Philip Russell

Atmospheric scientist, climate volunteer, AGU & AAAS Fellow, NASA medalist.

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

I often get asked: what impacts would a shutdown of the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC have? A short overview is found in this expert report. Impacts include e.g. widespread domestic food insecurity in Northern Europe and strain on global food systems.
https://t.co/Mir5KAYvXQ

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has won a reprieve (at least temporarily) against government efforts to strip it of resources.

A judge ruled that NSF's decision to transfer control of a key weather predicting supercomputer didn't follow legal requirements.

[Prof. Matt England @ProfMattEngland]

@rahmstorf So true, and unfortunately the scale of ocean change is already so great, that stripping back instrumentation cannot hide it. More from me on this on ABC TV News a few nights ago: https://t.co/vSqTC1s1fo

[Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ @Revkin]

Here's more from Kevin Trenberth on the implications of @NSF's reduction in ocean observations under Trump direction: https://t.co/iCMesWN1xo What's really nuts is that even Will Happer, the Princeton physicist who loves CO2, says sustaining ocean and climate observations is vital.

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

I'm afraid that this is why the US administration wants to shut down ocean observations: they don't want the people to know what is happening in our oceans, as it does not fit their ideology and the interests of their fossil fuel industry funders.

https://t.co/G1E5zXdyid

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

CAISO has the lowest US wholesale electricity prices thus the most stable US grid despite its huge growth in WindWaterSolar in the past three years.

In-state WWS has met 56.8% of all demand in 2026

Gas down 61.2%, solar up 55%, wind up 13%, batteries up 334% in 2026 vs 2023.

67th straight and 133/157 (84.7%) days in 2026 with WindWaterSolar >100% of demand, for an average of 5.03 hours/day among all days.

Despite CA's high retail prices, which has nothing to do with renewables

https://t.co/1yCwOF0w6s

Texans pay 23% higher electricity bills than Californians due mostly to the far greater energy efficiency in CA

https://t.co/ZWjRpD71uU

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

Atlantic 'cold blob' caused by weakening ocean current system that's likely nearing a tipping point, reanalysis finds https://t.co/KRCRXwUFbf via @physorg_com

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’ - The Guardian https://t.co/uCfyoz9KLT

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

Electric cars are starting to take over the world @CanaryMediaInc https://t.co/c8L2VJxyFf

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

@RealonomicsBook The opposite. Worldwide, the more WindWaterSolar generation as a percent of total generation, the lower the electricity price.

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

AGU and scientists from across the U.S. are asking Congress to support legislation that would grow, strengthen, and protect the US Scientific Workforce through several key pieces of legislation. Support scientists by contacting your legislators now. https://t.co/An5txXeYVz

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

The Case for California’s Billionaire Wealth Tax https://t.co/muFzViQloZ via @NYTOpinion

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

A first among major nations, India is industrializing with solar - Grist https://t.co/ECAg83H6HX

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

Calling all politicians and economists and people who care about their children:

The annual cost of transitioning the world to 100% clean, renewable WindWaterSolar (WWS) energy for all purposes ($6.8 tril/y) is LESS than the International Monetary Fund's estimate of worldwide fossil-fuel subsidies alone of $7.4 tril/y (6.4% of world GDP)

Cost of subsidies
https://t.co/v8c1fFoPM8 @IMFNews

Cost of transitioning world
https://t.co/c3RjxqKhcO

Breakdown of subsidies
$730 billion/y in explicit subsidies
$6.7 trillion/y in implicit subsidies
-unpaid air pollution damage
-unpaid climate damage
-other unpaid environmental damage
- tax-code benefits

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

Nobody knows the future of energy https://t.co/xRcC84HCaU

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

A landmark MIT study debunks persistent myths about electric vehicles - Anthropocene Magazine https://t.co/lss7u5ROH2

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

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[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

In a rare show of global unity, countries adopt landmark climate ruling - Grist https://t.co/8GREsyDTnV

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

US energy storage additions hit a first-quarter record, report shows - Reuters https://t.co/DdWHqDYCam

[Philip Russell @PhilRuss97]

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