Chinese deep-sea mining research ships spent more time in strategic waters than deep-sea mining areas & may be "more interested in mining military intelligence than minerals." Maybe Trump should think twice about opening Pandora's box.. @elizabethalberts.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/custom-story...

Since 2016, Antarctic sea ice extent has been declining sharply – now scientists are piecing together how strong winds and warm deep water have played a part in this abrupt transition

Second place in the @carbonbrief.org quiz elicited gasps of admiration in the New Scientist newsroom this morning. What a result!!

Joint second in the notoriously difficult @carbonbrief.org quiz! Major bragging rights for our @newscientist.com team with Sam Wong, @alecluhn.com, me, Michael Holder of @businessgreen.bsky.social and @ben-cooke.bsky.social

Fascinating stuff here about how the conflict in Iran is an accelerant for the clean energy transition. With @alecluhn.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KCj...

Trump "still hasn’t understood that Liberation Day proved the fallacy of 'America First' as trade policy. So he tests the same doctrine to new depths of destruction in war." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-than-expected heat in recent years

Said Trump the AI shit-bomber

Simon Stiell: “Meek dependence on fossil ​fuel imports will leave Europe forever lurching from crisis to crisis. Renewables turn the tables. Sunlight ​doesn’t depend on narrow and vulnerable shipping straits." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Cheers to everyone who delayed fossil fuel phaseout by saying "you can't switch off fossil fuels overnight" Because thanks to them everyone now has to face a situation where fossil fuels are switched off overnight 🙃🙃🙃

Jane Fonda at the Oscars on a #BlockTheMerger pin

King penguin chick survival is actually *increasing* with global warming. This as a "rare win" compared to other penguins. But some worry that as the lanternfish the penguins eat move south, their population will eventually hit a tipping point & collapse www.newscientist.com/article/2519...

The black rain from the strikes on Iranian oil is probably a combo of soot, chemicals, oil & acid rain & will be harmful to human health in large quantities. If fires are big enough, particles can be carried to other countries or even other continents like the US www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

“The rainwater is actually black, also saturated, it appears, with oil … That’s what’s coming down this morning … on the Iranian capital after the strikes took place.” A city of 10 million people is being showered in carcinogens. Via @cnn.com

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

The good news is, we now know an abrupt northward shift of the Gulf Stream could give us an early warning of AMOC collapse. The bad news is, it's already started to shift northward. www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Cannot tell you how depressing it is to read that people are simply refusing to read nonfiction after you’ve worked really hard to write a nonfiction book you believe in, in case anyone is wondering why I’m posting so much about my book which comes out in a few weeks #BookSky

Global warming has accelerated by 2x. As a result, we could breach the Paris 1.5°C limit as early as this year, raising the threat of crossing tipping points like ice sheet collapse & Amazon dieback www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

99% of research on sea level rise impacts got current sea level wrong (!). That doesn't mean projections of <1m of sea level rise by 2100 are incorrect. But it does mean the consequences of this rise will happen sooner, since we're starting from a higher baseline www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

For US automakers, Trump's election in 2024 may have been an extinction-level event. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b...

"Climate change and increased access to the Arctic Ocean will create a strategic security dilemma between NATO and Russia, as well as the United States and China ... the faultline between Russia and NATO will become more and more visible." @tomyulsman.bsky.social time.com/7380037/arct...

Spreading 4-5bn tonnes of silicate rocks on fields could remove 1bn tonnes CO2 from the atmosphere a year, a study says. This enhanced rock weathering has backers like Elon Musk. But there are a few questions, like where will we get 5bn tonnes of non-toxic rock? www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

Hegseth says the government can engage in "any lawful use" of Anthropic's AI. The only problem is there are basically no laws about use of AI. www.axios.com/2026/03/02/a...

The climate consequences of the Iran strikes, cloud seeding, avalanches and more icemushroom.substack.com/p/february-i...

