Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
Environmental economist: climate, forests, land, biodiversity, development.
Environmental science
49%
Economics
28%
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Jul 7
Implementation costs of restoring global mangrove forests
Mangrove forests provide many ecosystem services, prompting a wave of recent mangrove
restoration initiatives. Here, we estimate and map the implementation costs of restoring
mangroves globally. This ...
www.cell.com
I'm thrilled to share our new paper, "Implementation costs of restoring global mangrove forests," published in One Earth!
We find that restoring 1.1 million hectares of mangroves globally would remove 0.93 billion tons of carbon dioxide and cost $10.7 billion.
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
We find that restoring 1.1 million hectares of mangroves globally would remove 0.93 billion tons of carbon dioxide and cost $10.7 billion.
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
Berkeley is known for three things: protests, Nobel Prize winners, and sunshine. All three came together today to #standupforscience
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
Thousands march at UC Berkeley today to #standupforscience
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“Thanks to advances in science, my son’s life was saved!”
—Robin Lopez, Mayor of Albany, CA and PhD candidate at Berkeley
#standupforscience
—Robin Lopez, Mayor of Albany, CA and PhD candidate at Berkeley
#standupforscience
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“We have the numbers, and we have the power! If you haven’t yet, join your union.”
— UAW rep, and also a scientist who lost NIH funding
#standupforscience
— UAW rep, and also a scientist who lost NIH funding
#standupforscience
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“I had a choice to study science in Europe or the US. I chose the US”
—Fernando, Colombian computer scientist (and developer of Python?)
#standupforscience
—Fernando, Colombian computer scientist (and developer of Python?)
#standupforscience
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“Science and engineering are for everyone!”
—Negar, president of Berkeley Society of Women Engineers
—Negar, president of Berkeley Society of Women Engineers
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“When you feel like you’re losing hope, look up to the sky!”
— Brian Mendes, Director of Berkeley Planetarium and Berkeley’s first Mexican Ph.D. in Astrophysics
— Brian Mendes, Director of Berkeley Planetarium and Berkeley’s first Mexican Ph.D. in Astrophysics
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“Truth wont bend, nor will we!”
—speaker at #standupforscience Berkeley
—speaker at #standupforscience Berkeley
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“Today’s young people are tomorrow’s scientists!”
—Rita Dorff, Director of Lawrence Berkeley Hall of Science
—Rita Dorff, Director of Lawrence Berkeley Hall of Science
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“There is no king, or dictator, or tzar, in science!”
—Ted Miguel at #standupforscience Berkeley
—Ted Miguel at #standupforscience Berkeley
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 7
“I would not be here without the support of the National Institutes of Health…and the National Science Foundation”
—Science rockstar and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna at #standupforscience Berkeley
—Science rockstar and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna at #standupforscience Berkeley
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 4
Merci mon ami!
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Mar 4
I'm energized to #standupforscience at Berkeley this Friday!
Stand up for Science has 3 goals:
1) Secure and expand scientific funding
2) End censorship and interference in science
3) Defend diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in science
Find a rally near you standupforscience2025.org
Stand up for Science has 3 goals:
1) Secure and expand scientific funding
2) End censorship and interference in science
3) Defend diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in science
Find a rally near you standupforscience2025.org
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 26
Oh, and for economists: the GOAT of countercyclical public investments.
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 26
Hoover Dam is the Sistine Chapel of dams. Breathtaking in scale, transformed the entire Southwest, an engineering marvel, architecturally and artistically beautiful, historically fascinating, the yardstick against which all other dams are measured…
I’d give it a chance.
I’d give it a chance.
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 26
Watch Our Oceans | Netflix Official Site
Discover the stories beneath the surface of the water in this stunning nature documentary series, which explores each of the Earth's five oceans.
www.netflix.com
Our Oceans is astonishing. The nature footage that drones can capture is like nothing seen in previous documentaries.
www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=8...
www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=8...
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 17
Proudly Team Parasaurolophus here, repping the 0%
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 14
@whatthefog.bsky.social I’m trying to think of what the SF equivalent would be. Maybe a beloved burrito or dim sum place.
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Relative to NYC they were top tier, among many contenders obviously.
Relative to the Bay they were so much better that when we moved here I started baking my own bagels because nothing else compared.
Relative to the Bay they were so much better that when we moved here I started baking my own bagels because nothing else compared.
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 13
“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10?
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/13/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/13/h...
“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
As a spatula user I’m relieved.
As a media reader I’m disappointed.
As a scientist, there but for the grace of God go I.
And as someone with all-new kitchen implements now, well, for cooking blue is also great and will suffice.
As a media reader I’m disappointed.
As a scientist, there but for the grace of God go I.
And as someone with all-new kitchen implements now, well, for cooking blue is also great and will suffice.
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 13
A Bagel Shop Closed, and the Upper West Side Is Absolutely Losing It
The neighborhood reaction to the sudden closure of a Manhattan bagel shop was intense: “No no no no no no no no no no no!!”
www.nytimes.com
I feel this in my soul from three time zones away. Hug your bagel shop a little tighter today, people.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/n...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/n...
Reposted by Jonah Busch
“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10?
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/13/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/13/h...
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Dec 6
There are many more Nutches than Nitches!
What should the Nutches do?
A) Build more Nitches
B) Do NOT build more Nitches, because of neighborhood character, traffic concerns, and greedy developers
C) Only support Affordable Nitches, paid for by bond measures they know will never pass
D) B and C
What should the Nutches do?
A) Build more Nitches
B) Do NOT build more Nitches, because of neighborhood character, traffic concerns, and greedy developers
C) Only support Affordable Nitches, paid for by bond measures they know will never pass
D) B and C
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Nov 23
That explains it! Made me smile though.
Jonah Busch
@jonahbusch.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Lol thanks for this walk down memory lane!