Eric Haxthausen

Climate policy, economics, international development and other items of interest. Personal twitter account.

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

Great summary of what we know about the recent hurricanes and how they differed from past storms https://t.co/QdcH7iCenX

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

One of the clearest signs of climate change in Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey was the rain. https://t.co/RPBNiRXc3h

[Climate Central @ClimateCentral]

This tool shows what global warming means for your city ⬇️ https://t.co/8O5qo4d893

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

Death by 1,000 Cuts: Why the Forest Carbon Sink Is Disappearing https://t.co/a66Et54ChQ

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

Climate change impacts on #aviation -- one word: costly. https://t.co/P9jrtgEHEy

[Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach]

September 2017 has generated the most major hurricane days (17.5) of any calendar month in the Atlantic on record. #Irma #Maria #Jose

[Ed Crooks @Ed_Crooks]

A stunning chart. Four years ago, the @EIAgov expected world coal use to grow 39% by 2040. Now it expects just 1%. Not per year: in total

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

Strong words from #hurricane expert Kerry Emanuel on un-natural disasters. https://t.co/gdFglH4zhJ

[Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ @Revkin]

Enough with calling hurricanes "natural" disasters. Kerry Emanuel: https://t.co/Ji9yoGNwtV

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

Well-written, thoughtful piece on retreat vs rebuilding after a hurricane. https://t.co/0s1fd3stYD

[Dan Lashof @Dlashof]

Very important paper by Xu and Ramanathan published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Science https://t.co/qDxKFXmBTX

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

So important to think proactively to better help those in desperate need!
Risk ~ hazard + exposure + vulnerability https://t.co/aRv0wyWYSK

[Nigel Purvis @Climate_Intel]

China to Ban Sale of Fossil Fuel Cars in Electric Vehicle Push https://t.co/EIVTJ9s0t7

[Philip Klotzbach @philklotzbach]

The Atlantic now has 3 hurricanes active at the same time: #Irma, #Jose and #Katia. The last time this occurred was September 16-17, 2010.

[Matt Corbett @CorbettMatt]

A Houston floodsplainer:
(caveat, I'm not a pro, just someone interested in how my city works. If a real pro finds an error, please LMK)

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Thank you to all the first responders and people helping each other out. That's what we do as Americans. Here's one way you can help now. https://t.co/iGfE8rAoAu

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

Wow - intense. Stay safe, Houston. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. https://t.co/fui4khX8wQ

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

Please RT 1 million times: it is not "left-wing"--"leftist"--to believe in equality of races, genders, citizens, ethnicities. it is American

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

Late night drama. https://t.co/MzWYAQhfzU

[Seung Min Kim @seungminkim]

The chamber gasped when McCain voted no.

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

. . . It would be 3/4 the size of this new #iceberg 2/2 https://t.co/M1iNQo2wD9

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

1/2 To put it another way: if you took Long Island, sliced the surface off to a depth of 1/3 of a mile & threw it in the ocean ... https://t.co/YLvkxS4uXO

[Eric Haxthausen @erichax]

1/2 To put it another way: if you took Long Island, sliced the surface off to a depth of 1/3 of a mile & threw it in the ocean ... https://t.co/YLvkxS4uXO

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

1 trillion ton Antarctic iceberg the size of Delaware breaks off an ice shelf https://t.co/ahkWsr4Jop What happened? https://t.co/oIFRH4xYKn

[The Antarctic Report @AntarcticReport]

Larsen C Ice Shelf was 4th largest ice shelf in the world (48,600 km²); having just lost 12% of its total area, it’s now the 5th largest