David Ho

@davidho.bsky.social

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Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Founder, Bamboo Bike Project; Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, [C]Worthy; Professor, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. https://linktr.ee/david_ho

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Emailed someone on an urgent matter and got this automated response. It’s the kind of vacation message I aspire to.

They're just recycling the same headline for EVs now.

Monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) for marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) in a nutshell.

Streets aren for cars; streets are for people.

Count a CTD rosette among things that you don't need a pickup truck to move.

The most important tool in oceanography. #NewCTDRosetteDay

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Rich Puchalsky ⚑

I'm not boosting anything. We must research CO₂ removal methods to understand efficacy and potential side effects. I have always been crystal clear about this. This is about our responsibility to future generations. rdcu.be/dbFbB

This is a disingenuous argument from environmental groups against researching climate solutions. Fossil fuel companies will use the potential of CO₂ removal (CDR) for greenwashing, so if scientists can't study the efficacy and potential side effects, greenwashing will continue.

We should remember how good Wally Broecker was using just simple tools. More than four decades ago, in 1982, Wally predicted that atmospheric CO₂ in 2025 would be 419.5 ppm. Measured global average atmospheric CO₂ was 419.3 ppm in 2023. 👀

Pro tip: When in Iceland, get these.

Quite a badge. You must be proud.

If raw milk was bad, why do baby cows drink it? 🙃

Lab van setup is about 75% done.

85%

Ding dong!

Good morning Hvalfjörður!

48.9°C! But it’s a dry heat. 🙃

Only one of these vehicles should be allowed in cities.

Good news: In 8 years, electricity generation from non-fossil-fuel sources (including nuclear) rose by 44% Bad news: In the same period, global electricity output increased 23% and generation by fossil fuels reached an all-time peak.

By not being at the bad place, y’all are missing this absolute banger of a thread from @volts.wtf. Like him, I don’t care who is the Democratic nominee.

There's a Department for Leveling Up in the UK. Are they in charge of video games?

Say what you will about the UK, but the quick transition of power and the lack of election denial are refreshing to see.

It was nice meeting @ayeshatandon.bsky.social and @orladwyer.bsky.social at the #NegativeCO2Conference in Oxford. Here's their write-up for @carbonbrief.org. If we have robust MRV, including quantification of uncertainties, marine CDR could play an important role. www.carbonbrief.org/...#NegativeCO2Conference@ayeshatandon.bsky.social and @orladwyer.bsky.social at the #NegativeCO2Conference in Oxford. Here's their write-up for @carbonbrief.org. If we have robust MRV, including quantification of uncertainties, marine CDR could play an important role. www.carbonbrief.org/...

A golf cart is sufficient for most people in a city.

Behold $1300 socks. It's not fashionable to talk about consuming less as a climate solution because our economy is based on selling us crap that no one needs.

This display at the beach in La Jolla showing the relationship between atmospheric CO₂, global temperatures, and rising sea levels is *chef's kiss*. 🤌

Wow, it seems things haven't gone so well under the Conservatives in the UK. Maybe y'all should vote for one of the other parties tomorrow (and I don't mean the Brexit idiots). 😉 www.nytimes.com/inte...

Who says a flat stage of the Tour de France has to be boring? Congratulations to Sir Mark Cavendish on a record-breaking 35th Stage win. 🥳 #TDF2024

These geniuses think releasing 40+ billion tonnes of CO₂ a year to the atmosphere does nothing but that chemtrails are real and cloud seeding is what's causing extreme weather events.

Fine recommendation from Scott Doney and colleagues about using tracers to develop robust monitoring, reporting, and verification (#MRV) for marine carbon dioxide removal (#mCDR). doi.org/10.1146/annu...#MRV) for marine carbon dioxide removal (#mCDR). doi.org/10.1146/annu...