Anji Seth
@anjiseth.bsky.social
Climate scientist. Learning about humans. Interim Head, UConn Geography, Sustainability, Community, and Urban Studies. Views are my own.
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The fossil fuel industry is raiding the infrastructure of the US government.
Are we allowed to be opposed to fossil fuels yet, or is that not enough of a Pragmatic Realist Climate Reset Agenda
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...
Are we allowed to be opposed to fossil fuels yet, or is that not enough of a Pragmatic Realist Climate Reset Agenda
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...
October 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The fossil fuel industry is raiding the infrastructure of the US government.
Are we allowed to be opposed to fossil fuels yet, or is that not enough of a Pragmatic Realist Climate Reset Agenda
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...
Are we allowed to be opposed to fossil fuels yet, or is that not enough of a Pragmatic Realist Climate Reset Agenda
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...
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Some of you will know I've been working on a #greensocialprescribing project for a few years, combining nature with art and wellbeing activities to help people struggling with their mental health. You can read or download the final report on the project here. peopleneednature.org.uk/the-poundbur...
May 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Some of you will know I've been working on a #greensocialprescribing project for a few years, combining nature with art and wellbeing activities to help people struggling with their mental health. You can read or download the final report on the project here. peopleneednature.org.uk/the-poundbur...
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Why do global fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise?
In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
May 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Why do global fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise?
In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
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In USA:
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties most at risk from climate crisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
NOAA will "stop tracking the cost of the country’s most expensive disasters, those which cause at least $1 billion in damage."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties most at risk from climate crisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
NOAA will "stop tracking the cost of the country’s most expensive disasters, those which cause at least $1 billion in damage."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...
How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In USA:
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties most at risk from climate crisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
NOAA will "stop tracking the cost of the country’s most expensive disasters, those which cause at least $1 billion in damage."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...
‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties most at risk from climate crisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
NOAA will "stop tracking the cost of the country’s most expensive disasters, those which cause at least $1 billion in damage."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/c...
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Understanding the impacts of #climatechange that increase with global temperature rise
Major impacts include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and spread of infectious diseases
Denial is not an option - this shit is real
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Major impacts include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and spread of infectious diseases
Denial is not an option - this shit is real
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Understanding the impacts of #climatechange that increase with global temperature rise
Major impacts include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and spread of infectious diseases
Denial is not an option - this shit is real
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Major impacts include sea level rise, extreme weather events, food and water shortages and spread of infectious diseases
Denial is not an option - this shit is real
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Six "key truths" about climate change:
-It's real
-It's us
-Experts agree
-It's bad
-Others care
-There's hope
People who understand these truths are more likely to become part of the solution. Spread the word.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
-It's real
-It's us
-Experts agree
-It's bad
-Others care
-There's hope
People who understand these truths are more likely to become part of the solution. Spread the word.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy - Climatic Change
Effective communication is critical in efforts to limit and manage the risks of climate change. One empirical approach to crafting effective communication is to start with communication objectives, th...
link.springer.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Six "key truths" about climate change:
-It's real
-It's us
-Experts agree
-It's bad
-Others care
-There's hope
People who understand these truths are more likely to become part of the solution. Spread the word.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
-It's real
-It's us
-Experts agree
-It's bad
-Others care
-There's hope
People who understand these truths are more likely to become part of the solution. Spread the word.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
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Perspective: U.S. tornado pace is most in 14 years. That included a potential March record.
US Tornado Pace Is Its Highest Since 2011 | Weather.com
Does it seem like we've had a lot of tornadoes this spring, especially in the South and Ohio Valley? The latest data suggests we're on a pace not seen since 2011. - Articles from The Weather Channel |...
weather.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Perspective: U.S. tornado pace is most in 14 years. That included a potential March record.
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PDF is available here! www.christophercallahan.me/publications
plus free-to-read online link here: rdcu.be/ei0T5
plus free-to-read online link here: rdcu.be/ei0T5
Publications — Christopher Callahan
www.christophercallahan.me
April 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
PDF is available here! www.christophercallahan.me/publications
plus free-to-read online link here: rdcu.be/ei0T5
plus free-to-read online link here: rdcu.be/ei0T5
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You should post a ReadCube link for those who don't have access.
I'm begging y'all to share the ReadCube link to your Nature articles (or any other Springer pubs) because paywalls suck.
www.springernature.com/gp/researche...
www.springernature.com/gp/researche...
