but wait, a self appointed knowledge broker (an honest one, I was helpfully informed) once told me this was the greatest scandal in climate science since all the other scandals

I'm hiring a postdoc to join my group at Harvard, focused on land-atmosphere interactions and land climate, and would appreciate your help in sharing this with good candidates. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16303

The article misses a key point which is that, now that the identity of these designer particles is public, it's clear they don't make much sense as an SAI material.

Rainfall intensity matters as much as how much rain falls. New in Nature: Corey Lesk and I show that daily-scale concentration of precipitation dries the land over the long-run, an effect as strong as total precipitation is climatological wetting. Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"A super El Niño wiped out millions of people in 1877. Are we better prepared now?" With comments from former Lamont postdoc, Deep Singh archive.is/u0N6y

New US Collaboration Research Chairs - Helios Foundation (Three Full and One Part time Positions) www.vub.be/en/our-resea...

Brooklyn tomorrow! www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...

Find out how ENSO variability is affecting GHG forced fire trends in Australia and North America in new work by our amazing postdoc, Tess Jacobson iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

I'm hiring a postdoc to lead sedimentary aDNA reconstructions of alpine plant biodiversity as part of a broader project exploring the mechanisms of alpine plant resilience. Come join a collaborative team working in beautiful places! Bonus: postdocs at UMaine are unionized!

Stratospheric cooling explained www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hi everyone, in the course of NorESM development for CMIP7 - we've had need to do some rapid benchmarking and diagnostics. To this end, I've made a couple of tools which might be useful for the wider community - python ports of ncview and CMAT. /thread/

New work led by Dimitris Herrerra! "while [tropical cyclones]...contribute to 4%–15% of annual/seasonal mean precipitation across the region, they also ameliorated or terminated drought at least once in ∼60% of the HRA in a single month in 1983–2024" agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

As many know, there was a massive fire at USF CMS. The building held offices, labs, equipment, etc and is a total loss. We are most concerned about the finanpcial losses of our students. Please consider donating to the official go fund me supporting our graduate students.

ERA5 temperature and precipitation data are now out. For the Lower 48, the Nov-Apr period was not only the warmest Nov-Apr period of record (since 1940-41), but it was also the second driest. A tough combination for sure. 🥵🌵

someone invent an ai that will tell me the application using the drive i want to eject

How would the intensity of observed extreme events be different in warmer or cooler climates? At #EGU26 today, the first results from ReBASE (Reanalysis-Based Attribution and Storylines for Extremes): meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-... See poster: ed-hawkins.github.io/ReBASE/resul...

You can get to a high-warming world without high emissions . That's the part of this week's "RCP 8.5 is implausible" discussion that's getting missed. A short thread on why the relief is premature 🧵

Our huge loss makes the international news. Our uni prez: “We will rebuild stronger than ever and my commitment is to do everything we can to move quickly to ensure that we have the best possible facilities to support our world class students, faculty and staff,”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I regret to inform you that they are once again allowing me to share my opinion in public tasteofscience.org/new-york-eve...

The arc of the scenario universe is long, but it bends inevitably toward more realistic emissions. A new paper outlining the emissions scenarios we will be using in the upcoming IPCC AR7 report notes that "the CMIP6 high emission levels (quantified by SSP5-8.5) have become implausible".

New project underway! "Here be dragons: Mapping terrestrial carbon cycle tipping points under joint SAI and carbon emissions" I feel very lucky that Reflective decided to fund myself, Prof. Hannah Horowitz, Prof. @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social and Graduate Student Summer Acker to work on this project!

GA Tech students and staff are incredibly impressive, Atlanta's a lucky city

Paleolatitude.org 3.0 is out! But it’s been picked up by the media and the site is a bit slow due to high traffic…working on it! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Watching this right now Paleo environmental records of extreme events. @thirstygecko.bsky.social @triptychphrases.bsky.social and many others worked on this events.nationalacademies.org/46602/

I know there’s a lot going on, but people and the national media are sleeping on the absolute collapse of water reservoirs from the Colorado River to Texas

Our @nationalacademies.org report is out! The report describes how paleoenvironmental data are used to understand extreme events. It outlines the need for a synthesis and translation center to support decision making for resilience planning www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...

