"Hurricanes are heat engines that take heat energy out of the ocean and convert it to the kinetic energy of wind, so it makes sense that the winds of the strongest hurricanes will get stronger as the oceans heat up."

Meet the core team behind Climate.us: Rebecca Lindsey, Mary Lindsey, and Anna Eshelman. #ClimateForUs

A nice Earth Day interview with environmental historian Marc Hudson, "who has been meticulously publishing various pieces of climate ephemera on his blog, All Our Yesterdays, since late 2021."

I wrote about flat-earthery as a threat to young-earth creationism for Righting America.

In which constitutional law meets competitive eating.

"The 'lamentors' wore sackcloth and ash, an ancient symbol of mourning, to express their sorrow and the collective grief ahead for those destined to suffer without the foundational tool to regulate climate pollution."

In which I investigate a misquotation of Darwin by William Jennings Bryan.

"Though conference attenders widely claimed their star was rising, polls indicate that the vast majority of Americans believe in climate change."

"How Birds Survived the Dinosaurs' Doomsday," by Steve Brusatte (@stevebrusatte.bsky.social).

Over the weekend, "The Brainwashing of America's Children," a Climate Town (@climatetown.bsky.social) video that I helped a little with, went platinum, with over one million views!

Richard Wrangham discusses his new book, The Goodness Paradox, with El País.

Kudos for Carl Wunsch for his contributions to the understanding of global warming's effect on the ocean.

ICYMI: "150 Million Years of Dinosaur Evolution" from the AMNH.

"Kate Marvel resigned from her position at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, where she had spent more than a decade studying a warming world."

Eugenie C. Scott (@eugeniescott.bsky.social) discusses "A 100-Year-Old Trial that is Still Relevant" in Theology and Science (paywalled).

Great lede: "His name is ‘Fossi’. He’s depicted as a swirl of grey smoke. And he’s liable to lose his temper whenever his classmates blame him for the climate crisis."

In which I was allowed to ask, "But is there any explanation [of the American evolution wars] in more informative—if less butter-crusted and chin-bearded—terms?" Drop me a line if you want a PDF.

"Green argues that fossil fuel companies recognized early on that action on climate change posed an existential threat to their interests. So with remarkable cunning and determination, they misdirected our attention and energies."

"Henslow took Darwin and his fellow students on 'herborising excursions' into the Cambridgeshire fens and taught them how to identify, categorise and collect plants, while systematically observing the adaptations of different plant species to their environment."

ICYMI: "The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything" on Living on Earth. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

In which I answer the question that everyone is asking: Who the heck was Verdt?

"What are students in New York State learning about climate change? What should they be learning?" Featuring Don Haas (@drdonhaas.bsky.social) and Joe Henderson (@josephenderson.bsky.social), among others.

In which I relate my search for the mustache of Robert FitzRoy of HMS Beagle.

"California and Texas have achieved the same distinction," writes Dana Nuccitelli (@dananuccitelli.bsky.social). "They're both national leaders in producing renewable energy."

ICYMI: Eugenie C. Scott (@eugeniescott.bsky.social)'s 2015 Darwin Day talk, "What Would Darwin Say To Today's Creationists?"

I'm sure that they'll be very happy together (derogatory).

ICYMI: Wesley Roberts speaks to Bay Area Skeptics on "Buckle Up! Teaching Evolution in the Bible Belt."

"Propaganda and disinformation about climate science are now the official position of the US government."

In which I lavish ~2000 words on Erich von Däniken's Evolution Is Wrong.

"Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent," writes Kate Yoder for Grist.

Alexander Bevilacqua's really interesting review of Philip C. Almond's Noah and the Flood in Western Thought.

Richard Somerville discusses his new book Climate Change Science with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

"His greatest issues are peace and radishes." A caricature of William Jennings Bryan, from Collier's in 1916.

A review of Kate Marvel's Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel about Our Changing Planet.

New York State has officially adopted new regulations for the teaching of climate change across the grade span! Congrats to my CRETF colleagues who have worked so hard to make this happen, and congrats to all New Yorkers! www.nwf.org/Home/Latest-... #climateeducation #teachclimate

Creationist (a gelding) out of Bargain Blitz by Noble Mission. Who would have guessed?

If "it's real; it's us; it's bad; there's hope" isn't quite enough for you, here are the basics of climate change in 90 seconds.

Owing to popular demand (n = 1), here's my two-part blog post about Ambrose Bierce's discussion of evolution.

John Cook discusses "Why Science Communication Fails" on The Great Simplification podcast.

In which I discuss Bill Nye's views on evolution. No, not that Bill Nye. Well, just a bit.

Kudos to Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler.com) for his touching obituary for the DOE Climate Working Group Report.

ICYMI: the late paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues's appearance on the Paleonerds podcast.

"[E]ven though the federal government's decision to adopt climate denial in place of climate science as official US government policy is 'chilling to the core,' scientists' voices are far from useless."

Crunching the numbers from the 2023-2024 Pew Religious Landscape Survey, Ryan Burge concludes, "Creationism Isn’t as Common as You Think."

Yearly global temps compared to the pre-industrial average. Despite some differences, all data sources show more red bars than blue ones—evidence of long-term global warming. #ShowYourStripes #ClimateForUs

Minnesota's Senate Bill 3659 would, if enacted, establish a climate literacy seal "to recognize graduating high school students ... who demonstrate mastery in climate literacy disciplines and attain green skills or technical green skills."

A lovely essay on evolution by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Carl Bergstrom (@carlbergstrom.com).

"On the forefront of this movement is Delaware, a state with plans for all of its middle and high school CTE [Career and Technical Education] courses to include environmental lessons in the coming years."

Mark your calendar, because I'm speaking to Michigan Humanists on "Fear of a Round Planet": online at 11:00 a.m. Eastern on February 22.

Behold: the mitochondrion of Jersey City!