Ashleigh Keelean, M.C.E., M.A.
@akeelean.bsky.social
Engineer, Water Resources | Dog Mom |
Florida —> California
Florida —> California
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Advancing Earth Sciences: Find out how GIS enables geologists and climate scientists to tackle real-world challenges. Discover stories and resources: esri.social/coUr50Um5l1
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January 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Advancing Earth Sciences: Find out how GIS enables geologists and climate scientists to tackle real-world challenges. Discover stories and resources: esri.social/coUr50Um5l1
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MyCabin's Scandinavian-style prefab homes were initially only available in Europe, but now Americans can pick from five minimalist units. Take a look.
A man couldn't find a tiny home he loved, so he built one. Now almost anyone can buy one of his sleek ADUs from $59,000.
MyCabin's Scandinavian-style prefab homes were initially only available in Europe, but now Americans can pick from five minimalist units. Take a look.
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January 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
MyCabin's Scandinavian-style prefab homes were initially only available in Europe, but now Americans can pick from five minimalist units. Take a look.
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You know who understands risk? Actuaries. And guess what they're saying: "... the plausible worst-case hit to global economies would be 50% in the two decades before 2090."
I'm bad at budgeting, can someone tell me whether 50% is a lot?
I'm bad at budgeting, can someone tell me whether 50% is a lot?
Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
You know who understands risk? Actuaries. And guess what they're saying: "... the plausible worst-case hit to global economies would be 50% in the two decades before 2090."
I'm bad at budgeting, can someone tell me whether 50% is a lot?
I'm bad at budgeting, can someone tell me whether 50% is a lot?
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Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2 levels ever recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii
www.newscientist.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
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I think this is one of my favourite colourful climate chart type things, because it depicts two things at once:
- Things are going to get worse, no matter what
- The degree to which they get worse depends on decisions made today
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-... by @edhawkins.org
- Things are going to get worse, no matter what
- The degree to which they get worse depends on decisions made today
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-... by @edhawkins.org
January 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I think this is one of my favourite colourful climate chart type things, because it depicts two things at once:
- Things are going to get worse, no matter what
- The degree to which they get worse depends on decisions made today
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-... by @edhawkins.org
- Things are going to get worse, no matter what
- The degree to which they get worse depends on decisions made today
theconversation.com/my-new-dark-... by @edhawkins.org
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
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UCLA study reveals that climate change was a major factor in the LA wildfires.
Two unusually wet winters primed the landscape by creating more vegetation, which then dried out due to an unusually hot summer, creating a tinderbox ripe for fire.
sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi...
Two unusually wet winters primed the landscape by creating more vegetation, which then dried out due to an unusually hot summer, creating a tinderbox ripe for fire.
sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi...
Climate Change A Factor In Unprecedented LA Fires
sustainablela.ucla.edu
January 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
UCLA study reveals that climate change was a major factor in the LA wildfires.
Two unusually wet winters primed the landscape by creating more vegetation, which then dried out due to an unusually hot summer, creating a tinderbox ripe for fire.
sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi...
Two unusually wet winters primed the landscape by creating more vegetation, which then dried out due to an unusually hot summer, creating a tinderbox ripe for fire.
sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi...
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Our recent review on "Hydroclimate Volatility on a warming Earth" will be in front of the journal paywall for all to read/download freely for 14 days (until 1/23). Thereafter, this specific (ReadCube) link will grant read-only access to all: https://rdcu.be/d6ceH
Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal...
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January 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Our recent review on "Hydroclimate Volatility on a warming Earth" will be in front of the journal paywall for all to read/download freely for 14 days (until 1/23). Thereafter, this specific (ReadCube) link will grant read-only access to all: https://rdcu.be/d6ceH
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Count the American Medical Association among groups that says positive things about the fight against climate change but then funnels money to politicians who are fighting solutions.
