Thread by @RARohde

🧵 It's #EarthDay and also #FollowFriday, so how about a thread of some the popular climate science accounts on Twitter that you can follow to learn more about climate change?

First, we can't begin a discussion of climate accounts without mentioning @KHayhoe's excellent list of 3,183 scientists that work on climate-related issues (broadly defined).

Subscribe if you want the full firehose of climate scientist knowledge.

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But let's dig a little deeper. As I have done in the past, I am going to construct a semi-empirical list of interesting climate accounts by looking at who the most-followed 100 climate scientists of Twitter have been themselves following.

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Unsurprisingly, climate scientists on Twitter follow lots of other climate scientists. Here are the most popular ones:

@KHayhoe, @ClimateOfGavin, @MichaelEMann, @PeterGleick, @coralsncaves, @DrKateMarvel, @ed_hawkins, @JacquelynGill, @GlobalEcoGuy, @ClimateHuman, @hausfath

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Popular climate scientists (continued):

@NaomiOreskes, @rahmstorf, @RARohde, @leahstokes, @ZLabe, @richardabetts, @KevinClimate, @KenCaldeira, @ayanaeliza, @Peters_Glen, @DrShepherd2013, @HeidiCullen, @AndrewDessler, @Weather_West, @flimsin, @simondonner, @ClimateOpp

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Popular climate scientists (continued):

@Knutti_ETH, @JPvanYpersele, @GreatLakesPeck, @valmasdel, @climate_ice, @theresphysics, @piersforster, @DrKWilkinson, @SISeneviratne, @jrockstrom, @JoeriRogelj, @JKSteinberger, @StottPeter, @IceSheetMike, @queenofpeat, @JaneLubchenco

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Now for some organizations covering climate:

@IPCC_CH, @ClimateCentral, @UNFCCC, @CarbonBrief, @YaleClimateComm, @skepticscience, @NatureClimate, @NASAClimate, @nytclimate, @Nature, @ClimateFdbk, @guardianeco, @ClimateReality, @NOAA, @theAGU, @ClimatePower, @UNEP

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Organizations covering climate (continued):

@insideclimate, @350, @YaleE360, @sciam, @ScienceMagazine, @NaturePortfolio, @NYTScience, @NOAAClimate, @grist, @UCSUSA, @ProjectDrawdown, @NASAEarth, @NASA, @ClimateLabBook, @ClimateHome, @WorldResources, @ClimateDesk, @WMO

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Even more fun than organizations are the journalists & authors writing about climate:

@EricHolthaus, @Revkin, @DoctorVive, @LeoHickman, @afreedma, @chriscmooney, @emorwee, @blkahn, @MaryHeglar, @dana1981, @GeorgeMonbiot, @drvolts, @MWClimateSci, @WeatherProf, @amywestervelt

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Journalists and authors covering climate (continued):

@DrSimEvans, @dwallacewells, @LFFriedman, @JustinHGillis, @KendraWrites, @NaomiAKlein, @ElizKolbert, @bradplumer, @themadstone, @johnupton, @borenbears, @dpcarrington, @robinsonmeyer, @HirokoTabuchi, @CoralMDavenport

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Last but not least, activists and others not included in categories above:

@GretaThunberg, @billmckibben, @ClimateComms, @CFigueres, @tveitdal, @algore, @bethsawin, @AlexandriaV2005, @JesseJenkins, @GretchenTG, @vanessa_vash, @sunrisemvmt, @ExtinctionR, @Sustainable2050

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So, Happy #EarthDay.

Knowledge is power, so maybe follow some more climate communicators today.

And once you have the knowledge, get out and let your friends, family, and political leaders know that it is time to move away from fossil fuels.

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P.S. You may have noticed that the options above are a bit monotone.

Among the most popular climate accounts there are some people of color, but not nearly as many as one might want.

For more diversity, I'd suggest @MaryHeglar's Green Voices of Color:

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