Record heat is the new normal, says WWF's @stephanieroe.bsky.social, as 2025 ranks among the three hottest years ever. The good news? Climate solutions are breaking records too. Rapid emissions cuts are possible. More here: t.co/Ph4h3mU6i8

"I look at the resilience of the American scientific enterprise, of the scientists in that enterprise, the graduate students and postdocs, and I see it working its way up into the legislation," says @aaas.org CEO Sudip Parikh.

Fascinating analysis of eBird checklists to determine what draws visitors to the birdiest countries in the world. www.audubon.org/magazine/do-...

“Encouraging elephants to migrate can help relieve overpopulation in some areas, but any corridor invariably intersects with human communities, making it both vital ecological infrastructure and a social challenge.” 🌎 news.mongabay.com/2025/12/corr...

Having diverse trees in playgrounds helps young children feel good https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/12/10/plain-language-summary-having-diverse-trees-in-playgrounds-helps-young-children-feel-good/ Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70227

“major changes to rivers, caused by hydropower dams, could destabilize vulnerable floodplain forests, increasing the probability of large-scale changes in vegetation that would undermine the forest’s ability to retain carbon – or even to remain forest” - @jjopperman.bsky.social 🌎

The more I've learned about #airpollution, the madder I've gotten about the gap between what researchers know and what most people--including most #health care workers--know. healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01... 🧪🌎 #publichealth #medicine

This article strikes a chord with me. With mobile laser scanners and GNSS receivers I can now collect as much data in a few days as used to take weeks. Great! Except that's less time spent in the forest really looking at the trees. 🧪🌏🌲🌳 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“Illegal trade remains the greatest immediate threat to wild tigers.” 🌎 apnews.com/article/tige...

“As urban centers around the globe rethink their futures, one message is clear: if you want happier people, give them space to ride safely.” momentummag.com/the-happiest...

Whales Are in Danger in N.Y. Waterways: ‘Like Deer Crossing the Road’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/n... 🧪🦑🌎

Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.

🌰 🌍 news.mongabay.com/2025/11/fran...

The U.S. is forecast to add a lot less power from renewables than analysts previously expected. The potential slowdown comes as electricity demand is rising faster than it has in decades. n.pr/4jnupWw

Flat-headed cats are among the world's most threatened wild felines, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimating that just 2,500 adults exist in the wild. The rare animals are about the size of a domestic cat and have distinctive, round, close-set eyes.

I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍

“That’s a pretty daunting, challenging reality when half of our water isn’t necessarily going to be reliable for the future” 🌎 apnews.com/article/rio-...

Winter solstice in Edinburgh.

There are some interesting examples of how to connect sports mascots to nature conservation. WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎

"NCAR delivers data around severe weather events like fires and floods that help our country save lives and property and prevent devastation for families.” 🌎 www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

Conservationists are urging the public to comment on a set of proposed regulatory changes that would gut the way one of the nation's strongest environmental laws is enforced. One of the key changes would allow officials to consider economic factors when deciding if a species should be protected. 🌎

"At least five new ... data centers are planned in [PA], most of which will power themselves by producing electricity by burning natural gas on site." Predicted need for "hundreds or even thousands of new gas wells to fuel the centers’ power demands." 🌎 e360.yale.edu/features/pen...

“We didn’t have the agriculture skills before, so people would go into the forest for charcoal,” Lalao said that morning. “But now they are working here.” 🌎 www.vox.com/climate/4676...

Today is #WildlifeConservationDay and it comes as #CITESCoP20 is nearing a close in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There, we have seen exciting gains for species in protections from international trade. Get the latest: wcs.org/cites 🌏

“It’s meant to reward countries for maintaining standing forests, and the measurement is only meant to be of forest cover” 🌎 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/c...

Denver recorded its second latest first-snow date on record this year, more than a month past normal. A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎

In 2024, every glaciated region on Earth reported losses due to melt for the 3rd year in a row, highlighting the alarming trend of accelerating annual loss. Help us amplify the #Glaciers2025 messages and call for urgent climate action. https://www.un-glaciers.org/en

Pleased to share our latest paper, "Embedding rewilding in policy: Perspectives on overcoming barriers and unlocking opportunities"🍃 #rewilding #biodiversity besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Zillow, the country’s largest real estate listings site, has quietly removed a feature that showed the risks from extreme weather for more than one million home sale listings on its site.

Palm oil production got a lot of backlash for deforestation and human rights abuses. It's cleaned up its act, but not entirely. Enter the startups, creating pricey synthetic palm oil alternatives in a lab. Do we need them? New from @andrewrosenblum.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/sus...

Microplastic existence in two feeding zones of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in Gulf of California, Mexico 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...

Important new legal ruling in CA -- "A court ruled a statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the spread of more flammable grasses." www.latimes.com/environment/... 🌎🔥

“A popular lake in central Mexico that is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities is drying up due to drought, deforestation, and the theft of its water.” 🌎 www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/a...

Buoyed in part by corporate sustainability initiatives and demand for urban greenspaces, Osprey Initiative has collected over 230,000 pounds of litter, and expanded its services to 19 parishes, 30 states, and three countries since its founding in 2017.

“A review of dozens of studies hints that seeding biochar with iron fragments can mop up contaminants, stabilize nutrients, and lower farm emissions.” 🧪 www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/iron...

They’re cute, they’re charismatic, they’re all over TikTok: @wire-wildlife.bsky.social Editor in Chief Rene Ebersole spent over a year investigating how internet fame has intensified the illegal trade of African grey parrots.

I wrote about the impact of declining insect pollinators on the global food supply. 🧪🌎

"This will require that the contemporary conservation paradigm envision pastoralists as an asset rather than a threat to biodiversity conservation and recognize grazing and fire as ecological disturbances vital to the maintenance of biodiversity" academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

A first: Researchers can now outfit monarch #butterflies with featherweight radio tags, powered by the sun, to track their journeys across NA to winter colonies in Mexico. A 22% drop in butterflies in NA in the last 20 years has spurred researchers to understand the life cycles of hundreds...

ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut

Thanks so much for the feature about our work on urban coyote movement, @sfgate.com ! It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎 www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...

“The map helps show the growing risks involved in their migrations across international boundaries and demonstrate the ecological connectivity of our oceans. We need to strengthen the whole and not just one puzzle piece.” 🌎 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

First frogs died then people got sick wapo.st/47Slsij the story of amphibian declines in Panama by @dinograndoni.bsky.social covering some of our release trials.

James Brown, Cincinnati

NEW: I wrote about British churches installing heat pumps, in some cases in 1,000-year-old buildings! Decarbonisation may not be easy, but many view it as an act of faith. This is a special feature to mark The Reengineer’s first anniversary! Spread the word! 🥳 www.thereengineer.pro/p/let-there-...

My new post in Forbes about how, as revealed in the new film Deliver Me From Nowhere, @brucespringsteen.net provides two lessons for those who work in nature conservation, one for the head and one for the heart www.forbes.com/sites/jeffop...

The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline "There’s no agreement yet, but time marches on, and conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...

They say the Edmund Fitzgerald encountered 25-35’ waves on Lake Superior. That’s beyond the big days at most of the top surfing spots in California or Hawaii. Gnarly.

They also dramatically increased safety and regulations of ships on the Great Lakes, but yes a large part is NOAA. There are 50 weather buoys on the Great Lakes now, 30 on Lake Superior alone.

"Both candidates [for Prince Williams County supervisor] in the semirural district vowed to block the spread of the industry that has already transformed much of the region."