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Renoster did what carbon registries should have done, but didn't: make a database of carbon project locations. https://lnkd.in/dX_vK3aD This is essential information, but most of the carbon registries did not have the data or did not want to give it. How did some of these registries pass the scrutiny of the ICVCM's Core Carbon Principles, A. Governance / Transparency? Do we now need an organization that oversees the overseeing organizations?

I am happy to have contributed to the development of this geospatial database of nature-based carbon offset project locations! Akshata Karnik deserves the lions share of the credit for aggregating all of these project and manually georeferencing and digitizing 127 project locations for which the geospatial boundaries were not available. This is super tedious and labor intensive work! My contribution was in the development of the manuscript (available now as a pre-print!) and with some of the final database formatting. We have submitted the manuscript for peer-review and will share that in the near future. Preprint link: https://lnkd.in/dmVFDTmV Zenodo repository: https://lnkd.in/dT_g-f5K This database contains project boundaries for 3 types of projects: - Improved Forest Management - Avoided Deforestation - Afforestation, Reforestation, and Re-Vegetation. We include three varieties of project boundary data: 1. Project Areas: these are the locations over which the project is performing some sort of management. 2. Project Accounting Areas: these are the locations where the project is actually getting credits. These should be used to assess project crediting claims. 3. Project Reference Regions: these are often used for baseline development. Where possible, these were included as well. Fun facts: -Total number of projects: 575 -Number of country's represented: 55 -Number of IFM projects: 252  -Number of ARR projects: 190  -Number of AD projects 133 A not-so-fun fact is that for 149 projects, the boundary data was not publicly available. This is shocking given that transparency is one of the core ICVCM Core Carbon Principals. We cannot have a robust and effective offsetting market place if developers are obfuscating key details about their projects and making external auditing challenging (or, in some cases, impossible). Even more frustrating was that when we asked the developed to provide the boundary data, we were refused 94.6% of the time. This isn't TOO surprising as some of the projects that did not share their boundary data were of poor quality. Our plan is to continually improve upon this database and release future versions with more project boundaries and (hopefully) more official boundaries if developers are willing to share them with us.

Here is the name of yet another dishonest editor (or insincere, contrary to the undersigning); see below. #PublicationEthics My paper is i believe very significant: https://lnkd.in/dUcNuGta I hope those who actually read it and understand it will testify one day. Yesterday I emailed the journal with an enquiry on the status of my paper as no editor was assigned still after 10 days of submission. That is contrary to my other JGR-A paper that got an editor assigned the same day of submitting. Upon my enquiry, my paper got immediately “evaluated”: Dear Dr. Bodai: Thank you for submitting your manuscript to Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. Your paper has been evaluated within our editorial board. While we find your work to be of interest, we feel that it is not sufficiently significant to meet the aim of the journal. Based on the evaluation, I am sorry that I need to decline your manuscript for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. Unfortunately, we can accept only a proportion of the many papers we receive. I am sorry that I cannot be more encouraging at this time. Thank you for your interest in JGR- Atmospheres. Sincerely, Yafang Cheng Editor Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres

Really interesting work coming out of the Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford looking at Tropical Cyclone (TC) risk to global electricity supply. Combining TC modeled track data and geospatial electricity/population data offers an intriguing method of leveraging network analysis to analyze and quantify various hazards impacts on infrastructure! https://lnkd.in/eddbpGzU

🚀 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡🚀 Team 𝐍𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 (https://lnkd.in/eA4ery7c) (Christopher Kyba, John Barentine, Nona Schulte-Roemer, Sabine Frank, et. al.) have conducted an impressive citizen science project in 2021, examining over a quarter of a million light sources across Germany and beyond to assess light pollution levels. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 🔍 Private windows are the most common light source, based on number (not lumen output). 🌆 In German city centres and commercial areas, shop windows and signs together outnumber streetlights by a 2-to-1 ratio. 📊 To estimate the number of lights per square kilometre, multiply the DNB radiance (in nW/cm²sr) by 200. For instance, if a city centre shows 100 nW/cm²sr, participants would have counted approximately 20,000 lights/km². Explore the full preprint here: https://lnkd.in/egQ7h4Nq A huge thank you to the team for their outstanding work on this critical project and substantial contribution to the light pollution research. PLAN-B Project AquaPLAN DarkSky #LightPollution #CitizenScience #EnvironmentalResearch #Sustainability #DarkSkyProtection

“We would rather destroy the planet than accept that we are part of it” The hardest part is admitting that we have no idea what we are doing. Mind-expanding to listen to Ramon Amaro, Ph.D. at RADIUS CCA Centre for Contemporary Art & Ecology as part of the series "In(di)visible Infrastructures, Bridging Overseen Worlds" by Delfina Fantini van Ditmar and a multidisciplinary group. The event questions how to critique, resist and re-vision infrastructures. The talks ask: How do we dream and rebuild new infrastructures and systems? Through valuing the overseen worlds and revisioning humans aligned with living principles, how, as artists, researchers and designers, how do we utilise various lenses of investigation, methodologies, language and practice to interrupt, resist and re-structure systems & infrastructures?

Exciting news for the ocean mapping community! A newly published paper reveals the top research priorities for acoustic backscatter over the next decade. After gathering input from 73 contributors and analyzing 177 research questions, the study identifies eight key themes and prioritizes the most pressing questions. Top priorities: ● Post-processing, quality control, data handling, and curation ● Calibration ● Data analysis ☛ The community has spoken: advancing our understanding of acoustic backscatter requires collaboration across multiple disciplines. Two questions stood out as priorities for over 25% of respondents: ● How can we achieve absolute calibration of different systems for interregional comparisons? ● How can we quantify seafloor backscatter quality and develop standards similar to those for bathymetry (i.e., International Hydrographic Organization (IHO))? This roadmap will guide research efforts and foster collaboration within the community over the next decade, boosting the achievement of the UN Ocean Decade for Sustainable Development. Whether you're a researcher, technician, or industry professional, this study provides a valuable resource for shaping the future of seabed mapping and acoustic backscatter research. ☛ Read the full Open Access paper to learn more about the study's findings and how you can contribute to advancing the field! https://lnkd.in/dqsnVE5X I'm grateful to have been a part of this project, led by Prof. Vincent Lecours (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi). Many thanks to Vincent for this opportunity! I'd also like to thank the co-authors, including Benjamin Misiuk, Felix Butschek, Philippe Blondel, Chris McGonigle, and Vanessa Lucieer, for their collaboration and contributions to this study. Ahoy and long live the GeoHab Backscatter Working Group (BSWG)!

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Craft a story where humans have evolved and integrated so extensively with technology, that pre-digital humans are considered a different species. Click the link to explore this writing prompt further → https://lnkd.in/gUSkDVbR #WritingPrompt #WritingPrompts #DraftSparks

The preprint titled "South Asian Summer Monsoon under Stratospheric Aerosol Intervention" is now available online. It is essential to note that deciding whether to implement solar radiation management (SRM) is one of the most important choices of our time, and it could significantly impact regions that are most vulnerable to climate change. To encourage Global South scientists (specifically from South Asia) to participate in solar radiation modification research, we conducted this study in collaboration with colleagues from the following organizations: NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration; NSF NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. The link is provided below. Please take the time to read the article and feel free to provide both suggestions and criticism! Your feedback is appreciated! Shuchi Talati, Ph.D. | Co-CREATE | The Alliance for Just Deliberation on Solar Geoengineering (DSG) | Whitney Peterson | Joshua Horton