Daniel Ackerman

🌎 Covering climate and science in 📻 and ✏️. Alum: @marketplace @Gimletmedia @sciam @MPRnews @WBUR

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...a follow-up on my coverage of the @ISBAHQ council meeting for @NPR [2/2] https://t.co/7lJXh0u6FY

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The International Seabed Authority failed to finalize regulations for deep seabed mining during its council meeting last month. So what happens now? I joined @1a today to discuss the future of the global ocean. [1/2] https://t.co/BxpgkHXrdg

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High interest rates are bad for borrowers...including clean energy developers. Here's how it's playing out for offshore wind. My latest for @Marketplace https://t.co/2eVYPZ2cvi

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HUGE thanks to co-producer @jeyca97 who went above and beyond to make this episode shine. And shout-out to @WCAI_NPR where I first reported a version of this hard-hitting maritime history. Support your local public radio station!

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Tune in to @99piorg this week to hear me report more than you ever wanted to know about grease--and about how our modern mechanical world was built in part by the brutal, long-defunct (thankfully) New Bedford whaling industry. https://t.co/M6cvPNSfT2

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Come for a surprise celeb appearance, stay for @romanmars nerding out about Moby Dick!

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This may be the 99pi-est 99pi in 99pi history. The invisible role of lubrication in the modern world. This one is so fun! Whales! Surprise guests!

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@DSMobserver Thank you @DrAndrewThaler for your vital work at @DSMobserver!

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Audio version here: https://t.co/r7IoPlUklo

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One ripple effect of the war in Ukraine: A shortfall in the country's healthcare budget means some patients have lost access to life-saving treatments like heart and lung transplant. A crash course in organ transplant aims to fill the gaps. My latest for @NPR

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The war in Ukraine obliterated funding for residents who need to travel abroad for transplants. So a Boston hospital stepped up to give Ukrainian doctors a crash course on transplants so they can fill the gap.
https://t.co/iUYODJQ2O5

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@jholz__ @axios Congrats! Great hire by @axios

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A timely conversation with @drvolts as French pres. @EmmanuelMacron today reiterated his call for a ban on deep-sea mining at #COP27

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Take a deep dive into deep sea mining with @drvolts & @DAckermanNews.  "The transition to clean energy is going to radically increase demand for a key set of minerals, many of which are mined today in social & environmentally destructive ways."

https://t.co/HL6sZaXMvl

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@MiriamWasser Still waiting for a pro tools leaf blower filter

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This comes just ahead of next week's @ISBAHQ Council meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, where member states will gather to continue drawing up the Mining Code (rulebook for mining in international waters)

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Great talking with @drvolts about deep seabed mining and the energy transition.

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And some news: New Zealand has joined the list of governments calling for a moratorium on dsm "until strong environmental rules can be agreed and backed up by robust science." https://t.co/ZGjkJU8c4h

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All that transmission we're gonna need to carry renewable electricity? Some of it will need to be underwater. Important story by @MiriamWasser

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Offshore wind has a problem: the onshore transmission system just isn't set up to handle it.

We could build a lot more electrical infrastructure on land ... or, we could build a coordinated transmission network in the ocean.

My latest for @WBUR: https://t.co/nP6Be4t9cF

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Can (and Should) Seabed Metals Fill the Renewable-Energy Materials Gap? Great conversation with @Revkin @danackerman @jholz_ and @ImpossMetals. https://t.co/r57FId9fej via @YouTube #oceans

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In case you haven't had your fill of deep-sea mining content for the week. Will be sharing more reporting from my final episode of @how2saveaplanet

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FRIDAY 11 am ET, new episode in our @columbiaclimate #sustainwhat miniseries on what it'll take to turn the #IRA billions into climate action: Can (& Should) Seabed Metals Fill the Renewable-Energy Materials Gap? @DAckermanNews @jholz__ @O_Heffernan! https://t.co/OqTPrpX5T3 1/