Weird

Working on a programme on the current and future Arctic, came across this depressing graphic from Julienne Stroeve et al showing an ice-free summer ocean by the end of the century on current trajectories. I grew up believing the region to be impenetrable and unknowable.

Yet there are those who say climate change is no big deal, or we should just learn to live with it. Keep drilling in the North Sea maybe, because ... meh

This piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social is an *exceptional* look at the root causes of Cyclospora outbreaks, including a discussion of how migrant workers are treated and the consequences of that behavior.

Dawkinsian precision here from Thomson (1908) @arvidagren.bsky.social

Major @nationalacademies.org report on climate change and extreme weather event attribution due out tomorrow morning. I'll provide some thoughts and context. Watch this space! www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...

15 July 2026: After several cases in Australia, now the first detection in New Zealand of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5 in a wild bird. It was a brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) found at Petone Beach, near Wellington, North Island, New Zealand. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/h5-b...

Scientists--if your funding was cut over the last year (for research on climate, global health, DEI, LGBTQ or womens health, etc) but you managed to keep the research going, I want to talk to you for an upcoming article! Plz contact me: gewin at me dot com. Re-posts appreciated!

Previous prescribed burns saved thousands of ancient sequoias during historically unprecedented wildfires www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats to Bhattacharya on his “anti-woke” crusade! In 2025, the no. of investigators funded by NIH fell for the 1st time in a decade—a 4% fall in research grant PIs, a 10% fall in fellowship recipients 🚨There was a 10% fall in Black research grant PIs & a 41% fall in Black fellows ja.ma/4vnpzMY

This was my favorite @geotdf.bsky.social clip we made! Cantal Volcano day today!! 🌋

The team has included information about the effects of ENSO globally derived from the ERA5 dataset historical records. Read the documentation: confluence.ecmwf.int/x/xwdHFg Read Tim Stockdale Science Blog post on ECMWF website: forum.ecmwf.int/t/relative-i...

Under RFK Jr., the CDC made state reporting of Cyclosporiasis optional. The CDC itself was recently reported to be “running on fumes”. The result is a huge and growing outbreak across 29 states. For context, Michigan usually has around 50 cases per year. This year, they have 1250.

"Kulldorff testified that the plaintiffs paid him $400 an hour and he had already billed for about $33,000 in legal work on the case through late September. He said he also received a $4,000 retainer in the North Carolina case, according to court documents."

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 detected in a greater crested tern at Robe, Limestone Coast, South Australia. All previous detections in Australia were in migratory birds that had likely brought the disease from the subantarctic, but the greater crested tern is a resident seabird in Australia.

Temperatures across Spain, Portugal, France, and southern parts of the UK are expected to reach 36–42°C. 🌡️That's 8–16°C above normal for this time of year!

It's been another hot one 🌡️ Here are today's top temperatures 👇

I've not been keeping up with Ebola. looks grim

"He told the Guardian" so not even a directly sourced quote.

This graphic really hammers home the change in conditions.

Reuters on heat wave in France: -hundreds of thousands of poultry die from extreme heat; -carcass services overwhelmed, on-farm burial considered; --milk output falls as cattle suffer heat stress. www.reuters.com/business/env...

The real story of the delta smelt (which Trump mocked during the LA fires in 2025)

Tianwen-2 had arrived. Here's asteroid Kamo'oalewa seen from 20 km away www.xinhuanet.com/20260706/eb8...

Empty reservoirs, ladybirds and sunstroke: remembering the UK heatwave of 1976

We're about to discover some new small worlds: Tianwen-2 arriving at Kamo'oalewa on July 4, Hayabusa2 blasting past asteroid Torifune on July 5. www.space.com/astronomy/as...

Particle physics faces its next great decision—and its next frontier The scientific case is clear for Europe’s Future Circular Collider, a colossal successor to the Large Hadron Collider. www.scientificamerican.com/article/euro... My last editing piece for Scientific American

14 years after the discovery of the Higgs boson, there is still so much more to learn about it! 🔎 🎥 Watch CMS physicist Ansar Iqbal explain the groundbreaking discovery and what we are looking for next: youtu.be/TZM1k58JWyM?...

