The 20- and 24-month sentences that these activists received are criminal.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly7zy3d3exo


I've asked a few Germans and they don't know what I'm talking about. I remember there's a German idiom that roughly translates as "roasted pigeons flying into one's mouth". Am I hallucinating?


We should all look forward to the day when we’ve decarbonized enough that fossil fuel subsidies are no longer the lever by which governments attempt to control consumer prices and inflation.

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It's our time!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/arts/asian-men-actors-romantic-leads.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk4.uf5G.cscmyHu0fVhE&smid=url-share


Turns out LinkedIn is also full of climate denying idiots. They’re just not anonymous.


25-year old Michele Gazzoli abandoned the Tour de France due to heatstroke. Welcome to our climate changed future. #TDF2024

https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/blood-sweat-and-tears-inside-the-tour-de-france-peloton-s-hottest-day


If we’re serious about solving the climate crisis, we have to research promising climate solutions like ocean alkalinity enhancement.

Attitudes like “keep our sea chemical free” are uninformed and unhelpful.

https://hakaimagazine.com/features/a-dose-of-antacids-a-quaint-british-bay-and-a-public-relations-fiasco/

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I find it weird that newspapers characterize students as being “pro-Palestinian” as opposed to anti whatever you call this.

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Love a company that encourages repairs and will send you parts to repair their products. The sticker is icing on the cake. 😍

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It's "ocean", not "oceans". Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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Check out this website, which shows all the offshore wind projects in the world, including those under construction or planned. It also shows individual turbines, how they're connected, and the transmission cables.

https://www.4coffshore.com/offshorewind/

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nostr:npub1ey5gfupdgxz8cpwvmc3k975c395x950wufnx5dlxz7e5fcwaf95q4y58n2 yes, a big mountain


Behold the longest tunnel specifically built for biking and walking.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/112/083/215/795/961/100/original/e43440f0610abba3.mp4


How did I miss this story about staff at a Stockholm restaurant wearing cotton aprons that capture CO₂ from the air? Climate change is solved!

https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/hm-backed-project-pilots-co2-capturing-aprons-stockholm-restaurant-2022-05-20/


If capitalism is so perfect, why do we have to give so many subsidies to corporations?


David Ho

Climate scientist working on the ocean carbon cycle and verification of ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Founder, Bamboo Bike Project; co-founder and Director of Science at [C]Worthy. Professor at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; also at Columbia University in NYC and École normale supérieure in Paris.


If you spent your days studying the link between fossil fuel-induced #ClimateChange and extreme weather events like Dr. Fredi Otto, you too would be this mad about the lack of #FossilFuel phase-out language from COP28.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/14/failure-cop28-fossil-fuel-phase-out-devastating-say-scientists

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One day people will look back on "net zero by 2050" as one of the dumbest things ever.


True: Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has failed to deliver on its promise.

Also true: CCS has captured orders of magnitude more CO₂ than CO₂ removal (CDR).

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/what-carbon-capture-failures-say-about-its-future?srnd=undefined&sref=jjXJRDFv


nostr:npub1v8l9r5fl29tjerh7ukve7t2ju6futpze5aepejmzeysr9r6e4a9q7n0wyr it’s an ebike. 😉


You’d be happier biking.

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nostr:npub1dyuudz72p2de39pafg5fv9ar0sy4zx0menss2jhf6ketyz7xrgysfwh6w5 Thank you for your work on this!


The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced a Fast-Track Action Committee on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR), which will evaluate the merits and concerns of different types of marine CDR and shape relevant policy and research.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/10/06/marine-carbon-dioxide-removal-potential-ways-to-harness-the-ocean-to-mitigate-climate-change/


Lol. People enjoy theatrical protests but not actual protests.

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/185/043/029/616/775/original/4401a21b160da7d1.mp4


Listen to Dr. Kate Marvel talk to David Wallace-Wells about this summer's heat waves and extreme weather events.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-kate-marvel.html?unlocked_article_code=Z0vt_bvhXK4O_XBTcCsMl9lu29OvKaHBWf4RvVqAohfJfRyHh0Ajm4GHMKkjBpOeA-tYGvxUkuXsRtQBeqJvdAeHrTigrdJ3HtAoWmsYqRN6n2X0I9EMOmoUQFu4eDOr6hxTvuwv3ZE6IW_yjh2jOFYe8VA8ErACTKgXRl1mzgFVEDxhxtLu4Uaj-7BE7WAGLSKZY61I7NjBbchQ_5lu4SS3fW751XiarinXFRMHCrnHtM2Kz81IZp9YfPVEROf2kfhTNhyKv9XkmXiEaimbh4NGOTqDIfhq2V1YwMieQr8aygO8R7HlYfjxaPPvd88j5yJUnNRH4h_-_9T5P_h5CQWzS4naS7dg&smid=url-share


nostr:npub1xyxm4tz8eurcawwdhspv6e3lgruq3d54apya8dllpezw89vygchsdxhenk https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-september-2023-unprecedented-temperature-anomalies


This is our present but it doesn't have to be our future.

