Steven J. Davis
@stevenjdavis.bsky.social
Professor at Stanford Doerr, Advisor to Watershed. Steer Global Carbon Project, Co-lead Carbon Monitor, Contributing Author to IPCC, Tech Council of SBTi. https://sustainablesolutions.stanford.edu
Hot take: people who insist on backing into parking spots are a blight upon the Earth.
August 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hot take: people who insist on backing into parking spots are a blight upon the Earth.
The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability is searching for a tenure-rank faculty in climate science. Candidates must have an exceptional record of scholarly work, be interested in interdisciplinary approaches and demonstrate a dedication to teaching. facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Tenured Professor in Climate Science
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August 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability is searching for a tenure-rank faculty in climate science. Candidates must have an exceptional record of scholarly work, be interested in interdisciplinary approaches and demonstrate a dedication to teaching. facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Excited to help continue support for this open source model and dataset at Stanford in collaboration with Wes Ingwersen and Watershed.
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E.P.A. to Stop Updating Popular Database After Lead Scientist Criticized Trump
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August 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Excited to help continue support for this open source model and dataset at Stanford in collaboration with Wes Ingwersen and Watershed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
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Have spent most of July in the U.K., soaking up history, natural beauty, scientific ideas (and a fair amount of weak & warm beer). Back home tomorrow.
July 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Have spent most of July in the U.K., soaking up history, natural beauty, scientific ideas (and a fair amount of weak & warm beer). Back home tomorrow.
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Submit an abstract to our @agu.org session GC077 by July 30th!
Geophysical Constraints of Climate Solutions:
-clean energy tech
-adaptation solutions
-resilient energy transitions
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
@lfreese.bsky.social
@stevenjdavis.bsky.social
@michaeldavidson.bsky.social
Geophysical Constraints of Climate Solutions:
-clean energy tech
-adaptation solutions
-resilient energy transitions
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
@lfreese.bsky.social
@stevenjdavis.bsky.social
@michaeldavidson.bsky.social
Multi-Sector Dynamics: Geophysical Constraints of Climate Solutions
What are the key geophysical constraints of adapting to and mitigating climate change? This session will highlight interdisciplinary research on geophysical limits of adaptation and mitigation solutio...
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July 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Submit an abstract to our @agu.org session GC077 by July 30th!
Geophysical Constraints of Climate Solutions:
-clean energy tech
-adaptation solutions
-resilient energy transitions
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
@lfreese.bsky.social
@stevenjdavis.bsky.social
@michaeldavidson.bsky.social
Geophysical Constraints of Climate Solutions:
-clean energy tech
-adaptation solutions
-resilient energy transitions
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
@lfreese.bsky.social
@stevenjdavis.bsky.social
@michaeldavidson.bsky.social
Ignoring news and spending cocktail hour with a Naked and Famous (but subbed out my precious Chartreuse with Maine-made Handshake digestif)
April 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Ignoring news and spending cocktail hour with a Naked and Famous (but subbed out my precious Chartreuse with Maine-made Handshake digestif)
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@science.org confirms that yesterday the Trump admin wiped out the technical staff of the U.S. National Climate Assessment and the Global Change Research Program. When USGCRP's acting director, who is on a time-limited contract, leaves, it will leave the congressionally mandated office empty.
Trump administration fires staff for flagship U.S. climate assessment
Move could open the door to using high-profile report to attack climate science
www.science.org
April 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
@science.org confirms that yesterday the Trump admin wiped out the technical staff of the U.S. National Climate Assessment and the Global Change Research Program. When USGCRP's acting director, who is on a time-limited contract, leaves, it will leave the congressionally mandated office empty.
