More of that “running government like a business” efficiency… www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Ranavirus has caused mass die-offs in both captive and wild fish populations, and tends to be more infectious as temperatures gradually increase. insideclimatenews.org/news/1702202...

@markgongloff.bsky.social good article, and if you haven’t seen this 2012 workshop of climate folks meeting with tobacco control folks, to compare notes and especially to learn from their longer history in litigation, see: climateaccountability.org/pdf/Climate%... Great 2-day intense workshop.

This is an interesting take & well worth reading. Ultimately, however, these companies will need to be nationalized to move us, collectively and rapidly, towards the inevitable transition. We cannot let a set of villainous ideologues take us backwards again. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

NEW: Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

There is no scientific merit to this decision, and the Administration has already been thumped by the courts for using ideology rather than science in other such actions.

If the Trump administration succeeds in rolling back the Endangerment Finding on #climate change, it won't be because the facts support it, it'll be because the system is corrupt.

Watched the Super Bowl halftime show and not sure what all the symbolism meant? We have a breakdown of the climate-related moments of the show:

January 2026 was the 5th warmest January on record for our planet. Temperatures were much colder than average across large parts of the extratropical Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, Australia had its 4th warmest. Summary by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social at climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-... 🌊🧪⚒️

Although the people named herein are indeed villains that deserve accountability, the core problem is systemic: corporate-captured governance that so obviously and acutely ignores human well-being as a desirable end state. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

Hopefully this villainous anti-human act helps crystallize for US citizens the moment we find ourselves as we head into El Niño. A return to incremental climate policy tweaks is no longer possible, and the next administration must be just as aggressive. More so even. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Malaysia has lost ~20% of its coral cover since 2022, with bleaching, pollution and tourism driving the decline. Even protected reefs are struggling, threatening fisheries and coastal livelihoods. Researchers urge stronger management before recovery slips further.

Mountain slope instability is sometimes overlooked as an acute climate risk. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

I really, really want the production and stage management teams to win some awards

Ecological disruption in the Black Sea. 112.ua/en/ekologicn...

Really interesting model for integrating state-level needs and the research community. issues.org/north-caroli...

Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling complications after measles outbreak trib.al/YRnKgEt

In olden times, people would’ve suspected syphilis… fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...

Focusing on averages rather than distribution tails also greatly underestimates risk across all sectors. And focusing on climate change rather than overall Earth system stress underestimates risk even more. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On 2 February, we wrapped up a successful IPBES Stakeholder Day in the lead-up to #IPBES12. Thank you to all those who worked hard behind the scenes and to the attendees for the continuous engagement on the day, all of of which made for a very thought-provoking, valuable and enjoyable day!

Yes “could” is the safe reasonable language but “will” and “inevitable” are better suited for our polycrisis times.

No problem in America can get addressed until we collectively realize the unaccountable billionaire class is the foundational problem that must be addressed.

People often ask me why I left the U.S. and there are various reasons but the thing that made me start really making an exit strategy was when journalists covering Standing Rock were being arrested. Historically a very bad sign for democracy. Seeing it get worse and more blatant is scary and sad

It’s called ethnic cleansing and it’s a deeply relevant American tradition.

This will be a great conversation tomorrow, all are welcome.

Diplomatic incompetence. We’ve been seeing the same GERD headlines for over 15 years. The levers that might’ve existed a decade or so ago are long gone. I’m not sure who won this regional Cold War but Ethiopia did not lose. africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifest...

The Post cutting its climate team is a textbook example of oligarchy hollowing out public institutions. You can suppress inconvenient truths, but physics, biology, and their consequences cast the final verdict. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Hard to think about El Niño while we are still buried in snowcrete in DC, but a wild 2026 is coming into view. www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2...

There seems to be a consensus outlier in this chart of country reputations.

Stress-resistant amoeba’s “widespread presence in both natural and engineered environments poses significant exposure risks through contaminated water sources, recreational water activities, and drinking water systems.” www.maxapress.com/article/id/6...

⚡️Update: Water supply restored in Kyiv, around 25% of Kyiv's residential buildings remain without heating. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that water supplies have been fully restored in Kyiv following a mass blackout of Ukraine's power grid on Jan. 31.

So it took a federal court to confirm what everyone with functioning brains already knew? A taxpayer-funded cherry-picked climate panel formed in secret broke the law. What a colossal waste of time and money www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...

Nothing like leaning into the worst ideas from the 20th century. www.nbcnews.com/sports/auto-...

Worth thinking about. earth.org/uk-intellige...

You can be on either side of the equilibrium.

Reality keeps asserting itself whether we’re ready or not. We are watching sea urchins collapse across oceans, another reminder that Earth systems don’t care about our attention, consensus, or permission. A dramatic rethink of security has never been clearer. gizmodo.com/the-sea-urch...

DHS needs drastic change not just because of ICE’s abuses. It needs a full reconfiguration because, after 20+ years, it hasn’t made us safer. The agency burns public trust and still can’t deliver real domestic security. It isn’t protecting the country, but rather is a deep part of the problem.

I get the need to snowplow DC streets to get traffic moving, but do we have to also render pedestrian mobility so difficult? Walking across or on the street with a child is nearly impossible in many places because of massive ice banks, and walking on the road is dangerous. Tired of car-centrism.

This is a fantastic idea. And guarantee Federal employment after the fellowship for a decade or so.

U.S. scientists and U.S. science targeted over the last year, the damage likely lasting decades. www.science.org/content/arti...

Ecological harbingers. www.sfgate.com/news/article...

Nothing like progressives monitoring other progressives for appropriate language in our harrowing moment.

A new index shows that millions of Americans rely on drinking water utilities facing high climate risk, with many utilities underreporting these risks in financial disclosures. doi.org/hbmhs6

Not talking about who’s smart enough to “figure it out”, but rather a community that has been targeted directly by official, shameless misrepresentation of reality. Scientists have been living with that for a while. (I resigned from Trump 1.0 over this). But we are obv not the only ones.

In the aftermath of the Minnesota shootings, many Americans have come to the same uneasy conclusion that we scientists reached long ago: you cannot believe anything this government says.