.
KenCaldeira “We are not going to control the pandemic,” --Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff 127d
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting
WSJ 130d 24 tweets
Facebook is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission.
KenCaldeira "Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting" 130d
Human Development Index - Wikipedia
En.wikipedia.org 159d 2 tweets
KenCaldeira Our map of areas where climate change may provide people an additional reason to emigrate depressingly correlates with low values on the Human Develop Index, indicating the need to address both #climate and #development challenges. 130d
Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record
jonathanwatts - the Guardian 131d 32 tweets
Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say
KenCaldeira For the first time since records began, the Laptev Sea, north of Siberia, has yet to start freezing in late October. #climate #SomethingIsGoingOn #GlobalWarming #SeaIce 130d
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KenCaldeira For the first time since records began, the Laptev Sea, north of Siberia, has yet to start freezing in late October. #climate #SomethingIsGoingOn #GlobalWarming #SeaIce 130d
Supreme Court Allows Census to Be Cut Short—and Considers Defying 150 Years of Precedent
Union of Concerned Scientists 130d 1 tweets
On Tuesday, October 13, the Supreme Court ruled that the Census Bureau could end the 2020 census count early, marking an abrupt end to a months-long tussle over the Bureau’s census timeline. Then, only a few days later, the Court announced that it...
The Cosmic Energy Inventory
arXiv.org 511d 2 tweets
We present an inventory of the cosmic mean densities of energy associated with all the known states of matter and radiation at the present epoch. The observational and theoretical bases for the inventory have become rich enough to allow estimates...
Climate change as an incentive to future human migration
@KenCaldeira 130d 6 tweets
We (i.e., Min Chen and I) are physical scientists with no pretense to in-depth understanding of social and political dynamics. Yet we recently published a paper titled “Climate change as an i…
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KenCaldeira "Climate change as an incentive for future human migration" New paper and blog post with back-of-envelope calculations indicating number of people for whom #climate change may provide incentive to migrate. 130d
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KenCaldeira New back-of-envelope calculation indicates climate change could provide an additional migration incentive to billions of people in the Global South, emphasizing need to achieve both #climate and #development goals. 130d
KenCaldeira Simple analysis suggests correlation between projections of population increase and additional climate-driven incentive to migrate. Indicates need to focus on resolving both #climate and #development challenges. 130d
Climate change as an incentive for future human migration
Esd.copernicus.org 131d 5 tweets
<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Human migration is both motivated and constrained by a multitude of socioeconomic and environmental factors, including climate-related factors. Climatic factors exert an influence on local and regional...
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KenCaldeira "Climate change as an incentive for future human migration" New paper and blog post with back-of-envelope calculations indicating number of people for whom #climate change may provide incentive to migrate. 130d
KenCaldeira Simple analysis suggests correlation between projections of population increase and additional climate-driven incentive to migrate. Indicates need to focus on resolving both #climate and #development challenges. 130d
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KenCaldeira New back-of-envelope calculation indicates climate change could provide an additional migration incentive to billions of people in the Global South, emphasizing need to achieve both #climate and #development goals. 130d
Second whistleblower fired from Texas attorney general's office after accusing Ken Paxton of bribery
Emma Platoff - The Texas Tribune 131d 4 tweets
Blake Brickman and Lacey Mase, two whistleblowers who accused their boss of crimes including bribery and abuse of office, were both fired Tuesday.
Top aide in Texas attorney general's office terminated after accusing Ken Paxton of bribery
Emma Platoff - The Texas Tribune 132d 3 tweets
The departure "was not voluntary," said Lacey Mase, one of several senior aides who said Attorney General Ken Paxton used his office to serve the interests of a donor.
U.S. Senate: Constitution of the United States
Senate.gov 131d 1 tweets
Constitution of the United States
KenCaldeira Is there anything in the US Constitution that would prevent a Senate rule change to weight Senate votes by state population? 131d
Irene Monasterolo, Vienna University of Economics and Business The Climate Spread of Corporate and Sovereign Bonds
Frbsf.org 131d 1 tweets
The Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics is an online seminar series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The seminar is open to everyone interested in research on the economics of climate change—including topics drawn from...
EIA Cleaned Hourly Electricity Demand Data
Zenodo 132d 1 tweets
Cleaned hourly electricity demand data for electric balancing authorities within the contiguous US.  Raw data is based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's collected data here. Cleaned hourly data spans July 2, 2015 - July 1, 2020 (5...
Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found
Caitlin Dickerson - Nytimes.com 132d 19 tweets
A new report shows hundreds of cases in which migrant children were taken from their families, and their parents, who were deported, cannot be located.
KenCaldeira "Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found" "A new report shows hundreds of cases in which migrant children were taken from their families, and their parents, who were deported, cannot be located." 132d
PM2.5 Exposure | State of Global Air
Stateofglobalair.org 132d 2 tweets