"The unexpected boom in home batteries and the equally surprising surge in rooftop solar installations means that Australia’s target of 82 per cent renewables by 2030 – long dismissed as a lost cause by some – is now very much within reach."

Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.

How can paleorecords aid insights into the risks of extreme events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and droughts? Join the National Academies on April 29 for a webinar releasing a new report recommending a center for synthesis and translation. events.nationalacademies.org/46602 #ExtremeEvents

New paper in GEB, led by my colleague Nora Schlenker! We advance methods and concepts for identifying places where species niche edges likely are truncated by current climates: these are places with high likelihood of surprises. #climatechange onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The future opportunity of our children being thrown away. Without a thought or a care. And Congress is allowing this.

For those who use sedimentary charcoal records to reconstruct past fire histories, good news! Phil Higuera has just released a CharAnalysis 2.0 #paleofire #fire #paleoecology github.com/phiguera/Cha...

We are hiring! Interested in doing a PhD and excited about forest management, ecosystem services, simulation modeling and beta diversity? Come work with us @edfm-tum.bsky.social at @tum.de, full job ad here: cloud.edfm.ls.tum.de/index.php/s/...

The CESM workshop -is- happening in June in Boulder :) Details to be found here: www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/works...

The Trump administration is attempting to dismantle the U.S. Forest Service. The goal is to cause constant chaos so you can’t follow what’s happening day to day. Here is what’s going on. BREAKING: The administration just announced a sweeping restructuring and it’s as bad as it sounds.

Not only will you work on birds, but also bats, skinks, geckos & frogs. This research would come up with conservation strategies & a climate change extinction risk atlas for #NewZealand. Applications close 27th April 🦜🦇🦎🐸

An economist friend passes along this graph of energy costs. He says, "Given this history, it is more than a little ironic that renewable energy is derided by fossil-fuel proponents as 'unreliable.'”

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

Trump is trying to shut down one of the world's premier climate & weather research labs. Why? A petty beef with a Colorado official who didn't support his effort to steal the election. That's it.

This one little episode is such a horrendous tragedy, such an absolute body blow to our knowledge & reputation, for such petty, grossly corrupt reasons, it deserves weeks of coverage, investigations, & outrage. It will get nothing. There are a dozen others just as bad happening at the same time.

In memory of Paul Ehrlich legal-planet.org/2026/03/19/p...

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

33% of European voters are “conditionals” on climate policy: not opponents, not automatic supporters Their backing depends on the specific policy and perceived costs/benefits Winning climate policy may rely less on ideology and more on persuading this middle group www.nature.com/articles/s41...

wow if you're looking for a new podcast on all things climate, sustainability, clean energy and beyond, here is a HUGE NEW LIST! I'm going to recommend starting with @climateconnections.bsky.social - each episode is only a minute & a half long. Which is your fav?

DOE climate report 'demonstrably incorrect', say scientists in new analysis phys.org/news/2026-02...

My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Next column will address needed guardrails for private funding of science, esp. in light of #Epstein/ #Summers etc.

As a rare climate scientist working in Silicon Valley, I've been drinking from the AI firehose a lot more than my peers. I thought it would be helpful to lay out my experiences of both the promise and pitfalls of using AI to accelerate scientific research:

Obituary for a great paleobiologist Richard Karl Bambach (18 May 1934–20 June 2025) who infused the large-scale functional approaches to paleobiology and paleoecology. doi.org/10.1017/pab.... 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio

Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.

A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU

*The computing center, which is slated to be turned over to an unspecified third party..." The vampires want their GPUs

NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

While Zillow is removing its climate risk data from public view, the first truly open climate risk database. Kudos, @carbonplan.org

📢 PhD in arctic paleoceanography at the University of Bergen. 🌊 ⚒️ www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

The energy transition is happening, faster than many realize. This week, I look at how clean energy is surging, where we can get it wrong, why silence on climate is spreading, and what we can do. Read the full edition for the data, the stories, and practical ways to keep the conversation going:

Whether it’s right wing billionaires turning America’s most important media institutions into outlets for right wing propaganda or the Oberlin student council condemning the use of racial slurs, both sides seem to have lost interest in free speech.

Madison is out and loud at the capitol

The @agu.org has a nice tool to help you write and submit a comment to NSF about why it's essential for the nation to keep NCAR intact. They have guidance on how to write a good comment and the specific questions NSF seeks comment on. Deadline is Mar. 13. agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...

This is beyond concerning. You won't see the damage right away, but the foundation of future US science has been badly weakened - and rebuilding could take decades, if it happens at all. #ScienceMatters #StandUpForScience #ResearchSky #AcademicSky #STEM

Are you a paleoecologist & ECR active on social media? Interested in a leadership role at Neotoma DB? Apply to be Neotoma’s Social Media Manager! Contact Nick Hoffman ([email protected]) by Feb 28 with interest (<500 words) + a strategy proposal (<1000 words).

Pope Leo’s top U.S. ally — Cardinal Joseph Tobin — calls on Congress to defund ICE.

Excited to be part of this cool new theory paper exploring how lagged ecological responses at the species and community level can lead to reduced ecosystem function and often seemingly paradoxical responses at different timescales. Nice work by @mishastemkovski.bsky.social leading this one!

I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."

I would strongly encourage those who value the scientific & societal legacies of NCAR to offer feedback by March 13. I would expect, under present circumstances, perspectives from industry partners will be especially critical, though everyone's voice is of course important.

Your regular reminder that when folks say "its cold outside where I live, what happened to global warming?" that the world is big, and weather still exists.

Eight reasons I rejected your article www.elsevier.com/connect/8-re...

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

You may wonder why they would assault, handcuff, and arrest someone who is wearing a funny mask and doing a silly little dance. It's simple. There is nothing the cowards in the United States government fear more than a citizen who is not afraid of them.

New polling from Civiqs finds support for abolishing ICE has reached a new high. Other polls have shown a decrease in the agency's approval rating, and broad anxiety about agents' use of force to accomplish Trump's agenda www.gelliottmorris.com/p/support-fo...

Just in time for the holidays - new lab paper out by Wiles et al that presents a new mapping of climate-driven ecotonal shifts in Michigan over the last 11,000 years and assesses whether ecotonal systems are more sensitive to climate change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Abram: IPCC AR7 WG1 will have chapters on tipping systems, overshoot, and regional deep dives. Lots of opportunities for paleoclimate science to contribute. #AGU25

"Not since the ransacking of the Library of Alexandria have we witnessed such a wanton, intentional assault on scientific knowledge."

Losing NCAR would be a devastating blow to the US scientific community. It's proposed cut makes no sense whatsoever. Other countries will race to take over the scientific leadership if we recklessly squander it.

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