Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown. Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

www.doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ae0c2c Our scoping review on climate change and nursing research is now available!

COVID is still out there folks. It finally caught me. So thankful for Paxlovid, even w the terrible taste. Please continue to mask in crowds and test when you’re feeling unwell. Fingers crossed for no rebound. #covid #mask #paxlovid

As I discussed in Talking Climate last year, research shows a four-day work week boosts productivity and well-being — AND cuts carbon! One study, for example, found a 10% drop in hours = 8.6% drop in emissions. So Jack's question below is a good one: why aren't we advocating for this more?

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

THIS. 👇 💯 "The movement must directly confront the polluters and the financial institutions that enable them..."

Reading Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements That Won, recommended by a colleague, and it is giving me so much hope today.

Drawdown of existing allocated funds should be okay; what's frozen are any new "funding actions"—yearly increments, additions to subawards, etc. Additionally, non-monetary actions like a no cost extension should still be possible.

4/4 But please don't stop with social media. The NSF union letter has some great messaging tips for making calls & media outreach too (see below). And don't underestimate the importance of engaging your local communities and media, esp representatives. The time for action is RIGHT NOW!!

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I talked to the Seattle Times about how loss of our region's Climate Adaptation Science Center and NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership would slash our capacity to support NW climate resilience. “If the (centers) are eliminated, then our resource managers are going to be flying blind,” Krosby said."

BREAKING: The US National Science Foundation has started cancelling existing grants. Story to come at www.science.org/news. Background here: www.science.org/content/arti... and here: www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

BREAKING:The National Science Foundation (NSF) has put a cork in its grantmaking pipeline after billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) set up shop at the agency this week. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Declaring emergencies to circumvent legal protections, in this case to justify logging national forests. "The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."

Sediment people … does anyone have a recent price for a malvern 3000? Our malvern 2000 is not supported anymore and I think it may be time for a new instrument. Thanks!

Today, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that controversial initiative 2066 violates several provisions of the the Washington State constitution. www.climatesolutions...

Didn’t expect a Fee board meeting to bring me to the verge of tears. This slide is heart breaking. 42.4% of my students are food insecure and 43.1% are housing insecure in Seattle. Please donate to or find other ways to support your local #CommunityCollege. Our students are not okay.

Here’s a link to our NSF participants’ climate justice with civic engagement integrated curriculum - we’re in the middle of the grant so more curriculum is on its way too CJUSTICE.org/currículum

The Mauna Loa CO₂ record is the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences. Trump and his enablers are trying to kill it.

Climate change is not a religion. We don’t have to believe in it to make it true. We can say “I don’t believe in gravity” – but if we step off the cliff, we’re still going down. And if we take other people with us, we’re responsible.

It took about 24 hours for the post-Elon-tweet fear to move through my body and for me to get back into fight mode. Also, having a badass lawyer helps. I will not be silent in the face of personal attacks and attacks on the #TeslaTakedown movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

With the backlash against climate science and activism, climate orgs that support youth (and all climate orgs!) need funding and community support more than ever. ClimateActionFamilies.org is doing amazing work supporting youth komonews.com/news/helping...

Proposals include "a new endangerment finding to supplant the current one, conducting a hostile review of U.S. and international climate reports, and recruiting a White House-approved list of researchers to produce a National Climate Assessment based on partisan research and industry studies."

Heads up! The @ipcc.bsky.social is calling for nominations for Lead Authors and Review Editors for its 7th Assessment Report. More about how to become an author or review editor here 👉 bit.ly/4krWMTu More on the nomination process here 👉 bit.ly/AR7Nm Submissions close Apr 17, 2025.

How does climate anxiety explain the far right? It's not denial, and science isn't the answer. "Framing disasters within a moral narrative gives an authoritarian agenda powerful justification." thestartingpoints.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

On the train to #WOHESC conference to present my latest N S F funded project, Climate Justice in Undergrad STEM Incorporating Civic Engagement. Everyday I check email to see if my grants are still funded. I teach at a community college so of course my grants focus on broadening participation in STEM

We are hiring for a Senior Climate Scientist at @ucsusa.bsky.social. Join us! apply.workable.com/union-of-con...

Hey Washington folks: please take two seconds to contact your state legislators to oppose HB 1038, which would ban gender-affirming care for kids in Washington. Gender-affirming care saves lives. Stand up for trans kids!

@cleanetwork.bsky.social welcome, so glad to see you here! I just added you to this starter pack, where you will find many kindred spirits.

The Washington State Climate Office (WASCO) is now on Bluesky! Follow to be among the first to learn about WASCO announcements, research, newsletters, and general Washington climate and weather tidbits.

🧵 Awful news from NYS where @govkathyhochul.bsky.social just ran over our climate law and approved permits that will double the amount of fracked gas flowing through the aging metal straw called the Iroquois Pipeline. I condemn this Trump-like decision subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

I would like to know why this program is ending mid cycle ? www.science.org/content/arti... @hhmi.bsky.social #Sciencesky #stem

There is *a lot* going on right now. My hot take, as I try to keep up wrt our planet: “These executive orders will make our air dirtier, make people sicker, make energy more expensive, and make our communities less prepared for extreme weather.” apnews.com/article/trum...

"All review panels, new awards, and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis." NSF statement on the impact of Trump administration executive orders. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

Despite the recent cold in the USA, and the presence of a (weak) La Niña in the Pacific, January is on track to be the warmest January on record. 😬

The world has changed before and, when it did, it wasn’t because a president, a prime minister, a CEO or a celebrity decided it had to. It began when ordinary people – people of no particular power, wealth, or fame – decided that the world could and should be different.

Climate touches everything. So disappointed in Susannah Grant writing Hemsworth to spout misinformation about coal mining and energy when renewables are cheaper and safer for health and climate. Art shifts culture and words on screen have power to support climate action, or climate destruction.

@sightline.org in Seattle is hiring a climate and energy senior researcher. This is an amazing opportunity with a great organization. www.sightline.org/senior-resea...

Air pollution and brain damage: what the science says - Epidemiological studies have linked dirty air to dementia and other brain disorders. Now researchers are trying to determine how pollutants do their damage www.nature.com/articles/d41...

People often claim that scientists are soft-pedalling the issue. Here is the proof that we’re not.

@drheatherprice.bsky.social @huprice.bsky.social do you know eachother? It might be time for a Heathers pack! 😄 go.bsky.app/Po82tCi

New feed to pool #teachclimate and #climatelearning. bsky.app/profile/did:... Share it around. @waclimetime.bsky.social @huprice.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social @naturebased.bsky.social @globalecoguy.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org

Started this starter pack with energy justice & climate justice folks. Let me know who I should add to it. go.bsky.app/HXiuKJ5 (P.S. yes this is my way of finding my friends that migrated to bluer skies) @costasamaras.com @menrywy.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social @sidersadapts.bsky.social

Choose your way into #teachclimate from a #climatejustice foundation stemteachingtools.org/brief/97

'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. ― Toni Morrison

Just made a new starter pack + I need your help! Which climate educators am I missing? I don't mean all of us who teach in higher ed. This pack is for people who study education, develop curriculum, teach young people, or have full-time formal or informal climate ed jobs. Give me your best reccs!

Hey 2 year college folks: there’s a new initiative at NSF focused on supporting innovations in STEM Education at #CommunityColleges Check out the solicitation here: new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... #NSF #STEM #STEMEd #IUSE

I made a climate change education starter pack. More to add, so please reach out if you’d like to be on this list: go.bsky.app/Pgq6Tzu