Trump says the Strait of Hormuz is fully open; but the IRGC says no, they get to decide who passes through. Trump says Iran has agreed to turn over its uranium; and Iran says no, it won't. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Iceland—previously the only Arctic nation without mosquitoes—no longer holds that distinction. "The detection of mosquitoes just north of Reykjavík in 2025 reflects an ecological shift already underway," write Amanda M. Koltz and Lauren E. Culler in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4tg86pJ

"It was one of those apocalyptic-looking days when ash is falling from the sky." Read more about MJ Farruggia's harrowing field seasons in the Sierra Nevada and how wildfire smoke affects aquatic ecosystems in the mountains in INSTAAR's latest news story. www.colorado.edu/instaar/2026...

Just registered for my favorite conference -- the Unifying Ecology Across Scales Gordon Research Conference (www.grc.org/unifying-eco...). Can't wait for a week of some best ecology discussions you will find anywhere!

Protecting our water starts with how we manage phosphorus Hear STEPS Scholar Maria Torres explain her work in phosphorus management, a vital contribution to the global fight against water pollution. 💧🌱 #Sustainability #STEPSCenter #Phosphorus

Orban made grand appeals to “Christianity” and “Western Civilization,” but his “illiberal democracy” was just a scam, a way to make him and his buddies rich while subjecting Hungarians to stagnation and robbing them of their freedom. Sound familiar? (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This is probably the main reason why we will never truly get clean water... despite what the various state agencies, especially Departments of Agriculture, tell you. Not regulating manure that is spread on millions of acres means that we will likely never get nitrate in water under control.

"the colleges that dominate the headlines are not the colleges that most Americans attend their core mission: to serve students from all backgrounds, at a price families can actually afford, prepare graduates for real careers and meaningful lives." www.geneseo.edu/enrollment-m...

A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol

At the #NAS163 annual meeting, join experts in ocean acidification and deoxygenation, algal blooms, coral reef & deep-sea ecosystems, and mining to examine ocean health as an integrated, coupled system. Register now for the 2026 Symposium webcast: nasonline.swoogo.com/NAS163_sympo...

This is among the greatest moments in the history of Fantasyland. Absolutely perfect chef’s-kiss distillation of our self-satirizing historical moment.

After big dams on the upper Klamath River in far northern CA were removed in 2024, Chinook (king) salmon migrated upstream for the first time in 100+ years--and now they have hatched.

Guardian article on the new paper: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The #AMOC by 2100 will thus be so weak (~8 Sv) that it is very likely on the way to full shutdown, as our study last year showed: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... In my view, this now makes a full #AMOC shutdown more likely than not. Definitely not a low likelihood risk, as we used to think.

Breaking: New study using observational constraints projects that the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC will weaken ~50% by 2100, even for medium emissions and without Greenland melting. 🌊 More realistic models means stronger weakening - not entirely unexpected. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology. This is a serious escalation.

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

Weecology is hiring a postdoc to work with my long-term, large-scale Everglades wading bird project. We have data on nest effort at multiple spatial scales over 30+ years for multiple species. We also do fun stuff w/ drones. Sound interesting? See our ad! jabberwocky.weecology.org/2026/04/15/p...

Does California have a blind spot in its tracking of climate-warming gases? Several environmental groups say it's dams and reservoirs. They're urging state air regulators to start tracking how much methane they emit. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Hungary's prime minister elect announcing that Orbán was funding CPAC and other Trump-related political activities (also Heritage Foundation's Project 2025), and this will now end.

I often run into folks who seem slightly confused about where our greenhouse gas emissions come from. Many folks seem to think that greenhouse gases are basically "CO2 from burning fossil fuels" -- but that's only ~61% correct. The other ~39% of our emissions stem from other gases and processes.

Dilley is evil and must be closed. It's a goddamn concentration camp. A moral abomination. People are going to Hell over this.

