@romps

Climate physics

 Berkeley, CA
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Joined August 2008
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Direct air capture "makes the planet hotter. The only winners are the recipients of the subsidies and the builders of the boondoggles." thebulletin.org/2023/12/dire…

Direct air capture: An expensive, dangerous distraction from real climate solutions

Separating carbon dioxide from air, while technically straightforward, is outrageously expensive.

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In heat waves like this, what levels are dangerous? "There’s not really one number that will tell us if this is safe or this is dangerous," cautions David Romps @UCBerkeley washingtonpost.com/climate-e… @romps

Advice | The world needs a new way to talk about heat

We need to rethink the way we talk about heat to communicate dangers in a hotter world. Here's a guide to the new heat scale in era of climate change.

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This new report from @DataProgress identifies more fossil-fuel funding to UC Berkeley than to any other school. It is nearly 3x that of Stanford and nearly 4x that of MIT (!!). UC Berkeley's funders include BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Koch, Chevron, and Conoco.
Campus Climate Network@cclimatenetwork1 Mar 2023
BREAKING: New research by @DataProgress and FFR shows that major oil companies donated or pledged at least $676,032,470 to 27 US universities 2010-2020 Read the report: dataforprogress.org/memos/ac…

Accountable Allies: The Undue Influence of Fossil Fuel Money in Academia 

New research conducted by Data for Progress finds hundreds of millions of dollars donated from key fossil fuel companies to fund climate research at academic institutions.

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The big question is why. What do these companies get for their $$? A greenwashed reputation, research for their operations, a pipeline of new employees, influence over the influencers? It would be fascinating to "drill down" into the data for UC Berkeley.
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I just learned about the existence of Nostr last night. I know very little, and most of that is probably wrong. But I am excited about Nostr and I want to explain why. If I am super lucky, someone like @fiatjaf @jb55 @jack @Snowden @dksf will correct me. Here goes...
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OK, experts, what did I get wrong? Let me know. And, non-experts, you can get started with Nostr by downloading the Damus app on an iPhone, Amethyst on Android, or using snort.social in a web browser.
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To follow me using Nostr, search for my public key in one of the clients listed above using copy and paste: npub1ks9kpmcs4vfh7uxfzs8263zqqcq7kxfv8cz2t9sqxg0ejl3g8wzs2fxhh2
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Chemistry PhD candidate @ChemCooper took time out of research today to travel from UC San Diego to UCLA to advocate for UC Berkeley. Why? Because we need to cut Berkeley's planet-warming CO2. And because UC campuses stand up for each other.
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