On Sunday at 18:30 JST, Hayabusa2 will attempt flyby observations of asteroid Torifune on an Extended Mission after delivering the samples from asteroid Ryugu to Earth 🛰️. Hayabusa2 was designed for rendezvous observations, so must get pretty close to the asteroid for good data 🔭. Cross everything 🤞

250 years of burning fossil fuels fuelled a record shattering humid heatwave in Eastern North America for the 250th anniversary celebrations on 4th of July. Turning any outdoor activities into a dangerous health risk. - @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuels...

Comparing the UK heatwaves of June 1976 and June 2026... Daytime maximum & night minimum temperatures were much hotter in 2026. Details: maxima over 21st-30th June in both years. Uses provisional 2026 HadUK-Grid data from Met Office NCIC. Note the difference scale is larger for night minimums.

For 50+ years, we've been trying to get to grips with the way we've polluted the planet and find ways to clean up the mess we've made. But rather than learning the lessons, we're now rashly doing the same to the heavens over our heads.

I have a whole selection of these fake Greenland ice core graphs used by climate deniers, but this is the first time I see this great cartoon by Patrick Hamilton ! Spread widely.

This work has roots at least 20 years old - building on efforts by Libchaber and Noireaux news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tec...

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is prepping for a close encounter on July 4 with near-Earth asteroid and “quasi-moon” Kamo‘oalewa. Tianwen-2 will seek to grab samples from the small, enigmatic space rock for return to Earth in 2027. www.scientificamerican.com/article/chin...

Fits the pattern, TBH.

'A Nobel laureate has challenged the University of Nottingham’s decision to slash staff numbers in its prestigious physics department by a third, arguing that short-term budget difficulties should not lead to cuts in areas of internationally recognised research excellence.' 1/3

Amazing work, though for the moment these things/devices can’t synthesise new ribosomes, so they die/stop working after a few generations when the ones they have been given wear out. Read it and be amazed! And it’s non-patented!

Very good time to come support the vital and tireless work of DeSmog!

Can't help comparing this estimate of heat-related deaths in Europe with USGS's PAGER alert for the Venezuela disaster - they estimated 70% chance of over 10,000 deaths. Of course, we're waiting for the real scale in both cases.

In a new blog post, I review the first chapter of a new book on #covidorigin, Steven Quay's "The Code as Witness". The book opens with an impossible anecdote, and I also show that its claim of an early cluster at an Army hospital in Wuhan is unsupported.

This is phenomenal - somewhat more transistors on a chips as there are neurons in the brain (though I bet it's way more power hungry). When Moore first proposed his law in 1965 60 components on a chip was a challenge. www.science.org/content/arti...

Guo, who also played a role in bringing Li-Meng Yan to the US in 2020 -- one of the weird ramifications of the search of the origin of Covid-19 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Wow. This is not good. And what terrible style from the US Ambassador (consciously mimicking the political boss apparently) in emailing journalists @eurcorrespond.bsky.social ... newsletter-cdn.europeancorrespondent.com/go/ke13kj8tc...

Shocking to learn Sussex Uni is proposing to cut 150 posts at its excellent Physics department.

I've often wondered about the hot summer background to The Go Between - how different it was to today's heat. The point being that the heat was at the limit, insufferable. But didn't think to check if the text carried numbers.

Good context on what a difference an extra 100 ppm CO2 can make.

Very greatful to @judithgeology.bsky.social for talking to me for my contribution on the #Venezuela #earthquake on #BBCWS #Weekend programme Saturday morning. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This week's multiple cases of climate irony (activities re heat/climate awareness cancelled because of heat) remind me of my hapless summer visit many moons ago to the Peshtigo (WI) Fire Museum, commemorating the deadliest wildfire on record. I found a note on the door: "Closed Because of Heat."

Call me fuddy-duddy, but performances that require era protection have always seemed counterproductive to me (as well as a health hazard).

Perfect. Record-breaking heatwave stops Reform climate debate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...