It's #COP30 (this week and next), and world leaders have another opportunity to negotiate agreements to address, among other things, “thirsty” and “gassy” A.I. use. My latest on SustainLab -- informed by a scientific briefing at #SciWri25 hosted by @sciencewriters.org + @sciencewriting.bsky.social

📣📣📣 Deadline extended! You can now register for #SciWri25 or add a field trip through 11:59 pm EST Friday, 10/24. After that, field trips will close and registration fees will increase dramatically. Don't wait! sciencewriters2025.org/register/

Applications for two CASW awards are due June 30! The Clark/Payne Award honors a science journalist under age 31 and the Cohn Prize recognizes excellence in medical science reporting. Both awards include travel funds to #SciWri25. Apply or submit a nomination: casw.submittable.com/submit

Irreversible tipping points in the climate system — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the wide-scale collapse of coral reefs — are closer than scientists previously believed.

Freelance journalist Anna Gibbs has been awarded a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship! She'll work with mentor @joshuasokol.bsky.social on a story about an innovative effort to reverse coastal erosion in the Maldives. Congratulations Anna! casw.org/news/anna-gi...

Thrilled to co-publish this great @alexip718.com @thexylom.com story @drilledmedia.bsky.social. Companion podcast episode coming soon too! drilled.media/news/xylom-i...

Seven journalists are headed to grad school as 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! Each will receive $6,000, thanks to the Brinson Foundation. Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle. bit.ly/tbs2526

A relocation of Newtok, Alaska, residents highlights how ill-prepared the United States is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable, according to an investigation by The Post, ProPublica and KYUK radio.