A couple of years ago I wrote about how the idea of "sea level" has always been very, um, fluid. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

New sea level rise study reveals ocean levels are higher than previously believed and following a relative sea level rise of 1 metre, (increasingly likely this century) more coastal areas and millions more people than previously believed will be affected: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate change pushes tropical insects to their heat limit Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming. phys.org/news/2026-03...

This week in Talking Climate: why a warming world can mean worse winter weather, and how one of the world's biggest cities just cleaned up its air 184 years ahead of forecast. Read on!

“from a global perspective, the findings indicate that hundreds of millions more people — particularly in… Southeast Asian & Pacific nations — are living closer to sea level than widely assumed by Western experts & policymakers” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

Hello? Anybody home? Climate "hushing" and avoidance has allowed Trump and the fossil industry to destroy decades of effort. Where is the climate movement? Where are the Democratic politicians? Vast majorities are concerned about climate change. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gave a 2-hour class on climate risk and mortgage finance at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. An engaging audience and I presented three papers. Link to the slides: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fxl0w...

Amazing piece giving insight into the relationship between major fossil fuel companies and senior government officials. 130 direct, personal, text messages in 4 months between a Woodside rep and a DCCEEW deputy secretary. www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Good news: Scientists were wrong about how bad sea level rise is. Bad news: It’s even worse than we thought.

New paper out today suggests sea level rise may be substantially worse than we thought due to underestimates in models. What do all you slr modelers out there think of this paper??? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An existential problem for coastal Louisiana. Even the oil and gas companies didn't want EPA to rescind the finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and well being. www.nola.com/opinions/gue...

NEW Paper led by Fiona Hoegh-Guldberg on principles, concepts, & a framework for thinking through integrated biodiversity & water management at multiple scales in urban design Nature-Water Design: Integrating biodiversity and water sensitive urban design 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"an ever more robust body of evidence that birds — one of the best measured families of animals on Earth, and a sentinel for the health of other species — are not OK." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/c... Really a great news day.

ICYMI: New online! Extreme events and river biodiversity under climate change

When extreme events happen together or in sequence, their impacts can be catastrophic for people and river biodiversity. Whether that’s a flood following a drought, a drought and heatwave operating in unison, or a flood falling on saturated ground, the impacts of these compound events can multiply.

My latest piece for our local paper, this time on #resilience, with a focus on #food and #nature, and the need for it to include #adaptation. I got in a subtle dig at #Brexit as something that makes us less resilient to food shocks and shortages. Also online at www.edp24.co.uk/news/2587874....

💰🌍 #ResearchFunding: Economics of #Climate #Adaptation in Africa RAIA will award 10–12 grants (US$ 80k–120k) to African research institutions working on economic barriers to #ClimateAdaptation & adaptation finance, in collaboration with Ministries of Finance. ⏰ Deadline 5 March. 🔗 bit.ly/3MwWjDr

"People typically do not start their day with a cup of coffee and the latest peer-reviewed journal article. Instead, they turn to media — television, newspapers, radio, social media — to understand how science and policies could impact their everyday lives." www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...

Aaron Smith's EI blog reminds us that the details matter for full impact of enviro regulation. Mandate for "sustainable" aviation fuel will cannibalize renewable diesel for ground transport. Small incremental renewable fuel use, very small enviro benefit. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/h...

In this week's Nature we argue there is a pressing need for a global assessment of avoidable climate-change risks. To understand the urgency of emissions reductions, policy makers and citizens need a full analysis of what is at stake including the worst-case scenarios. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ICYMI: Spatial patterns of access-density mismatch reveal infrastructure gaps and strategic opportunities for new housing […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Yet another understudied but potentially serious health impact of climate change: mold in our homes. @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @apha.org @climate4health.bsky.social

Trump says repealing the endangerment finding will kill federal climate regulation forever. Not so fast! Even if the repeal stands up in court, its legal effect would depend on the court's reasoning. legal-planet.org/2026/02/25/h...

Awesome first podcast (72 and Sunny) by Rep. Scott Peter interviewing Sup. Aguirre on the ongoing environmental health crisis in South Bay San Diego. Thanks to these leaders for fighting so hard for clean air and water for all!! @Scripps_Ocean @UCSanDiego @airborne_ucsd youtu.be/Q7z2LuFCdqU?...

