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Reflections on Black History Month—and the Present for Black Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists

As a Black scientist, it’s especially important to me to acknowledge and celebrate Black scientists and activists who made major contributions to all fields of science despite the barriers of systemic and structural racism. Black students need to see people who look like them in scientific spaces.

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Rare and Severe Weather Events Are Now More Common Thanks to Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

What was rare is becoming more common. Stories about remarkable weather events have been retold through the ages. When we share weather and climate stories through news headlines or via video , we often put these into context and compare them with prior events. to 1% chance in any year ).

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Sustainability transitions in energy, mobility, food: Research focus shifts to real-world change processes

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the University of Manchester. Existing consumption and production systems, which use natural resources to meet societal needs for food, shelter, energy and health, are unsustainable.

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We’re Naming Summer “Danger Season” in the US. Here’s Why.

Union of Concerned Scientists

I remember that federal relief funds went disproportionately to white victims of Hurricane Harvey’s massive flooding in Houston in 2017 while Black and Hispanic communities were largely excluded. Aspects of many of these events reflect broader trends in how extreme events are changing as our climate warms. Credit: IPCC WGI SPM [link].

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

This claim is both misleading and a distraction – weather forecasting has been one of the most important success stories in science. The physics-based models describe how energy flows through the atmosphere and ocean, as well as how the forces from different air masses push against each other.

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‘Many kids go through a phase where they want to be a marine scientist. For me, it wasn’t a phase’

Frontiers

Albano, now the Internship Program Coordinator at the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, NOAA Ocean Exploration, caught up with Frontiers to tell us a little about her career and her research, as part of our Frontiers Scientist series. What inspired you to become a researcher? How would you address them?

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Why diversity and inclusion needs to be at the forefront of future AI

Frontiers

As part of our Frontier Scientist series, Hipólito caught up with Frontiers to tell us about her career and research. Image: Inês Hipólito What inspired you to become a researcher? As our world becomes increasingly permeated by AI, my research focuses on two main aspects. How would you address them?