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The problem is that many of us didn’t experience it so we think “this is fine”.

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nostr:npub13sk2326f552h2lnnf09uzvrq82she6s7p78nsmj9mw5fhc6hu0nsvzenrj That's in the article. 😩


Omg!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/opinion/life-expectancy-college-degree.html

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It’s unfortunate (in a sense) that while temperatures were extreme this year (warmest in the instrumental record in many places), most of the US and Europe were spared so many will feel that this level of warming is no big deal.

Image from Robert Rohde

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🤷🏻♂

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nostr:npub1rhr0y4vaqskyq2qejhquzq90yr586hf948m3cgxd7pcqamg4l8cqwpgh5p It perfectly sums up the relationship between faculty and administration at all academic institutions.


Icing on the cake…

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nostr:npub1xwc2flgpz7axhq66e8teqdtv5j6zf3xerzqgdl2dy9hurcy86jdsleze8u I would have made a different cover than that purple one.


Someone should make a movie about Katalin Karikó.


Climate science is too depressing so I've decided to become a photographer.

See my work here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324006718

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Do I know any veterinarians? 😬


This seems bad…

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nostr:npub1ey8hzhfj3dnzh09zdzzgjqcswrjh3qv7cq22cp0k8grdj0l87g6sgxqwk6 I love the Twin Cities.


They cancelled a marathon in October because it’s too hot!

Maybe when sporting events that don’t suck get canceled, people will start to care about climate change. 🙃

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“Don’t eat me. Please don’t eat me!”

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One day people will look back and say it was a really stupid idea to put a screen in front of a car driver.


Discussion about the [C]Worthy newsletter has gone off the rails.

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It’ll probably get run over by a car thanks to Rishi Sunak.

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At [C]Worthy, we're looking for a postdoc in oceanographic modeling to work on a NOAA-funded project. We will conduct alkalinity and tracer releases in San Francisco Bay and use observations and models to examine the efficacy and efficiency of ocean alkalinity enhancement as a form of carbon dioxide removal (#CDR).

Pay is $83,000–95,000/year with lots of benefits. Please distribute to your network.

https://jobs.lever.co/convergentresearch/5aa4aae1-470f-4d7c-a2fd-67940a3c22f9


It looks like the Republicans will shut down the government soon so here's a reminder to download any data you need before that happens.

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Sign up for our newsletter here.

https://cworthy.org/updates


Our nonprofit research organization [C]Worthy —focused on building open-source tools to ensure safe, effective ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) — will soon send out its first newsletter with exciting updates.

To get on our mailing list, email: info -at- cworthy -dot- org

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This is fine.

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Climate denier: We need greenhouse gases because they’re what keep the Earth above its black body temperature of -18°C!

Also climate denier: There’s no way a few ppm of greenhouse gases are warming the Earth!

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Climate denier: 2000 years is not enough to see a trend!

Also climate denier: There's been no warming for 5 years!

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Anything that makes a city a worse place to drive makes it a better place to live… 👀

https://xkcd.com/2832/

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It’s criminal that a 20 minute train ride cost $34 in the US.

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🏆 The Ignoble Prize in Physics (it’s really Oceanography) goes to Bieito Fernández Castro and colleagues for “measuring the extent to which ocean-water mixing is affected by the sexual activity of anchovies.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-00916-3


Carbon offsets can play a role in supporting the Paris Agreement, but only if they are reformed and used in a responsible way. Governments, companies, and civil society organizations need to work together to address the challenges outlined in this paper.

https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00393-7


The countries least responsible for CO₂ emissions and climate change are tasked with cleaning up rich countries' carbon pollution.

Just wait till we start putting direct air capture plants in these countries because we don’t want them in ours.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/liberia-uae-concede-territory-firm-carbon-offset-deal

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See why Libya’s floods were so deadly in maps and videos

https://wapo.st/45SItzv


I said a thing to Gregory Barber for WIRED.

Apparently, I think we should consume less if we want to do something about climate change.

https://www.wired.com/story/new-apple-watch-series-9-wont-be-carbon-neutral/

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Oh hey everyone, ocean iron fertilization will reverse climate change. We’re all saved! Let’s keep burning fossil fuels and farming cows.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/opinion/geoengineering-climate-change-ocean.html


“I know how this information looks—when taken out of context, it seems bad,” Exxon CEO Darren Woods said in response to the Wall Street Journal’s inquiry about the documents that show Exxon executives strategized over how to diminish concerns about warming temperatures, and they sought to muddle scientific findings that might hurt its oil-and-gas business.

Lol. In what context does this look good?