"PG&E—which is owned by private investors—said that it could not afford to pay damages both for the Camp Fire and for several 2017 wildfires that it also caused. So it declared bankruptcy, becoming the first corporate bankruptcy triggered by climate change."

My standard response to requests for book reviews these days. I am really sick of giving free labor to highly profitable publishers

"Doable", but for whom? Yes, governments can and must prepare for the hellscape of hunger, mass displacement, forced migration, widespread violence, breakdown of authority and armed conflicts that come with a 3°C hotter world. But who will survive? Who will be protected? For whom is this "doable"?

NEW – Guest post: The challenges in projecting future global sea levels | Dr Till Bruckner and Dr Tore Hattermann Read here: buff.ly/R2NqcfU

'...the climate only view of climate change, looking at the direct big physical effects, in the latter half of the 21st Century, is grossly unrealistic. They do not look at how our societies, will be devastated by biodiversity and ecosystem collapse, well before we have reached 3C.'

"Start planning for catastrophic global warming," say EU scientific advisors.

@esabcc.bsky.social calls for strengthened adaptation policy in new report. Europe is warming about x2 the global average, with rising temperatures driving more frequent and severe heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, flooding, sea-level rise and coastal erosion. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

The Guardian just published a story on our paper "The Risk of a Hothouse Earth Trajectory" regarding a potential point of no return. You can read it for free here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Malaysia, a top destination for illegal waste imports, has classified electronic waste imports as “absolute prohibition” effective immediately. The move follows a probe into corruption related to e-waste management within the environment department. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Every Winter Olympics host city since 1950 has gotten warmer. Vancouver airlifted snow. Sochi hit 60°F. Beijing used 100% fake snow. Salt Lake City hosts in 2034 — and has 0.1" of snow this season. Normal is 37+". Winter is changing. 🌡️ #Olympics #climatechange

New York City has recorded a 22% reduction in particulate matter, a dangerous pollutant, indicating that the city’s congestion pricing policy may be improving air quality across the city. insideclimatenews.org/news/0302202...

don’t let the deregulation fool ya… drilled.ghost.io/yes-climate-...

Project 2025 says (re: weather & climate) that "emphasis on prediction & management seems designed around the fatal conceit of planning for the unplannable." But it's clear that broader federal bureaucracy is being forcibly dismantled to prevent anticipation or mitigation of foreseeable future harm.

The @amywestervelt.bsky.social mind map we need. www.patreon.com/posts/yes-cl...

Taking us backward, not forward… www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Podcast on How Geopolitical Risk Shapes Our Sustainable Energy Future youtu.be/Z787ti3mPj4 for this article from 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.se... @lut.fi @dominikkeiner.bsky.social

"The Trump administration is set to repeal the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) rule establishing requirements on implementing the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) which went into force May of 2024." #HUD #flood #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalJustice Read on: ⬇️

A new report led by CIRES scientists in the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC) synthesizes critical knowledge “needs” that can support grassland management goals in a changing climate. pubs.usgs.gov/publication/...

The E.P.A. Is Barreling Toward a Supreme Court Climate Showdown - New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/c...

My professor said ‘Black people are not interested in the environment’. I set out to prove him wrong Environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor has helped her field to be more welcoming to researchers of colour. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened. The last 30 years are the fastest warming period since 1880, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The New York Times: Climate Change Is Erased From Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence for Judges www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/c...

A new study describes how climate change & human pressures are increasing fragility in alpine regions, fast-growing cities, and coastal and island systems. It proposes prioritising sustainable development in these ecologically sensitive areas. spj.science.org/doi/10.34133... 1/ 🧪 #SDGs

The Trump Administration can pretend climate change isn't real, like it can pretend the US economy is strong, tariffs aren't paid by Americans, and the USA has never been more respected globally. It can pretend, but facts are facts and we know better. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...

Thought-provoking new article from @iansociologo.bsky.social & Annabel Ispen on this admin's rollback of environmental & climate policies: "Redefining Discrimination: Dismantling Environmental Protections through the Logic of Reactionary Colorblindness." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....