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

Recommended read: In the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, columnist @marcelonleite.bsky.social looked into the climate impact of extracting more oil from Venezuela.

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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...

From WaPo: Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes” segment on Trump admin deportations of Venezuelan migrants to CECOT, citing lack of comment from admin due to their refusal to provide an interview. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Breaking news: A dozen former leaders of the FDA warned that plans for a stricter approach to vaccine approvals risks undermining the nation’s ability to fight infectious diseases and could threaten the health of vulnerable Americans.

“Heartbreaking scenes from Elit, Iran, where wildfire is damaging parts of the ancient Hyrcanian forests — a @unesco.org World Heritage treasure and one of Earth’s last temperate rainforests" Kaveh Madani, director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health #Iran 🇮🇷

The wheels are falling off COP30. "We're facing the reality of a no-deal scenario," said the EU's climate commissioner. "We cannot accept a text that is not dealing with the real problems," said Colombia's environment minister. Gift link:

We need to do better in the Pyrocene age: At 176 California homes, "most had little compulsory or recommended mitigations completed. Participants struggled with hazards that required frequent maintenance, including woodpiles, propane tanks, trees and shrubs, roof and gutter and deck debris."

The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Food #SNAP #Waste #Farms

" #Climate change, through rising average global temperatures and an increasing frequency of extreme weather events, is likely to cause a rise in CKD and accelerated decline in kidney function attributed to non-optimal temperature"

Why cities around the world are uniting to keep cool. A new global initiative is helping cities from Phoenix to Quezon City address extreme heat with shared solutions and local action. grist.org/sponsored/wh... #Cities #Climate

EU plans December announcement to make small EVs more affordable, Sejourne says reut.rs/47ENjlU

After about 2 years, electric cars become more environmentally friendly than their combustion-powered counterparts, according to research comparing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the two vehicle types. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪

If you listen closely enough, the sea can tell you how humanity is changing it. Like, literally. The sound of breaking waves can now be used to measure ocean acidification.

“We’re going to be seeing a lot more Melissas in the future and we’re definitely not ready for it,” @drjeffmasters.bsky.social said.

First intended as an entrance for social events, the East Wing became the first lady's office space. Historians say the shift was a key part of professionalizing staff for the president's wife. n.pr/4qA1nG0

I’m working at a coffee shop today to get away from my pushy kitty “assistants” but now I’m distracted by the sounds of #1980s bands from my teen years I’ve tried hard to forget (Whitesnake! Hall+Oates! Aaaahhh, so much synth!)

The western end of Jamaica where #Melissa is projected to make landfall has the least well-built structures of anyplace on the island. Graphic is from a 2021 paper, "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica": www.researchgate.net/publication/...

“…even if more nations do provide money/laws to drive the business of durable carbon renewal forward, there are mounting concerns that a sector conceived as an alternative to dubious offset markets could increasingly come to replicate their problems” www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/24/1...

These Fish Can Adjust to Heatwaves—And Pass the Resilience on to Their Offspring Though scientists aren’t quite sure how they do it, three-spined sticklebacks show an unexpected fortitude in the face of repeated heatwaves. www.biographic.com/these-fish-c...

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The second annual Global Tipping Points Report, with contributions from 160 scientists in 23 countries, finds that Earth has already crossed its first catastrophic tipping point: coral reef die-off. By @readfearn.bsky.social for The Guardian…

A prolonged drought and other factors have muffled the kaleidoscopic blend of reds, oranges and yellows in some areas of New England this fall. As a result, disappointed leaf peepers have been left to wonder what fall will look like in a changing climate.

Hannah Arendt, born on this day in 1906, on human nature vs. culture, what equality really means, and how language confers reality upon our existence www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/04/h...

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’. A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains. grist.org/oceans/coral... #Ocean #Coral #Heat #Science #Environment

After the Spanish conquest, horses transformed Native American tribes much earlier than historians thought. Learn more on #IndigenousPeoplesDay: https://scim.ag/3KGvYBs

“‘Some may ask, why would the president of this country want to commit suicide with an economy that relies on fossil fuels?’ [Colombian President Gustavo] Petro told the COP28 delegates in Dubai. ‘We are trying to halt a suicide, the death of everything that is alive.’”

“The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy. Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports. grist.org/internationa... #Renewables #Energy #Climate #Solar #Wind #Batteries

In a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon Friday, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said the proposal … would restrict freedom of expression and MIT’s independence.”

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling questions about their health. grist.org/accountabili... #Cancer #Health #TX #Texas #ElPaso #Toxic

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A brilliant palaeontologist, Dr Tsogtbaatar, is facing a tough battle and needs help with medical expenses. Please consider donating or sharing the link: every bit truly helps. Thank you!

🍄🧪🚨GLOW-IN-THE-DARK TREE SCIENCE🚨🧪🍄 Scientists have identified 125 species of bioluminescent fungi, and there are likely many more. One of the latest discoveries is a species that doesn't just glow on its own -- trees interlaced with its filaments also emit an ethereal greenish light (!!)

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation

A look at the growing ‘disaster economy’ turning crisis into cash Disasters are big business. These charts show just how big. grist.org/business/a-l... #Economics #Disaster #Climate #Weather #Business #GreenSky #Nature #Environment

🏔️ Switzerland is losing its glaciers - fast. 2025 alone saw a dramatic 3% loss, making it the fourth-worst year on record, according to @matthias-huss.bsky.social (GLAMOS & @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social) and @scnat.ch. Learn more here 👉 scnat.ch/en/id/wLLYv #ClimateChange #Glacier

The Guardian U.S. is hiring a Washington, DC-based Senior Science Investigative Reporter: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/

The race to replace coal in Indonesia, the world’s largest coal exporter, has become a contest between the U.S. and China. At stake is not only Indonesia’s climate future, but also which superpower sets the terms for the next generation of energy in the developing world.

🌍 Climate change & health New research shows human-caused climate change has already led to millions of deaths, illnesses, and economic losses worldwide. Heat, air pollution, infectious disease, & extreme weather are among the major drivers. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #SciComm #ClimateHealth 🧪

“ If homes in Utah burn down due to a power company’s faulty electrical line, the financial damages residents can seek are limited — and they may already have been paying into the fund that covers them. For utilities, the result is reduced costs.”

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Good piece on regenerative agriculture (harnessing the benefits of symbiosis): "the most important farmer and science movement in the world" - by @aprilreese.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientific American magazine is 180 years old. To celebrate, they're offering digital subs for $18 (about half price). Offer ends 9/2. www.scientificamerican.com/getsciam/

Cash payments were associated with a 48% drop in infant mortality, from roughly 40 deaths per 1,000 births to about 21 deaths. Cash played an outsized role in reducing deaths during birth and in the few weeks after, falling by 70% compared to controls.

In an unorthodox study, researchers invented a special kind of floss that can protect against infectious disease. In the process, they had to do something no scientist had done before-- try to floss a mouse. My newest in @science.org 🐁🦷 www.science.org/content/arti...