Mars seems to drive 100,000-year & 2.3-million-year orbital wobbles that affect climate 👇⚒️ scitechdaily.com?p=513430

This is pretty damning of Democratic Party Leadership 👇 www.axios.com/2026/03/08/d...

"the team was able to identify geochemical evidence consistent with a nonbiological nitrogen reduction process" ⚒️🧪 scitechdaily.com?p=512177

This is absolutely disgusting. And dangerous. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/14/n...

I wrote about how the war in Iran is affecting public health and the environment for @rollingstone.com

Faculty members are spending ever more time outmanoeuvring students who want to cut corners with artificial intelligence go.nature.com/3PhDxRi

Almost like it was a mistake to alienate all of our allies with idiotic trade wars, and then launch an actual hot war where we needed their help gcaptain.com/trump-calls-...

I haven't felt this conflicted in a long time... 🧪

Trump on Iran: “Russia is perhaps giving information, perhaps they’re not.” * they are.

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Happy PI-Day

There is absolutely no bottom. @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...

It's such a pleasure to see other artists inspired by my work and to see their interpretation of it. Oh this is so lovely! Thank you so much @kerstinsailer.bsky.social 🥰🙏

New England offshore wind project targeted by Republicans starts sending power to the New England grid 👏👏👏 apnews.com/article/trum...

They're not stupid...

Great to see finally published by Misha Whittingham @deathandtaxa.bsky.social the magnum opus on the heteromorph ammonites of the Vancouver Island! With new genera and species. 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

By threatening to deny the license of any broadcast news company that does not tow the Trump line, Carr is publicly announcing that the goal of the Trump Administration is to rip up the Constitution to install an authoritarian government.

Is Majority Leader Schumer acting like it? Is any Senator routinely denying UC so as to force debate and attention on the situation? Are our leaders acting like it?

The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled. A truly extraordinary moment. We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. Act like it.

Instead of blowing up things in Iran, the federal government could have spent $11 billion in a week paying the entire household incomes for everyone in these counties. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

An abusive relationship 👇 www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."

Sea dragon in the jaws of a fish: "Finding embedded teeth, while rare, removes this ambiguity. Here we describe a tooth embedded in a mid-cervical vertebra of a subadult plesiosaur, Polycotylus latipinnis" 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Finally a convincing explanation for the existence of blueschist and eclogite belts. ⚒️

#FossilFriday Neck and thoracic vertebrae of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis. Image credit: Dr. Sebastián Apesteguía paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/t...

In its hunt for critical minerals, the US is misconstruing what is and is not America’s theconversation.com/in-its-hunt-...

In 1 week Persians will celebrate Nowruz, an ancient observation of the Spring Equinox symbolizing rebirth & renewal going back at least 2,500 years. In these dark days I wish the world the joy of greenery & blossoms heady with with perfume of spring 🌷🌱☘️🥚🌷

Sadly had to write this...The most 2026 thing I've had to write cc @spann.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

SCOOP: Alabama might be the first state to ever ban new solar farms. Why? People are upset about a gigantic solar project that would power a Meta data center. Turns out when you tie solar to data centers, it can quickly become less popular!

John Burns, a legendary colleague at the Times, a pal whom I deeply admired for his reporting from China, Bosnia, Yemen and more, is dead at 81. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w... I cited this piece in my last book as a masterpiece of war correspondence: www.nytimes.com/1992/06/08/w... RIP, John.

Why on earth am I wearing shorts?

The Ladies Skerrs Dome, part of the larger Berwick Monocline, on the shore. It’s composed of sandstones, limestones, and mudstones. #FridayFold ⚒️🧪

US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once - AP apnews.com/article/heat...

Being a journalist means having people talk about experiences nobody should have to go through. I’m so grateful for the people who agree to have these conversations, including @prosanta.bsky.social and Becca Lynch, for this one from today about people under 50 getting diagnosed w colon cancer.

I've updated the Climate Dashboard to use the new 11-model ENSO multi-model mean to help predict 2026 temperatures. It caused the 2026 estimate to jump from 1.45C to 1.51C, reflecting the much higher likelihood of a strong El Nino developing: dashboard.theclimate...

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a cornerstone of U.S. weather science. AMS urges a transparent, community-driven review before restructuring such critical infrastructure. Read our response to NSF's "Dear Colleague Letter": https://bit.ly/4bglx16

We’re rapidly approaching 3,000 No Kings Day events, which means March 28 is going to be the biggest protest in US history. Let’s make it clear that America rejects the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

👇 part of a great 🧵 exposing another deliberate deception using AI to package bizarre climate denial as if it is an actual scientific paper

This is the second pseudo scientific paper from this journal mimicking the style of a scientific paper using IA tools. The previous one, written with Grok, could be debunked... by Grok! livingearth.substack.com/p/grok-vs-gr... 12/...

Chevron folded chert + shale in the Marin Headlands ⚒️

In a new #SRL paper, scientists use seismic data from boreholes drilled through the Deccan basalts and into granite basement to image the underlying structures, including the Donachiwada fault. ⚒️ buff.ly/j5LNG5V

New findings by researchers including LDEO geologist Nicholas Christie-Blick shed light on a widespread gap in the geologic record—the Great Unconformity—where more than a billion years of Earth's history appear to have been erased. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ry5QbN

In the continuing adventures of Make America Stupid Again, UFC fighters will travel to Quantico to train FBI agents. (Link in next post)

Russia has gained a boost of $1.3–$1.9 billion in additional oil tax revenue as global prices surged due to the Iran War, the FT reports.

Around New Hampshire, the maple sap is starting to flow. 🍁

At least 64 killed, dozens reported missing in Ethiopia landslides, floods https://aje.news/wks409

A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity. www.statnews.com/2026/03/12/n...