Our new report from the @nationalacademies.org has just been released! We describe the need and potential structure for a Synthesis Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events for improving knowledge into their frequency and potential magnitudes www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...

Very excited to kick off #EGU26 with a solicited talk Monday morning! I'll be presenting my work on the emerging risk for heat extremes during unexpected times of year around the world. Stop by bright and early to learn more from this and other exciting presentations in this session!

I talked to @insideclimatenews.org about Trump’s firing of the NSB, what that means for climate science in the US, and why publicly funded basic science matters.

Climate Change Has Impacted Tree Growth in Temperate and Boreal Forests Since the Beginning of the 21st Century onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If you're heading to EGU next week, check out CL4.2 "The dynamics of the large-scale atmospheric circulation in past, present and future climate" – some really interesting talks & posters in there! I'll also presenting some of my work with Lorenzo Polvani looking at N American weather regime trends.

Europe's electricity: 29% fossil fuels in 2024, down from 53% in 2005. Progress. But transport is still 92% fossil. Buildings: 71%. Industry: 61%. And 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas imported. Switching suppliers doesn't fix this. Electrification and efficiency do. More here: rdcu.be/feOjc

How can records of the past inform our understanding of extreme events? Join the National Academies on April 29 for a webinar releasing a new report on a proposed Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events (CPREE). Register: events.nationalacademies.org/46602

Happy Earth Day!

Current Status: No El Nino Future Status: ~60 chance El Nino forms during May-July period. ~90% chance El Nino sticks around through winter. Strength? From CPC: "The possible outcomes range from ENSO-neutral to a very strong El Niño during the upcoming winter" www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

Global temperatures in 2026 are on track to be the second warmest on record, at around 1.47C above preindustrial levels across the five different records assessed by Carbon Brief. Read more in our latest State of the Climate update for Q1 2026 here: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Full details of the vacancy: Sir Anthony Habgood Professor of Climate & the Environment A fantastic research‑focused position within our friendly, vibrant & interdisciplinary climate research community at UEA Happy to chat informally if you’d like to know more vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/21...

Just how bad is this spring’s drought?? The worst in US History, going all the way back to the 1890s, even worse than Dust Bowl springs. And #Florida is among the worst in the nation… 1/

Incredible efforts to maintain the 1,200 year-long cherry flowering dataset in Japan. Thank you for your efforts, Dr. Yasuyuki Aono! The world will miss you!! #phenology telefonorojo.mx/man-saved-mi...

Two postdoc fellowships now open at @brown.edu Dept of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences. One in ocean sciences (apply.interfolio.com/183855) and one in any field of geoscience (apply.interfolio.com/183852). Deadline May 1.

I’m really, really pleased that this crucial work will continue www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

AGU is now accepting applications for Editors-in-Chief across six publications, with terms starting Jan 1, 2027. These roles help shape editorial standards, research quality, and peer review in Earth & space science. Apply by May 1, 2026. buff.ly/8Mxy8vq

Anyone know an updated version of this figure (or something similar) showing for different sectors risk at 2 vs 4 deg. AND potential capacity for adaptation to reduce risk? I know the burning embers diagrams, but looking for one that includes adaptation images.theconversation.com/files/182690...

A 1200+ year climate record is at risk. Do you know know anyone in Japan who could help? See below.

It's going to be a wild summer.

🍁 HEY CANADIANS I will be on your gorgeous west coast next week to 1) be jealous of your political leadership 2) talk about Heated Rivalry 3) speak at UBC. Please come say hi!

The images of Earth from Artemis are amazing. But if we destroy our ability to understand (and live on) our planet, all they are is pretty pictures www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...

Drought a huge concern this summer. Palmer drought severity index (PDSI) by state for March 2026 had 6 states with their worst drought on record, with 22 others experiencing a top-10 worst drought. Only Michigan had an above-average lack of drought. From: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...

So... now we can breathe again. Let's talk about ScenarioMIP. The final version is now up on GMD - and there's some changes since the first draft. /THREAD/ gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

Next Wednesday, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social will be at UBC to talk about about her beautiful book Human Nature. Join us if you are in the Vancouver region, there are still a few tickets available. sustain.ubc.ca/events/ubc-r...