With the IUCN, she conducted applied research on assessing conservation status of trees & shrubs in Egypt as part of the “Native Tree and Shrub of North Africa, Biodiversity & Fight Against Erosion & Desertification” project: northafricatrees.org/en/

Continuing our celebration of #WomenInSTEM , check out this thread on Adriana Mulero-Russe (Adriana Mulero-Russe)- a PhD candidate in Bioengineering at Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience @ GT! Adriana is originally from Bayamón, Puerto Rico🇵🇷

Wow, strong words here. 'Nothing like this has ever happened'... 'Most extreme event in North American History'. While I can not validate that from my personal experience, it strikes me as unprecedented that 100 US sites in 2 days broke Monthly temp records and some by 10+!

Our (Xueke Li, Michael Wehner, Stefan Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣
Stefan Petri, Shannon Christiansen, Judit Carrillo & yours truly) new article in PNASNews showing the precursor role that atmospheric resonance played in the unprecedented 2021 Pacific Northwest 'Heat Dome' event

Well worth revisiting this evidence for how winter Arctic blasts 🥶 in the northern hemisphere are linked to an Arctic warming faster than the global average temperature. 🌏🌡️ Which by the way just logged the hottest annual global average temperature in 2023.

Ocean indicators record breaking year 2023:

🌡️Highest Global Sea Surface Temperature
🌡️Highest Global Ocean Heat Content (upper 2000 m)
🐟Highest Density Stratification (upper 2000 m)

Check out publication released today by Cheng et al., 2024

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Check out the first version of the Environmental Justice Scorecard here: ejscorecard.geoplatform.gov/scorecard/

UN Environment Programme: Humanity is still ‘breaking all the wrong records’ in fast-warming world | Zeke Hausfather

Read here: bit.ly/41U80ac

2023 average temperature rankings:
🌡️Warmest: LA, MA, MS, NH & TX
🌡️2nd Warmest: CT, FL, MD, ME, VA & VT
🌡️5th warmest: USA
💵Highest # of billion-$ weather & climate disasters
ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-…

Today, UCS released a new issue brief that examines the performance of gas power plants, finding they can be unreliable, especially during extreme weather events, which are more intense and frequent as a result of climate change.

➡️act.ucsusa.org/3Sc6NIo

December #temperature highlights from #C3S . Last month:

🌡 was the warmest December on record globally;
🌡 was 0.31°C above the previous warmest Decembers, in 2015 and 2019;
🌡 the average surface air temperature was 0.85°C above the 1991-2020 level.

▶️ bit.ly/48pyFhT

The Copernicus ECMWF team announce that 2023 was hottest on record, about 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels.

'2023 was an exceptional year, with climate records tumbling like dominoes,' says Dr Sam Burgess 🌍🌡🛰

Great graphics in this BBC article about the data: bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Check out how to effectively restore power ⚡️ after systemwide blackouts with ‘Blackstart’ approaches that don’t rely on a single-fuel energy source. blog.ucsusa.org/mike-jacobs/af… via @ucsusa

Check out the global coal, oil, gas, and cement emissions for 2022 and projected for 2023 GlobalCarbonProject

📢 International Cryosphere Climate Initiative Report cover quote: 'We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice' 🧊

Clean energy transition can save US money largely from economic and health benefits. 🏗️🏥 New findings from Clemmer et al., 2023. 📢ucsusa.org/sites/default/…

global #climate damages calculated using 185 USD per tonne of CO2 emissions attributed to fossil fuel🛢️⛽️companies in the new report just released by Climate Analytics

Aerial view of submerged homes in Elwak, Mandera following heavy downpour in the area. The North Eastern region is just recovering from prolonged, recurrent, and protracted drought crises induced by 5 failed rainy seasons. What a double tragedy.

Lead author of a new report, Anita Desikan, points to a major way to strengthen federal agencies #STEM workforce. Partner with institutions generating innovation in pathways for STEM that more closely represent the people in the US today. blog.ucsusa.org/anita-desikan/… via @ucsusa