Rhysea Agrawal
@rhysea.bsky.social
Climate communicator, journalist, scientist and educator.
Opinions are my own, but I try to speak for the planet. 🌏
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Opinions are my own, but I try to speak for the planet. 🌏
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Have popped you on my new list go.bsky.app/AFSGdUQ
December 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Have popped you on my new list go.bsky.app/AFSGdUQ
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New blog post! @rhysea.bsky.social highlights the ongoing challenges faced by nearly 10 million residents of L.A. County in the aftermath of the LA wildfires and shares some tips she learned from attending a webinar organized by the Coalition for Clean Air.
climatecenter.usc.edu/staying-safe...
climatecenter.usc.edu/staying-safe...
Staying safe during the “disaster after the disaster” - USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication
Almost 10 million residents of L.A. County are currently experiencing the aftermath of the worst urban disaster in the country’s history. Tens of thousands of people are displaced across the county a...
climatecenter.usc.edu
January 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
New blog post! @rhysea.bsky.social highlights the ongoing challenges faced by nearly 10 million residents of L.A. County in the aftermath of the LA wildfires and shares some tips she learned from attending a webinar organized by the Coalition for Clean Air.
climatecenter.usc.edu/staying-safe...
climatecenter.usc.edu/staying-safe...
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Happy Lunar New Year!
Red is traditionally considered the color of celebrations and prosperity. However, one particular shade, Red Dye No.3, is not doing so hot.
@aoruii.bsky.social @rhysea.bsky.social explain how the food, supplement, and oral drug ban of the additive was enacted by the U.S. FDA.
Red is traditionally considered the color of celebrations and prosperity. However, one particular shade, Red Dye No.3, is not doing so hot.
@aoruii.bsky.social @rhysea.bsky.social explain how the food, supplement, and oral drug ban of the additive was enacted by the U.S. FDA.
January 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Happy Lunar New Year!
Red is traditionally considered the color of celebrations and prosperity. However, one particular shade, Red Dye No.3, is not doing so hot.
@aoruii.bsky.social @rhysea.bsky.social explain how the food, supplement, and oral drug ban of the additive was enacted by the U.S. FDA.
Red is traditionally considered the color of celebrations and prosperity. However, one particular shade, Red Dye No.3, is not doing so hot.
@aoruii.bsky.social @rhysea.bsky.social explain how the food, supplement, and oral drug ban of the additive was enacted by the U.S. FDA.
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Faith communities can have such a powerful influence in driving folks towards climate action. I wrote a piece earlier this year on eco-chaplaincy for Sojourners to show how the climate crisis is also a faith crisis.
Also check out Katharine Hayhoe’s list of eco-faith communicators!
Also check out Katharine Hayhoe’s list of eco-faith communicators!
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Faith communities can have such a powerful influence in driving folks towards climate action. I wrote a piece earlier this year on eco-chaplaincy for Sojourners to show how the climate crisis is also a faith crisis.
Also check out Katharine Hayhoe’s list of eco-faith communicators!
Also check out Katharine Hayhoe’s list of eco-faith communicators!
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Help out a climate lady? If you communicate about climate for a living I’d be so grateful if you took this quick survey about your work. The info shared will be used for a report on the state of climate comms and to create programs that support YOU!
Participate in our 'Temperature Check' survey and contribute to a broader understanding that could shape future strategies. Your responses not only inform our report but also help define effective practices for communicating complex climate information. 📋📝
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2024 Climate Communications Survey
Our first Temperature Check survey was the first report of its kind that focused on trends in climate communication across various professions such as scientists, journalists, PR & corporate sustainab...
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November 26, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Help out a climate lady? If you communicate about climate for a living I’d be so grateful if you took this quick survey about your work. The info shared will be used for a report on the state of climate comms and to create programs that support YOU!
Reposted by Rhysea Agrawal
Participate in our 'Temperature Check' survey and contribute to a broader understanding that could shape future strategies. Your responses not only inform our report but also help define effective practices for communicating complex climate information. 📋📝
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2024 Climate Communications Survey
Our first Temperature Check survey was the first report of its kind that focused on trends in climate communication across various professions such as scientists, journalists, PR & corporate sustainab...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Participate in our 'Temperature Check' survey and contribute to a broader understanding that could shape future strategies. Your responses not only inform our report but also help define effective practices for communicating complex climate information. 📋📝
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Seems like scientific publications are now also participating in the “race for breaking news.”
