In this paper out in @nature.com, we documented a surprising trend in nuclear power plant construction costs: China and South Korea showed declines in the cost over time, showing potential for breaking the 'cost curse' of nuclear power.

led by Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and @dankammen.bsky.social

Our new paper shows how recent prescribed (Rx) burns in the western US impacted later wildfires. We find that Rx fires reduced wildfire severity + net smoke emissions, even when factoring in smoke from Rx fires. But, we find that these Rx fires were less effective in the wildland-urban interface.

What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.

If your work has been impacted by the recent pause and changes in EHP, please check out an announcement from AGU Geohealth Journal @geohealthjournal.bsky.social

We hope your important research can find a home #geohealth

#AGU #SciencePublishing #EnvironmentalHealth

Please join us for a Panel Discussion -- Sustaining Climate & Health Research: A Conversation with Funders, featuring panelists from NSF, Wellcome Trust, The Rockefeller Foundation, and UCSF.

@agugeohealth.bsky.social and @ametsoc.org Board on Environment and Health are excited to hold the 2025 Joint AGU/AMS Climate and Health Showcase. This virtual event will feature keynote talks, panel discussions, and engaging sessions on GeoHealth topics. Register at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Examining the truth about fighting fires in California amid water management claims Last month’s wildfires in California destroyed thousands of homes, killed at least 29 people and will likely cost hundreds of billions of dollars. President Trump has claimed that state officials made...

My interview on the PBS News Hour this evening.
#californiawater

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

🌡️🌎❤️‍🩹 Interested in learning more about the health impacts of climate change-related events? Please join us for our quarterly seminar by @kaichenyale.bsky.social
on Feb 25. Climate Epidemiology: How to Assess the impacts of climate change? #climate #epidimiology

Improved daily PM2.5 estimates in India reveal inequalities in recent enhancement of air quality Developed PM2.5 estimates unveiled inequalities in PM2.5 exposure, emphasizing need for equitable air quality control policies.

Need high resolution daily air pollution data for India? We've got you. Great new work led by Ayako Kawano developing satellite+ML-based measures of PM2.5 going back decades, and using it to evaluate recent progress in improving air quality. www.science.org/doi/full/10....

It is both the case that the 2% of the planet that is it United States is remarkably frigid at the moment, and that the world as a whole is at record-warm levels for this day of the year:

New paper characterizing trends in wildfire smoke PM2.5 in the US, incl. updated daily dataset and implications for air quality regulation. Below is animation of 2023.
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
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3. GeoHealth Reception and Section Gathering on Tuesday, December 10

4. GeoHealth Networking Lunch on Thursday, December 12: All are Welcome!