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A few high tide records were broken yesterday, with San Francisco recording its fourth-highest tide in 125 years of records and Monterey seeing its third-highest tide.

Had to spend a lot of time outside today to try to cope… #KingTide on the Petaluma River did not disappoint. This was about 1 hour before the highest tide; river is as high as I’ve seen it.

Oil, conflict, and climate change – there is a direct connection.

Did you know? 🌊 The King tides help scientists and park managers observe flooding, erosion, and infrastructure impacts in real time, especially in coastal state parks. Image of: Gray Whale Cove State Beach Photo Credit: Mindaugas Dulinskas

Today is a very very good day to follow more independent news sources:

Hugs to all the parents getting ready to send their kiddos back to college after a delightful holiday break. What they don’t tell you at college drop off is that you’ll have to go through that full mind/body transition of them moving out … every time they come home and depart again? Forever? 😂

Still working on photo review, but I have to say that the California #KingTides photographers/volunteers/community scientists (what would you like to be called? Superstars?) are superstars. This is where the photos are being posted: arcg.is/0Gy5Cq (1/?)

🧪🧵 Great to see this coverage, but most of us who have been studying Thwaites Glacier over the past few years do now think it is doomed. Not this month or this year, but the rate at which ice is pouring into the ocean seems certain to increase over coming decades rather than decrease.

August: A high court in South Africa halted an offshore drilling project after a legal challenge by coastal communities, stopping Shell and TotalEnergies in their tracks. Another reminder: frontline resistance, backed by the law, can still stop extraction projects outright.

Come join us at #UWEnvironment! @uwsafs.bsky.social#UWEnvironmentand UW Friday Harbor Labs are hiring an assistant professor who specializes in marine invertebrate organismal biology. About the job and how to apply: https://bit.ly/44sItYr

Starting next week, I’m teaching courses heavy in scientific writing at both the undergrad and grad level. If successful, each will produce an actual manuscript. What are your favorite resources for teaching people to write science well?

A sad and lovely piece co-authored by my UNSW colleague Rob Brooks on the recent passing of marine scientist and research leader Prof Emma Johnston AO. theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...

Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration. cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...

One of the difficult things about the conditions we find ourselves facing now is that they were incredibly predictable… and predicted.

US voters linking #climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims New polling shows 65% of registered US voters believe global heating is affecting cost of living www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025

Happy winter solstice. ☹️

1. First, let's talk about the elephant in the room that he doesn't mention explicitly but haunts the whole piece: climate change is real, we've overshot the goal and the only way to turn the corner is to leave fossil fuel in the ground. To ignore that is to talk about rocketry and ignore gravity.

In our latest Climate Conversation, host Clover Hogan is joined by leading oceanographer Tessa Hill, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, to explore what can be done to pull this emergency brake for climate heating.

AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:

Every article about the dismantling of NCAR says the same thing, but read every one because it's so insane.

I woke up really grumpy this morning and couldn’t remember why and then I remembered. Definitely, for sure, go after the truth tellers, that’s a winning path.

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

TEN THOUSAND fewer attendees. Wow. ⚒️ #AGU25

Seconded

As an oceanographer this has really been bothering me since their first mention of the Pacific. I mean… I know where the Eastern Pacific is but does the administration? Or journalists covering this? Thread by @chanda.blacksky.app is spot on.

The end of the merit review system that set the standard for everyone else trying to set up merit review systems.

The original definition of academic freedom came from the American Association of University Professors--the union for professors--in response to suppression against professors for being "too left" & it focused a LOT on universities not being beholden to corporate funders or wealthy benefactors...🧵

This, for the love of all that is holy Compliant and credulous media will be the death of the republic

The number of times I ask people to go back and read @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social’s Hope in the Dark. It’s essential reading and framing for where we are now.

Just in time for the holidays, today's HHS dump of terminated grants lists a bunch of child welfare projects funded by the Administration for Children and Families' Children's Bureau. Programs across KS, KY, MN, NY, OR, CA, MD, DC, and IA. taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...

Great reporting by @alexandratalty.bsky.social @wired.com

NEW: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.

Catastrophic flooding in BC and WA is putting thousands at risk. We’ve always had heavy rain and floods; but as the world warms, they’re becoming more frequent and severe. And it was a UVic research team that ID'd the human fingerprint in increasing extreme precip. www.nature.com/articles/nat...

Thompson giving a masterclass in asking questions of this administration.

Today I’m appreciating the Drawdown Explorer tool - it’s easy to use, concise, and provides science based evaluation of climate solutions. So when someone says to me, “have you thought about [x climate solution],” I can say yes - and here is a great place for more info.

NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃

Western Washington is currently experiencing record flooding from a series of strong atmospheric rivers. 12 rivers are at major flood stage. 100,000 people await evacuation orders. Will some places see less severe climate impacts than others? Yes. Does anywhere promise safe haven? Absolutely not.

So important! This timeline includes the Stockholm convention that banned pollutants including DDT, something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately.

If you are on European time zones (or if you are an early riser!) I’m giving a talk on ocean tipping points today as part of this seminar series! 16:15 German time. Hope to see you virtually there! www.geo.uni-hamburg.de/en/geologie/...

🚨 Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 840,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,050,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,510,000 km² below the 1980s mean Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds. @swinda.bsky.social That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2 www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

How did you celebrate #KingTides ? @ehsellinger.bsky.social and team had us out on the mudflats tonight ♥️

What was once the US National Nature Assessment is now the United by Nature Assessment. These reports are only as good as the feedback they receive - nominations for expert reviewers is now open!

The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge "Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."

We are starting a lab newsletter to keep folks updated on discoveries about coasts, communities, and climate change. Also, if you are still looking for ways to celebrate #GivingTuesday, you can directly support students in the lab at the same link! www.oceanclimatelab.com/support-our-... 🌊

We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.

Zillow has removed climate risk scores from over a million real estate listings after realtors complained that information such as how at risk a home is from wildfires was causing them to lose sales. Zillow now provides a link to get the information instead of listing it directly.

Please join us in sending heartfelt thanks and condolences to the extraordinary team of animal care specialists and veterinarians who provided the best care for Claude every day. And thank you for loving Claude so fiercely over the years.