James Dinneen
@jamesNESW
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Reporting on Earth from NYC; writing book about deep Earth for @VikingBooks. Signal @jamesnesw.44. Newsletter: https://t.co/k7oYuwqtKN
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Joined May 2015
Some debate takeaways from @SahalieD, @Annie_McDonough and me:
cityandstateny.com
Andrew Cuomo gets his night to shine – then bolts to Madison Square Garden.
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Can fuel made from aluminum scraps supply the clean heat industry needs? For @techreview, I got a sneak peak of Found Energy's largest aluminum-water reactor to date. https://t.co/wEpv9Okc2s
technologyreview.com
We got a sneak peek inside Found Energy’s lab, just as it gears up to supply heat and hydrogen to its first customer.
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What do climate scientists really think about solar geoengineering? For @newscientist, @tinymaddie and I surveyed 120 IPCC authors about their attitudes towards solar geoengineering given failure to slash emissions on time. The results were surprising:
newscientist.com
An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
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She had zero campaign experience before she masterminded Mamdani's June victory. Now everyone wants to get in touch with Chief Adviser Elle Bisgaard-Church. https://t.co/Sm1kmwQMoo
cityandstateny.com
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
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Over the past two years, the land carbon sink appears to have weakened dramatically, driving the largest one year jump in atmospheric CO2 on record in 2024. Is this the end of the land carbon sink? I asked around for @newscientist:
newscientist.com
For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we emit each year - but this climate buffer may be collapsing far sooner than...
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Scary news for West Coast friends in my latest for @ScienceMagazine. Disturbed ocean sediments off California suggest big earthquakes on the Cascadia fault can trigger big quakes on the San Andreas. The "Big One" could well become the "Big Two"... https://t.co/KgQ80rQmw7
science.org
Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes
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NEWS: I'm writing a book about Earth's interior, from innermost inner core to the deep biosphere. Can't wait to share all I've learned about what's happening inside this planet and how it shapes the surface we care about. 🌏 Subscribe here to follow along: https://t.co/FFYAkAXIMI
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Thanks to Xi Yang, Emily Bernhardt and the rest of THE LORACS team for having me along to see this important work in action.
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I joined a team of ecologists wading through the muck of the Carolina coast in search of "ghost forests" killed by rising seas for @ScienceMagazine. We were guided by a a new map that reveals millions of dead trees standing along the East Coast. https://t.co/QtYku4N5jw
science.org
Machine learning method counts nearly 12 million dead trees, many likely killed by rising seas
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Honored to have won a @ScienceWriters Science in Society award for my @newscientist story on the Panama Canal's chronic water shortages. It's something the canal's visionary builders never imagined would be possible in one of the rainiest parts of the planet...
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Asgard archaea in Siberia appear to have remained alive for more than 100,000 years based on DNA analysis. Overlap with other Asgards suggests such long lifespans could be common trait among the closest relatives of all eukaryotes. Per @archaearama etal. https://t.co/ZKcA5yt9gO
newscientist.com
Microbes found buried deep in Siberian permafrost may be able to survive over extremely long timescales using protein repair genes
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Solar panel exports from China to Africa surged 60 per cent over past year, says @ember_energy. This upward trend was spread across the continent – with 20 countries seeing import records and 25 countries importing more than 100 megawatts each.
newscientist.com
African countries imported a record number of solar panels in the past year, which could be the beginning of a green energy boom on the continent
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The huge volume of ore extracted from existing US mines is full of critical minerals, but nearly all of this goes to waste. New analysis finds out just out how much is getting tossed out. https://t.co/oYr5N6liC5
newscientist.com
An analysis of active US mines finds they already collect virtually all of the minerals the country needs for batteries, solar panels and wind turbines – but these critical minerals mostly go to waste
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Big new modeling study finds climate change may have locked temperatures in the Pacific Ocean into a pattern could drive drought in the western US for decades.🧪 https://t.co/DptutSYy3I
newscientist.com
A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in the western US
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Don't try this at home! Or maybe do? https://t.co/0zSNiqex7m
newscientist.com
A carbon dioxide removal company in Canada is experimenting with ways to treat mining waste to capture and store more CO2
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Earthquakes fracturing rock could unlock a wide menu of chemical energy sources for microbes living deep underground. 👀 https://t.co/AXwSFobpBK
newscientist.com
When rocks fracture in underground faults, they generate a variety of chemical compounds that could provide more energy sources for microbes in Earth’s depths
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🧵 I did a deep dive into @pluspoolny, the effort to bring swimming to the East River in NYC. Until now, the nonprofit's work was mostly centered around swim lessons, advocacy and other public programming. Now, they have a pilot pool. https://t.co/G44jfXnHM0 via @CityAndStateNY
cityandstateny.com
A 320-ton pilot structure arrived in New York city waters this week. The myriad engineering challenges are raising questions over $16 million in public funding.
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