It’s WAY harder to produce quality stories and research when you’re forced to have a quick turnaround. Kudos to the scientists and journalists who are still doing remarkable things in these conditions.
It’s WAY harder to produce quality stories and research when you’re forced to have a quick turnaround. Kudos to the scientists and journalists who are still doing remarkable things in these conditions.
For a number of years now, I’ve had a policy that I don’t submit to nor will I review for MPDI and Frontiers. This analysis supports that decision.
It’s no reflection on the many excellent papers and studies that have been published in them, but rather on their editorial and business practices.
It’s no reflection on the many excellent papers and studies that have been published in them, but rather on their editorial and business practices.
The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on?
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A 🧵 1/n
#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
November 25, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Seems like scientific publications are now also participating in the “race for breaking news.”
It’s WAY harder to produce quality stories and research when you’re forced to have a quick turnaround. Kudos to the scientists and journalists who are still doing remarkable things in these conditions.
It’s WAY harder to produce quality stories and research when you’re forced to have a quick turnaround. Kudos to the scientists and journalists who are still doing remarkable things in these conditions.
also applies to climate coverage!
I actually think when you cover things like genocide, death, human rights abuses, etc.,
it is very, very important to keep up your sense of playfulness, mystery & wonder.
☺️✨
it is very, very important to keep up your sense of playfulness, mystery & wonder.
☺️✨
November 25, 2024 at 5:01 PM
also applies to climate coverage!
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For context:
It's estimated that the most vulnerable countries in the world need at least $1.3T per year to accelerate the clean energy transition and build resilience to climate impacts.
COP29 closed yesterday with an agreement for $300B per year (not the actual funds, just the agreement).
It's estimated that the most vulnerable countries in the world need at least $1.3T per year to accelerate the clean energy transition and build resilience to climate impacts.
COP29 closed yesterday with an agreement for $300B per year (not the actual funds, just the agreement).
Just going to park this here.
(2023 = $2.4 trillion)
(2023 = $2.4 trillion)
November 24, 2024 at 8:00 PM
For context:
It's estimated that the most vulnerable countries in the world need at least $1.3T per year to accelerate the clean energy transition and build resilience to climate impacts.
COP29 closed yesterday with an agreement for $300B per year (not the actual funds, just the agreement).
It's estimated that the most vulnerable countries in the world need at least $1.3T per year to accelerate the clean energy transition and build resilience to climate impacts.
COP29 closed yesterday with an agreement for $300B per year (not the actual funds, just the agreement).
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World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week
buff.ly
November 24, 2024 at 6:54 PM
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
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Fun fact, diminishing Arctic sea ice helps fuel large wildfires in the western US
November 24, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Fun fact, diminishing Arctic sea ice helps fuel large wildfires in the western US
In our world, neutrality means continuing to use climate language that Big Oil and Gas have imposed on us for decades to make us feel responsible for our planetary crisis while they rake in billions of dollars without a smidgen of guilt.
November 25, 2024 at 1:43 AM
In our world, neutrality means continuing to use climate language that Big Oil and Gas have imposed on us for decades to make us feel responsible for our planetary crisis while they rake in billions of dollars without a smidgen of guilt.
More scientists need to read this.
November 25, 2024 at 1:40 AM
More scientists need to read this.
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The #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week.
Do share it and flag up if you’d like added.
go.bsky.app/VJQzace
Do share it and flag up if you’d like added.
go.bsky.app/VJQzace
November 19, 2024 at 11:35 AM
The #SciComm starter pack is almost full. Make sure to revisit it as l’ve added lots of folk this week.
Do share it and flag up if you’d like added.
go.bsky.app/VJQzace
Do share it and flag up if you’d like added.
go.bsky.app/VJQzace
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For our latest newsletter, @rhysea.bsky.social previews our ongoing series "No Place to Call Home": Laasya Shekhar explores the impacts of human-wildlife conflict in India and authorities' ham-handed response:
buttondown.com/thexylom/arc...
buttondown.com/thexylom/arc...
