My mother died of COVID-19 one month ago.

I am going to share the story of her illness in the hope that it helps someone. She was a doctor and always wanted to help people. If this informs anyone else’s behavior or care, maybe she still can. Please RT. 1/n She got it in the waiting room at a doctor's office. Everyone wore masks, but it was a small indoor space and while masks help, limiting time in the same space with others is the best way to not get COVID. 2/n

This paper is the first look at the impact of turning down the sun by 1% on tropical cyclones in a model that does well in capturing current cyclone statistics. I quite like this work. However, it is NOT testing which regions would be made worse off by solar geoengineering.

https://twitter.com/DKeithClimate/status/1105138308320018432

Stratospheric dynamics are complex, and uniformly decreasing the incoming solar radiation isn't possible (at least given current knowledge and observing systems). When you frame this as solar geoengineering, you get more attention

I am delighted to announce that I will be joining Harvard Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (@hseas) as an Assistant Professor in June 2019! If you are interested in pursuing a PhD or postdoc on large-scale fluid dynamics and transport process and how these influence climate, please get in touch! My contact information and publications are on my website (mlinz.scripts.mit.edu/mlinz/).