Zach Calhoun
@zcalhoun.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Duke University. Interested in climate adaptation, spatial statistics, and machine learning.
zcalhoun.github.io
zcalhoun.github.io
Reposted by Zach Calhoun
The more I learn about the health impacts of data centers, the more convinced I become that communities should think twice before putting out a welcome mat. @lortizuriarte.bsky.social @virginiaclimate.bsky.social @virginiaclinicians.bsky.social @vacleancities.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic - Inside Climate News
Energy analysts and environmentalists say diesel generators are expensive, noisy, highly polluting and exempt from Clean Air Act regulations in times of energy “emergencies.”
insideclimatenews.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The more I learn about the health impacts of data centers, the more convinced I become that communities should think twice before putting out a welcome mat. @lortizuriarte.bsky.social @virginiaclimate.bsky.social @virginiaclinicians.bsky.social @vacleancities.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
Reposted by Zach Calhoun
A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.
"We cannot all produce poems at the quality of a professional poet [...] but perhaps that is what being human is: learning something new and sticking with it, even if we do not become world famous poets (Brainard 2025)."
Today, someone who has been surfing the AI hype wave to boost his career, got upset by our position paper.
He gave no substantive couinterargument. Just called it “activism”. As if that is an insult.
In a world where techno-fascism hollows out our institutions, I’m a proud scientific activist.
He gave no substantive couinterargument. Just called it “activism”. As if that is an insult.
In a world where techno-fascism hollows out our institutions, I’m a proud scientific activist.
Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
zenodo.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"We cannot all produce poems at the quality of a professional poet [...] but perhaps that is what being human is: learning something new and sticking with it, even if we do not become world famous poets (Brainard 2025)."
Check out my most recent manuscript on arxiv -- and if you have any questions on sparse variational Gaussian processes, I find myself using them more and more frequently eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Scalable and robust Gaussian processes for reanalysis of urban air temperature with crowdsourced meteorological data
eartharxiv.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Check out my most recent manuscript on arxiv -- and if you have any questions on sparse variational Gaussian processes, I find myself using them more and more frequently eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Reposted by Zach Calhoun
To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
October 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
This is my dog Toro. Toro HATES the rain.
October 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is my dog Toro. Toro HATES the rain.
I am brand new here -- if you have some recommendations for who to follow, please send them my way!
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I am brand new here -- if you have some recommendations for who to follow, please send them my way!