I wonder if the Washington Post still thinks sacking its entire Middle East desk was such a great move now

Breaking: China's official statistics report a 0.3% drop in CO2 emissions from energy&industry in 2025, the third time that annual emissions have fallen this century and the first fall predominantly driven by clean energy growth. 🧵

"He cannot use a phone. He doesn’t know his address, he doesn’t know phone numbers, he can’t communicate, he can’t see. And they just left him.”

🚨 A surge in seabird deaths in the UK has sparked urgent calls for nationwide action, following reports of hundreds of dead puffins, guillemots, razorbills and divers washing ashore 💔 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/mass-se...

A boom in geothermal energy has been 10 years away for 50 years. Now it may finally be here: Data centers have boosted demand, & tech from the fracking industry has unlocked geothermal supply. Today the UK starts up its 1st geothermal power plant. www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

The late photographer's work depicting some of the world's coldest places is collected in his new book Genesis

Maternal mortality in Louisiana is literally 40x Greenland (41.9/100k to 1.0/100k). They should send hospital boat to Louisiana.

80% of agricultural land is used for livestock (and textiles), yet this huge land use provides only 17% of our calories and 38% of our protein. 16% of the land used for crops provides 83% of our calories and 62% of our protein. It's past time we rethink what we eat.

Trump is now saying that the Supreme Court, a third of which he appointed, has become “lapdogs for the RINOs and radical left” and is working for “foreign interests” www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

Marijke Chartouni, an Epstein survivor, said: “It took British police less than three weeks from the release of the latest tranche of Epstein files to arrest Andrew, making Pam Bondi and Kash Patel look increasingly inept.” A very accurate statement. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“The UK just demonstrated more institutional courage in one morning than the entire U.S. Department of Justice has managed in five years." @profgalloway.com reacts to the UK arresting former Prince Andrew. Will the U.S. follow suit and start taking action against Epstein's network?

Our new paper on the future of the Antarctic Peninsula published today, showing how the various systems across the Peninsula will be impacted by different global warming scenarios. www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

Holy shit this piece is incredible, like the kind of thing that makes me jealous I didn’t write it and feel lucky that I get to read it defector.com/the-sufferin...

📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔

Elon's 1 million AI data center satellites in space also means 1 million that are going to eventually come out of space. When they burn up they'll create metal oxides that can catalyse ozone destruction & planet-warming cirrus clouds, as a Falcon 9 re-entry did www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

Rain Enhancement Technologies claims it boosted snowfall 20% amid Utah’s least snowy winter on record by zapping aerosols with electricity. The wind carries the aerosols into clouds, where they may be better at sticking together to form rain drops www.newscientist.com/article/2515...

Conservationists should focus on climate justice, not ecosystem services, Daniel Suarez tells @thomaslewton.bsky.social. "There’s a big difference between asking powerful decision-makers for change & building alliances strong enough to force (them) to change." www.newscientist.com/article/2513...

Reports of a massive, imminent earthquake in northern India and western Nepal have been greatly exaggerated ... www.newscientist.com/article/2515...

According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.

EV performance declines once batteries degrade to ~80% capacity. But those batteries are still good for storing excess renewable energy from the grid. A startup in Nevada is already doing this, & China could meet 2/3 of its grid storage needs by 2050 this way www.newscientist.com/article/2515...

The Trump administration has shut down El Paso airport for "special security reasons" 🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UPDATE: Underdog Italy advances to the women's hockey quarterfinals for the first time ever with a 3-2 win over Japan. Meaning climate champion Jacqui Pierri will keep playing. www.newsday.com/sports/women...

REP. STEIL: Some Dems demands put at risk the safety of members of law enforcement CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are? STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks

Has America become fascist? The answer might surprise you.

Why did levels of planet-warming methane surge during COVID? Partly because lockdowns decreased pollution including NOx, which helps breaks down methane. Makes you wonder what will happen as EVs, solar, wind etc decrease pollution 😬 1/2 www.newscientist.com/article/2514...