Across the board Vought at OMB continues to illegally hold up the funds already appropriated by Congress to federal agencies. Every week I speak to researchers whose funding was supposed to arrive months ago and there is no timetable being given for them being funded. This is unprecedented. 🧪

Thanks to ASU for publishing this piece about our work and its relevance to recent critical minerals developments. news.asu.edu/b/20260325-p...

This is so criminally irresponsible, I don’t know where to begin. USGS and its EMA are central to how Americans can understand - and respond to - a changing world.

Pres Trump's budget proposal cuts 54 percent of the Nat Science Foundation. The SBE directorate funds 63 percent of NSF academic research -- and will be zeroed out. Devastating to research on (1) Accountable Institutions program and (2) Security and Preparedness program apsanet.org/wp-content/u...

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Glad that UCS is doing this. Working on hard topics -- like climate change, vaccines, etc. -- in the public eye is challenging. Stay safe, folks. But also stay brave. And stay working!

NEW: Raskin, w/ 50 House Dem co-sponsors, formally introduces a bill which would create a commission to assess Trump's fitness for office under the 25th Amendment. Bill text here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Story TK

A bunch of new lake- and stream-related webinars just dropped on our calendar - check out learning opportunities about: 🦓 Zebra mussel control 🐟 Invasive carp management 🏖️ Beach monitoring ...and much more! See the whole list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Opening for an Information Manager to lead data management for the Virginia Coast Reserve Long Term Ecological Research Project (VCR LTER), based at the University of Virginia. MS- or PhD-level position with the expectation of long-term support. @uslter.bsky.social jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...

This is NUTS www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

I'm sure it's not a problem that one of the key figures in the federal government's disaster relief agency is clinically insane.

Are you collecting high-res chamber incubation time series with portable gas analysers to estimate in situ #GHG fluxes in #aquatic ecosystems? Read this⬇️ aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🧵1/4 PhD opportunity in ecology, biogeochemistry & evolutionary biology. I am looking for a PhD candidate to join a research project on how animals cope with nutritionally imbalanced food and how this shapes matter cycling in ecosystems.

Glaciers had one of their worst years in 2025: 👉 408 billion tonnes of ice mass lost 👉 ≈1.1 mm added to global sea levels 👉 6 of the 7 worst years have happened in the past 7 yrs Since 1975: ~9,600 billion tonnes gone (≈26.4 mm SLR) This isn’t a gradual change... www.nature.com/articles/s43...

My. God. This is at the level like if clueless Dem appointees shut down the Army Corps of Engineers -- who run our dams and levees -- "because we thought the Army only napalms kids". Just insane, criminal even.

Remember when Trump threatened to wipe out a whole civilization? And then backed out of that and talked about forming a deal with Iran? And then dropped that and went to a UFC fight as negotiations fell apart? And then unveiled a triumphal arch and a photo of himself as Jesus? That was this week.

1.7 million pounds of nitrate-nitrogen traveling down the Des Moines River today.

If you don’t know about this, you need to read up. It’s the single bloodiest massacre in the history of Reconstruction, and it was perpetrated to overthrow the results of an election. It was emblematic of the sabotage of Reconstruction. And SCOTUS nullified the prosecution of those responsible.

The most likely way out of authoritarianism continues to be intense politicking followed by voting followed by taking power followed by using that power to repair our democracy. Every step is fraught. Obstacles everywhere, including from our own side, but it’s the most likely way out.

NSF GRFP results are out! Awardees: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Honorable Mention: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... (Our team members didn't get emails but discovered the lists through Reddit. Confirmed by logging in to the website and checking.) #NSF #GRFP

First paddle of the year @umflbs.bsky.social

The United States is destroying itself www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reagan’s OMB Director:

“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...

the leader of SECDEF Pete Hegseth's church held a conference announcing their vision (read: plan) of an america that bans non-"christian" religions, allows slavery, banning 'public' expression of LGBT identity, arguing for a "sexual gestapo" (their words), broadly banning women's vote, etc...

Even Trump’s bad policies can't stop renewables now. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

The first American leader of the Catholic Church has fiercely criticized the war in Iran, deepening tensions between the United States and the Vatican.