I was alarmed when I saw this trend in electricity prices. I bet you will be too. Data centers are causing big increases in energy demand, but it's our bills that are rising the most. Seems unfair, eh? For @climateconnections.bsky.social #energysky yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/home...

If you wonder how Germans in the 1930s and 40s couldn't see what was going on around them, AND you think the insurrection wasn't violent and seditious, YOU are the answer.

Never before seen footage‼️ Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year. @myradar.bsky.social #tornado #weather

I’m thrilled to share that PRI reached its fundraising goal and we will survive! Thanks to all who made this happen! I am so grateful!❤️ www.priweb.org/blog-post/pr...

Impressive winds running the length of Lake Erie. Seiche is underway. earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...

I'm clearly already in holiday mode, forgot to post a link to the new one. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Enraging.

I finally got the tree up!

Here's my talk, "Using Props and Social Math to Communicate the Scale and Urgency of Climate Change," from the recent American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting. I couldn't quite get it under ten minutes, so the last tiny bit is cut off. But you get all the good stuff! youtu.be/IfglokgElHU

PRI has made the New York Times! We are still struggling, but December has had a number of substantial gifts and substantial number of smaller gifts. We will still be open come January, but still need support. Donation link in the next message. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...

Syracuse-area peeps! I'll be speaking at MOST tomorrow morning! The target audience is around middle school-age, but it's open to all! Join us! www.tacny.org/events/clima...

Trump moves to shut down NCAR, the Boulder climate research center

A paleoclimatologist on The Daily Show‽ How cool is that? youtu.be/oQoXNtcfwvA?...

Starting in two hours!

Join us Thursday night at 7pm EST for this special session of Science in the Virtual Pub! tockify.com/paleontologi...

This is a natural consequence of putting the boot to everyone's abuela. And it's just warming up.

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

NYS educators! Climate change education policy is changing in New York State! Join us 12/16 @7pm EST for Supporting the Teaching of New York State's New Climate Expectations PRI Resources for Teaching Climate Across the Curriculum! tockify.com/paleontologi...

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I regret to inform you that we are going to win. www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Join us on Thursday, 12/11 for the 100th session of Science in the Virtual Pub! We'll have a panel of previous guests addressing the question, "How has your science changed in the last five years?" tockify.com/paleontologi... @davemargo.bsky.social Dr. Toby Ault, Dr. Katie Fiorella, Dr. Lisa White

A categorized tracker of Trump Administration second term actions. www.trumpactiontracker.info?

Hello Friends! It's Giving Tuesday! Take a minute and give a listen to my little video, and then please give! A couple of links mentioned in the video are in the comments. Thanks so much! Links mentioned: climate.earthathome.org priweb.org/support

The fundamental cruelty is outside of my paradigm. I'd like to see it move outside of the American paradigm.

NYS teachers! New regulations bring expectations that climate change will be taught across K12 and across the curriculum. Join us for a workshop on how we can help you meet the new expectations! The description links to a blog post summarizing the changes. Please share! tockify.com/paleontologi...

He really posted it. Unbelievable. www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...

It’s a sparkly morning in Buffalo! Happy Thanksgiving!

Here's an excerpt:

Starting in half an hour! tockify.com/paleontologi...

Hot off the presses!

It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels. For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.

Climate Education is Changing in New York State! Check out my fresh blog on what's happening! www.priweb.org/blog-post/cl...

Thursday at 7pm EST: Upending Assumptions About Life On Earth - on Science in the Virtual Pub! Dr. Sol M. Gruner, John L. Wetherill Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University tockify.com/paleontologi...

hechingerreport.org/climate-chan... If you're doing this kind of work, check out the resources from PRI's Center for Climate Change Education: climate.earthathome.org. Our Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change is friendly to more than just teachers! climate.earthathome.org/teacher-frie...

Yeah. Sigh.

Love me some Tim Minchin youtu.be/ODSKfN6pSMs?...

@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️ HOLY HELL; 🔥 JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump: “Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.” 1-2

Trick or treaters at my house will get to choose candy or fossil seashells.

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

The report says the world’s addiction to fossil fuels causes toxic air pollution, wildfires and the spread of diseases such as dengue fever, and millions each year are dying owing to the failure to tackle global heating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“A top source of young people’s hope for the future was faith in their own resilience. Which flies in the face of young people being these fragile snowflakes that crumble at the slightest pressure.” We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

4'11, almost 12 years old, still not big enough to "be seen" #TruckBloat

Join us Monday at 7pm EDT for our Favorite Climate Lessons Panel of high school teachers teaching climate electives! tockify.com/paleontologi...

GSA peeps! Join me tomorrow at 2:05 in 301B! gsameetings.secure-platform.com/connects25/s...

Another fun Jim Henson & Frank Oz pairing of Ernie & Cookie Monster from SESAME STREET’s 2nd season. The comedy feels very much in the Muppet house-style, finely honed over hundreds of TV appearances/ads. I also very much sympathize with the message - From both perspectives.

Join us Thursday @7pm EDT for "We need to conserve biodiversity. Improving our teaching will help" w/ Suzanne Macey, Ph.D., Asst. Dir. for Capacity Development, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History on Science in the Virtual Pub! tockify.com/paleontologi...

Empirical reality, determined by established facts and subject to revision on new evidence is the basis of all science since the Enlightenment. Also of the engineering letting you read this. So sure, go ahead and dismiss it all as 'opinion' or 'bias.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...