New Study Highlights Disconnect Between AMA's Stance on Climate Change and Political Contributions | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
A new study finds a disconnect between the American Medical Association's climate advocacy and their political donations.
hsph.harvard.edu
January 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Count the American Medical Association among groups that says positive things about the fight against climate change but then funnels money to politicians who are fighting solutions.
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Prolonged drought and Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions compounded by climate change that have fueled LA area wildfires. New report from NOAA and NASA that 2024 was the hottest in almost 200 years underlines the point. @climateofgavin.bsky.social explains. Via @pbsnews.bsky.social.
Warming climate created 'perfect storm' for catastrophic fires, NASA researcher says
Prolonged drought and powerful Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions that have fueled the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Those conditions were compounded by climate change. Accordi...
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January 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Prolonged drought and Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions compounded by climate change that have fueled LA area wildfires. New report from NOAA and NASA that 2024 was the hottest in almost 200 years underlines the point. @climateofgavin.bsky.social explains. Via @pbsnews.bsky.social.
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Magnitude 6.8 #earthquake #Kyushu #Japan about 40 minutes ago (2025-01-13Z12:19) Signal on station IU.MAJO (Matsushiro, Japan) displayed using free #obspy software. Further info from USGS on
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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January 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Magnitude 6.8 #earthquake #Kyushu #Japan about 40 minutes ago (2025-01-13Z12:19) Signal on station IU.MAJO (Matsushiro, Japan) displayed using free #obspy software. Further info from USGS on
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
How Two Words from a 24-Year-Old Pasadena Climate Specialist Saved Hundreds of Lives - Local News Pasadena
Edgar McGregor’s timely Eaton Fire alert: ‘Get out!’
localnewspasadena.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
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In addition to pricey mansions, the homes of working-class people were also lost in the Palisades fire, including a mobile home park on Pacific Coast Highway. “It was rent controlled,” one resident said. “I had been there for 10 years in this trailer with an ocean view. I was so lucky.”
In One of L.A.’s Richest ZIP codes, Food Service Workers Also Lost Their Homes
In addition to pricey mansions, the homes of working-class people were also lost, including a mobile home park on Pacific Coast Highway.
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January 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In addition to pricey mansions, the homes of working-class people were also lost in the Palisades fire, including a mobile home park on Pacific Coast Highway. “It was rent controlled,” one resident said. “I had been there for 10 years in this trailer with an ocean view. I was so lucky.”
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For the thousands of people asking "How do we fix this #wildfire problem?", @michaelwara.bsky.social wrote an excellent white paper 3 years ago that neatly lays out the basics of the multipronged approach. It still holds. @stanfordwoods.bsky.social hosted a discussion panel as well.
woodsinstitute.stanford.edu
January 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
For the thousands of people asking "How do we fix this #wildfire problem?", @michaelwara.bsky.social wrote an excellent white paper 3 years ago that neatly lays out the basics of the multipronged approach. It still holds. @stanfordwoods.bsky.social hosted a discussion panel as well.
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2 new papers out - US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think - and can do better, using routine local tools
Brief write up: udel.edu/0012471
Brief write up: udel.edu/0012471
US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think - and can do better
U.S.
udel.edu
September 27, 2024 at 3:54 PM
2 new papers out - US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think - and can do better, using routine local tools
Brief write up: udel.edu/0012471
Brief write up: udel.edu/0012471
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When we diversify our farms with trees we create myriad benefits for food, income, and seasonal stability.
Cool new paper showing the conservation of change in action
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cool new paper showing the conservation of change in action
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The nexus between agroforestry landscapes and dietary diversity: insights from Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone - Landscape Ecology
Context Agroforestry plays a crucial role in increasing tree-based food production for healthy and sustainable food systems. However, the potential of farm trees to contribute to farmers' dietary dive...
link.springer.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
When we diversify our farms with trees we create myriad benefits for food, income, and seasonal stability.
