"According to the American Lung Association's latest State of the Air report, 44% of the U.S. population reside in areas with unhealthy levels of pollution, including 33 million who are younger than 18." #MedSky #ClimateSky www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ame...

"Scientists predict that Venice’s historical monuments could eventually only be accessible by submarine due to rising sea levels... Historical attractions might need to be dismantled and relocated inland..." #ClimateSky www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

"Sharks and tuna are overheating and running out of options... These animals already require large amounts of energy to survive, and now they face a growing challenge as ocean temperatures rise and food becomes less available." #ClimateSky www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

#ClimateChange means unstable politics. " #Democracy is under mounting threat from the climate crisis, with new analysis documenting how elections are increasingly shaped not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather" #ClimateSky www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

"11 data center campuses around the US have the potential to create more greenhouse gases than the country of Morocco emitted in 2024." Morocco has a population of over 38 million people. #ClimateSky www.wired.com/story/new-ga...

"Many of the world’s largest river deltas—home to hundreds of millions of people—are sinking faster than rising seas...putting hundreds of millions of people at potential risk." #ClimateSky www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

"Experts said #foodsupply in some areas was being 'pushed to the brink' by increasingly common and severe #heatwaves, on land and at sea, in a major report written jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization...and the World Meteorological Organization..." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

"The incidence of colorectal cancer is rising rapidly in people younger than 50 years... We analyzed population-based data from 94 US counties over 21 years and validated the association between [ #herbicide] #picloram use and early-onset incidence." #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Study published..in..Nature Medicine suggests that #picloram — a herbicide used globally to kill woody plants and shrubs while keeping grasses intact — could explain the rising incidence of colon and rectal cancer cases in people under 50." #EarthDay #MedSky www.businessinsider.com/young-colon-...

"Bicarbonate levels...show an increasing trend which parallels rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations... If these trends continue, blood bicarbonate values could be at the limit of the accepted healthy range in half a century.." link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide may pose long-term health risks." 1000 years ago, atmospheric CO2 levels were 280 ppm. 100 years ago: 300 to 310 ppm. 10 years ago: 403.3 ppm Today: 430–431 ppm. What are the limits of human adaptation? #EarthDay #ClimateSky www.aa.com.tr/en/environme...

It's #EarthDay! Why it's celebrated and activities you can do Volunteer at a beach or park clean-up Use sustainable produce for food. Limit how much single-use plastic you use. Plant pollinator-friendly flowers. Write to your politicians about climate issues. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

#EarthDay2026: What you can do in your community to promote conservation, climate action Participate in a beach and nature area cleanup. Vote in your local elections. Plant a tree or tend to a garden with native wildflowers and other native plants. Start composting. abcnews.com/US/earth-day...

"Cocaine is now one of the most detected illicit drugs in aquatic environments worldwide... Fish...after #cocaine exposure...use more energy, enter poorer-quality habitats, or expose themselves to greater predation risk." #ClimateSky theconversation.com/coked-to-the...

"Ironically for Trump and his oil industry donors, this crisis may be an irreversible tipping point for clean energy... Fossil fuels have become expensive and unreliable, while renewables are cheap, reliable and secure."

"A hidden threat is emerging in the world’s glaciers: while most are shrinking, a rare group known as 'surging glaciers' can suddenly accelerate, unleashing powerful and sometimes destructive events. Scientists have identified over 3,100 of these glaciers" www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

"Forests are key to curbing carbon emissions and protecting the plants, animals and humans that call Earth home.. We’re losing a significant amount of forest despite efforts to protect it..We’ve lost roughly 300 million hectares over the past 11 years" #ClimateSky theconversation.com/our-efforts-...

"Vantage #datacenter... in Loudoun County — ... emissions of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from its 51 diesel generators and eight natural gas turbines could lead to 3.4–6.5 premature deaths a year and result in almost $100 billion in health-related damages." finance.yahoo.com/sectors/heal...

"More than 61% of the Lower 48 states is in moderate to exceptional drought — including 97% of the Southeast and two-thirds of the West... If America has a poor crop year because of the drought, it could be a global problem." #ClimateSky fortune.com/2026/04/18/r...

"Cleaning...sponges..slowly break down as you use them—shedding tiny plastic fibers that wash into water systems... Globally, these sponges could release over a trillion microplastic fibers every month, potentially entering the food chain and affecting wildlife." www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

"Researchers examined archived dolphin milk samples collected between 1991 and 1993 to determine the presence of PFAS... [and] found that..PFAS can be transferred from mother dolphins to their nursing calves...[and] affect health during critical stages of...development." phys.org/news/2026-04...

Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired... "My role was to hold down a desk that allowed Harvard to mislead the press about how serious they were about making reparations and confronting centuries of profiting from slavery." #AcademicSky www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Kirk Moore shows that courage can be trained. "Like so many educators around the country, we prepare for these events through training and careful assessment of the threats. I am grateful that my instincts and training, as well as God's hand, were available to me." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

After Hitler came to power in 1933 and Nazi laws and power were imposed on German universities, Martin Buber resigned in protest from his professorship. “We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves.” - Martin Buber #academicfreedom 10/n

France: "We refuse to be hostages in an ideological war aimed at imposing authoritarianism across culture and the media" www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...

