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Sharing my science is a top priority for me. I am interested in a wide range of education and public outreach activities, including writing public blog posts, working with K-12 teachers to bring climate science into the classroom, and speaking to pretty much any group that will have me. If you’re interested in having me come to speak to your group/class/uncle-who-keeps-going-on-about-sunspots, please do reach out!
Interactive online models
TerraSol — create a habitable planet around different types of stars by varying your planet's albedo and greenhouse effect. Created with Andre Perkins.
Public-facing writing
- — "Amid deadly heat, why is critical climate research being halted?" CNN. Co-authored with Anna Bershteyn. Link
- — "Cloud adjustments from large-scale smoke–circulation interactions affect marine cloud transitions." US Department of Energy ASR Research Highlights. Link
- — "The rise and fall of Earth's strong clear-sky hemispheric albedo symmetry: What it is and why it matters." Nature Portfolio Earth and Environment Community: Behind the Paper. Link
- — "Bedrooms Are For People: A step toward less emissions." Boulder Daily Camera. Link
- — Testimony in support of SHB 2311: Amending state greenhouse gas emission limits for consistency with the most recent assessment of climate change science. Submitted to the WA House Appropriations Committee on behalf of the UW Graduate and Professional Student Senate Legislative Advisory Board. Link
- — "How do you solve a problem like (teaching) climate change? Through problem-based learning!" UW Program on Climate Change News & Blog. Link
- — "Chasing clouds and smoke over the southeast Atlantic." NASA Earth Expeditions Blog. Link
- — "Fires in Africa affect clouds and climate over the Atlantic Ocean." UW Program on Climate Change Research Highlights. Link
- — "Drizzle drives seasonal aerosol changes in the northeast Pacific." UW Program on Climate Change Research Highlights. Link
- — "Building Relationships to Promote Science-Based Decision Making." Union of Concerned Scientists "The Equation" Blog. Co-authored with Taryn Black & Emma Kahle. Link
- — "Experiencing the Antarctic through art: PCC grads go on a field trip." UW Program on Climate Change News & Blog. Link
- — "Up in Smoke (and Clouds) over the Southeast Atlantic." NASA Earth Expeditions Blog. Link
- — "ORACLES in Flight." NASA Earth Observatory Notes from the Field Blog. Link
In the news
- — FSU College of Arts & Sciences News: "Student Spotlight: Lili Boss" by Bella Bozied. Link
- — Miami Herald: "What's warming (and cooling) the Atlantic? Study points to humans" by Alex Harris. Link
- — The New York Times: "Can Some Very Tiny Particles Cool the Planet? One Tech Company Says Yes." by Eric Niiler. Link
- — FSU College of Arts & Sciences News: "Student Spotlight: Jaylynn Brunelli" by Carolina Ortega. Link
- — Oceanography (Podcast): "A Natural Experiment in the Sky: Shipping, Clouds, and Climate" by Clark Marchese. Link
- — The Wall Street Journal: "Is CO2 Truly a Pollutant? We Break Down the Debate" by Eric Niiler. Link
- — The New York Times Magazine: "The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef" by Ferris Jabr. Link
- — Tampa Bay Times: "Tampa Bay airports working to comply with Florida's weather modification ban" by Michaela Mulligan & Jack Prator. Link
- — FSU College of Arts and Sciences News: "Faculty Spotlight: Michael Diamond" by Bella Bozied. Link
- — Climate Reflections: The SRM360 Podcast: "What Is Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB)?" by Peter Irvine. Link
- — Action News Jax (WJAX-TV CBS47): "Understanding contrails" by Mike Buresh. Link
- — Action News Jax (WJAX-TV CBS47): "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promises to sign bill banning 'weather modification' activities" by Jake Stofan. Link
- — SRM360: "IPCC to Include SRM in Next Assessment Report" by Kimberly Samuels-Crow. Link
- — Mongabay: "Shipping emissions reduction sheds light on marine cloud geoengineering" by Claire Asher. Link
- — Politifact: Truth-O-Meter "Pants on Fire!" rating for an Instagram post claiming geoengineering caused Hurricane Milton, by Loreben Tuquero. Link
- — Persuasion: "The Next Climate Conversation Is About Marine Clouds" by Quico Toro. Link
- — Mongabay: "Cloud brightening over oceans may stave off climate change, but with risk" by Sean Mowbray. Link
- — Grist: "How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet" by Syris Valentine. Link
