If you want a quick introduction to the theoretical ideas that I work on, you can listen to this: www.youtube.com/live/16alGWS...

Protecting mangroves is a crucial step to lower planet-warming carbon emissions. These ecosystems store up to 1,000 tonnes of carbon per hectare in their biomass and soils. More info on the many benefits of mangroves: https://bit.ly/3KMibE0

US exit of key UN climate treaty criticized as self-sabotage By @valerievolc.bsky.social www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

There must be a systems reset to redefine sustainable development, say scientists behind a new global study. They offer a framework to better balance nature, economies and society. Read more in a blog by UKCEH coauthors Helen Roy and Paula Harrison: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪 1/

Great success story for salmon restoration. “If you (un)build it they will come” is at least partially true for this resilient species. Climate change remains the bogeyman www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Extremely worrying news out of India. Targeting #climate activists with trumped up charges is something #Vietnam has done the past few years. All driven by fears of declining revenue by the fossil fuel industry which has captured the state www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...

excited to see more new work coming out on the relationship between affective (us/them) polarization and climate change. I'm working on this topic in a very different but complementary way right now journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

A federal order is delaying the retirement of a nearly 50 year-old coal plant in Colorado. Estimates indicate the plant could cost as much as $150 million annually, driven largely by fuel and repair costs.

A brief cooldown is on tap, and perhaps some legitimate midwinter weather by late Jan—but for now, most of the southwest 2/3 of the United States is still eerily non-wintry. @climateconnections.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/stil...

Not just a California problem. Or a Colorado Problem. Or an Oregon problem. Or a Nevada problem. Or a … www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...

Using the courts to overcome political weakness and force responsible climate action. www.newscientist.com/article/2508...

Heard about this just recently - the US research funding agency NSF ‘archiving’ a research program on biodiversity impacts of climate change Not hard to attribute the cause

"Most notably, those who had been diagnosed with dementia prior to their death had up to 10 times as much plastic in their brains compared to those without the condition." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

What are your thoughts on this idea? I thought human climate niche was an old and accepted concept, didn't know it was formulated only as recently as 2019. What is the latest consensus among climate people? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Extreme precip+king rides+sea level rise= sharknado in Marin County. This is a 100% real pic. Crazy!

I am currently conducting case studies in some of the communities affected by the combo of extreme precipitation and king tides that caused the flooding reported in article below. SLR is adding fuel to this fire apnews.com/article/cali...

🌊 Africa’s surrounding oceans are rising faster than ever. Satellite data show sea level rise has accelerated to 4.34 mm/yr since 2010 - 4× faster than the 1990s. Over 80% is driven by melting ice sheets, putting 50+ million coastal residents at risk. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Sea-level rise: featuring scenic waterways and zero visible destruction. AI based Venice cosplay, not climate reality… www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Sea level rise has doubled in last 30 years - now around 0.5 cm per year (or 0.2 inch per year) 😱 This replaces my earlier erroneous re-post that recklessly got the units wrong. This important message does not need folks (who should know better) making stupid mistakes about the units - my apologies

This concern is appreciated and warranted, but to clarify: 3 out of 9 regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers have had their funding frozen (DOI won’t approve their 5-year renewals). 6 regional CASCs are still (mostly) funded. We haven’t given up on restoring funding for the full network.

Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In the latest issue of Environmental and Resource Economics: Biofuel mandates have received some powerful financial support. Valentin Guye maps their impact on land use, including crop-substitution and deforestation, across the tropics. #Econsky #biofuels #EAERE

"The bill for extreme weather damages will continue to rise until the world slashes greenhouse gas emissions and phases out fossil fuels." What some don't understand: it will rise disproportionately as resilience limits of infrastructure are increasingly exceeded. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

"I find it stunning that some people in the climate community say that we should stop talking about climate because there’s a cost-of-living crisis going on. It’s a fundamental error to treat these issues as mutually exclusive climate solutions are cost-of-living solutions."

