Climate change will likely cause widespread income losses, with low-income and hotter countries faring the worst, according to new @plosclimate.org research. eos.org/research-and...

Ooh, the Ig Nobel Prizes for unusual & imaginative research are out. The peace prize went to a team who showed "that drinking alcohol sometimes improves a person’s ability to speak in a foreign language." 100% true, in my experience. improbable.com/2025/09/18/h...

If nothing else, we have made it through to decorative gourd season.

We just sued ICE. Support us here: 404media.co/membership/

Did I make a Wicked reference in this skeet? Yes I did. Did I make a Lady Gaga reference in this headline? Yes I did. Did I make a Jane Austen reference inside the text? Yes I did. Click for the references, stay for the wonky planet systems! 🔭

My latest for Eos.

It's been a long week. Zeldin saying that requiring major polluters to report their greenhouse gas emissions "does nothing to improve air quality" was a fittingly upsetting way to end it.

I didn't even know there was this much to learn about Lofi Girl. And I love Lofi Girl! @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social for @404media.co www.404media.co/how-lofi-gir...

Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.

“If you're studying interstellar objects, you're sitting cleanly at the division between planetary science and traditional astrophysics.” 3I/ATLAS’s longevity will enable broad, transdisciplinary participation from scientists of all backgrounds.🧪🔭☄️ My latest for @eos.org: eos.org/features/how...

“It’s better to climb while you still can.” 🥹

Makes total sense to get rid of this, yeah.

FEMA staff who signed their name to the recent Katrina Declaration were placed on administrative leave. The notice says the move is not punitive, but others call it illegal retaliation against whistleblowers. 🧪 eos.org/research-and...

Definitely one of the dumber ways we've spent money, but thankfully they're all this stupid and there are like five more coming.

“As soon as they were safe, people really wanted to contribute,” said JPL's Kimberley Miner. Learn how scientists navigated disaster science in their own backyards. eos.org/features/whe...

Inhaling smoke from any wildfire can be harmful. But urban wildfires, which can burn through materials ranging from lead-based paint to asbestos ceilings, can release a particularly dangerous cocktail of inhalants. Thank you so much to the scientists and Angelenos who spoke with me for this story!

Earlier this year, I spoke with scientists in the LA area about the aftermath of the fires. How are local scientists using their expertise to help their communities recover? Those conversations with me, @emfurd.bsky.social & @gvd.bsky.social led to @eos.org's Sept issue: From Devastation to Data 🧪

We listened to 20+ hours of public hearings on the EPA's reconsideration of the Endangerment Finding so you don't have to 🧪: eos.org/research-and...

The EPA is considering repealing the '09 endangerment finding that GHG emissions threaten public health. In the ~16 hrs of EPA public hearing testimony I listened to this week, I heard from 100s of Americans asking the agency not to repeal the finding. I heard from 9 people in favor of the repeal.

Day 3 of the EPA's marathon hearings on the proposed elimination of the endangerment finding has begun. Thanks to everyone who has been following our coverage, which is being tag-teamed by @eos.org superstars @astrokimcartier.bsky.social @emfurd.bsky.social and @gvd.bsky.social.

"You can't fire the atmosphere, no matter how much you don't like the facts and the data it's giving you," said private individual Craig Kenworthy, calling the proposed repeal "anti-science, anti-public health, and ultimately anti-freedom."

Today marks day 1 of public hearings on the EPA’s reconsideration of the endangerment finding, a 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases threaten public health. Follow along with us👇🧵

Boy oh boy is this freaky. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...

"I used to be “allergic” to humor because I thought, very naively, that serious literature never smiled.... But one day, I discovered that in order to effect a certain experience of life in literature, humor could be a very precious tool. "

This fall, I'm offering college essay consulting services using a pay-what-you-can model. Whether your kid is struggling to get started or just wants a copy editor, I'm happy to help! My suggested rate is $50/hour, but like I said, you decide how much you can pay!

For the morning crowd: NASA employees have revealed that the Trump admin, via Sean Duffy, have secretly directed them to make plans to terminate two highly successful, widely-used carbon monitoring satellites, despite warnings from lawmakers that doing so would be illegal. 🧪🛰️

My family when they found out I was a vegetarian.

#NASAWebb’s newest look at planetary nebula NGC 6072 in the near- and mid-infrared shows what may appear as a very messy scene resembling splattered paint. However, the unusual, asymmetrical appearance hints at more complicated mechanisms underway. (1/8) 🧵 🔭 🧪

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Babe, wake up, the Booker nominations list is out: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/a...

Every year, @agu.org @eos.org publish a Careers Issue where they showcase the wide variety of career paths open to geoscientists. This year, it features me and my doodling side hustle - thank you Grace van Deelen for including me! 🧭🌍✏️ eos.org/features/luc...

From the advisory opinion's closing lines: “Above all, a lasting and satisfactory solution requires human will and wisdom at the individual, social and political levels—to change our habits, comforts and current way of life in order to secure a future for ourselves and those who are yet to come.”

Following EPA, NIH, and NASA scientists, EPA employees issued their own letter of dissent today. "This isn’t reform—it’s sabotage," said AFGE National President Everett Kelley in a press conference about the statement. "If they can do this to NSF, no agency is safe.” eos.org/research-and...

I hear ya loud and clear, em-dash. "Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

It's been a hot minute since I won a writing award. Thank you, APEX! And thank you always to my Eos colleagues for their help with conceptualizing, mulling over, and editing this and other stories. All of my work is far better for having such a wonderful team behind it.

Senate Appropriations has a markup hearing for science this morning. In their bill: $9B for NSF (current is $9.06B). Also includes protections for NOAA and NWS staffing. 🧪 eos.org/research-and...

En Estados Unidos está creciendo un movimiento para ofrecer atención hospitalaria a los pacientes en sus propias camas y en la comodidad de un entorno familiar, una tendencia que ya se ha adoptado en otros países. knowmag.org/4kIg2Mn

NASA scientists will apparently no longer be able to read @nature.com at their jobs, as the Trump administration has canceled all subscriptions to Springer Nature journals, per the agency. (1/3) 🧵

This part of the NYT article about the Turning Point USA conference really stuck with me. What a message to send young women. At a "leadership summit." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...

Wow! Just…wow. The first science images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (@vrubinobs.bsky.social) show an exciting glimpse at the revolutionary discoveries that await us! We’re so excited! #RubinFirstLook 🧪🔭 eos.org/research-and... Story by @astrokimcartier.bsky.social

Lucille Bluth vindicated :/ www.axios.com/2025/06/12/i...

Climate.gov will likely soon shut down, as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired. 🧪 eos.org/research-and...

National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt just began speaking at the annual #StateoftheScience address in Washington, D.C. McNutt is expected to address the challenges researchers are facing in a rapidly changing scientific landscape. 🧵👇

Question from a livestream viewer: “How many lives are collectively impacted by [NOAA's] monitoring and rapid response work.” John Cortinas: “I don’t have any exact numbers, but I would probably start by saying the entire population of the United States…"

Get a whiff of this: Antarctic penguin poop emits ammonia, which then forms clouds that can affect local climate. 💩🐧❄️ My latest for @eos.org (note that I did not pick the leading image...) eos.org/articles/pun...

CDC hasn't been posting on social media a whole lot because...they fired all the people who had their social media passwords. And the few post that have been made recently solely promote RFK's political agenda, not apolitical health updates. Great. 🫠

Saw no fewer than three (3) signs at yesterday's #RunColfax marathon that said "You're running better than the government!" 👀 Other favorite signs included: "This seems like a lot of work for a free banana." "All toenails go to heaven." "Run like you left the garage door open!"

took a photo of my mom and me resting on the benches after a walk at the Milwaukee lakefront last fall and she painted a few Pop Art versions of it