Whoa! First long-term ice core record of atmospheric *hydrogen*, which amplifies warming effects of methane, shows there has been a 60% rise since the industrial revolution. rt/ @tinymaddie.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2497...

Dinosaurs, like beavers or elephants or buffalo, were ecosystem engineers. I discuss a new study on how their extinction also transformed landscapes in @nautil.us. 🧪

Asgard archaea frozen in Siberia appear to have remained alive for more than 100,000 years based on DNA analysis. Genetic overlap with other Asgards suggests astonishingly long lifespans could be common trait among the closest living relatives of all eukaryotes. Per @karenlloyd.bsky.social etal.🧪

Solar panel exports from China to Africa surged 60 per cent over the past year, says @ember-energy.org. Unlike previous jumps, this upward trend was spread across the continent – with 20 countries seeing import records and 25 countries importing more than 100 megawatts worth of panels.🔌💡

Also learned that Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah (pictured below) is one of just a few US mines that have installed additional circuits to refine byproducts. Mainly a copper mine, but now also extract tellurium.

BUT during a DOE workshop I went to yesterday on critical minerals, undersecretary P. Wells Griffith III made clear the agency's support for byproduct recovery didn't rule out new mining in pursuit of "energy dominance". “We should never apologize for our modern way of life,” he said.🌞

The huge volume of ore extracted from existing US mines is full of critical minerals, but nearly all of this goes to waste. New analysis finds out just out how much is getting tossed out.🧪🔌💡

The sun has MOODS.🌞

Mouth-watering news...We've identified microbes that produce fine flavours in chocolate, a discovery that could lead to entirely new kinds of the delectable treat. www.newscientist.com/article/2492...

Very interesting here. www.newscientist.com/article/2492...

NEW – Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @leohickman.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/AvcB7Aw

Nothing to see here, just the planet edging ever closer to deadly hot & humid conditions www.newscientist.com/article/2492...

Big new modeling study finds climate change may have locked temperatures in the Pacific Ocean into a pattern could drive drought in the western US for decades. More broadly, this suggests climate models may generally underestimate how much our emissions influence longterm cycles of ocean temps.🧪

Don't try this at home! Or maybe do? www.newscientist.com/article/2492...

Don't sleep on liming www.newscientist.com/article/2488...

With Duane Arnold restart announcement, some interesting background here about why it was shut down early: extreme weather.🔌💡 e360.yale.edu/digest/u.s.-...

cryptic crosswords anyone?

this is a cool idea

It’s eighty years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. On a special episode of the podcast: - The ‘forgotten’ human and environmental cost of the Manhattan Project - Annie Jacobsen on the current threat of nuclear weapons podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...

Earthquakes fracturing rock could unlock a wide menu of chemical energy sources for microbes living deep underground. 👀 www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

We have gone further than ever before in reshaping life, resynthesising the 4-million base pairs-long genome 🧬 of E. coli from scratch with 100,000 changes 🧪 Making that many changes screws up a lot of things, so getting it working was a "gargantuan effort" www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

Tsunami warning are getting better, but there are still some big gaps. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

The Trump administration is attempting to end the US government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions by arguing they do not pose a danger to people. But climate scientists and lawyers say this argument is...um...weak.🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

@karenlloyd.bsky.social's new book Intraterrestrials offers the field guide to Earth's deep biosphere you didn't know you needed. Here's my review in @newscientist.com: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

“This shows a linkage between animal biodiversity loss and a process that exacerbates climate change,” says Evan Fricke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “We’re losing the regrowth potential of tropical forests.” 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

An 829 kilometer long lightning flash! SHOCKING. 😅⚡ www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

Not a good look

Meltwater eruption in Greenland takes scientists by surprise www.newscientist.com/article/2490...

Much of the "Climate Science Discussion" in EPA's Endangerment Finding repeal relies on this DOE report also released today: www.energy.gov/topics/climate

"The EPA Administrator found in 2009 that the EF for six long-lived GHGs was “compellingly” supported by “strong and clear” scientific evidence. Since 2009, the amount, diversity, and sophistication of the evidence have increased markedly, clearly strengthening the case for endangerment."

Since 2015, freshwater loss from land — mainly from pumping groundwater — has contributed more to sea level rise than melt from Antarctic ice sheet. 🧪

There's was lots of concern when we learned the land carbon sink in 2023 virtually disappeared due to fire, heat, and drought. Early estimates suggest it happened again in 2024 -- but for different reason.🧪

By one estimate, the world generates enough organic waste for this approach to remove as much as 5 billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year, enough to meet much of the CO2 removals needed to get to net zero emissions. 🧪

Cleaning up aerosol pollution is critical for public health. But reducing aerosols is also unmasking warming from greenhouse gases - researchers here find this influence is strongest in populated places. 🧪

This could be a big deal for farmers and CO2 removal: the centuries-old practice of liming has long been counted as a big source of emissions, but @climatejesper.bsky.social and colleagues say with proper accounting it might actually help remove large amounts of CO2 from the air.🧪🌍

The Senate just posted the report language of its FY26 science appropriations bill. This text lays out what they want done and carries the force of law if it is included in the final spending bill. It's a line-by-line refutation of Trump's proposed budget for NASA and NOAA.

Really important story from @tinymaddie.bsky.social - as we face a post-1.5°C world, what comes next? The Paris Agreement says we must stay "well below" 2°C, but what does that mean? There is a case to make 1.7°C our new target, but also good arguments against www.newscientist.com/article/2488...

Just another reminder we all live on the same giant vibrating ball.

A bittersweet story about an exciting discovery that ought to be followed by many more exciting insights into Jupiter, except that the fate of the Juno mission, which made this discovery possible, is uncertain given all the turmoil over NASA's 2026 budget www.newscientist.com/article/2487...

cool

"Asked if it had any plans to replace what NOAA does, the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service directed New Scientist to contact the European Commission’s DEFIS. DEFIS didn’t respond by the deadline for this article." rt/ @mjflepage.bsky.social

The strongest of the infamous New England gales known as nor’easters have gotten even stronger since the 1940s, likely due to warming ocean temperatures. New work by @michaelemann.bsky.social 🧪🌊 www.newscientist.com/article/2488...

New analysis finds there may be enough space on former open-pit mines to build *all the solar facilities we need* -- but building there won’t be easy. 🧪🌞

New modeling suggest that meeting even the 2°C Paris Agreement climate target will be virtually impossible without a huge expansion of CO2 removal/capture technologies, alongside aggressive emissions cuts.🧪

Lovely story on city trees from @alexwilkins.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2487...

Reflecting also on the sheer amount of people, effort, and money serious field work like this epic NSF-funded project requires. Reliable weather forecasts and weather data don't just fall from the sky!!

I rode along with the meteorologists chasing the world's most extreme hail storms across the Great Plains in a massive effort improve our forecasts of these damaging events. Thanks to all involved in @nsficechip.bsky.social for having us. Had a hail of a good time. 🧪🌩️🌪️

Disappearing snowpack across cold forests of the north could substantially slow their growth, in what researchers say is an overlooked consequence of climate change. 🧪🌍

Many of the forest-based carbon-offset schemes certified by the world’s largest carbon registry —Verra — may be at risk of becoming useless due to wildfires or other disturbances releasing the carbon they store back into the atmosphere.

Notable op-ed: "African scientists are increasingly being drawn into [solar geoengineering] initiatives largely funded and shaped by actors in the Global North. The result is a growing asymmetry: African researchers provide knowledge, data, and legitimacy, but the real decisions are made elsewhere."