Alex Ruane
@alexruane.bsky.social
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Impacts Group co-Director making Earth information useful to people and systems at risk; IPCC AR6 WGI CLA + SYR Core Writing Team Member; Columbia University; AgMIP Science Coordinator & Climate Team Lead
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The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) launched in Feb 2023 by the US State Dept in partnership with @africanunion.bsky.social, #AgMIP, @fao.org, and the African Orphan Crops Consortium. Phase 1 identified a list of nutritious and regionally relevant opportunity crops in five categories.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) launched in Feb 2023 by the US State Dept in partnership with @africanunion.bsky.social, #AgMIP, @fao.org, and the African Orphan Crops Consortium. Phase 1 identified a list of nutritious and regionally relevant opportunity crops in five categories.
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"Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand"
Really horrific
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Really horrific
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – latest updates
Hundreds remain missing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as rescue efforts continue after Cyclone Ditwah
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand"
Really horrific
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Really horrific
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Thailand to send aircraft carrier for flood relief as rains intensify reut.rs/4intODJ
Thailand to send aircraft carrier for flood relief as rains intensify
Thailand was preparing on Tuesday to send an aircraft carrier with relief supplies and medical teams to its south, where more heavy rain intensified the worst floods in years, which have killed 13 people and hobbled rescue and evacuation efforts.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thailand to send aircraft carrier for flood relief as rains intensify reut.rs/4intODJ
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The apocalyptic flood in southern Thailand has started to recede. Unfortunately there's been a lot of casualties (numbers not final, 33 last I heard), many of them children and elderly.
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The apocalyptic flood in southern Thailand has started to recede. Unfortunately there's been a lot of casualties (numbers not final, 33 last I heard), many of them children and elderly.
Devastating floods leaving long tail of destruction and impacts on Indonesia and Sri Lanka - this will not be over when the flood waters recede
ALERT!
I want to draw everyone’s attention to the recent flash flood in the northern part of Sumatra, Indonesia and parts of Malaysia
Check out this flood monitoring map to see how bad it is:
I want to draw everyone’s attention to the recent flash flood in the northern part of Sumatra, Indonesia and parts of Malaysia
Check out this flood monitoring map to see how bad it is:
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Devastating floods leaving long tail of destruction and impacts on Indonesia and Sri Lanka - this will not be over when the flood waters recede
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Indonesia flood death toll climbs to 303 amid cyclone devastation, disaster agency says reut.rs/3MaBzR9
Indonesia flood death toll climbs to 303 amid cyclone devastation, disaster agency says
The death toll from floods and landslides following cyclonic rains in the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to 303, the head of the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Saturday, up from a previous figure of 174 dead.
reut.rs
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Indonesia flood death toll climbs to 303 amid cyclone devastation, disaster agency says reut.rs/3MaBzR9
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'Neighbourhoods buried under mud': Sri Lanka floods death toll rises to 159
->Al Jazeera | #flood | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->Al Jazeera | #flood | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
'Neighbourhoods buried under mud': Sri Lanka floods death toll rises to 159
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declares a state of emergency to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah. At least 159 people have been confirmed dead across Sri Lanka as authorities continue to battle rising floodwaters in parts of the capital...
www.aljazeera.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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🆘 Satellite imagery over Sri Lanka shows widespread #flood -affected zones, visible as broad beige swaths replacing vegetation. Inland waterlogging, disrupted land patterns, and heavy sediment transport reflect extensive #flooding well beyond the coastal strip. ⛈🌊
#SriLankaFlood #FloodSL #SriLanka
#SriLankaFlood #FloodSL #SriLanka
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🆘 Satellite imagery over Sri Lanka shows widespread #flood -affected zones, visible as broad beige swaths replacing vegetation. Inland waterlogging, disrupted land patterns, and heavy sediment transport reflect extensive #flooding well beyond the coastal strip. ⛈🌊
#SriLankaFlood #FloodSL #SriLanka
#SriLankaFlood #FloodSL #SriLanka
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A new #AgMIP paper in Nature Climate Change presents a novel framework for integrating nutrient dynamics into crop models, offering key insights into targeting and strengthening nutrition interventions in a changing climate.
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Anticipating climate impacts on nutrition through climate–crop nutrient modelling - Nature Climate Change
Climate change influences not only crop yields but also crop nutritional content, which is currently not simulated by process-based crop models. This Perspective proposes a way forward to integrate nu...
www.nature.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A new #AgMIP paper in Nature Climate Change presents a novel framework for integrating nutrient dynamics into crop models, offering key insights into targeting and strengthening nutrition interventions in a changing climate.
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.
It methodically goes through each problem in the review.
The latest from S. Baum.
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It methodically goes through each problem in the review.
The latest from S. Baum.
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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”
While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.
It methodically goes through each problem in the review.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism
It methodically goes through each problem in the review.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism
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🌍 Our new review shows how:
(1) Climate shocks hit food, water + health systems
(2) All forms of malnutrition are at risk
(3) Near-term events + long-term warming both drive risks
(4) Building resilience through food, social + nutrition systems is urgent. 🔗 shorturl.at/WmZki
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🌍 Our new review shows how:
(1) Climate shocks hit food, water + health systems
(2) All forms of malnutrition are at risk
(3) Near-term events + long-term warming both drive risks
(4) Building resilience through food, social + nutrition systems is urgent. 🔗 shorturl.at/WmZki
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HONOLULU (AP) — Tsunami warning sirens blare in Honolulu and people are told to move to higher ground after earthquake off Russia.
July 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
HONOLULU (AP) — Tsunami warning sirens blare in Honolulu and people are told to move to higher ground after earthquake off Russia.
