China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies. It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony

📣PRESS RELEASE📣 A magnitude 6.9 earthquake that took place on the south flank of Kīlauea on the Island of Hawaiʻi may have stalled episodes of periodic slow slip, according to a new #BSSA paper. ⚒️ PRESS RELEASE: buff.ly/OY10yq2 PAPER:https://buff.ly/bNUFl92

The winter 2026 issue of the @nagtgeo.bsky.social Eastern Section "Bulletin," which I edit, is now out: cdn.serc.carleton.edu/files/nagt/s... ⚒️

Kīlauea is doing its thing again Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...

Here are a few pupfish moments of zen from the newly opened Salt Creek Boardwalk. Literally opened only 3 days ago. We saw thousands of these relicts from pluvial Lake Manly swimming in the salty spring water. They can survive salinities over twice that of seawater and temps from 32F to 100F+!

Superbloom begets allergies.

Ruptured penstock owned by Yuba County Water Agency takes out 350 MW powerhouse and transformer station on north fork of the Yuba river. Deposits mud and silt downstream. Not sure it makes it to spawning habitat as there's a smaller dam downstream. www.youtube.com/live/d9D4Scb...

Yup. Hardly any flowers at all...

Who here likes hair salt? Yeah, me too. This is on the “shoreline” of Lake Manly near Badwater. Evaporation, capillary action and wind all play a part in making these very fine strands of salt. To what extent each plays, I’m not sure.

Yes, we’re doing our best to help @geotripper.bsky.social on this trip, but seeing all these flowers with @xenolith.bsky.social and Z is a lovely way to celebrate Valentines Day. We both love Desert Five Spots and we found quite a few!

Flowers in the California desert. Looking forward to a journey through Death Valley tomorrow!

There are absolutely no wildflowers in Death Valley. Especially not any near Jubilee Pass. Only awesome diamictites and dolostones. Definitely stay away if you don’t like rocks. Nothing to see here. Move along.

@phaneritic.bsky.social @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social I got it today ☺️ Thank you Ryan !! 💙💚

Maaaan. The drive from Stovepipe to Furnace Creek ethos morning was nothing but billions of flowers. Literally. Only been out in this for an hour today and I dare say this is rivaling the 2004 superbloom.

The pollen from these brown eyes flowers are very sticky and hitched a ride on my crocs! There is no avoiding brushing into them unless you play the ultimate game of The Floor is Lava.

Hey @callanbentley.bsky.social remember when we tried to find the mystery Ron gigapan of the basalt columns last year? Drove by it yesterday and exclaimed “thaaaaats where it is”! maps.app.goo.gl/tw9io9B6egsd...

Good morning from a veeeeeery flowery Stovepipe Wells!

Just saying: It’s bad form to pull into camp at 130am, 6’ next to our tent city (ample parking lot sites everywhere else), blast headlights onto our tent city and then also rev tiny car to power tiny but very noisy air pump for about 5 minutes to fill an air mattresses. Brought to you my cranky me.

Stanford Law’s David J. Hayes, a former Biden White House climate policy adviser, breaks down the EPA’s planned repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding and what it could mean for U.S. climate regulation. Read more: law.stanford.edu/2026/02/13/s...

LOL. Will NOT be coming home down the Kern Canyon. Hopefully only flurries Monday at Tehachapi.

The stars are bright, not so late at night, deep in the heart of Stovepipe.

Fairy Shrimp! At Fossil Falls. Stick around to the end to see their home!

I dare say this is the loveliest 1st day ever on this trip. Red Rock Canyon monkeyflowers and others showing out!

Rejecting extensive science, the Trump administration has reversed the U.S. government's conclusion that greenhouse gases threaten the health and well-being of the nation's people. @hayleysmith.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/environment/...

Time to escape the world for a day or two as we venture out to Death Valley this morning with @geotripper.bsky.social and his students!

Link to paper: The ecological benefits of more room for rivers. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Horrific and incompetent on so many levels.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

📚 Hey, I noticed @geology.bsky.social 's book is a staff pick of the month at Pegasus books, and I had to share the staff members' comments: ⚒️🧪 #booksky #oakland

Today is my 2 year anniversary with @cageosurvey.bsky.social! 🎉

Tigers doing Garfield Monday impressions.

Via @grist.org: grist.org/politics/tru...

Coal plants the Trump administration has ordered to remain open are now shoveling money into furnace. www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...

Nice little interactive maps embedded within this SF Chronicle article (gift link) www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

The cost of datacenters is getting expensive. Therefore I will build them on the Moon. Where I'll also be building my satellites. That I'll be yeeting into Earth's orbit with a giant space catapult. Because I'm all about low cost.

Want to know how many disaster declarations are being made under the 2nd Trump Administration, and how long they are taking? I made a simple dashboard to help: andrewrumbach.substack.com/p/a-dashboar...

My @raspishake.bsky.social caught the teleseismic waves of this morning’s M6.2 quake on the coast of Chile. PAGER model suggests this is not a majorly impactful quake although close to a million folks experienced at least some light shaking. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

This is incredible. Like the previous few years, near all of the electricity capacity added to the grid was clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act helped this - it made solar & wind cheaper but it also for the first time had a standalone incentive for grid storage. Look at the growth in storage!

This is Bailey. She normally gets kibble for dinner but she's pretty sure there's meatballs in here so she's very excited. 14/10 (TT: baileycarriesthings)

🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Can Raspberry Shake stations monitor geothermal-related seismicity in urban environments? A new #SRL explores this question based on a deployment near Strasbourg, France. ⚒️ buff.ly/JbC1idd

In support of our local community and San Francisco’s youth, we’re offering free non-holiday weekday general admission for SFUSD students and discounted admission for caregivers during school closures. More information on free admission here: bit.ly/4tnhI…

New paper to reflect on during the International Women in Science Day. 🧪⛏️⚒️🦕🦖 "Barriers Affecting Mexican Women in Paleontology: Challenges and Proposals for Building a Women’s Support Network" paleontologiamexicana.geologia.unam.mx/index.php/pa...

So DOD risked civilian airspace to obliterate some fucking balloons; when FAA found out and asked them to stop they refused; FAA did what it had to keep people safe; when the public rightly freaked out, DOD relented, lied, and blamed the FAA. Sounds like Hegseth! www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...

What a DEAL!!

"Overdue" has always been taboo; this counters the more genteel term "characteristic earthquake" the profession entertained for a while.

This is why we have NOT celebrated the FY26 budget. Trump doesn't follow laws. NASA science is the first victim of Vought's schemes to destroy science & Congress can't hide from their responsibility anymore. We will fight it in streets and the courts! subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Swedes have always had best hockey uniforms.

TODAY at 10 am PST! www.youtube.com/live/msNMg4m...

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.