Academic freedom assessment across the world. The US is on a steep decline, below >120 countries www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

New on The Climate Brink: How fossil-fuel interests are attacking Extreme Event Attribution science www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-mercha...

Haitian Immigrant’s Death Ruled a Homicide After ICE Abandons Her at Pittsburgh Bus Stop

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The tide is turning on OOI. Today, 11 senators (including one Republican) and 23 House members sent letters to NSF demanding they stop the dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.

Expanding ocean oxygen depletion in the end-Permian promoted microbial sulfate reduction, resulting in extensive conversion of organic carbon into CO2 and toxic hydrogen sulfide release 👇 ⚒️🌊 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The thing that strikes me about this result is that, had the outcome been the opposite — birth rates went up — there'd be just as many justifications for why the connection might be real.

Geochronology strikes again ⚒️ www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

til of a whale graveyard? Everything dies , but why go out of your way to die here, specifically?? This is so benignly weird that I want to slip it in as background colour next time it’s even vaguely applicable when I’m on set.

🚨 Democracy cannot survive without free and independent journalism.

El Niño is here, which means it's time for me to dust off and refine my old collection of ENSO-related climate visualizations. Check out how much sea surface temperatures have already warmed this year across the equatorial tropical Pacific. Wow! Data from psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were given access to voter files in two counties in Texas and North Carolina, according to an Axios news report. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The world's first trillionaire did this

The world has warmed by around 1.4C since 1850. It took 148 years for the first half of that warming to occur, and just 27 years for the second half!

did you guys know they still allowed good news

Geothermal energy could soon have a moment in Massachusetts ⚒️ www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/11/o...

📣 PRESS RELEASE 🌟 OPEN ACCESS 🌟 In a new #TSR paper, scientists use a machine learning process to reveal thousands of small earthquakes that trace the distinct, razor-sharp edge of a microplate subducting beneath part of Alaska. ⚒️ Press release: buff.ly/sv5kwfI Paper: buff.ly/DMFfYmN

A look at my multi-panel completed "book" of memories from this trip. ⚒️🌊

Well, I was really hoping Axial Seamount would have erupted yesterday while we were passing it, but oh well, you can't win 'em all... ⚒️🌊

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More success for Ukraine overnight in its campaign to isolate occupied Crimea. Drones hit the Dzhankoy checkpoint, the Syvash railway bridge, the Chongar pontoon crossing and Russian supply trucks. #explodey

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Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...

If a research paper can't answer the "so what?" test, then it doesn't deserve reviewing let alone publishing - and I don't think AI used as a writing assistant is helping authors address that test. /end

AI will just produce what it's prompted to. It will treat everything and anything as significant. But ... it mostly isn't. So we get manuscripts of superficial sophistication that report little of consequence. It's just clutter and cacophony, but styled enough that it could pass peer review. 5/

Is America repeating authoritarian history? Harvard historian discusses how current attacks on American science map cleanly onto dangerous patterns of the past. We aren't just fighting for the planet; we're fighting for the truth. Watch the new episode! @fisherdanar.bsky.social

ATTENTION ALL ACADEMICS: If your university has discouraged you from leaving a public comment on the OMB rule proposal, WE NEED TO KNOW. Comment here, DM me, or email info (@) standupforscience (dot) net to tell @standupforscience.net your affiliation. Screenshots appreciated!

Tests suggest Russian satellites can jam GPS on a continental scale arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

Lee Raymond, more responsible for warming the earth than any other human, dead at 87 open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

To what extent #anaerobic #methanotrophic archaeal inputs may bias sea surf. T° reconstructed with #TeamArchaea hydroxylated isoprenoid tetraether lipids? @pierrickfenies.bsky.social et al. (2026) Org. Geochem.: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #GDGTs #isoGDGTs 🧪 ⚒️ 🌊 Implications for #PaleoSky

UPDATE: After @wired.com reported that YouTube was hosting (and profiting from) accounts run by Iranian government officials sanctioned by the US, the company has nuked the vast majority of the channels www.wired.com/story/youtub...

I know introducing my trolls to the two sides of their heads is mean but it's also why your Prez is blocked by so many of my parody embassies and diplomats.

"...it’s blindingly obvious that if the Earth changes, you have to acknowledge that and change with it as much as you can,” Haines said. “And if you’re responsible for changing it, you’d be wise to try and reduce the amount you change it by.” ⚒️🧪 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

With June runs in for all the ENSO models and the "spring predictability barrier" mostly behind us, the odds of a record-breaking El Niño event this fall have continued to increase. Here are all the latest runs (including today's C3S updates):

If this bozo was Secretary of Defense before D-Day, he'd have warned the Nazis when and where the invasion of Europe would be so they'd be ready.

Somberness Sunlit Emily Carr 1938-40

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⚡️6 killed, 60 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day as Kharkiv targeted for 2nd day in a row. The Air Force said Russia launched 207 drones, 181 of which were intercepted. At least 21 drones struck 14 locations, while falling debris was recorded at 13 sites.

Honestly, banning social media for those over 16 would probably be more beneficial to society.

I'm really looking forward to this month's webinar. A topic very close to my heart! BTW, we recently had a tidy up of our registration list so don't be surprised if you are asked to re-register. You can register here: sedsonline.com/webinar-regi...

After 15 years building the world's leading independent temperature record, Berkeley Earth is extending it forward: next week we launch Synthesis, delivering city-level warming projections for 8,000+ cities worldwide (and more). Join us for our launch event next week ➡️ tinyurl.com/ebt3ad7d

A new global map of phytoplankton nutrient stress reveals that ocean productivity is tightly linked to the supply of nutrients from the deep ocean. As surface waters warm and stratify, nutrient stress is increasing, providing a physiological link to climate change. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Absolute banger of an investigation by @mayakaufman.bsky.social and her co-reporters here!

June 8, 1783, the Laki eruption, one of the largest basaltic fissure eruptions in recorded history and the deadliest volcanic eruption in Icelandic history, starts when a series of fissures erupting lava open in the ground 🌋🇮🇸 tinyurl.com/u63ksxcr

Nice reminder that the legacy of anthropogenic climate change could be LONG. Notice here temperatures still elevated by 3000 CE even in the optimistic scenario's. From this paper: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A.... 🧪⚒️

Question for Scottish geology knowledgeable folks et al.: A couple us from the Phi-Geo research group (bokulich.org/%cf%86-geo-g...) will have a couple days (26 & 27June) after an Edinburgh conference before flying back & would love to do a *guided* geology of Scotland tour. Any recommendations? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚒️

Look at the colours in these opal nodules!! These are in rhyolite, a type of volcanic rock. #MineralMonday (well Mineraloid Monday) #VolcanoMonday #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪🌋

Trump's foreign policy amounts to Netanyahu holding the steering wheel while he honks.

From @audreygarric.bsky.social: The Trump regime’s decision to dismantle the Oceanic Observatory Initiative is extremely concerning. The loss of these data, along with potential cuts to other ocean observation programs, could significantly hinder climate and weather modeling and maritime safety.