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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#Nobel laureate for #literature 2026 #AnneCarson was denied tenure at #Princeton bur embraced by #NYU. Ivy leagues need a bigger tent for recognising unconventional excellence www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

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Nobel Prize in Literature

Learn more about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This goes well beyond any theories of “structural inequality” - @sanders.senate.gov is right - such obscene levels of wealth cannot be just about merit - some distributive intervention is essential specially when Space X etc. have been nurtured by public funds cc: @lauraphillips.bsky.social

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great message from the man who helped set up the first purified water recycling program in the world - taking wastewater and profiting it to donate quality / in #Namibia - people need to dispense with taboos against #water circularity cc: @petergleick.bsky.social

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fantastic quotation about the #oceans at the entrance of the Australian maritime museum in Sydney which also houses the vessel in which James Cameron went down almost 11.000M in the Mariana Trench to the deepest point in the world’s oceans cc: @deepseadawn.bsky.social

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our new grant on cumulative impacts of #Arctic resource infrastructure finally got approved for $1.3 million from US National Science Foundation (NSF) #Greenland #Finland #Sweden Details at www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/... cc: @katharinehayhoe.com

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Rare visit to #Bougainville - honored to have been invited to dinner by recent @goldmanprize.bsky.social laureate Theolina Roka Matbob and her family (in photo) - she was instrumental in getting the Panguna legacy fund established by Rio Tinto to undertake the environmental cleanup of the site

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Visited #Tuvalu 🇹🇻 and heard about what is being done to adapt to climate change. The lagoon on the interior of the circular atoll is being reclaimed - the citizens of this amazing country are not giving up to climate change and sea level rise - cc: @katharinehayhoe.com

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Sorry, but insect farming is NOT a real climate solution. Here’s why…

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 18/07/2026

One of the #FIFAWorldCup finalists will take the trophy home, but can nature be the next champion? Explore four ways cities can make major sporting events more sustainable and be part of #GenerationRestoration: ow.ly/avXQ50ZoP3E

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/07/2026

Indeed. This visualization is one that I think about frequently!

$All the medals we mind in a single year, made into a graphic by the visual capitalist. It shows that iron ore outweighs everything and rare earth metals are just a tiny fraction of the whole.$

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The dominance of iron and more specifically steel~making in total global metal output is staggering. This often gets missed in many conversations around #criticalminerals cc: @katharinehayhoe.com

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Data on scholars at risk initiative at Humboldt Foundation named after Philip Schwartz, Hungarian-born Jewish pathologist who rescued scholars fleeing Nazis. He negotiated with Turkey to recruit German-speaking scholars to Turkish universities- now Turkiye is on list of scholars at risk

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Recalling the #sciencediplomacy significance of the #Antarctic treaty which was signed at the height of the Cold War - here is a statement from geologist Laurence Gould to the U.S. Senate when the U.S. ratified the treaty alongside the former Soviet Union cc: @katharinehayhoe.com

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Oxford Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New exhibition on critical raw materials opens to the public Check out this article from @ox.ac.uk about the new 34 Exhibition at OUMNH (@morethanadodo.bsky.social) - and then come and see it for yourself! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-06...

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New exhibition on critical raw materials opens to the public

The exhibition 34: The Critical Raw Materials Shaping Our Future explores the 34 raw materials deemed essential to the UK’s future. Image credit: OUMNH.

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

George Kennan on the US withdrawal from Vietnam: “There is more respect to be won in the opinion of the world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound policies than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives.”

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Feeling fortunate to spend the day with Dr. Subra Suresh at the Villars Institute in Switzerland- among the very few academics to be a member of all 3 National Academies in the United States - Sciences, Engineering and Medicine photo lighting could have been better 😊

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

My thoughts on using the @unesco.bsky.social system of geoparks and biosphere reserves to engage with Iran on the #Hormuz conflict #Iran saleemhassanali.substack.com?utm_source=n...

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“We will not be defined by the divisions we inherit but the bridges we build.” Alex Dewey - Graduate student speaker at @udelaware.bsky.social Biden School graduation.