April 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
You should post a ReadCube link for those who don't have access.
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Japan’s best-selling EV is the Sakura, a kei car with bidirectional charging and 112 miles of range. Its cost: $17k.
The Sakura is an ideal urban car, but sclerotic federal regs block Americans from getting one.
The Sakura is an ideal urban car, but sclerotic federal regs block Americans from getting one.
This Could Be Japan’s Best-Kept EV Secret—and It Deserves to Be Shared
Meet the Sakura, the best-selling electric car in Japan. It has driver assistance, auto-parking, fast charging, bi-directional power, and acres of charm. The killer stat: It only costs $17,000.
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Japan’s best-selling EV is the Sakura, a kei car with bidirectional charging and 112 miles of range. Its cost: $17k.
The Sakura is an ideal urban car, but sclerotic federal regs block Americans from getting one.
The Sakura is an ideal urban car, but sclerotic federal regs block Americans from getting one.
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Less traffic (6 million fewer cars in first 100 days)
More people (1.5m more visitors to BIDs, Broadway tickets up)
Those who must drive get there in ½ the time (48% faster through Holland tunnel, 65% fewer rush hour delays)
And yes, honking down 70%!
www.curbed.com/article/100-... @nymag.com
More people (1.5m more visitors to BIDs, Broadway tickets up)
Those who must drive get there in ½ the time (48% faster through Holland tunnel, 65% fewer rush hour delays)
And yes, honking down 70%!
www.curbed.com/article/100-... @nymag.com
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Less traffic (6 million fewer cars in first 100 days)
More people (1.5m more visitors to BIDs, Broadway tickets up)
Those who must drive get there in ½ the time (48% faster through Holland tunnel, 65% fewer rush hour delays)
And yes, honking down 70%!
www.curbed.com/article/100-... @nymag.com
More people (1.5m more visitors to BIDs, Broadway tickets up)
Those who must drive get there in ½ the time (48% faster through Holland tunnel, 65% fewer rush hour delays)
And yes, honking down 70%!
www.curbed.com/article/100-... @nymag.com
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A record increase in atmospheric CO2 according to data released by NOAA gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/..., much higher than projected in the Global Carbon Budget essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/....
This occurred in the presence of an El Niño (red bars, data also from NOAA!).
What does this mean?
1/
This occurred in the presence of an El Niño (red bars, data also from NOAA!).
What does this mean?
1/
April 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A record increase in atmospheric CO2 according to data released by NOAA gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/..., much higher than projected in the Global Carbon Budget essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/....
This occurred in the presence of an El Niño (red bars, data also from NOAA!).
What does this mean?
1/
This occurred in the presence of an El Niño (red bars, data also from NOAA!).
What does this mean?
1/
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Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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In data collected across 69 countries, CJ action was employed by children/youth/adults/elders in diverse ways – from activism (eg protests) to community-based initiatives (eg restoration projects) – aimed at systemic change to prevent future climate-driven harms.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
People’s action for climate justice: a systematic review
Increasing recognition of the multi-faceted injustices of climate change has led to growing interest in the actions people can take to advance climate justice (CJ). Yet, within the empirical litera...
www.tandfonline.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In data collected across 69 countries, CJ action was employed by children/youth/adults/elders in diverse ways – from activism (eg protests) to community-based initiatives (eg restoration projects) – aimed at systemic change to prevent future climate-driven harms.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The trade deficit is rarely shown with its mirror image.
That is a mistake.
People who forgot or did not take Principles do not know this, and they may get into positions of power.
That is a mistake.
People who forgot or did not take Principles do not know this, and they may get into positions of power.
April 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The trade deficit is rarely shown with its mirror image.
That is a mistake.
People who forgot or did not take Principles do not know this, and they may get into positions of power.
That is a mistake.
People who forgot or did not take Principles do not know this, and they may get into positions of power.
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Good morning,
Did you know that the cloud has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry? That a single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggeri...
Did you know that the cloud has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry? That a single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggeri...
The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Good morning,
Did you know that the cloud has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry? That a single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggeri...
Did you know that the cloud has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry? That a single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggeri...
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This is a brilliant and crucial article about the demonisation of empathy by @joolia.bsky.social (Julia Carrie Wong).
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is a brilliant and crucial article about the demonisation of empathy by @joolia.bsky.social (Julia Carrie Wong).