Kirk Moore shows that courage can be trained. "Like so many educators around the country, we prepare for these events through training and careful assessment of the threats. I am grateful that my instincts and training, as well as God's hand, were available to me." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

By inviting speakers with a history of deliberately spreading misinformation to their conference on scientific integrity, the National Academies send a message that scientific integrity matters as a conference topic, and not much beyond that. #AcademicSky sciencebasedmedicine.org/nocensorship...

"The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought... Scientists called the new finding 'very concerning' as a collapse would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa, and the Americas." #ClimateSky www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meaningful #ClimateAction is not impossible: "Switching entirely to line drying could save 3 tons of CO2 and over $2,000 over the lifetime of a typical drying machine. Partial adoption cuts emissions substantially, too." #ClimateSky planetdetroit.org/2026/04/voic...

I don't think that the role of forests is to "help fight climate change". Nevertheless, the news is concerning. "Africa’s forests are no longer helping fight #climatechange — they’re now making it worse by releasing more carbon than they absorb." #ClimateSky www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

How do researchers define independent research? "Students..filed a complaint..against Columbia’s Center on Global Energy Policy, alleging that it falsely claims to conduct independent research despite receiving money from..fossil fuel companies" #ClimateSky www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/04...

"With the..planting season underway, its value is tied to narrow agronomic windows.. Delayed urea cargo deliveries incur a serious loss. It must be..applied within a brief planting window. Otherwise, the yield potential for that crop cycle is permanently degraded." warontherocks.com/a-closed-str...

"Less than 15% of people living in 862 cities analyzed by European Commission and University of Copenhagen researchers were found to have proper access to trees, shade, and green spaces... Access to trees is becoming a luxury." #ClimateSky www.politico.eu/article/acce...

"We say we want young people to care about the world they are inheriting... It requires creating spaces where they can speak, be heard, and take part in public life now, even when that makes school leaders uncomfortable." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

"Ontario’s Education Minister Paul Calandra...has directed school boards to ensure that no speeches include references to 'contentious issues of any kind.' But this is not simply about banning politics. It’s about redefining citizenship as apolitical – and that is fundamentally undemocratic."

"Early-life exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances #PFAS may influence how children’s bones develop during adolescence, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society." www.endocrine.org/news-and-adv...

Whispering won't protect the citizens... or the politicians. "Governments desperate..to protect their citizens from the..impacts of the climate crisis are being put in a 'beyond absurd' situation.. They are being urged not to mention the climate.. Discussions are..confined to whispers in corridors"

"Together we liberated #Hungary, we took back our country. You gave us a mandate to build a functioning and humane home for all of us." www.newsnationnow.com/world/intern...

When planning your transition to college, start thinking about possible accommodations you are eligible for. #AcademicSky

"A Ricker logistic model...predicts that the global population could reach 11.7–12.4 billion people between 2067 and 2076. The same model fitted to the facilitation phase predicts a maximum population of 2.5 billion people that Earth might be able to maintain." iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

This is the last thing that U.S. corporate universities would do. Nature: "Repository would require US universities to register research fraud and workplace harassment." #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Good luck, California! You will need a lot of it. "A San Francisco startup called Legion Health has been approved to let its AI-powered app prescribe psychiatric medications to patients in California." nationaltoday.com/us/ca/san-fr...

How prepared are nations for #FoodInsecurity? "The dire conditions encompass..the regions that grow the country’s food.. If the combination of rainfall shortages and unprecedented heat continues...it could have ripple effects through the nation’s food supply." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

#GlobalWarming and #ClimateChange will not pause for humans to sort out their political and economic issues. The Washington Post: "Real potential for the strongest #ElNiño event in 140 years". #ClimateSky www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

How #democracy transforms to #autocracy: lessons from the #NurembergTrials. The transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials and the defendants' statements help us understand how the democratic Weimar Republic transformed into a totalitarian Third Reich. Below is a thread with selected excerpts. 1/n

"There is only one reality: the act of freeing ourselves in the process of making choices" - Erich Fromm. The Guardian: "Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes." www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

"Think of the teen brain as a highway under construction... Neuroscience shows that heavy social media use can overstimulate the teen brain’s still-developing reward pathways in ways similar to addictive behaviours like gambling." #PsychSky theconversation.com/neuroscience...

"Prolonged ocean heat has a devastating impact on phytoplankton and can cause harmful algal blooms. Those changes can wreak havoc on many forms of marine life, from sea lions and dolphins, to shore birds and halibut." #ClimateSky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Climate models underestimate the growing gap between the amount of energy Earth receives from the sun and the amount the planet radiates into space, driving up temperatures.. More energy is being trapped in the atmosphere than is expelled into space" #ClimateSky www.livescience.com/planet-earth...