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-climate-change-documents-e2e9e6af


Apologies to people who follow me for climate/ocean and transit/mobility, but I’m obsessed with the Sepp Kuss drama. It’s the most fascinating thing happening in sports right now and everyone is losing their mind.

https://www.wsj.com/sports/cycling-vuelta-a-espana-kuss-vingegaard-roglic-e784e8e1


Apple is making a watch that sucks CO₂ from the atmosphere, making it carbon neutral.

Oh wait, I’m told it’s just greenwashing.

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If I die on campus, it'll be either because of this autonomous bus, or a disgruntled student with a gun.

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/06/15/autonomous-electric-bus-uh-manoa/


Amazon is paying 1PointFive for 250,000 metric tons of carbon removal over a decade. This is 0.035% of Amazon's annual CO₂ emissions, otherwise known as an accounting error.

https://theverge.com/2023/9/12/23869817/amazon-climate-carbon-removal-purchase-occidental-petroleum


How much do y’all think AirPods have cut into the earwax removal business?


If you're going for a hike, make sure you bring your phone with you. That way if you get lost, you can open up Twitter and someone's bound to walk up behind you and tell you how to tweet.


2 UH Mānoa oceanographers receive ~$4M to study ocean alkalinity enhancement to mitigate climate change.

The projects will assess the effects of ocean alkalinity enhancement on corals and test its efficacy in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/4m-for-marine-carbon-removal-nopp/


nostr:npub1td8j92p5mtm8kndlut4khrlzngx5v8rmeq6tq2jx2urrshc76zfqxcdtwv That's an excellent question. At our research project scale, there won't be much HCl and that's Ebb's job to find a place for it. If that industry ever scaled, it's a legitimate question that they need to answer. My interest is in developing MRV to make sure that the method is safe and effective once alkalinity is added to the ocean.


nostr:npub1td8j92p5mtm8kndlut4khrlzngx5v8rmeq6tq2jx2urrshc76zfqxcdtwv Not using quicklime.


👏

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nostr:npub1vxyv6q2hs0mtk6lt6dr3uxdsjmwrscs33fv52797kl0sjt9ugevs0kgymx We're working locally with The San Francisco Estuary Institute, USGS, NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary, and of course East Bay MUD.


With funding from NOAA (via the IRA; Thanks Biden!) and ClimateWorks, we (UH Manoa, [C]Worthy, UCLA, Ebb Carbon, American U) will conduct alkalinity and tracer releases in San Francisco Bay and use observations and models to examine the efficacy and efficiency of ocean alkalinity enhancement as a form of ocean-based CO₂ removal (#CDR).

https://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/funded-projects/assessing-efficacy-of-electrochemical-ocean-alkalinity-enhancement-at-an-existing-outfall-using-tracer-release-experiments-and-oceanographic-models/

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nostr:npub1xwc2flgpz7axhq66e8teqdtv5j6zf3xerzqgdl2dy9hurcy86jdsleze8u I did a live Skype interview with CNN from the Southern Ocean back in 2008.


nostr:npub1vxyv6q2hs0mtk6lt6dr3uxdsjmwrscs33fv52797kl0sjt9ugevs0kgymx Yeah, I was looking for a place with availability although I just bought some from them and they're shipping in a few days instead of mid-October as indicated on the website. I was also trying to see if another vendor had it for less than $639 for 10g!


Super niche question: Where do people buy their Carboxen 1000 (60-80 mesh) from these days?

#GasChromatography


We're apparently removing ~6 billion tonnes of sand a year from the marine environment.

How does this removal impact the potential addition of alkalinity to the ocean from the weathering of that sand?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/05/alarming-scale-of-marine-sand-dredging-laid-bare-by-new-data-platform


My #CDR friends on twitter got mad at me for pointing out that the four regional Direct Air Capture (#DAC) Hubs under the Inflation Reduction Act (#IRA) specify a minimum CO₂ removal capacity of 50,000 tonnes/year.

Hence, each DAC Hub is a #time #machine that takes us back only about 40 seconds a year!

It's important to point this out because some people think CDR is a replacement for #decarbonization and that can never be the case.

https://www.energy.gov/oced/four-regional-clean-direct-air-capture-hubs


Another CO₂ removal (CDR) as time machine example:

H&M, the second largest international clothing retailer, recently purchased 10,000 tonnes of CO₂ removal from Climeworks. 10,000 tonnes sounds like a lot, right, but it's a time machine that takes us back only 8 seconds. 😩

https://hmgroup.com/news/hm-group-further-invests-in-the-decarbonisation-of-its-value-chain/

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Nearly 70 years ago in 1953, The US #Atomic #Energy Commission published Energy in the Future where they argued that burning #fossil #fuel releases CO₂, which affects #climate & #sea #level.

They pointed out that temperature had been increasing, #glaciers were retreating, and sea level was rising, and speculated that it was due to rising atmospheric CO₂ from land use change and fossil fuel burning!

We've known for 70 years!

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4263224&view=1up&seq=7

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