Diego Ramos Aguilera
@d1egoramo5.bsky.social
environmental engineering — university of southern california | researching heat in cities | interested in renewable energy, climate change, sustainable development, global south
https://s3research.usc.edu/about-us/diego-ramos-aguilera/
https://s3research.usc.edu/about-us/diego-ramos-aguilera/
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El mapa de calor de Madrid muestra claramente que, exceptuando el Retiro (que está cerrado), el resto de la ciudad es un puto infierno por falta de árboles.
Ala, a seguir votando a Almeida.
Ala, a seguir votando a Almeida.
July 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
El mapa de calor de Madrid muestra claramente que, exceptuando el Retiro (que está cerrado), el resto de la ciudad es un puto infierno por falta de árboles.
Ala, a seguir votando a Almeida.
Ala, a seguir votando a Almeida.
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In the face of the #heatwave on the Iberian Peninsula, I have updated the map of drinking water sources based on data from @openstreetmap.bsky.social. #rstats #dataviz
July 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In the face of the #heatwave on the Iberian Peninsula, I have updated the map of drinking water sources based on data from @openstreetmap.bsky.social. #rstats #dataviz
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This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.
June 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.
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Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
May 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
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Introducing the "tree ring plot": a new way to visualize global surface temperatures. Each ring is a year, and each colored cell represents a day in global average temperatures (compared to a 1850-1900 preindustrial baseline).
April 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Introducing the "tree ring plot": a new way to visualize global surface temperatures. Each ring is a year, and each colored cell represents a day in global average temperatures (compared to a 1850-1900 preindustrial baseline).
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You might be thinking, "Tom, 3.75 ppm means nothing to me. What does that actually mean?" Here's some context:
A growth of CO2 of 3.75ppm from January 2024 to December 2024 was the largest annual increase on record and 25% larger than the previous record set in 2015. 2/7
A growth of CO2 of 3.75ppm from January 2024 to December 2024 was the largest annual increase on record and 25% larger than the previous record set in 2015. 2/7
April 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
You might be thinking, "Tom, 3.75 ppm means nothing to me. What does that actually mean?" Here's some context:
A growth of CO2 of 3.75ppm from January 2024 to December 2024 was the largest annual increase on record and 25% larger than the previous record set in 2015. 2/7
A growth of CO2 of 3.75ppm from January 2024 to December 2024 was the largest annual increase on record and 25% larger than the previous record set in 2015. 2/7
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A general classification of human development from natural areas right up to urban cores
While linear and general in nature it still informs urban geography, planning, and spatial planning
While linear and general in nature it still informs urban geography, planning, and spatial planning
March 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A general classification of human development from natural areas right up to urban cores
While linear and general in nature it still informs urban geography, planning, and spatial planning
While linear and general in nature it still informs urban geography, planning, and spatial planning
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“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.”
- Lewis Mumford
- Lewis Mumford
March 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.”
- Lewis Mumford
- Lewis Mumford
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WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?
March 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?
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🌡 New on @ourworldindata.org:
We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.
Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.
[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.
Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.
[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
March 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🌡 New on @ourworldindata.org:
We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.
Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.
[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.
Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.
[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
i declare myself a fan of public libraries, and all they represent 🤗
March 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
i declare myself a fan of public libraries, and all they represent 🤗
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american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
March 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
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🚨 #NOAA is essential for weather forecasting, climate research, and public safety.
AGU stands with the scientific community in urging Congress to protect and strengthen NOAA, not dismantle it.
Our economy, environment, and safety depend on it.
AGU stands with the scientific community in urging Congress to protect and strengthen NOAA, not dismantle it.
Our economy, environment, and safety depend on it.
February 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🚨 #NOAA is essential for weather forecasting, climate research, and public safety.
AGU stands with the scientific community in urging Congress to protect and strengthen NOAA, not dismantle it.
Our economy, environment, and safety depend on it.
AGU stands with the scientific community in urging Congress to protect and strengthen NOAA, not dismantle it.
Our economy, environment, and safety depend on it.
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February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Facepalm, AI...
February 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Facepalm, AI...
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Lets put this in "business" terms.
If you have an arm of your firms that costs $50k to operate, but it produces $500k in profits, and you cut it, you don't save $50k, you lose $450k.