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
It's a reminder that there is no idea so perverse that some people won't turn it into a doctrine. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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More evidence of #biofuel fraud: New study by Transport Environment shows that twice as much feedstock declared as Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is being used in #biofuels globally than can possibly exist. Virgin palm oil being mislabelled as a 'residue': www.transportenvironment.org/articles/pal...
April 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
More evidence of #biofuel fraud: New study by Transport Environment shows that twice as much feedstock declared as Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is being used in #biofuels globally than can possibly exist. Virgin palm oil being mislabelled as a 'residue': www.transportenvironment.org/articles/pal...
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Hot March! The last month was the warmest March ever recorded in #Europe.
According to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 the average air temperature over Europe was 2.41°C above the reference period.
Only the #iberianpeninsula was colder than the average temperature. #climateemergency
According to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 the average air temperature over Europe was 2.41°C above the reference period.
Only the #iberianpeninsula was colder than the average temperature. #climateemergency
April 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Hot March! The last month was the warmest March ever recorded in #Europe.
According to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 the average air temperature over Europe was 2.41°C above the reference period.
Only the #iberianpeninsula was colder than the average temperature. #climateemergency
According to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 the average air temperature over Europe was 2.41°C above the reference period.
Only the #iberianpeninsula was colder than the average temperature. #climateemergency
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"De-extinction" is to the biodiversity crisis as geoengineering/carbon capture are to climate change.
The false promise of magical techno fixes undermines the actions needed to actually address these problems - and will be exploited by bad actors to do just that.
The false promise of magical techno fixes undermines the actions needed to actually address these problems - and will be exploited by bad actors to do just that.
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"De-extinction" is to the biodiversity crisis as geoengineering/carbon capture are to climate change.
The false promise of magical techno fixes undermines the actions needed to actually address these problems - and will be exploited by bad actors to do just that.
The false promise of magical techno fixes undermines the actions needed to actually address these problems - and will be exploited by bad actors to do just that.
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I’m down with VPP, yeah you know me
We have a tremendous macro opportunity to accelerate the energy transition: data center load growth creates that inflection point. (ie: necessity is the mother of all invention)
Enter strategically places batteries and Virtual Power Plants
Good nuanced conversation in the thread attached.
Enter strategically places batteries and Virtual Power Plants
Good nuanced conversation in the thread attached.
@tylernol4thepain.bsky.social has asked me to write a thread elaborating on some comments I had made to him about the paper via DM to further the discussion on this topic and to bring up some extra nuances that to his credit he put into the introduction of his paper:
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m down with VPP, yeah you know me
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Updated 5-day Quantitative Precipitation Forecast: The area with 10+ inches is mostly gone, but that’s because last night’s precip is no longer included in the forecast. Big concern for additional flooding. 🌊🧪
April 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Updated 5-day Quantitative Precipitation Forecast: The area with 10+ inches is mostly gone, but that’s because last night’s precip is no longer included in the forecast. Big concern for additional flooding. 🌊🧪
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When you're China and you want to spend money on green things, you can still borrow money at less than 2% interest rate.
The sovereign bond is priced between 1.88% and 1.93%
Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The sovereign bond is priced between 1.88% and 1.93%
Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Starts Marketing Its First Sovereign Green Bond
China raised 6 billion yuan ($826 million) in its first-ever green sovereign bond sale, highlighting the country’s ambitions to bolster its environmental credentials to investors.
www.bloomberg.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
When you're China and you want to spend money on green things, you can still borrow money at less than 2% interest rate.
The sovereign bond is priced between 1.88% and 1.93%
Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The sovereign bond is priced between 1.88% and 1.93%
Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Major shoutout to local National Weather Service offices who have issued literally hundreds and hundreds of tornado / severe thunderstorm / flood warnings in just the past 36 hours alone. Most offices are doing this amid staff shortages.
SPC / WPC teams doing amazing work, too.
Scientists matter.
SPC / WPC teams doing amazing work, too.
Scientists matter.
April 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Major shoutout to local National Weather Service offices who have issued literally hundreds and hundreds of tornado / severe thunderstorm / flood warnings in just the past 36 hours alone. Most offices are doing this amid staff shortages.
SPC / WPC teams doing amazing work, too.
Scientists matter.
SPC / WPC teams doing amazing work, too.
Scientists matter.
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The FBI is moving to criminalize community climate workgroups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA under the Biden administration, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by writing successful funding proposals.
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The FBI is moving to criminalize community climate workgroups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA under the Biden administration, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by writing successful funding proposals.