Among Western democracies, the US is basically in a league of its own. No other comparable democracy has climate denial so deeply embedded in a major political party, its media ecosystem, and parts of government. It remains the largest contributor to the 425.78 ppm CO2 currently in the atmosphere.

How do you know whether or not your conservation monitoring program is helping you to deliver outcomes? We have made a checklist of 15 distinct reasons - some more directly connected to outcomes than others.

Totally agree with this. I have given quite a few lectures in the last couple of years specifically on adaptation and disaster management. More will be needed! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In the latest issue of Environmental and Resource Economics: Hamid Noghanibehambari & Jason Fletcher present intriguing evidence that emigrating to a location with a climate that differs from our native country is linked to lower life expectancy. #Econsky

Volatile weather mix for Southern California this Christmas Eve. My discussion www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

www.reuters.com/sustainabili... @profsecchi.bsky.social

Replacing all wild-caught fish with agriculture production would require converting land area bigger than the Amazon rainforest into crops. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Great new post from @revkin.bsky.social linking climate & immigration to "authoritarian drift" -- breaking down democratic institutions, while simultaneously widening the gap between executive action and public opinion revkin.substack.com/p/a-fox-poll... (and thanks for the h/t!)

The melting arctic is spilling iron into rivers, “rusting” them orange. A mega-glacier melts toward collapse, threatening coastlines worldwide. And yet—so many people are abandoning any effort to slash carbon at speed and scale. I see you. And I see those still fighting every day to protect life.

The utter madness of sacking climate scientists. view.mc.austcommunitymedia.com.au?qs=8dd71d358...

I suspect we will see property insurance companies increasingly targeted by politicians on both sides of the aisle. Climate change & the increasing extreme weather events it causes is inextricably linked to growing cost & scarcity of property insurance: www.eenews.net/articles/okl...

"Left-wing climate lunacy" is not what's making property insurance unavailable or unaffordable. A warming planet is causing that. Regardless of your politics, you should want to live in a country whose government isn't blind to future risks and realities. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Trump comes for the oysters. NOAA slashes existing grant in half for @umces.bsky.social Horn Point hatchery responsible for astounding success of world largest oyster restoration here in Chesapeake Bay. Another assault on science, reason & environment. www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Collaboration (instigated by litigation,,,) has a big payoff in terms of salmon returns to our local Putah Creek! www.davisenterprise.com/news/putah-c...

What Iran learned from the West about hydro-engineering has essentially destroyed its capacity to manage water, and thus its resilience in a changing climate. A tragedy after 3000 years of enlightened civilisation. share.google/i50GieRs4v9M...

“The very fact that you have world class scientists brought together to work on atmospheric science problems varying from climate change to severe thunderstorms to artificial intelligence to social science is the how and why you get the groundbreaking advances that have come from NCAR.”

The Delta Science Program has been working to better integrate social scientists. Hundreds of nat scientists work on the Delta but social scientists probably number less than a dozen! And often one social scientist is expected to represent all subfields! deltacouncil.ca.gov/blogs/five-y...

"we articulate how catalysing influence amongst wealthy people, associating low-carbon lifestyles with wellbeing, and promoting the adoption of low-carbon technologies can support emissions equity for net-zero."

The Canal District in San Rafael already fills with saltwater overflowing from the canal during high tides - a problem expected to get worse with climate change. www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

In this research we ask: do local politics shape climate change teaching, or do teachers’ beliefs matter more? We find that community politics doesn't predict practice, but individual ideology does. Implications for professional ethics and standards-based reforms in climate change education policy.

Great reporting on the ongoing fights over solar energy growth here in Utah. 🔌💡

Florida loves to turn sand into gold, until a hurricane makes others pay for their development profits. More good data journalism from Miami Herald, about real estate development on barrier islands (which are supposed to be barriers....not the front line...). www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

A positive note: The 1980s Coastal Barrier Resources Act made “3.8 million acres of barrier islands ineligible for federal flood insurance, discouraging development. Studies since show that has saved taxpayers close to a billion dollars a year.” Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...