When There Is No Place Left To Call Home
Indian journalist Laasya Shekhar explores the impacts of some of human-wildlife conflicts in her latest series for The Xylom, “No Place to Call Home.”
buttondown.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
For our latest newsletter, @rhysea.bsky.social previews our ongoing series "No Place to Call Home": Laasya Shekhar explores the impacts of human-wildlife conflict in India and authorities' ham-handed response:
buttondown.com/thexylom/arc...
buttondown.com/thexylom/arc...
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It's our calling at @thexylom.com to provide science+society coverage that you can find nowhere else 🫡
Please consider supporting our work; from now until 12/31 all donations are triple-matched!
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Please consider supporting our work; from now until 12/31 all donations are triple-matched!
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The Xylom - Open Collective
We grow science with words. The only Asian American-serving science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, run by Gen-Z!
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November 24, 2024 at 1:23 AM
It's our calling at @thexylom.com to provide science+society coverage that you can find nowhere else 🫡
Please consider supporting our work; from now until 12/31 all donations are triple-matched!
opencollective.com/thexylom#category-CONTRIBUTE/
Please consider supporting our work; from now until 12/31 all donations are triple-matched!
opencollective.com/thexylom#category-CONTRIBUTE/
I LOVED working with @angelymercado.bsky.social on this story. Go check it out!
Bad Bunny's "'Una Velita' is not just a requiem for those killed in Hurricane Maria, but also a battle cry for change and solidarity." Uprooter Angely Mercado for The Xylom www.thexylom.com/post/perspec...
Perspective: In new song, Bad Bunny lights up Puerto Rico’s political corruption, climate inaction
In his latest song “Una Velita,” Bad Bunny calls out political corruption and energy inequality in his native Puerto Rico.
www.thexylom.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:06 AM
I LOVED working with @angelymercado.bsky.social on this story. Go check it out!
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With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
November 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
I have often received ire from journalists who say calling myself a climate activist makes me “less objective.”
But echoing @charliejgardner.bsky.social, I feel a moral responsibility towards my 8.2 billion fellow humans to speak up.
I am a climate scientist, journalist, educator AND activist.
But echoing @charliejgardner.bsky.social, I feel a moral responsibility towards my 8.2 billion fellow humans to speak up.
I am a climate scientist, journalist, educator AND activist.
November 24, 2024 at 12:24 AM
I have often received ire from journalists who say calling myself a climate activist makes me “less objective.”
But echoing @charliejgardner.bsky.social, I feel a moral responsibility towards my 8.2 billion fellow humans to speak up.
I am a climate scientist, journalist, educator AND activist.
But echoing @charliejgardner.bsky.social, I feel a moral responsibility towards my 8.2 billion fellow humans to speak up.
I am a climate scientist, journalist, educator AND activist.
Check out @bentleyitems.bsky.social’s LONGGGG list of some very awesome climate starter packs!
November 24, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Check out @bentleyitems.bsky.social’s LONGGGG list of some very awesome climate starter packs!
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“The problem with the climate movement is that people are not prioritizing the things (tech) that matters most to meeeeee!” - every white climate guy forever, despite the fact that they have also driven the climate agenda forever. There, saved you the time of reading their endless think pieces.
November 23, 2024 at 9:54 PM
“The problem with the climate movement is that people are not prioritizing the things (tech) that matters most to meeeeee!” - every white climate guy forever, despite the fact that they have also driven the climate agenda forever. There, saved you the time of reading their endless think pieces.
I just discovered #booksky and I think it's one of the best things to exist on the internet.
I'm currently reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac because I am fascinated by how people inculcate Buddhist philosophies. What about you?
I'm currently reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac because I am fascinated by how people inculcate Buddhist philosophies. What about you?
November 22, 2024 at 12:09 AM
I just discovered #booksky and I think it's one of the best things to exist on the internet.
I'm currently reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac because I am fascinated by how people inculcate Buddhist philosophies. What about you?
I'm currently reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac because I am fascinated by how people inculcate Buddhist philosophies. What about you?