Climate change exacerbates water scarcity.

To students seeking a field of study, activists looking to organize your community, or citizens who just want to make a difference, here's my case for WATER SCARCITY. /thread Water is the most extracted natural resource on Earth, and the one natural resource for which there is no substitute.

Agriculture uses 70% of the earth’s water, and we must adjust to ensure water availability for consumption, the environment, & food production. 2/

The ocean will be 3 feet higher by the end of the century (at an absolute minimum). This rise will make most barrier islands uninhabitable, result in inundation of the world’s deltas and make low-lying coastal zones like south Florida increasingly challenging to inhabit. The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season and subsequent record-breaking Houston flooding was only the beginning. Flooding will get even worse in coastal areas as the regular pattern of high tides & king tides is pushed to record heights, and as the groundwater levels rise ever higher.

A majority of Americans say the government is not doing enough to protect the climate and environment... they're correct.

This decade is critical in addressing the climate crisis, so the Biden-Harris Administration must take bold steps to get us on track. First and foremost, America must rejoin the Paris Agreement and show global leadership on mitigating the impact of climate change.

This #NewYear we must get serious about climate change. A big obstacle: our brains.

Current risks are vastly different from our ancestors, but our brains are wired the same. Knowing the science behind decision-making helps us better talk about climate threats & spark action. 1/ I’ve dedicated my career to understanding what factors influence our perceptions of risk & shape behavioral outcomes, especially around climate action.

We clearly do not judge risks accurately. Let’s try this example. What is more likely to kill you:

I'm a risk and behavioral scientist. I assess threats related to pandemics, food scarcity, over-population, and climate change.

Here's what we're not talking about enough: the frequency of global pandemics will only accelerate as climate change gets worse. /thread As the planet heats up and human population grows, we can anticipate further habitat encroachment and destruction. This will lead to more interaction with exotic wild animals like bats, porcupines, snakes... all of this increases the risk of disease to emerge. 2/6