@romps

Climate physics

 Berkeley, CA
davidromps.com
Joined August 2008
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In heat waves like this, what levels are dangerous? "There’s not really one number that will tell us if this is safe or this is dangerous," cautions David Romps @UCBerkeley washingtonpost.com/climate-e… @romps

Advice | The world needs a new way to talk about heat

We need to rethink the way we talk about heat to communicate dangers in a hotter world. Here's a guide to the new heat scale in era of climate change.

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rompsgroup@rompsgroup2 Aug 2022
Yes, nuclear winter is a real threat. romps.berkeley.edu/papers/pu…
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rompsgroup@rompsgroup16 Feb 2022
Ever wonder why the forcing from CO2 is a constant PER DOUBLING ? This paper by @romps, @takes_by_jake, and @jedman42 goes through the reasons in exhaustive detail, but the short explanation is as follows... (Thread) romps.berkeley.edu/papers/pu…
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How often were five basic facts about global warming mentioned in articles about climate change in the @NYTimes from 1980 to 2019?🤯 (Graphic by @romps, @UCBerkeley) news.berkeley.edu/2019/09/19…
prevalence of each fact: Warming now - 31% Mechanism - 0.2% Consensus - 4% Highest CO2 - 1% Permanent - 0.4%

ALT prevalence of each fact: Warming now - 31% Mechanism - 0.2% Consensus - 4% Highest CO2 - 1% Permanent - 0.4%

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William Boos@BillBoos16 Aug 2021
Opening at Berkeley for an Assistant Professor in Earth and Planetary Science. Particular focus is on two areas: 1) earth and/or planetary surface & sedimentary processes in present or past; or 2) climate science including oceans, cryosphere, atmosphere on all time scales. 1/2
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rompsgroup@rompsgroup5 Apr 2021
A new study led by Yang Chen (also @randersonjt, @romps, @jacobtseeley, Veraverbeke, Riley, @zamekonnen) finds that lightning will double in parts of the Arctic underlain by permafrost, raising questions about the future of Arctic fire and carbon release. romps.org/papers/pubs-2018-a…

The future of Arctic permafrost carbon

Summer lightning in the Arctic is likely to double, increasing wildfire and releasing permafrost carbon.

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Major interim win for genuine climate action @UofCalifornia! Chair of faculty governance channels @UCGreenNewDeal talking points to UC Regents: The UC must change the goal from Carbon Neutrality to Fossil Free! #UCGetOffTheGas @CalMatters @sacbee_news @TeresaWatanabe
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Third annual @flyingless New Year's Eve Eve social event (December 30) academicflyingblog.wordpress… @sachbon @KevinClimate @romps @JKSteinberger @FlightFreeUK @FlightFreeUSA @DoctorVive @AliceClimate @StuartBCapstick @ryankatzrosene @cityatlas @steviedubyu @Sue_Ruddick @simondonner

Third annual New Year’s Eve Eve social event

We hope you will enjoy the third annual New Year’s Eve Eve party on #flyingless themes, at 4pm Eastern (9pm UK) Dec 30, with toasts and good cheer for 2021 from around the world. Here below i…

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Ben Franta@BenFranta12 Nov 2020
Must-read investigation of @FTIConsulting, a key group of propagandists-for-hire working behind the scenes for Big Fossil. (Mini-thread) nytimes.com/2020/11/11/clima…

How One Firm Drove Influence Campaigns Nationwide for Big Oil (Published 2020)

FTI, a global consulting firm, helped design, staff and run organizations and websites funded by energy companies that can appear to represent grass-roots support for fossil-fuel initiatives.

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➡️💻 Join us online for "Wildfires, Litigation, and What Science Can Tell Us" this Thursday at noon PDT. 🗣️ Panelists: @climate_guy of @ucmerced, @romps of @UCBerkeley, @dfarber of @BerkeleyLaw and Justice Ronald B. Robie of the @CACourtofAppeal. Details: bit.ly/34BhxHw
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Via @Cal/@CaliforniaMag/@BryanSchatz With some great comments from/mentions of @ClimateOfGavin, @BillMcKibben, @GretaThunberg, David @Romps & others...
Prof Michael E. Mann
@MichaelEMann11 Jun 2020
"Michael Mann Fought Climate Denial. Now He’s Fighting Climate Doom" | Thanks for the great profile @BryanSchatz & @CaliforniaMag! alumni.berkeley.edu/californ…

Michael Mann Fought Climate Denial. Now He’s Fighting Climate Doom. - Cal Alumni Association

The climatologist is taking on both the fossil fuel lobby and those who think the climate fight is futile. ONE AUGUST AFTERNOON IN 2010, Michael Mann was opening mail in his office at Penn State...

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Ben Franta@BenFranta29 May 2020
Today the Stanford faculty senate voted on whether to recommend divestment from fossil fuels to the board of trustees. They voted overwhelmingly to *keep* investing in fossils. I watched the meeting. Three words to sum it up: ignorance, excuses, & cowardice. Thread
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Ben Franta@BenFranta10 Jan 2020
Sometimes a piece appears that is so juicily deceptive, so full of false and misleading information, that it cries out for a response, if only to study its ignorance-spreading mastery. Today's article in the @nytimes is just such a piece. nytimes.com/2020/01/09/opini…

Opinion | We Can’t Slow Climate Change Without the Energy Companies (Published 2020)

Bigger and faster emissions reductions are possible if environmentalists and industry work together.

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One of the great things that happened at #AGU19 last week was this Climate Beer! One person said it was "the best part of AGU for me... Made the whole thing worth it." We forged connection and unlocked emotions to accelerate climate action... and to feel better.
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Right now 28,000 scientists are at the #AGU19 conference in San Francisco:How far do they fly to SF&back? 285million km=1.9x Earth-Sun=🌎🛫🌞🛬🌎.That's a big carbon footprint.Why we can't decarbonise @theAGU without virtual participation?White paper: github.com/milankl/CarbonFoo… 1/5
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Ben Franta@BenFranta19 Nov 2019
A few ways climate language has been corrupted: Global warming -> climate change Fossil fuels -> greenhouse gases Fossil fuels -> human activity Fossil fuels -> energy Replacing fossil fuels -> climate change mitigation Replacing fossil fuels -> emission reductions
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How can universities help academics do the right thing on carbon and #flyless? Read our latest blog by @hopianwords bit.ly/2lZxOSo @TyndallCentre @Concordia
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There are still some folks out there, I'm told, who have not heard how awesome @JayInslee's climate plans are. This thread explains.
Alex Steffen
@AlexSteffen24 Jun 2019
It is hard to overstate how awesome this is. I may need to thread, briefly. jayinslee.com/issues/freedom…
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Ari Natter@AriNatter30 May 2019
Greenpeace ranked the presidential candidates on their plans to fight climate change: @JayInslee A- @BernieSanders B+ @CoryBooker B+ @SenGillibrand B @ewarren B @BetoORourke B- @PeteButtigieg C @KamalaHarris C- @JoeBiden D- @realDonaldTrump F bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Biden Nearly Flunks Climate Change on Greenpeace Report Card

Joe Biden got a D-minus on a climate change report card ranking Democratic presidential candidates released Thursday by the liberal environmental group Greenpeace.

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The richest 10% of people produce half of the world’s carbon emissions, while the poorest half contribute just 10%. Emissions inequality @TC_Africa 》theconversation.com/emission… #climatechange
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