By cutting billions, they have the potential to reduce future growth by the trillions.
If you have an arm of your firms that costs $50k to operate, but it produces $500k in profits, and you cut it, you don't save $50k, you lose $450k.
By cutting billions, they have the potential to reduce future growth by the trillions.
Please stop saying it saved money until you understand the value of what was cut. They are downsizing, and if the stuff getting cut had real value, its not a saving.
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
February 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Lets put this in "business" terms.
If you have an arm of your firms that costs $50k to operate, but it produces $500k in profits, and you cut it, you don't save $50k, you lose $450k.
By cutting billions, they have the potential to reduce future growth by the trillions.
If you have an arm of your firms that costs $50k to operate, but it produces $500k in profits, and you cut it, you don't save $50k, you lose $450k.
By cutting billions, they have the potential to reduce future growth by the trillions.
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 10:05 PM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
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Now is the time for a genuinely non-evil, open-source, privacy-focused ecosystem -- operating system, email and other basic services, mobile OS, phone -- that would allow consumers to entirely defect from the enshittifying exploitation systems controlled by today's increasingly fascist tech bros.
February 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Now is the time for a genuinely non-evil, open-source, privacy-focused ecosystem -- operating system, email and other basic services, mobile OS, phone -- that would allow consumers to entirely defect from the enshittifying exploitation systems controlled by today's increasingly fascist tech bros.
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Ebbaba Hameida, periodista saharaui en España: «Sentí una culpa abrumadora por vivir en el país que traicionó a mi gente» – Cadena SER noteolvidesdelsaharaoccidental.org/ebbaba-hamei...
Ebbaba Hameida, periodista saharaui en España: «Sentí una culpa abrumadora por vivir en el país que traicionó a mi gente» – Cadena SER
Aimar Bretos entrevista a Ebbaba Hameida, que acaba de publicar ‘Flores de papel’ (Península) Hora 25 Marisol RojasMrojas_ Cadena SER Ebbaba Hameida se presenta ante los desconocidos da…
noteolvidesdelsaharaoccidental.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Ebbaba Hameida, periodista saharaui en España: «Sentí una culpa abrumadora por vivir en el país que traicionó a mi gente» – Cadena SER noteolvidesdelsaharaoccidental.org/ebbaba-hamei...
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Time for another reminder — our values & priorities are revealed in countless small but key details in our city design, deliberate decisions that have prioritized cars over people for decades.
It will take equally deliberate decisions to change.
HT #Dutch cartoon by Verwey, 1980
It will take equally deliberate decisions to change.
HT #Dutch cartoon by Verwey, 1980
January 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Time for another reminder — our values & priorities are revealed in countless small but key details in our city design, deliberate decisions that have prioritized cars over people for decades.
It will take equally deliberate decisions to change.
HT #Dutch cartoon by Verwey, 1980
It will take equally deliberate decisions to change.
HT #Dutch cartoon by Verwey, 1980
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How did the EU's electricity mix change in the last year?
☀️ Big growth in solar
☢️ 🌊 Rebound in nuclear & hydro
💨 Not so much growth in wind
🏭 Large drop in fossil fuels (both coal and gas)
🔌 Demand up
From @ember-energy.org's new European Electricity Review: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
☀️ Big growth in solar
☢️ 🌊 Rebound in nuclear & hydro
💨 Not so much growth in wind
🏭 Large drop in fossil fuels (both coal and gas)
🔌 Demand up
From @ember-energy.org's new European Electricity Review: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
January 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How did the EU's electricity mix change in the last year?
☀️ Big growth in solar
☢️ 🌊 Rebound in nuclear & hydro
💨 Not so much growth in wind
🏭 Large drop in fossil fuels (both coal and gas)
🔌 Demand up
From @ember-energy.org's new European Electricity Review: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
☀️ Big growth in solar
☢️ 🌊 Rebound in nuclear & hydro
💨 Not so much growth in wind
🏭 Large drop in fossil fuels (both coal and gas)
🔌 Demand up
From @ember-energy.org's new European Electricity Review: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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The White House climate page is now gone. Climate change is not. www.whitehouse.gov/climate
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The White House climate page is now gone. Climate change is not. www.whitehouse.gov/climate