Three Mile Island wasn’t the worst nuclear disaster in American history. Read about what was and the research @joearvai.org, @aitormarcos.bsky.social, and I are doing to understand risky decision-making in this ✨unusual✨context. dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...

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I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. RFK Jr leading HHS is a disgrace.

#PsychSciSky #AI

“Charity can take care of it” is a common refrain I’m hearing in response to US government funding being cut across the board. No. No, it can’t.

🌳💨 Natural CO₂ Sequestration is Declining A new study reveals natural CO₂ absorption peaked in 2008 and is now declining by 0.25% per year. This will accelerate climate change unless biodiversity is restored. 🔗 rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪

A growing measles outbreak in Texas, where one unvaccinated child died and nearly 20 others were hospitalized with serious complications, marks the first major test for US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a longtime vaccine skeptic reut.rs/41Bw17L

According to the NY Times (and its UN vote), America’s new friends under Trump (instead of under God) are Russia and North Korea.

See Reuters Graphics charts on where US aid was distributed around the world and which countries could lose the most if the aid stops reut.rs/4hTXBCO 8/8

“My plea to my academic colleagues in this time is to trust that science’s leaders are making the best judgments they can about how to proceed, remembering that timing can be everything.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Happiness is signing your own book for a Pulitzer-prize winning author (David Yarnold) after he has signed your copy of his!! Please read our books ("Geography of Hope" in paperback, "Mapping the Deep" in paperback +audio)! And thanks to all who came to our FedGIS book signings! #GISchat #Geosky

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate change.

This week, the U.S. Army Choir sang “Do you hear the people sing?” at the White House. Whatever the intent, the performance reminded me of all the times choral music has taught me something—about myself, about others, and even about how to change my mind. 📖 🤍

Hurricane, who was a Special Operations Canine for the Secret Service, became the most decorated dog in U.S. history. He died this week at the age of 16.

Without federal support, American communities will struggle to deal with a challenge as pervasive as climate change, market analysts and environmental advocates say.

Whether they are building or cutting, a leader’s actions should match their stated objectives. If they don’t, there’s a good chance that whatever they are doing is in response to something they (a) haven’t thought enough about, or (b) are hiding from you. www.joearvai.org/all-cup-of-j...

🖌️☺️🧪 “Some scientists, I think, are in this sense poets.” - Wendell Berry

Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here's how to clean your clothes more sustainably

Some hospitals are bringing in dogs to spend entire shifts with doctors and nurses. The trained canines help staff cope with the stress of their work amid high levels of burnout.

We're excited to launch our page for One Conservancy Science at @nature.org! Follow us to see how our team is tackling the world's toughest environmental challenges. From restoring habitats to promoting sustainability, we're blending science with traditional knowledge for a thriving planet.

Can we have green growth and sustainable consumption, too? 🧐I discussed this complex topic with Kathryn Royster in an interview for the @uscwrigley.bsky.social #greengrowth #degrowth #postgrowth dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2024...

Meanwhile... "Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-Earth" She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o... cc @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social

"When scientists tell us that limiting the global temperature from rising more than 2°C (3.6°F) will help protect the diversity of life on earth, we listen and we act. That is why TNC will continue to honor the Paris Agreement goals and help the U.S. do its part." @nature.org

Democrats disengaging is part of the problem

I just lost my home due to extreme weather conditions exacerbated by climate change. These executives order on energy and energy policy mean that you are up next. Good luck people! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

Reeling at the “national energy emergency” 🤢

In three consolidated suits, publishers allege that OpenAI broke copyright law by copying millions of articles without permission or payment. OpenAI counters that the fair use doctrine protects them.

From charismatic macrofauna to tiny sea squirts, here are some species formally identified by scientists in 2024.

What a privilege to work with this talented team of @uscdornsife.bsky.social researchers: @aitormarcos.bsky.social and @jailbirdjenna.bsky.social. Jenna was presenting her work on risk perceptions and behavioral responses among people living near one of the most contaminated sites in the USA.

Today on The Sunday Story from Up First, host @ayesharascoe.bsky.social is joined by Montana Public Radio's Nick Mott to talk about his reporting on the Endangered Species Act, in a new podcast called The Wide Open, and how we navigate our complicated relationship with nature.