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There is an interesting investigative journalism project to be done on the revolving door between climate science & policy and private sector climate servicesJust as one example, John Kerry's predecessor

How we talk about disasters has changed dramatically (since ~2006) The IPCC definition of "climate change" as a detectable change in the statistics of weather (and outcome metric) has been

ThreadInitial reactions to Blake Leeper CAS rulingSummary: Leeper lost his appeal to run in Olympics but World Athletics (IAAF) lost the case & will completely reshape possibilities for athletes with

I'm still amazed that we are using college football players as study subjects & (apparently) ignoring research ethics and corporate research protocols applied everywhere else on campus https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/pac-12-s

InterestingFormer NOAA official admits tabulation of “billion dollar” disasters was/is a shadow campaign to get people to “connect the dots” on climate change and severe weatherWhy not instead rely on

Spring 2021 I’m scheduled to again teach a senior capstone course for enviro studies - focused on interdisciplinary, problem oriented, critical thinkingThinking of titling it “Environmental Heresies” & assigning @ShellenbergerMD

Some round number analysis of budget implications of demand by Pac-12 football players for half revenue to go to athletes ... First, ~50% revenues to players is about what pro

RCP8.5 alertAre equity investors really mispricing risk by not basing decisions on RCP8.5?https://twitter.com/imfnews/status/1266361224146685954 “Both mortality rates (fatalities as a percent of exposed population) and damages as a propor

Trust in Medical Scientists Has Grown in U.S., but Mainly Among Democrats | Pew Research Centerhttps://www.pewresearch.org/science/2020/05/21/trust-in-medical-scientists-has-grown-in-u-s-but-mainly-among-democrats/ This is troublingThe deep

A thread on our new paper in which we argue..."The misuse of scenarios in climate research means that much of what we think we know about our collective climate future

ThreadThis is important“Trump’s long list of complaints included assertions that WHO failed to promptly declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)”Let’s review the evidence ...https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/trump-free