Cool new paper showing the conservation of change in action
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cool new paper showing the conservation of change in action
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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CNN interviewed more than a dozen experts, and they said that no fire hydrants would have been able to stop the LA wildfires with the high winds. “I don’t know a water system in the world that is that prepared for this type of event,” said one expert.
No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage | CNN
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
www.cnn.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
CNN interviewed more than a dozen experts, and they said that no fire hydrants would have been able to stop the LA wildfires with the high winds. “I don’t know a water system in the world that is that prepared for this type of event,” said one expert.
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California’s building code for wildfires is among the most protective in the nation. Yet the destruction in Los Angeles demonstrates the limits of those efforts, raising uncomfortable questions about whether any part of the U.S. can truly adapt to wildfires made worse by a hotter climate.
L.A. Fires Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Cope With Climate Change
California has focused on fortifying communities against wildfires. But with growing threats, that may not be enough.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
California’s building code for wildfires is among the most protective in the nation. Yet the destruction in Los Angeles demonstrates the limits of those efforts, raising uncomfortable questions about whether any part of the U.S. can truly adapt to wildfires made worse by a hotter climate.
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NEW: In light of the LA wildfires, I've put together a special in-depth report about how climate change is increasing the risk of such fires escalating quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why wildfires are becoming faster and more furious
With the risk factors increasing, is it still safe to live in areas prone to these disasters - and can fireproofing ever work?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: In light of the LA wildfires, I've put together a special in-depth report about how climate change is increasing the risk of such fires escalating quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Pink fire retardant is widely used to tame wildfires each year because it can slow flames in ways that water can’t. But it also comes with a toxic burden, because they contain heavy metals and other chemicals that are harmful to human health and the environment.
Pink Fire Retardant, a Dramatic Wildfire Weapon, Poses Its Own Dangers
It’s widely used because it can slow flames in ways that water can’t. But it also contains heavy metals and other harmful compounds.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Pink fire retardant is widely used to tame wildfires each year because it can slow flames in ways that water can’t. But it also comes with a toxic burden, because they contain heavy metals and other chemicals that are harmful to human health and the environment.
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Our paper on "Hydroclimate volatility on a Warming Earth" is out in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. We assess existing scientific literature & conduct new analysis--concluding that "#HydroclimateWhiplash" is increasing due to #ClimateChange. [Thread] www.nature.com/artic...
Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal...
www.nature.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Our paper on "Hydroclimate volatility on a Warming Earth" is out in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. We assess existing scientific literature & conduct new analysis--concluding that "#HydroclimateWhiplash" is increasing due to #ClimateChange. [Thread] www.nature.com/artic...
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As flames in Southern California continue to carve a destructive path, a larger question looms: could this level of devastation somehow have been minimized, or is this simply the new normal in an era of climate-related calamities?
No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage | CNN
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
www.cnn.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As flames in Southern California continue to carve a destructive path, a larger question looms: could this level of devastation somehow have been minimized, or is this simply the new normal in an era of climate-related calamities?
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The Supreme Court will review Obamacare's no-cost coverage for some preventive care services including cancer screenings, heart statins and HIV drugs.
Supreme Court to review Obamacare’s no-cost coverage of cancer screenings, heart statins and HIV drugs | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court said Friday it will review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s no-cost coverage mandates for certain preventive care services, putting the landmark health care law in ...
www.cnn.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Supreme Court will review Obamacare's no-cost coverage for some preventive care services including cancer screenings, heart statins and HIV drugs.
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It is entirely logical to be furious at the fossil fuel industry, whose decades-long campaign of corrupting politicians, crafting fake science, sowing false doubt, and lying at an industrial scale has brought us to this moment. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles
After the Bobcat fire, the area no longer felt safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
It is entirely logical to be furious at the fossil fuel industry, whose decades-long campaign of corrupting politicians, crafting fake science, sowing false doubt, and lying at an industrial scale has brought us to this moment. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...