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New piece from me published in Nature Climate Change: Decarbonization can improve energy security, robust trade and a circular economy increases energy security, and critical minerals are not like oil. 🔌💡
Journal link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Open access link: rdcu.be/eg3lR
Journal link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Open access link: rdcu.be/eg3lR
Decarbonization can improve energy security - Nature Climate Change
Moving towards net-zero carbon emissions reduces reliance on fossil fuels but requires geographically concentrated materials for clean energy technologies. Now research finds countries can reduce emer...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New piece from me published in Nature Climate Change: Decarbonization can improve energy security, robust trade and a circular economy increases energy security, and critical minerals are not like oil. 🔌💡
Journal link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Open access link: rdcu.be/eg3lR
Journal link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Open access link: rdcu.be/eg3lR
Ironically, our new paper on trade risks of net-zero energy systems, ~2 years in the making, has landed on the same day as the U.S. imposes sweeping tariffs on many of its trading partners.
rdcu.be/eg1ya
rdcu.be/eg1ya
Trade risks to energy security in net-zero emissions energy scenarios
Nature Climate Change - Trade risks associated with fossil fuels and critical materials matter for energy security, and will evolve with the low-carbon transition. Here the researchers find that...
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April 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Ironically, our new paper on trade risks of net-zero energy systems, ~2 years in the making, has landed on the same day as the U.S. imposes sweeping tariffs on many of its trading partners.
rdcu.be/eg1ya
rdcu.be/eg1ya
Nice sunset walk at the Dish yesterday. Nature’s first green is gold!
March 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Nice sunset walk at the Dish yesterday. Nature’s first green is gold!
You don’t have the cards, lady.
March 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You don’t have the cards, lady.
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14 amino acids (left- and right-handed)! Ammonia! Formaldehyde!
We are but stardust: mundane and transcendent.
My gosh, what a time to be alive!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are but stardust: mundane and transcendent.
My gosh, what a time to be alive!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Asteroid fragments upend theory of how life on Earth bloomed
Samples from Bennu contain the chemical building blocks of life — but with a twist.
www.nature.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
14 amino acids (left- and right-handed)! Ammonia! Formaldehyde!
We are but stardust: mundane and transcendent.
My gosh, what a time to be alive!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are but stardust: mundane and transcendent.
My gosh, what a time to be alive!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new perspective in @science.org imagines a role for Tribal energy resources that is mutually beneficial to U.S. energy security and Tribe’s economic prosperity. With my brilliant colleague @mbazilian.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A path to US Tribal energy sovereignty
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January 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Our new perspective in @science.org imagines a role for Tribal energy resources that is mutually beneficial to U.S. energy security and Tribe’s economic prosperity. With my brilliant colleague @mbazilian.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Replacing conventional building materials with materials modified to store carbon dioxide could move the planet closer to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study in Science.
Building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 annually
Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions likely entails not only lowering emissions but also deploying carbon dioxide (CO2) removal technologies. We explored the annual potential to store CO2 in building materials. We found that fully replacing ...
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January 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Replacing conventional building materials with materials modified to store carbon dioxide could move the planet closer to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study in Science.
Our analysis out today in @science.org and led by Elisabeth Van Roijen (of NREL and formerly @ucdavis.bsky.social) shows that building materials--and especially concrete--are an enormous potential reservoir to store carbon (we think >16 Gt CO2 / yr). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 annually
Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions likely entails not only lowering emissions but also deploying carbon dioxide (CO2) removal technologies. We explored the annual potential to store CO2 in bu...
www.science.org
January 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our analysis out today in @science.org and led by Elisabeth Van Roijen (of NREL and formerly @ucdavis.bsky.social) shows that building materials--and especially concrete--are an enormous potential reservoir to store carbon (we think >16 Gt CO2 / yr). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Post-storm sunrise on the shores of Lake Tahoe this past Saturday.
January 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Post-storm sunrise on the shores of Lake Tahoe this past Saturday.
Some of the Christmas cookies our family made this year!
December 27, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Some of the Christmas cookies our family made this year!
Nice view from the Marin Headlands after this morning’s storm cleared!
December 25, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Nice view from the Marin Headlands after this morning’s storm cleared!
Hanging out in the Pacific NW for Thanksgiving and captured a nice little microcosm yesterday.
November 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Hanging out in the Pacific NW for Thanksgiving and captured a nice little microcosm yesterday.