One the first set climate research centers, labs & groups joined Bluesky, the next group came fast: so I needed a Part 2. Here's the 2nd list of official organizations who made the move to bluer skies. Choose a few to follow or click the whole list! Day 7 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.

AI systems, while requiring high-compute investment (e.g., Google’s TPU-based model), deliver strong ROI through avoided losses—where even a 1% improvement in hurricane prediction can save over $500 million annually.

Cool new alphafold story about finding enzymes that break down plastic in a highly specific industrial application that couldn’t have been found otherwise. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Incredible series on the marvel that is climate science in one of my favorite science mags @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...

Great article that provides some explanation of our current, strange Now. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...

Researchers in Estonia have built a robot that weaves its own parts on demand using heated polymer with a fast-cooling mechanism. It crafted paths over sharp debris — useful for disaster relief, search and rescue, construction, and adaptive infrastructure. link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.RE...

Markets are down but hey, great day to dump any lagging fossil fuel energy stocks you have and buy some high-value techies like Microsoft, Apple or my new favorite, Costco. Or any industrial German company really :)

Doesn't look like states that voted for Trump are benefiting much from his policies. Map on the left - value of trade with Canada and Mexico as % of state GDP (Source: Apollo) Map on the right - 2024 electoral vote outcomes

Love a good data visualization 💡

“The transition to a greener economy is projected to create up to 400,000 jobs by 2030 across various sectors, including manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of renewable energy technologies.” Sustainability = economic growth. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Looking for innovation (and hope) in building a climate-resilient future? Check out these game-changing companies that are pushing the boundaries of carbon capture: frontierclimate.com/portfolio No silver bullet, but a silver bouquet. 💐 Diverse innovations are driving cleaner economic growth.

Everyone asks me if sustainability is over, but they are really asking how will the future be better? Invest in AI? Place bets on legacy tech like fossil fuels? I’m placing a bet on sustainability delivering the growth and stability that economies so desperately need www.ppwa.io/insights/the...

“Part of the problem was that Silicon Valley broligarchs focused too much on making AI that topped the benchmark rankings, and spent less on turning those innovations into well-designed products that [people] could use.” You called it @eliassi.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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How does the recent stop on National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding affect jobs, research and the businesses in your state? www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

Instead of fighting with fossil fuel companies, can we leverage their know-how for superdeep geothermal? [They] weren’t drilling for hydrocarbons. They were drilling for steam. “You can use the same tools, but the process, and the result, is totally different.” www.noemamag.com/searching-fo...

On a personal note, my first focaccia 🍞 Concentrated flaky salt patches courtesy of my 2 year old sous-chef.

24 states “will continue America’s work to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and slash climate pollution,” noting that they “have broad authority under the U.S. Constitution to protect our progress and advance the climate solutions we need.” www.esgtoday.com/24-u-s-state...

That’s a lot of gigawatts 😎

EU’s incredible growth of renewables is driven by clear national security imperative, plus a priority to reduce climate change impacts and air pollution.

All NIH studies cancelled, young republican men not going to college because it’s “woke”… I did have this thought: if I WERE AI and wanted to take over, I would steer humans away from education and have them locked into their screens so I could manipulate them. It’d honestly be a great plan. #agi

What’s happening to offshore wind under Trump? I ran the numbers. 9 projects are untouched by exec order, enough to power 5 million homes on schedule. Also: ✅ NJ and RI governors react ✅ We made a map of projects and their status under Trump My story👇 www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

Even if you delete your accounts, turns out Meta uses "meta pixels" across more than 30% of the world's most popular websites to track and sell personalized data to advertisers. This is a great article for extracting Meta from your digital life: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

More good news. It is possible. Also, anybody know of any good sustainability conferences in Montevideo? Would love to see more of this place.

Policy can make a difference. This is amazing, and unlikely to divert significantly because the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) make economic sense, most of all in red states. Again > sustainability is how we unlock the next era of economic growth.

Oil and gas is a 140+ year industry that has been optimized to its limit, offering minimal if any growth opportunities. Vs. renewables that have almost unlimited innovation potential (battery storage, resilient grids, etc). Sustainability is economic growth. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/b...

We will never be able to reduce property risk to zero, but there are known construction practices today that can truly mitigate against the effects of natural hazards. It isn't as expensive as you expect. Build back better can't be a slogan. It must be reality. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As a data and analytics professor and big fan of Giorgia Lupi's "data humanism", this video definitely made me smile. For data nerds and foragers alike: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDr6...

The peer-reviewed science shows that the primary factor behind the increase in wildfire extent in the western U.S. is increased aridity and fuel load due to human-caused warming. Via #AAAS #SciLine: www.sciline.org/climate/clim...

This is pretty cool, a science journal and non-profit collab btw @realsciline.bsky.social, AAAS and Climate Communications is giving canned sourced facts that can be used anywhere, making it easier on journalists to report on things like wildfires and climate change www.sciline.org/climate/clim...