NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Remembering the frequent comments from a couple of years back that there was no point in the US/Canada/Australia etc doing anything to decarbonise because what about China. Well, indeed, what about China?

More is not always better. This patient clearly explains why and how patients can/should say “hey, could I take fewer medications?” Sometimes a prescriber just needs a nudge to reconsider how adding more and more pills is not the only answer to help people feel well again.

News depressing? Try a Good News break about the large biodiversity corridor in DRC, AI detection of whales (collision prevention); Brazil ends Mum2Bub HIV transmission; cheaper battery storage; China’s offshore solar, and more youtu.be/NyTP_oaZyks?...

The rate of change of renewables in China is accelerating. Solar has passed wind in generation. Fossil fuel generation is decreasing. Renewables will pass fossil fuels by the early 2030's or sooner. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Australia's most generous fossil fuel subsidy will pour another $11 billion of taxpayer money into the pockets of polluters this year, including coal and gas companies.

Join ReproducibiliTea Melbourne journal club this Thursday 4pm AEDT, to discuss "Oversight of Research Outputs by Public Organisations as a Threat to Research Integrity” by C. Brandenburg & @aidybarnett.bsky.social Zoom: uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83909186903 #ResearchIntegrity @reproducibilitea.org

142,000 participants! The largest randomized trial of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test failed its primary endpoint genomeweb.com/cancer/grail... Had the enrollment been risk-based instead of age 50, it would likely have been very positive.

In standard scientific reports in psych 96% of first mentioned main hypotheses are supported. In Registered Reports, this is 46%. The 96% is clearly biased (given true H1 rate and power). Lack of transparency means we do not know the true baserate. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Most people are worried about climate change - but most don't hear or talk about regularly. That's why I started my free newsletter Talking Climate. Every week I share good news, not so good news, and what people can do. If you aren't a reader yet, see below. I have 6 different ways to subscribe!

striking results!

Some lessons about low back pain - here are some thoughts, experience, and evidence I'd accumulated following my microdiscectomy (for severe, prolonged sciatica) about 15 months ago. I hope this might help others & future research healthy-evidence.com/2026/01/30/s...

In 1922, insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting refused to profit from the discovery and offered it to the world as a global public good. Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.

Electric vehicle sales overtake petrol in EU for first time reut.rs/45wzENK

“At 14 research agencies Science examined in detail, departures outnumbered new hires last year by a ratio of 11 to one, resulting in a net loss of 4224 STEM Ph.D.s. “ www.science.org/content/arti...

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization. This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.

Will Australians continue to enjoy genuine choice at the next election? 🗳️ ⚖️ @simonahac.bsky.social weighs in on new laws that aim to entrench the major party duopoly at a time when Australians are asking for something different. Learn more here → www.climate200.com.au/the-fair-ele...

Covers of the 2 leading science journals this week @science.org and @nature.com www.science.org/content/arti... www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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📊 Data update: Track battery prices over the last three decades— To transition towards low-carbon energy systems, we need *low-cost* energy storage. Lithium-ion batteries are the most commonly used.

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bit of good news - the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction agreement, which protects marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, comes into force on 17 January. It has 145 signatories (although the US has not signed up) economist.com/internationa...

The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

💰 Invest ~$8 trillion a year now — or pay far more later. @unep.org estimates climate inaction could slash global GDP and cost up to $25 trillion annually in pollution-related health damage. ✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @cleanairclassrm.bsky.social @ipcc.bsky.social @who.int 📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁

BMJ’s MSF appeal 2025-26 The BMJ’s annual appeal is supporting the work of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Around the world MSF teams are providing maternity care, containing outbreaks, and performing vital surgeries. www.bmj.com/content/391/...

I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization. Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.

This year, #renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide, and #solar and #wind energy grew fast enough to cover the entire increase in global electricity use www.science.org/content/arti...

Treat yourself to “Your yearly dose of good news” (renewables surpass coal; largest marine protected area; green corridor in Congo; endangered species bounce back; etc): youtu.be/X8ZD7nTQ5iI?...

Join our Replicability Project: Health Behavior! We have 55 replication studies underway, our target is 65-70. We are only recruiting for secondary data replications--i.e., using existing data to test the original question. Here's a list of studies we think could be feasible. If interested...

"We have known since the calculations of Nobel prize-winning physical chemist Svante Arrhenius in the 1890s of the impact increasing CO2 would have on temperature," Hayhoe said, citing scientific literature from 1896. YES - 1896. That's how long we've known. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

Good renewables news about sodium-ion batteries: “CATL says could deliver up to 3.6 million miles of usable lifespan, with cycle life measured in the tens of thousands, and at a cost around 50% lower than lithium-ion” - so cheaper & last much longer youtu.be/vJ-arfkRwi4?...

Closing perception gaps is how we create social tipping points in favour of the green transition. And we can all play a huge role, so simply... Just talk to people you know, about how you feel about clean energy. People need to know that people like them, like renewables. Simples.

Fewer guns; more Ahmeds please: “Ahmed al-Ahmed … took the gun off that perpetrator at great risk to himself and suffered serious injury as a result of that, and is currently going through operations today in hospital,” Albanese said. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

For the second year in a row, the wealth gains for the 100 richest Americans exceeded what ALL American households spent on groceries combined. ~$995B for billionaires vs ~$775B in total grocery spending. We have an oligarchy and inequality problem masquerading as an affordability crisis.

A new study out earlier this week in Cell suggests the shingles vaccine may slow the progression of dementia. That’s after large-scale studies have shown it may also reduce the risk of developing dementia. This is a very cool science story! Here’s more about how they conducted these studies. +

"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute ✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...

Should women be told their breast density? A Randomised trial found women “notified of their dense breasts felt anxious and confused, did not feel more informed to make decisions about their breast health, and wanted to be guided by their general practitioners”. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Hugely useful www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good to see BlueSky numbers over 40 Million (I hadn’t checked for a while) - and I’d assume a smaller proportion are bots & trollfarms than the other place - bluecrawler.com/tools/bluesk...

As winter arrives, over one million Gazans lack shelter, with 92% of housing destroyed by Israel. In violation of the ceasefire, Netanyahu continues to restrict the entry of tents and other aid, including food. The U.S. must demand that Israel allow full humanitarian access NOW.

How charities sometimes make it difficult to give them money: I am speaking about this next week at a free event in London, hosted by Zeffy: Weds evening. Do come! - apparently >170 people are already signed up(!) - quite the pre-Christmas party! luma.com/1xl0mjl0

The CDC website was quietly edited last night to claim there’s “no evidence” that vaccines don’t cause autism. This is false. But this is damaging, even beyond people’s confidence in vaccines. For the first time in my career, I cannot tell people to trust what the CDC website without hesitation.

In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website." yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-... www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Save the CSIRO Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro

New: A community coordination effort to develop a framework for long-term stewardship of federally-funded data. Powered by partnership with DataCite, CODE, Data Rescue Project, GO FAIR, Data Foundation, IOI, and others. Thanks to RWJF for support to do the work. www.cos.io/about/news/c...

Dear Coalition please note “renewables provide the cheapest form of energy; that coal-fired power is much more expensive and that global gas prices have driven energy costs up over the last few years – not the renewables transition“ Thanks @zoedaniel.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...