Lawrence Vulis
@lvulis.bsky.social
Climate Data Scientist working on natural hazards and climate risk in the property sector. Interested in the science of water, climate, cities, and landscapes, also dogs. Opinions are solely my own.
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Lawrence Vulis
@lvulis.bsky.social
· Feb 28
It's all so fucking dumb
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"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Island press and Cornell University press in one week?!
Thinking about picking up my book? Do it this week! all @islandpress.bsky.social print titles are 50% off until 11/16!
islandpress.org/books/when-d...
also lots of other great books to grab as well -- thread below with some links of my favorites
islandpress.org/books/when-d...
also lots of other great books to grab as well -- thread below with some links of my favorites
When Driving Is Not an Option
islandpress.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Island press and Cornell University press in one week?!
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Are you connected with recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene? If so, a request...we are beginning a new study on household financial recovery after the hurricane and hoping to interview several dozen households across all of the affected states.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Are you connected with recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene? If so, a request...we are beginning a new study on household financial recovery after the hurricane and hoping to interview several dozen households across all of the affected states.
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Excited to share this professional update! 🔌💡
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Excited to share this professional update! 🔌💡
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As a remote sensing geoscientist, I am often asked about satellite and other aerial images. So here's a primer:
Arial imagery vs Times New Roman imagery.
#dadjoke #EarthObservation
🧪⚒️🛰️
Arial imagery vs Times New Roman imagery.
#dadjoke #EarthObservation
🧪⚒️🛰️
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As a remote sensing geoscientist, I am often asked about satellite and other aerial images. So here's a primer:
Arial imagery vs Times New Roman imagery.
#dadjoke #EarthObservation
🧪⚒️🛰️
Arial imagery vs Times New Roman imagery.
#dadjoke #EarthObservation
🧪⚒️🛰️
Worse than the infinite tabs is the infinite reading list and this isn't helping
44 percent off @cornellupress.bsky.social books, including my own, with the promo code below. Lots of great choices!
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Worse than the infinite tabs is the infinite reading list and this isn't helping
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44 percent off @cornellupress.bsky.social books, including my own, with the promo code below. Lots of great choices!
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
44 percent off @cornellupress.bsky.social books, including my own, with the promo code below. Lots of great choices!
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Gave geo-projections.com a long overdue refresh
Tooltips showing area distortion
Tissot circles for visualization
City search & map dragging
Dark/Light mode
Many more fixes
Originally built it in 2021 while learning #d3js
#cartography #gischat #maps #cartography #qgis #gis
Tooltips showing area distortion
Tissot circles for visualization
City search & map dragging
Dark/Light mode
Many more fixes
Originally built it in 2021 while learning #d3js
#cartography #gischat #maps #cartography #qgis #gis
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Gave geo-projections.com a long overdue refresh
Tooltips showing area distortion
Tissot circles for visualization
City search & map dragging
Dark/Light mode
Many more fixes
Originally built it in 2021 while learning #d3js
#cartography #gischat #maps #cartography #qgis #gis
Tooltips showing area distortion
Tissot circles for visualization
City search & map dragging
Dark/Light mode
Many more fixes
Originally built it in 2021 while learning #d3js
#cartography #gischat #maps #cartography #qgis #gis
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Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back!
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Amazon Kindle currently has my new book availalbe for FREE as an e-book online right now! Buy it now for $0.00 before they change it back!
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
Link: shorturl.at/uPZC3
#climaterisk 📉📈
Arizona has paused development of hundreds of thousands of homes on the far Phoenix fringes due to insufficient groundwater supplies, @highcountrynews.org finds: www.hcn.org/issues/57-10...
The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix - High Country News
A groundwater crisis halted the construction of thousands of homes and pitted affordability against environmental concerns.
www.hcn.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
#climaterisk 📉📈
In NY you also need to update your party affiliation MONTHS in advance - you need to change to D or R by February 14 to be able to vote in that primary, typically in June. elections.ny.gov/registration...
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
In NY you also need to update your party affiliation MONTHS in advance - you need to change to D or R by February 14 to be able to vote in that primary, typically in June. elections.ny.gov/registration...
One of the most blue dog Dems in Congress is signaling his opposition, what's going on here?!
For 40 days, President Trump and Republicans refused to negotiate a bipartisan budget deal that prevents healthcare costs from skyrocketing. In CA50, 28,000 people face higher costs if we don't extend ACA tax credits. We cannot afford to wait, yet this deal does nothing to address this crisis. 1/3
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
One of the most blue dog Dems in Congress is signaling his opposition, what's going on here?!