- — Washington Post: "We've been accidentally cooling the planet — and it's about to stop" by Shannon Osaka. Link
- — ClimateWire/E&E News by Politico: "Shipping rules took aim at pollution. Did they backfire on climate?" by Chelsea Harvey. Link
- — New Scientist: "Cleaner ship emissions may warm the planet far faster than expected" by James Dinneen. Link
- — elDiario.es: "Sí, reducir el azufre emitido por los barcos aumentó el calentamiento, pero no basta para explicar las temperaturas récord" by Antonio Martínez Ron. Link
- — MIT Technology Review: "The inadvertent geoengineering experiment that the world is now shutting off" by James Temple. Link
- — The Wall Street Journal: "Scientists Resort to Once-Unthinkable Solutions to Cool the Planet" by Eric Niiler. Link
- — CNN: "The world successfully tackled a dangerous pollutant. But did it accidentally warm the planet in the process?" by Laura Paddison. Link
- — Florida State University News: "Changing the sky: FSU researchers examine how aerosols from ships affect cloud formation, climate change" by Bill Wellock. Link
- — Science: "2023 was the hottest year on record—and even hotter than expected" by Paul Voosen. Link
- — CBC: "Scientists warn Earth warming faster than expected — due to reduction in ship pollution" by Nicole Mortillaro. Link
- — Reuters: "Climate's 'Catch-22': Cutting pollution heats up the planet" by Jake Spring and David Stanway. Link
- — Nature Reviews Earth & Environment: "Darkening clouds after restrictions in maritime sulfur emissions." Link
- — The Associated Press: "Climate change made storm that devastated Libya far more likely and intense, scientists say" by Tammy Webber. Link
- — CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks: "Reduced pollution from ships led to a warmer climate" by Bob McDonald. Link
- — Le Monde: "La récente baisse de la pollution des navires contribuerait au réchauffement des océans" by Stéphane Foucart. Link
- — The Daily Beast: "We've Been Accidentally Geoengineering the Earth for Decades" by Tony Ho Tran. Link
- — New Scientist: "Cleaner shipping emissions may have warmed the planet – but only a bit" by James Dinneen. Link
- — FOX Weather: "'Strong' El Nino confidence increases through winter, meteorologists say" by Angeli Gabriel. Link
- — The Associated Press: "Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth" by Seth Borenstein. Link
- — Noahpinion: "At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#9)" by Noah Smith. Link
- — vlogbrothers: "The Biggest Science Story of the Week" by Hank Green. Link
- — Nature: Research Highlight, "Cutting ships' pollution has climate downside." Link
- — Science: "Ship fuel rules have altered clouds and warmed waters: An unprecedented test of reverse geoengineering unfolds above the oceans" by Paul Voosen. Link
- — Illuminem: "Cooling credits: sold as a 'cool' solution to climate change, buyers (and everyone) should beware" by Kelly Wanser. Link
- — US Department of Energy Atmospheric System Research (ASR) News: "Paquita Zuidema: Inquisitor of Low Marine Clouds" by Corydon Ireland. Link
- — Nature, expert opinion on ship tracks. Link
- — Reviewer 2 Does Geoengineering podcast: "When to quit researching MCB - Diamond," interview with Andrew Lockley. Link
- — NOAA Research / Climate.gov: "Scientists recommend a system of checkpoints to help guide climate engineering research" by Theo Stein. NOAA · Climate.gov
- — US DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) News & Events: "Smoke studies: Crucial cloud-deck science" by Corydon Ireland. Link
- — Forbes: "China's Coronavirus Lockdowns In February Decreased Some Air Pollution But Not All" by Allison Gasparini. Link
- — South China Morning Post: "Coronavirus: China lockdowns lead to big dip in NO2 but air pollution stays steady, study finds" by Echo Xie. Link
- — UW News: "February lockdown in China caused a drop in some types of air pollution, but not others" by Hannah Hickey. Link
- — Mel Magazine: "Will we ever see a coronavirus-style lockdown due to climate change?" by Harmon Leon. Link
- — NASA Earth Observatory: "Image of the Day for June 9, 2020: Cloud Changes in Busy Ship Corridors" by Kasha Patel. Link
- — Mongabay: "Climate conundrum: Could COVID-19 be linked to early Arctic ice melt?" by Gloria Dickie. Link
- — Wired: "How Is the Coronavirus Pandemic Affecting Climate Change?" by Matt Simon. Link
- — Eos: "Quantifying Aerosol Effects on Climate Using Ship Track Clouds," editor highlight by Björn Stevens. Link
- — Joint UW News & AGU Press Release: "Ship's emissions create measurable regional change in clouds" by Hannah Hickey. AGU · UW