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

On the passing of #TedTurner - sharing this article I wrote for @forbes.com in 2024 about my one encounter with him at dinner many years ago and the commendable legacy of planetary philanthropy that he leaves for us cc: @katharinehayhoe.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

For religious Christian warriors in the Pentagon - please consider that two of the “deadly sins” are Avarice and Pride. For Jewish brethren also noting that Pride is mentioned in Proverbs 6:16–19 as one the “the things the Lord hates most.” Thank you for you attention to this matter

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Threat to destroy Iran’s energy infrastructure violates proportionality principle of Geneva Conventions on norms of war which USA signed - Even if a power plant has military value,attack is illegal if it causes excessive harm to civilians compared to military benefit. Cc: @petergleick.bsky.social

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

High time @unep.org push for international norms against targeting energy infrastructure in war. The ecological damage is multifold - wastage of precious resources, toxic pollution and carbon emissions. Revisiting my article for @forbes.com cc: @katharinehayhoe.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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War and the Environment: Military Responsibility and Peacebuilding

Governments need to raise alarm about the environmental impact of war — and also use data on impacts as a motivation for more rapid peace-making.

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Analysis of how this worst case scenario could play out and why we all must urge American and Israeli elected officials to prevent it from happening open.substack.com/pub/saleemha...

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Could America or Israel Nuke Iran?

With a suicidal regime the escalation trap can perilously lead to the use of nuclear weapons as was the case with Japan in World War II

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Just cancelled my subscription to Chat GPT in protest of their shameful subservience to the demands from the administration on surveillance and AI weapons

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Someone needs to analyze the amount of extra fossil fuel being expended due to suboptimal flight reroutings due to war in Ukraine for 4 years and now the conflict in Iran cc: @katharinehayhoe.com

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

#Overheard - Trader Joe’s is the perfect store for the over-educated but underpaid consumer 🤭

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🧵 I recently spoke with Taylor Owen @theglobeandmail.com Machines Like Us podcast about an urgent question: How do you make a technology safe when the political will to govern it has evaporated? And what happens if we don't? www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/mac...

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When did common sense AI policy become radical?

How do you make a technology safe when nobody seems particularly interested in regulating it – and what might happen if we don’t?

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Great to receive a complementary copy of this commemorative book from one of my alma maters @yaleenvironment.bsky.social - thanks to the amazing Dean Indy Burke

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Suggested speech text that I was asked to write on #climatesecurity for delivery by the Prime Minister of #Pakistan at the Munich Security Conference but his panel got cancelled for unknown reasons at last minute cc: @katharinehayhoe.com open.substack.com/pub/saleemha...

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Pakistan’s Climate Security Nexus

A turbulent nuclear power presents vulnerabilities as well as opportunities in the face of global environmental change

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Jeremy Firestone @jeremyfire.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects, www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/c... #LawSky

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Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Revisiting my article on THE DIVERSITY DILEMMA IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES from 2021 - as there has been some judicial movement on cases emanating from executive orders. We are still going to face tough questions in academia @katharinehayhoe.com saleemhali.medium.com/the-diversit...

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The Diversity Dilemma in American Universities

Consensus on reconciling domestic and international diversity, and allowing space for constructive confrontation is needed in academia

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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Surprising good news: "The nation’s public fast-charging network expanded by 30% over the course of 2025...Reliability scores, which Paren measures as the share of charging sessions that are successfully completed, ticked up in 2025 too, averaging 93%." www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-...

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EV charging keeps expanding despite Trump

The U.S. added a record number of public electric-vehicle fast chargers last year, keeping up with demand from growing number of EV owners.

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops.” Albert Einstein

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. — Michael Crichton

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” — Nobel laureate Richard Feynman on religious OR scientific orthodoxy and groupthink

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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

America’s strength Comes from such amazing stories - a 21 year old Pakistani-American wins an election in small town Georgia www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

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Georgia swears in its youngest state representative

Akbar Ali, 21, was sworn in as the youngest member of the Georgia State House of Representatives on Thursday.

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the christopher gs @christophergs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

thank you, Dr West! #gischat

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