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I’ll level with u morale is low
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I’ll level with u morale is low
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As the global #energytransition picks up pace, falling coal demand and prices are squeezing Indonesia’s coal profits and state revenues.
Targeted actions can cut coal mine methane emissions and manage coal-dependent regions in Indonesia through this shift.
https://loom.ly/H4vRTH0
Targeted actions can cut coal mine methane emissions and manage coal-dependent regions in Indonesia through this shift.
https://loom.ly/H4vRTH0
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
As the global #energytransition picks up pace, falling coal demand and prices are squeezing Indonesia’s coal profits and state revenues.
Targeted actions can cut coal mine methane emissions and manage coal-dependent regions in Indonesia through this shift.
https://loom.ly/H4vRTH0
Targeted actions can cut coal mine methane emissions and manage coal-dependent regions in Indonesia through this shift.
https://loom.ly/H4vRTH0
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Great discussion!
I'm the author of these diagrams and a lot of the questions that come up around them are addressed in this companion diagram that breaks down the differences starting at the power plant.👇
Much more context is in the original article:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/01/elec...
I'm the author of these diagrams and a lot of the questions that come up around them are addressed in this companion diagram that breaks down the differences starting at the power plant.👇
Much more context is in the original article:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/01/elec...
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Great discussion!
I'm the author of these diagrams and a lot of the questions that come up around them are addressed in this companion diagram that breaks down the differences starting at the power plant.👇
Much more context is in the original article:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/01/elec...
I'm the author of these diagrams and a lot of the questions that come up around them are addressed in this companion diagram that breaks down the differences starting at the power plant.👇
Much more context is in the original article:
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/01/elec...
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Welcome to the mid transition, where Chinese shale drilling power needs are supplemented with all the solar they can stuff on site 👇 www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
www.globaltimes.cn
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Welcome to the mid transition, where Chinese shale drilling power needs are supplemented with all the solar they can stuff on site 👇 www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
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🔴⚠️🌀🇵🇭Ongoing scary landfall of #Fungwong on northern Aurora in Luzon,as a cat.4 Typhoon with gusts over 230km/h.More than 100000 evacuated and 400mm of rain so far,few days after #Kalmaegi.⬇️ Latest 6 hours by Himawari9 #ClimateEmergency #COP30 #Philippines
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🔴⚠️🌀🇵🇭Ongoing scary landfall of #Fungwong on northern Aurora in Luzon,as a cat.4 Typhoon with gusts over 230km/h.More than 100000 evacuated and 400mm of rain so far,few days after #Kalmaegi.⬇️ Latest 6 hours by Himawari9 #ClimateEmergency #COP30 #Philippines
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“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
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this weather map is truly unhinged.
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
this weather map is truly unhinged.
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
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FAA issued ground stop at New York’s JFK airport and Chicago’s O’Hare airport due to staffing shortages caused by government shutdown.
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
FAA issued ground stop at New York’s JFK airport and Chicago’s O’Hare airport due to staffing shortages caused by government shutdown.
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Dems dropping climate talk after voters ranked it low vs. affordability concerns.
Smart reframe: Rep Casten's 'Cheap Energy Agenda' ties clean power to lower bills.
Climate action happens when framed as benefit, not abstract crisis.
Smart reframe: Rep Casten's 'Cheap Energy Agenda' ties clean power to lower bills.
Climate action happens when framed as benefit, not abstract crisis.
Why Democrats aren't talking about climate change much anymore
As Democrats reflect on the 2024 election, talking about the "planetary emergency" is out, and "cheap energy" is in.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Dems dropping climate talk after voters ranked it low vs. affordability concerns.
Smart reframe: Rep Casten's 'Cheap Energy Agenda' ties clean power to lower bills.
Climate action happens when framed as benefit, not abstract crisis.
Smart reframe: Rep Casten's 'Cheap Energy Agenda' ties clean power to lower bills.
Climate action happens when framed as benefit, not abstract crisis.
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1/ A Russian soldier fighting near Pokrovsk says that the area is a scene of carnage, with dead Russians lying everywhere. Soldiers' families are being sent death notices even before the men go into assaults. Only four out of his group of 120 men survived one assault. ⬇️
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
1/ A Russian soldier fighting near Pokrovsk says that the area is a scene of carnage, with dead Russians lying everywhere. Soldiers' families are being sent death notices even before the men go into assaults. Only four out of his group of 120 men survived one assault. ⬇️