Colleagues, would you say there is a difference between transformational adaptation and transformative adaptation - and has it been defined anywhere? I have mostly assumed these were used as synonyms.

Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

For those invested in this or with an interest in cats who pee in inappropriate places: I did take him to the vet and he has crystals in his bladder, which are painful. Likely caused by ph change from stress. We are treating him now. Also may have diabetes 😵‍💫. Poor Mio.

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NEW – Guest post: 10 key climate science ‘insights’ from 2025 | @krisebi.bsky.social and Prof Sabine Fuss Read here: buff.ly/RuEa0Nl

Are you on top of the latest climate science - or do you want to be? Suggest yourself as an author or share topics that you think are important to cover in the next edition of the 10 New Insights in Climate Science. It's a lot of fun too!

If this surprises you, then I am indeed sorry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This needs to be repeated over and over. theconversation.com/whats-wrong-...

Very interested to learn about the Journal Academics Stand Against Poverty. What a fabulous title. journalasap.org/index.php/as...

Fossil fuel trying to say it's “part of the solution” to climate crisis via investments in biofuel, carbon capture, carbon offset “false solutions” that entrench environmental injustice and fossil fuel power. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This event is today - how can you not want to join an event that talks about the Politics of Dry Feet?? www.iss.nl/en/events/po...

Why do the best paper ideas always get formulated in the middle of the night? Last night I wrote an amazing first paragraph in my head…but didn’t want to wake up too much by dictating it on my phone and now I can no longer remember any of it…

‘Here’s the final irony. Conspiracy theorists and climate deniers insist governments are exaggerating the threat. In reality, the evidence increasingly suggests the opposite.’ theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...

Bonjour, just a small reminder.

Yes, this is right on. I am so tired of this fake AI stuff, even my child knows when things are AI. It's no fun to look for interior design ideas (I am restoring an old house) when half the stuff is AI. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is so sad.

Hello does anyone who researches wind turbines want to help with a school project (a short podcast)? In English. ☀️💨🌍🌱

Det här är inte en dålig lista. Vad bra ni är. Nästa gång får ni bjuda på en råbiff innan.

I am not involved in the @visualisingclimate.com conference but it seems like these are discussions that could be had there too.

Since data and stories alone are sometimes (mostly?) failing to communicate climate change, this initiative looks very promising.

⚠️ Call for applications to the Managing Global Governance Academy 2026. The MGG Academy is a training and dialogue format that brings together early- to mid-career professionals from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and the EU. More here: mgg.network/page/mgg-aca...

This is a major win The Netherlands will have to put a climate action plan in place to protect the people of Bonaire, AND make stricter climate targets to contribute a fair share to limiting global heating #ClimateJustice

It's cold outside and snowy, too! Is climate change a hoax? Not at all. Winter still brings cold weather even as the planet warms. In fact, warmer oceans + a rapidly warming Arctic can even increase the intensity of winter storms and heavy snowfall. That's why I call it Global Weirding!

More of this please, all around Europe www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is good distraction and interesting for cat lovers and science nerds (and all who are both).

Looking for sources for a @nature.com story about how researchers are coping in the midst of current events: If you're a PhD or other academic who's struggling to focus with everything that's happening in the world and would like to be interviewed for this story, please get in touch ASAP!

Well worth a read www.bbc.com/news/article...

I guess this is what happens when you don't have Geography as a subject in school.

Last week, Professor Karen O'Brien (University of Oslo) retired, or rather entered 'preferment' as she says. In addition to being deeply influenced by Karen's research on vulnerability, I also saw her as a role model. 1/ quantumsocialchange.substack.com/p/soul-searc...

I love cycling so much and I wish everyone had the safety, air quality and opportunity to do it on a daily basis. I am just saying this because the world is so shit right now and I am trying to find positive things.

What climate insights are policymakers missing? If you’re working on new or emerging climate research, now’s the time to surface it. Help shape the 2026 10 New Insights in Climate Science. Submit by 31 Jan 2026: form.jotform.com/Future_Earth...

Yep. 😩

Happy to be associated with @tandfresearch.bsky.social given their new AI policy gives the journal editors the right to reject the really awful applications of Generative AI. Take a look below. Also - peer reviews done with AI are really not OK. Just don't. taylorandfrancis.com/our-policies...

It’s pretty clear by now that animal intelligence far surpasses that of humans.

Other governments are saying Trump's a deviant & bully & acting like a member of a criminal gang. Call your representative & demand impeachment. Then call your 2 Senators & demand removal! 202-224-3121 This deviant madman is the most powerful man in the world. It's a fking emergency. Call!

Gosh this is going to need some upping - too many other distracting news items right now!

This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.

Join us online on 4 February between 13-14 CET for a discussion on 'The Politics of Dry Feet: the Political Economy of Flood Risk Management in Indonesia' (fabulous title). Sign up here: www.iss.nl/en/events/po...

It's like he thinks he's writing in German, only he capitalises verbs and adjectives as well as nouns....

Not a surprise that things are not going well - wealth inequality is skyrocketing - 46 Swedes own more than what ca 80% of the Swedish population have.

The Danes and Greenlanders have captured MAGA: Make America Go Away. www.sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...

Here's what Trump's 2026 Greenland #CriticalMinerals push has in common with explorer/extracter Robert Peary's purloining of a Greenland meteorite in the 1890s. (Believe it or not there's an Epstein-ish angle.) 1/2

Until now, the US takeover of Greenland story has gone from seeming like a joke to seriously threatening but now it is starting to turn farcical. I mean, really? More tariffs? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Colonial Studies Spring School, @sns.it Pisa www.sns.it/it/evento/co... ⏰ deadline for application: Feb 10th

Lovely.

In my environmental justice seminar today, we discussed the extent to which research on climate justice is informed by knowledge on justice outside the climate field. This was inspired by @bcoolsaet.bsky.social et al's 2025 response to a piece by Zimm et al from 2024. 1/n

A canny political and media strategy from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Immediately he defuses climate delayers’ favourite cynical attack lines, and avoids headlines like “Polanski says you should never go on holiday, drive a car, or eat meat”. But, crucially, he's leading by example... 1/🧵

This new paper on maladaptation argues that there is a need to take a more nuanced approach to understanding the impacts of projects on the people, saying that studies 'neglect the value judgment of those ostensibly affected in analysing maladaptive outcomes'. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

2025 was the hottest year on record for ocean heat content. Unfortunately, we now say this every year. 🥹 "In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming." + #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003... + Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn