The ocean keeps getting hotter: In 2025, it absorbed 23 zettajoules (that’s 23 * 10²¹ joules) of heat, breaking a record for the ninth consecutive year. 🧪🌎🌊 eos.org/research-and...

Take a look at these session highlights for the final day at the ESIP January Meeting. We're excited to see you online in a little over a week! ➡️ 2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com ~~~ 📣 Sessions: -CDF Session: Data Facility Support in Changing Times -Federal Partner Engagement on OGDAs 🧵

As of last Wednesday, there were 59 animals found covered in oil and several others found dead. So far, 29 have been rehabbed and released back into the wilds of Louisiana. lailluminator.com/2025/12/08/a...

MuckRock's latest guide explains how to use FOIA requests to track opioid settlement funds in your state.

In AIR-BORNE, I wrote about the reluctance many scientists had to acknowledge Covid can float to new hosts. Now it looks like something similar may be happening with bird flu, which may be blowing from farm to farm. Story in @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/bird...

We are thrilled with the renewed attention that The Carpentries has received for deciding to withdraw a $1.5 million proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF), thanks to a recent similar decision made by the @python.org (PSF) and the generous shout-out they gave us when they announced it. 🙏

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.” www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

We can’t let this happen. And any Republican who refuses to renew health care subsidies for hardworking American families, saying we can’t afford it, needs to explain how they found $1 trillion in tax cuts to give away to the wealthiest people in America.

I would love to know at what point the right wingers will finally accept that fossil fuels are dying, but never underestimate the power of obstinance I guess lol www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The dedication to visually representing each of the 4,304 deliveries in the background scroll is admirable and conveys the loss to food banks. The personal interviews and portraits are concise but powerfully relate these cuts’ impact on peoples' lives. Everyone’s’ “must read” today.

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Think of the waste this involves

Hi all, Some fun news...I have a new podcast coming out about why perceptions of crime rarely meet reality and what can be and is being done about it! Ep 0 was just released & Ep 1 will be released on Oct 1. Download & subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! jasher.substack.com/p/the-jeff-a...

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

New this week: I wrote about how people seem to always perceive that crime is rising -- a problem that goes back at least a century -- and what I'm hoping to do about it. Check it out! jasher.substack.com/p/what-to-do...

Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years. Meanwhile, the six largest health insurers raked in more than $31 billion in net income last year. Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?

“A lot of times with #pollution, you hear anecdotal evidence of how it might be increasing cancer rates or it might be causing fisheries to fail...Here, we have an actual, measurable impact of nutrient pollution in the watershed.” eos.org/articles/cru...

Yesterday the president demanded that evidence about Covid vaccines be shown to the public. Today @apoorvanyt.bsky.social & I run through some of the studies made public over the past 4+ years that show that the vaccines work. Gift link: nyti.ms/46k17Tq

What's new in #EarthScienceData? Here are some upcoming events this week, pulled from the ESIP Update. 🧵 👀 See our Community Calendar to join ESIP Cluster Meetings. ➡️ www.esipfed.org/community-calendar 🚀 Get the weekly Update to your inbox: esipfed.org/subscribe

Murders through August in Baltimore, Detroit, Dallas and Philadelphia, 1960 - 2025:

RFK, Jr. May 13 2025, before Congress: "I don’t think people should be taking advice, medical advice, from me" By his own admission he is unqualified for his job. Stop the quack. @standupforscience.bsky.social will hand deliver petition to Congress. www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

The Most Environmentally Imaginative Country on Earth Is Under Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...

First RFK said he was killing research on mRNA vaccines because they don't work and aren't safe. Now NIH director Jay Bhattacharya claims it's because the public doesn't trust them. Story by @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/m...

RFK could reduce vaccine access by changing how the government handles claims of vaccine injuries. Story by @by-cjewett.bsky.social & @apoorvanyt.bsky.social nyti.ms/4ovXj8H

Welp

The degree to which the US economy now runs on open bribery continues to amaze

"This campaign to weaken the federal civil service has targeted the very people who keep our government running and provide essential services that we all rely on ... . Of the roughly 2.3 million employees who make up the civilian workforce, more than 80% work outside the Washington, D.C., area."

After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears. Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social nyti.ms/459fNV5

This supports what Mark Maron is saying. Free speech has nothing to do with public criticism of comedians ridiculing vulnerable people.

425.36 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 08-Aug-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

I used the provided script + "My mother is currently 56 & fighting mesothelioma, an incurable cancer. The development of new mRNA vaccines to treat cancer is one of the most realistic hopes that we have of her reaching her 60th birthday." Please call! #StandUpForScience #31DaysOfAction #FuckCancer

It used to be a conspiracy theory: Trump will cancel the 2026 midterms. But the Texas remapping outrage is a plan to do exactly that, as extreme gerrymandering spreads to multiple states The next election will be decided by a computer, not a campaign. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/texa...

An important action to take today--thank you for the organizing @standupforscience.bsky.social !

2 NNW Grand Isle [Gmz552 Co, LA] Broadcast Media reports Waterspout at 6:36 AM CDT -- Local media shared a video of four waterspouts occurring simultaneously near Grand Isle, LA. T... at Sat, 02 Aug 2025 21:56:34 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.

Palantir’s US government revenue has grown by more than $370 million compared to this time last year, according to the company’s most recent quarterly earnings report. Before making remarks at last week’s AI Summit in DC. In the Trump administration, Palantir is taking a central role.

Yes, it has. The museum has a contact form on its website. I encourage anyone who cares about this issue to write them directly. IMHO, a history museum that erases an important piece of history (even if only "temporarily") has no credibility. Here's the link. americanhistory.si.edu/about/contac...

Zeldin lied publicly on the 2009 endangerment finding, misrepresenting both the science and the law behind it. Amongst his lies were claims that the proper administrative process wasn't followed (it was) & that the agency ignored CO₂’s supposed benefits (it didn’t). zurl.co/X2Nbn

Per BLS (via FRED), the New Orleans unemployment rate was 5.7% in June 2025, the highest it has been since late 2021.

We need ethical, accurate science reporting now more than ever. Help Eos continue to provide context for law and policy changes that impact Earth and space scientists around the world. Donate today. bit.ly/SupportEos

We’re hiring! EarthScope is looking for a Contracts Administrator II (remote, US) to coordinate contract and award administration across the organization. Learn more & apply: https://earthscope.org/careers

NEW: Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.

Proposed NIH cuts predicted to cause a drop in the US scientific workforce, to reduce support for public health, and to create gaps in scientific knowledge. Story by @aniloza.bsky.social industryhttps://www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/nih-cuts-new-study-says-long-term-they-will-cost-more-than-saved/

Ugggghhhhhh

G/a/z/a is at a breaking point. We need to put even greater pressure on our governments, as well as the banks, equity firms, and manufacturers that are enabling this g///cide. Ty @mattxiv and @praxis_archives on IG for these heartbreaking slides. #FreePalestine #AllEyesOnGaza #EndTheGenocide

A survey of 378 early-career researchers found 44% said their jobs are threatened by Trump admin actions - like capping overhead at 15%, which would slash postdoc & staff scientist positions. zurl.co/aj0nq #StandUpForScience

Why aren't Medicaid expansion states discussing using AI to quickly simplify all qualification and requalification requirements that will cost 10m people their coverage ? Why aren't Dems pushing solutions that blunt many of the obstacles introduced to reduce coverage ?

FEMA is using our taxes—intended for disaster relief—to build concentration camps. While they shift focus towards creating “more facilities like Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’” they’re failing to support Texas and are intentionally withholding critical relief from states with Democratic governors.

425.42 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 26-Jul-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter. U.S. agents, however, suspected Bukele and some in his inner circle of diverting USAID funds to MS-13 leaders. (Published June 2025)