Jason West

My new opinion piece for #COP26. I put #climate talks in the context of solving a second global challenge - the plague of fossil-fueled #AirPollution. thehill.com/opinion/energy…

I am the enemy from within. #IAmTheEnemyFromWithin

Words not in the 2024 Republican Platform: climate warming pollution chemical greenhouse carbon co2 ipcc unfccc paris sea ocean arctic air 'environment' only out of context 'clean' once 'fire' only for terminating employment Looks like a GOP goose egg on the environment!

I and others will present the Air Quality Chapter of the National Climate Assessment #NCA5 tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern. Register below and join us!

Climate change has profound negative effects on human health. It can increase the likelihood of pandemics like COVID-19 and worsen their impacts. Join us for this #NCA5 webinar, on Feb 14th at 3pm EST. globalchange.gov/events

The EPA PM2.5 air quality standard is lowering to 9 ug/m3, down from 12 ug/m3, protecting air quality and health in the US. nytimes.com/2024/02/07/cli…

🚀 Job Alert! Seeking a 2-year post-doc for @NASA-funded urban heat disparities project. Use ML & satellite data for urban climate modeling, exposure analysis, and mitigation planning. Join our team at UNC! #PostDoc #NASA #UrbanHeat #MLJobs 🌆🛰️ unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/268513

Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” the National Climate Assessment says. apne.ws/EdE2FzC

"It is foolish to deny that climate change is happening now... Anyone who continues to deny the impacts of climate change is condemning the future ... None of this is inevitable." Joe Biden speaking on release of #NCA5 just now.

6) Action on climate change can be planned to bring multiple benefits (health, economic, employment) and to reduce current inequities.

5) Technologies that are already known can substantially reduce GHG emissions. But new reduction technologies are also important to reach net zero emissions.

The US 5th National Climate Assessment #NCA5 is now publicly available. nca2023.globalchange.gov Here are some key points from the report (in my words):

Really like this image from the Air Quality section of the National Climate Assessment (led by @ProfJasonWest), showing best strategies for the most climate & AQ health benefits: Renewable energy + EVs 👍

The US 5th National Climate Assessment is now publicly available. nca2023.globalchange.gov It documents how climate change impacts the US and what we can do about it. I was happy to have contributed to this over the last 2 years.

If you'd like to use our updated dataset, for atmospheric science, health impact assessment, epidemiology, crop studies, etc., feel free to contact me.

We have updated our global fine resolution ground-level ozone dataset for 1990-2017, by adding a new bias correction. Using Regionalized Air Quality Model Performance and Bayesian Maximum Entropy data fusion to map global surface ozone concentration online.ucpress.edu/elementa/artic…

#UNC lockdown and be safe. Stay clear of the area around the pit.