Shane Loeffler

I make maps do things!

@carbonplanorg
Opinions my own

[carbonplan @carbonplanorg]

We’re looking for an Open Source Lead who can help us design and build open software and data infrastructure to tackle hard climate problems. If you feel passionate about this work and ready to manage a small, flexible team, we hope you’ll apply!
https://t.co/5umTJBE4lD

[Shane Loeffler @shane98c]

@saaaauuull Antarctica is showing up too

[Dr. Brianna R. Pagán @Brianna_R_Pagan]

1/ Yesterday I gave a keynote at @N51Conference making the case on why EO data should be considered a common good and made free/accessible to all. As all common goods before it - colonialism and capitalism, both the root causes of climate change, are entrenched in the industry.

[Tomer Burg @burgwx]

Now that one-minute ASOS station data is available for the US for Monday's solar eclipse, here's a loop of the 30-minute temperature change from the eclipse.

Even locations far from totality experienced a pronounced drop in temperatures due to the decreased solar radiation!

[David Ho @_david_ho_]

In the nearly 70 years between 1950 and 2019, the world produced a total of ~9.5 billion tonnes of plastic.

That's equivalent in weight to the amount of CO₂ we emitted to the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024.

[Erwan Rivault @ErwanRivault]

NEW: One of the worst methane leaks ever recorded revealed.

Using satellite data, scientists estimate 127,000 tonnes of methane escaped from an exploratory well in Kazakhstan.

We analysed @planet satellite images to understand exactly what happened, from the blowout to its fix

[carbonplan @carbonplanorg]

The forests behind carbon credits are literally burning. Our @gmbadge wrote about the problem for Slate.

[Harry Stevens @Harry_Stevens]

🐦 North America has lost 3 billion birds in half a century.

For my Climate Lab column, I made an app where you can see the population trend for almost any bird species in the United States.

Play with it here: https://t.co/5lcPZNcCyT

[Maggie Koerth @maggiekb1]

I'm so excited to go have lunch with @shane98c! This is the first time I have lived in the same city as a coworker since the mental_floss days.

[carbonplan @carbonplanorg]

Corn ethanol carbon capture and storage projects are being marketed as carbon removal. The problem is, they’re not.

[David Ho @_david_ho_]

This is 100% untrue.

[The Plotline @the_plotline]

Shoutout to @developmentseed for being a great partner on the application development and bringing this idea to life! https://t.co/a6vYIPvKfd

[Shane Loeffler @shane98c]

this is a big deal - anyone with federal research funding will likely be able to access @umbraspace data for their research!

[Joe Morrison @mouthofmorrison]

Umbra is officially working with NASA now 🚀🚀🚀
https://t.co/BfpemVaAGk

[UAW @UAW]

STAND UP.
#StandUpUAW

[David Ho @_david_ho_]

Why don’t I talk about my ocean carbon cycle research more, like the work that was recently spotlighted in @AGU_Eos?

Because none of it matters. What matters is that we stop burning fossil fuels and emitting 40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year!

[Shane Loeffler @shane98c]

@bartsampson6 you should maybe get checked for a concussion with the crash/blackout combo. Good luck tracking it down!

[Voyageurs Wolf Project @VoyaWolfProject]

Virtually every wolf we are studying is spending copious amounts of time right now eating berries (primarily blueberries w/ some raspberries on the side). This behavior is very easy to identify from the GPS-location data as you can see in the maps below from 5 different wolves.

[MN350 Workers United @MN350Union]

Yesterday, on August 1, MN350 fired longtime Northern Organizer Nancy Beaulieu and disciplined Senior Pipeline Resistance Organizer Andy Pearson over union activity. (1/11)

[Shane Loeffler @shane98c]

.@TerribleMaps

[Min Choi @minchoi]

ChatGPT Plus just got an insane upgrade, The Code Interpreter 🤯

Now every user can employ their own personal Data Analyst Intern for just $20/month

Here are 8 mind blowing examples users achieved in the past 24 hours alone (🧵👇)

[David Ho @_david_ho_]

If the estimate is correct, it takes 14 billion tonnes of olivine to remove 10 billion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere. This is a CDR target for 2050.

We currently ship 11 billion tonnes of goods every year. Imagine shipping 14 billion tonnes of olivine on top of that.