Something kept bothering me for a few days now. In a recent WNYC Radio "Radiolab" episode the focus was on the cataclysmic question. In short: If in a certain cataclysm all our scientific knowledge was destroyed and only one sentence is to be passed down…https://t.co/lqdzWg23zj
If you’re a #humanitarian involved in any activities related to #weather or #climate#hazards these short guides are really worth exploring. Practically everything you need to know packaged in a digestible format (not kidding). Reminded me of the work tha…https://t.co/vdtLXbwVk8
According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (https://t.co/AUOHgDZEa0), more than 50% (231) of the 424 fires are currently out of control. According to Google Trends, most people on this planet seem to care more about #airquality in #newyork (…https://t.co/pwG7br0Hms
Can anyone tell me why electric car manufacturers are pushing the boundaries of aerodynamics while the producers of 'normal' cars seemingly don't? Better aerodynamics - better EV mileage, but also better fuel consumption, right? Despite respectable growth…https://t.co/3O4joHrrHZ
Not easy to summarize everything that's currently going on at this year's #water for #food conference at Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska. Lots of super exciting and relevant discussions about #drought#risk reductio…https://t.co/LEQNIPT00h
I’ve been focusing on #drought and #foodsecurity for 15 years now. Still I find these numbers very hard to fathom. I get asked a lot what we could do to prevent food insecurity, which seems absurd in the overproducing, interconnected world of the 21st cen…https://t.co/HfqrYuSRfH
Please consider submitting an abstract to this super important Special Issue in Frontiers in #climate about #drought#earlywarning information systems. The deadline was extended to 28 April. Researchers are encouraged to join forces with #humanitarian or…https://t.co/GBIgXtTTLc
It remains an mystery to me why humanity is focusing so much on technical or physical solutions rather than tackle the root cause of #climatechange, meaning policies, laws and our own behaviour. If fossile fuel companies are finally held accountable and u…https://t.co/yKff3aiCFI
When Makenzie Lystrup, PhD took an oath as NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's first female director of the Goddard Space Flight Center something incredibly cool happened. She didn’t take her oath of office on the Bible or the U.S. Cons…https://t.co/caivkL0Cfk
Blocking everything that even closely resembles AI is as short-sighted as not regulating it at all and feeding all kinds of sensitive information into the chatbots of the future. I fully understand the enthusiasm, but having an army of AI engineers develo…https://t.co/8BuzbczqqJ