My thoughts on using the @unesco.bsky.social system of geoparks and biosphere reserves to engage with Iran on the #Hormuz conflict #Iran saleemhassanali.substack.com?utm_source=n...

“We will not be defined by the divisions we inherit but the bridges we build.” Alex Dewey - Graduate student speaker at @udelaware.bsky.social Biden School graduation.

On the passing of #TedTurner - sharing this article I wrote for @forbes.com in 2024 about my one encounter with him at dinner many years ago and the commendable legacy of planetary philanthropy that he leaves for us cc: @katharinehayhoe.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

Instead of insisting on a one-state or two-state solution in the Arab-Israeli antagonists must consider a new path - a confederation open.substack.com/pub/saleemha...

For religious Christian warriors in the Pentagon - please consider that two of the “deadly sins” are Avarice and Pride. For Jewish brethren also noting that Pride is mentioned in Proverbs 6:16–19 as one the “the things the Lord hates most.” Thank you for you attention to this matter

Threat to destroy Iran’s energy infrastructure violates proportionality principle of Geneva Conventions on norms of war which USA signed - Even if a power plant has military value,attack is illegal if it causes excessive harm to civilians compared to military benefit. Cc: @petergleick.bsky.social

High time @unep.org push for international norms against targeting energy infrastructure in war. The ecological damage is multifold - wastage of precious resources, toxic pollution and carbon emissions. Revisiting my article for @forbes.com cc: @katharinehayhoe.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

Thanks to @upenn.edu for inviting me to speak on the #Arctic #Greenland and #criticalminerals and #deepdeamining in their #podcast linked below kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/p...

"The Iran War Is Creating a Public Health and Environmental Crisis" by @thorbenson.bsky.social for @rollingstone.com (via @yahoonews.com): uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-war-cre...

Analysis of how this worst case scenario could play out and why we all must urge American and Israeli elected officials to prevent it from happening open.substack.com/pub/saleemha...

There is serious concern that US may use nuclear weapons in Iran having fallen into escalation trap. Sad statistic that 85% of Americans approved use of nukes on Japan in 1945. direct.mit.edu/isec/article...

Global majority countries must embed critical minerals into #AI governance | www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Illegal miners have forced #Peru’s oldest environmental research station to suspend work | Science | AAAS cc: @deepseadawn.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

Just cancelled my subscription to Chat GPT in protest of their shameful subservience to the demands from the administration on surveillance and AI weapons

The Path to Peace between #India and #Pakistan goes through Washington open.substack.com/pub/saleemha...

Someone needs to analyze the amount of extra fossil fuel being expended due to suboptimal flight reroutings due to war in Ukraine for 4 years and now the conflict in Iran cc: @katharinehayhoe.com

#Overheard - Trader Joe’s is the perfect store for the over-educated but underpaid consumer 🤭

🧵 I recently spoke with Taylor Owen @theglobeandmail.com Machines Like Us podcast about an urgent question: How do you make a technology safe when the political will to govern it has evaporated? And what happens if we don't? www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/mac...

Great to receive a complementary copy of this commemorative book from one of my alma maters @yaleenvironment.bsky.social - thanks to the amazing Dean Indy Burke

Suggested speech text that I was asked to write on #climatesecurity for delivery by the Prime Minister of #Pakistan at the Munich Security Conference but his panel got cancelled for unknown reasons at last minute cc: @katharinehayhoe.com open.substack.com/pub/saleemha...

Ultimately, South Asia as a region, needs to embrace narratives of #peace rather than languishing in divisive diatribes of the past. #Bangladesh #Pakistan open.substack.com/pub/saleemha...

Discussion on the tradeoffs inherent in the #cleanenergy transition on this #podcast www.case4conservation.com/post/63-what...

Thanks to @mitpress.bsky.social for providing this entire book open source -- "Let #Geography Die" tells the sad story of how #Harvard dissolved its department because of errant leadership decisions and prejudice cc: @geographers.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects, www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/c... #LawSky

As the sordid #EpsteinFiles are finally released let us consider the broader value of conspiracy theories open.substack.com/pub/saleemha...

Revisiting my article on THE DIVERSITY DILEMMA IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES from 2021 - as there has been some judicial movement on cases emanating from executive orders. We are still going to face tough questions in academia @katharinehayhoe.com saleemhali.medium.com/the-diversit...

Surprising good news: "The nation’s public fast-charging network expanded by 30% over the course of 2025...Reliability scores, which Paren measures as the share of charging sessions that are successfully completed, ticked up in 2025 too, averaging 93%." www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-...

“Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops.” Albert Einstein

I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. — Michael Crichton

“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” — Nobel laureate Richard Feynman on religious OR scientific orthodoxy and groupthink

America’s strength Comes from such amazing stories - a 21 year old Pakistani-American wins an election in small town Georgia www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

thank you, Dr West! #gischat

Thanks to TIME for quoting me in this article on #Greenland time.com/7344877/trum...

Refreshing to hear the CEO of Brazilian mining giant Vale focusing on circular economy of metals in his presentation at Future Mining forum in Riyadh noting that now 10% of company’s production now comes from reprocessing old waste piles

Attending the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh Saudi Arabia where the U.S. delegation is in full force / sadly in the shadow of saber rattling over Greenland

One of our doctoral students just defended her dissertation on a social history of GIS from ESRI to Google. In reviewing it, I found this fascinating oral history of ESRI chief scientist @deepseadawn.bsky.social on the OSU site. Inspiring ! scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/oh150/wright...

A New Era of US Mineral #Mining Must Put Communities First www.wri.org/insights/us-...

Help small-scale gold miners to transition away from mercury use - our correspondence for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Important quote at the end of a dismal year for the world

America’s new #Greenland envoy and mineral security - my thoughts on this latest provocation from Trump www.linkedin.com/pulse/americ...

We have all become digital drug addicts due to quantity, availability, potency and novelty of products and the smart phone is akin to the hypodermic needle of yesteryears - Dr. Anna Lembke @hiddenbrain.bsky.social

As we prepare for #UNEA7 to begin on Monday, pleased to meet Dr. Joyelle Trizia Clarke, St. Kitts & Nevis Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate. Very much appreciate the Minister's work as Rapporteur to the #UNEA7 Bureau and the growing partnership between 🇰🇳 and @unep.org.

Fascinating article defining and mapping river drainage systems on Mars, where #water used to flow. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The Greening of Shipping is a complicated matter but we had good progress at #cop30 to discuss these issues www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

Happy Geography Awareness Week!!! #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️

The Mineral Supply for "Smart Cities" - Resourcing a more sustainable "techno-urban" transition. Video of a lecture I gave some years ago at alma mater @yaleenvironment.bsky.social and just found online www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZMO...

Great comments by @ingerandersen.bsky.social regarding the complexity of climate linkages with conflicts in Sudan and Syria - #Video from #COP30

Great to hear in person @gavinnewsom.bsky.social give this impressive speech at #Cop30 yesterday highlighting the bipartisan history of environmental action and California leadership against all odds cc: @petergleick.bsky.social @deepseadawn.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

A new Nature Communications study indicates even if all other sectors went #net-zero today, emissions from construction alone would still push the world beyond the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C target by 2050 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Such a pleasure to host @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social for the annual #Mather lecture at @udelaware.bsky.social