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The 28th st station is built on top of an ancient stream that drains the slightly higher ground to the east. (1865 Viele map via davidrumsey.com)
July 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The 28th st station is built on top of an ancient stream that drains the slightly higher ground to the east. (1865 Viele map via davidrumsey.com)
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The 1 train on the NYC subway tonight
July 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The 1 train on the NYC subway tonight
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The CMIP Community Workshop 2026 will be held in Kyoto, Japan from 9-13th March 2026. The call for abstracts for CMIP26 is now open! Find out more at wcrp-cmip.org/cmip26-call-...
May 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The CMIP Community Workshop 2026 will be held in Kyoto, Japan from 9-13th March 2026. The call for abstracts for CMIP26 is now open! Find out more at wcrp-cmip.org/cmip26-call-...
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Armstrong Hall at Columbia University is not anymore housing the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. 160 or so of us gathered outside for the last picture. But we are still standing as a group, strong and determined, doing the same work and more great things into the future. Keep your eyes on us!
May 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Armstrong Hall at Columbia University is not anymore housing the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. 160 or so of us gathered outside for the last picture. But we are still standing as a group, strong and determined, doing the same work and more great things into the future. Keep your eyes on us!
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If you are looking for climate visualizations using a "pre-industrial" baseline (1850-1900) for calculating anomalies, I update quite a few each month at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... (updated through April 2025)
Climate change indicators
All data are referenced at My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Se…
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May 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
If you are looking for climate visualizations using a "pre-industrial" baseline (1850-1900) for calculating anomalies, I update quite a few each month at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... (updated through April 2025)
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Full sympathy for brillant climate scientists at NASA/GISS, literally expelled from their building. I still remember the depth of stimulating scientific discussions during my 1997 visit.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Full sympathy for brillant climate scientists at NASA/GISS, literally expelled from their building. I still remember the depth of stimulating scientific discussions during my 1997 visit.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity:
1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas…
2) enabled by Engineering Innovations…
3) based on Science Research in Universities…
4) funded by Grants from the US Government.
It’s time more people understood this.
1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas…
2) enabled by Engineering Innovations…
3) based on Science Research in Universities…
4) funded by Grants from the US Government.
It’s time more people understood this.
May 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity:
1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas…
2) enabled by Engineering Innovations…
3) based on Science Research in Universities…
4) funded by Grants from the US Government.
It’s time more people understood this.
1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas…
2) enabled by Engineering Innovations…
3) based on Science Research in Universities…
4) funded by Grants from the US Government.
It’s time more people understood this.
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Will you live an unprecedented life?
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Born into the Climate Crisis 2. An unprecedented life: Protecting children’s rights in a changing climate | Save the Children’s Resource Centre
The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it is a pressing reality that children are facing today. Despite having contributed the least to the climate crisis, the inherent intergenerational injustic...
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net
May 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Will you live an unprecedented life?
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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If you, like us, think that these kinds of community activity are needed, we warmly invite you to get involved in AgML. So far, we've created benchmark datasets, organised a workshop, Kaggle competition and there's so much more we'd like to do - join our mailing list: mail.agml.org/mailman/list...
AgML Info Page
mail.agml.org
April 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
If you, like us, think that these kinds of community activity are needed, we warmly invite you to get involved in AgML. So far, we've created benchmark datasets, organised a workshop, Kaggle competition and there's so much more we'd like to do - join our mailing list: mail.agml.org/mailman/list...
Excited for publication of our new piece (led by @lilybellesweet.bsky.social) describing vast potential and substantial challenges at the intersection of process-based crop modeling & machine learning. @agmip.bsky.social AGML team has identified many opportunities to merge existing & new expertises
Transdisciplinary coordination is essential for advancing agricultural modelling with machine learning. The opportunities are great, but to avoid pitfalls, we need to establish benchmarks, evaluation criteria and best practices. Our perspective: www.cell.com/one-earth/fu... @cp-oneearth.bsky.social
Transdisciplinary coordination is essential for advancing agricultural modeling with machine learning
Crop models play a key role in understanding and improving the climate-change resilience
of food systems. If appropriately used, machine learning can help tackle some of the
critical challenges of agr...
www.cell.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Excited for publication of our new piece (led by @lilybellesweet.bsky.social) describing vast potential and substantial challenges at the intersection of process-based crop modeling & machine learning. @agmip.bsky.social AGML team has identified many opportunities to merge existing & new expertises
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Achieving similar (or greater?) crop yield with less mineral fertiliser and pesticides? this new paper proposes a useful framework – with examples - to quantify the contribution of ecosystem services.
In a new paper, we propose the 'ecological yield gap' as a framework to strengthen collaboration between agronomists and ecologists in our quest to enhance on-farm ecosystem services in ways that effectively sustain crop yields while minimising input use:
doi.org/10.1016/j.gf...
🧪🌱🌾🧑🌾🐞💚🤎
doi.org/10.1016/j.gf...
🧪🌱🌾🧑🌾🐞💚🤎
Narrowing the ecological yield gap to sustain crop yields with less inputs
Sustainable production of sufficient and healthy food requires efficient use of agricultural inputs. In many regions of the world with intensive agric…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Achieving similar (or greater?) crop yield with less mineral fertiliser and pesticides? this new paper proposes a useful framework – with examples - to quantify the contribution of ecosystem services.
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Astronomers have found thousands of planets outside the solar system. All of them are, to my knowledge, garbage. Happy Earth Day to the only good one 🌍
April 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Astronomers have found thousands of planets outside the solar system. All of them are, to my knowledge, garbage. Happy Earth Day to the only good one 🌍