During #COP30, NYBG's Emma Grover moderated a discussion between @ewsanderson.bsky.social and Dr. Alexandre of @rbgkew.bsky.social. They joined CAF to discuss the unique roles of botanical gardens in scaling nature-based solutions for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change.

Today at #COP30, NYBG’s @ewsanderson.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social’s Alexandre Antonelli discussed how plant-based approaches to mitigate and adapt to climate change can be scaled through the unique capacities of botanical gardens.

On @nytimes.com, hear from @ewsanderson.bsky.social, VP for Urban Conservation Strategy, as he shares how understanding NYC’s past topography—and expanding our imagination as to what nature can do in the future—benefits ongoing efforts to answer the flooding question.

Danish wind giant installs its first commercial 15MW wind turbine, the first of 64 to be installed at an offshore wind farm off the coast of Germany

University boosts its installed solar capacity to 5.8 MW with completion of what is being described as the largest urban solar farm in the state

New research finds that spring runoff consists of more "old" water than new snowmelt, whereas "new" snowmelt infiltrates to replace previously stored water. Forests likely depend on groundwater that has been stored for multiple years. Funded by Natl Science Foundation www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Devastating data disruptions for #Alaska & the #Arctic. With no advance notice: "Effective May 5, 2025, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) will decommission its snow and ice data products from the Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics Science Division (COGS)." #NOAA #SeaIce #Snow

Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

Wind-Water-Solar crushes nuclear in Australian national election "Anthony Albanese promised renewable energy and healthcare improvements, while rival Peter Dutton focused on immigration cuts and nuclear power." Albanese crushes Dutton www.nzherald.co.nz/world/austra...

Driverless trucks are officially running their first regular long-haul routes, making roundtrips between Dallas and Houston. www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/b...

A worst-quake scenario: The Cascadia subduction zone might not be on the minds of most Californians, but it was for more than a dozen geologists and other scientists in a recent study analyzing flood risks along the Pacific coast www.latimes.com/california/s... ⚒️ 🌊 #geosky

During a tough week, I find it helpful to note that 77% of the country opposes cuts to medical research, 70% oppose the government dictating how private universities operate, and 61% oppose cuts to environmental regulations for oil and gas. Our work is in the majority. #EHWorks

I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.

The ~700k people of DC: —Pay more fed tax per capita than people of any state; —Are more numerous than pop of WY or VT; —Have zero votes in US House or Senate; —Now being told by House GOP that we can't spend *OUR OWN* tax money, which we've already paid Cut the BS Thanks @vanhollen.senate.gov

These findings are devastating but send a very clear message. Over $300 million of the NSF grants that were illegally terminated in the past few weeks were for STEM Eduction 😢 These cancellations are clearly targeted and designed to undercut (and maybe eliminate) the next generation of US scientists

All latitude bands have observed unusually warm temperatures over the last three months, except for around the South Pole again [Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, with latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data shown here using their standard 1951-1980 reference period]

Environmental law is collapsing—cut by Congress, ignored by agencies, and now redefined by the courts. This isn’t drift. It’s the demolition of nature. grist.org/regulation/n...

Glad to share this short paper, just published, describing work at the National Academy of Medicine to promote broad system change (beyond the health sector) to confront climate change. @thirdactorg.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @maibached.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Good morning with more good news: UK cut its electricity CO2 emissions by ~78% from its 2006 level! How? Rapid expansion of wind that generated 1% of UK's electricity in 2006 and 30% in 2024 is a main way! Fossil fuels fell from 81% of UK's electricity in 2008 to 34% in 2024. #energysky

But, renewables are so unreliable and intermittent! Now 42 straight and 83 of 115 100% Wind-Water-Solar days in 2025 in CA. WWS has met 52% of 24-h demand and >100% of demand for an average of 4 h/day in '25 Gas down 45% v '23; 26% v '24 Batteries up 74% v '23; 198% v '24

From Book Bans to Canceled Lectures, the Naval Academy Is Bending to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u... John Ismay, a Pentagon reporter based in Washington, was commissioned as an officer from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1999.

China's Q1 2025 wind generation rose ~15%, compared to Q1 2024. Wind generation rose to ~306 TWh from ~267 TWh! That's a huge amount of electricity. How huge? China is generating enough wind to meet about 25% of US electricity demand. #energysky #greensky ember-energy.org/data/electri...

🚨 A 50% cut to NASA science is on the table for 2026. This would kill missions, halt discoveries, and threaten thousands of jobs. The American Astronomical Society makes it super easy to tell Congress: fund NASA science. Speak up here: aas.org/urge-nasa-su...

Endlessly fascinated by @ewsanderson.bsky.social's now-expanded Welikia Project map. Plug in your NYC address and learn about the ecological history of the place: www.welikia.org/map-explorer...

Saving the environmental nonprofit executive orders for Earth Day is fucking maniacal. insideclimatenews.org/news/1804202...

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at Coachella 2025 last night. So he went from the LA rally to Coachella. He's 83 and fighting like this. This should be an inspiration to all of us. If he can do this, we can all do a little more.

The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?

Critical yet often overlooked is that NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research maintains vital long-term monitoring programs like the CO₂ Keeling Curve that, while essential, often struggle for funding from agencies like NSF that prioritize hypothesis-driven research over sustained observation.

The ocean is the heart of our life support system, absorbing over 90% of the excess heat from global warming. This is evident in the rise of ocean heat content over time.

Whatever it takes I guess

Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government. DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox. with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social

If we want culture to thrive, not just survive, it’s on all of us now.

DOE goes full NIH.

I cannot emphasize how much of emergency management is dependent on access to government hazard data. We're going to be flying blind without it. commonwealthbeacon.org/environment/...

E.P.A. Is Said to Plan Deep Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/c... 🎁🔗

The thing about science is that it happens whether you believe it or not. Pretending we have not modified our weather & climate will not make the damage stop. This delusion from the administration will do lasting harm. If you voted for them, you enabled this. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Salmon & fish are serious business for Washington state and the entire PNW, and foundational to our Tribes. Elon's inane cuts to NOAA are not just hurting our environment—they will kill jobs, hit our economy hard, and tank people's livelihoods. SAVE NOAA, SAVE OUR SALMON!

This is so incredibly shortsighted. 40 is a completely arbitrary number that doesn’t consider demand for certain jobs or skills. The war on higher education is relentless

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

The National Science Foundation slashed the number of graduate research fellowships awarded each year to the most promising young researchers in half. This is how we make America great? By defunding support for our best and brightest young minds? This is pure idiocy www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Toronto's UHN hiring 100 early career scientists. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Hard to overstate the importance of this. The American century is done.

For the right person, this is a unicorn dream job Head, IUCN Global Ocean Team

a friend sent me this one

@nytimes.com has "updated" this story since its posting. Still have not found room in headline, sub-head, or caption to mention which party this guy belongs to. Pro-tip: Could fit "GOP" in sub-hed easily by removing either of two "the"s. Or making "Representative" just "Rep."

In its own way, this is as damaging as what is happening at NIH, CDC, USAID, elsewhere. Even tariffs. It's the Cultural Revolution. Year Zero. And GOP grins and claps.