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Jonah Busch
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Environmental economist: climate, forests, land, biodiversity, development.
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...
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
July 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“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
March 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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
March 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Our Oceans is astonishing. The nature footage that drones can capture is like nothing seen in previous documentaries.

www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=8...
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
December 26, 2024 at 5:45 AM
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.
December 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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...
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
December 13, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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
December 6, 2024 at 9:36 PM