Notices by David Ho (davidho@mastodon.world)

We got a message from the university to remove any use of "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

NOAA had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!

Because of climate change, “Spain is no longer that paradise where you could spend a very mild winter and a very nice summer.”

https://www.vox.com/climate/392311/2024-record-warm-spain-climate-flood-disaster-valencia

Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.

https://theconversation.com/cycling-is-ten-times-more-important-than-electric-cars-for-reaching-net-zero-cities-157163

I’m a scientist so I would never claim that this was nature‘s way of saying #FuckCars.

We're doing great: "Total emissions of CO₂ into the atmosphere in 2030 will only be 2.6% lower than in 2019, according to the latest climate plans put forward by countries…To be consistent with a goal for a 1.5°C warming limit…emissions would have to fall by 43% over the same time period." 🥲

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-28/un-climate-chief-warns-of-looming-trainwreck-as-1-5c-in-doubt

A reminder that more American child pedestrians (age 0-17) are killed by cars on Halloween than on any other day of the year. #CarsRuinCities

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/10/31/23427256/halloween-children-car-deaths-pedestrian-safety

Is everyone aware that flights are (often much) cheaper than trains in Europe because aviation fuel isn't taxed?

Behold government funded weather machines.

Instead of reporting outside in a hurricane to show viewers how windy or wet it is, TV journalists should report from an oil refinery and explain why the world has become so dangerous.

I visited the tomato souped painting a few days after and it was fine.

I’m still reeling over the 20- and 24-month long sentences that the activists got.

“All of humanity could share a prosperous, equitable future but the space for development is rapidly shrinking under pressure from a wealthy minority of ultra-consumers, a groundbreaking study has shown.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/12/consumerism-and-the-climate-crisis-threaten-equitable-future-for-humanity-report-says

🙄 No miracle particle holds the key to solving climate change.

We've got to do a bunch of things we already know how to do, including switching to renewables, increasing energy efficiency, and stopping bullshit emissions of greenhouse gases.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrgy5vz0zyo.amp

CEO: "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. My company emitted one million tonnes of CO₂ and contributed to climate change."

Priest: "Say three Hail Marys and pay $250 to plant 1000 trees."

CEO: "Thank you, Father."

We’re not going to reach our climate targets if we keep doing this.

Unfortunately, the drug that prevents HIV infection, lenacapavir, is currently unaffordable at $42,250 for the first year. If it were sold by Gilead for $40 per year, it would still yield them a 30% profit. But I guess that’s not how capitalism works.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02493-4

Many people think we need to kill fish to get omega−3 fatty acids (sometimes called "fish oil"), but fish simply accumulate them by eating marine algae, so it's possible to get omega−3 fatty acids directly from algae.

Climeworks's Orca facility in Iceland, currently the world's largest direct air capture facility, was designed to remove 4000 tonnes of CO₂ per year.

In 2023, it removed just 921 tonnes.

That's a time machine that takes us back 0.7 seconds in a year. 🥲

https://climeworks.com/news/the-reality-of-deploying-direct-air-capture-in-the-field

We need to stop burning stuff. Air pollution killed 8 million people in 2021.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/18/almost-2000-children-die-every-day-from-air-pollution-report-finds

This would be terrible for climate and cause millions more deaths from air pollution every year.

https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/10/carbon-capture-will-extend-oil-production-by-84-years-industry-study-finds/