Simply incredible work. Among other findings- about half of all migration stopover hot spots are in urban areas! 🤯

This is the path of and reports from the EF0 to EF2 tornado that hit Bloomington last week. There will definitely be an Expanding Bull's-Eye question (also using Google Earth imagery) on next week's take-home Climate Change Impacts exam.

"His book is for everyone who wants to really understand the mess we are in, which means – it is for everyone." Slavoj Žižek

Public engagement and climate change: exploring the role of hairdressers as everyday influencers ⭐New paper!⭐ Two research projects exploring the influence that hairdressers—as widespread professionals in conversational spaces—have w/ clients about climate & sustainability. doi.org/10.1057/s415...

Farmers were promised $400 million in drought aid. Trump's USDA ghosted them. [via @grist.org]

EV battery technology continues to astound! 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 electrek.co/2026/02/24/s...

Indiana University's football crown was the feel-good story of the year. Off the field...not so much Ranked last for free speech, DEI cuts, slashing the humanities while paying its coach $13M under MAGA trustees My column on how IU ranks No. 1 in moral bankruptcy www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

A lot of that "Phoenix water supply" is going to irrigate alfalfa

Your periodic reminder that markets don’t want to build the things the Trump administration is pushing. That’s a good thing for the planet. And someday, we will again have a WH who isn’t afraid of competitive markets.

A stunning satellite shot of a powerful nor'easter.

Africa is moving past fossil fuels to electrification and renewables. As are Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. But who is not? 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

Interesting combo: weather balloon launch and music video @iuearth.bsky.social

If only their President was as gracious as Hughes or Knight

“Upto 90% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s material cultural legacy is kept in Western museums and private collections outside of the continent. In the absence of written sources, this material constitutes the principal historical source of many societies.” www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-pictoria...

I've said it before, but the first school that promotes itself as "AI-free" is going to corner the market on folks committed to learning. (gift link)

For these reasons and more, burning is bad for you and the planet.

🚨🔥 NEW: Increasing mortality from wildfire smoke is directly traceable to greenhouse gas emissions. In our new paper in @pnas.org , we show that every megaton of CO2 emitted costs the US more than 10 million dollars in health costs from wildfire smoke. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Please come and join us tomorrow at 4pm to kickoff our campaign to close the concentration camps in Indiana, starting with the largest one at Miami Correctional Facility. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

The disconnect between the Board of Trustees and the wider IU community -- including alums -- is incredible.

So far, more than 250 Indiana University alumni, faculty, and staff have pledged not to donate to #IU until President Pamela Whitten is gone and other conditions are met. Add your name via the link at the bottom of the letter.

Trump’s corrupt efforts to prop up his polluting fossil fuel donors can’t change the direction of our clean energy future.

'It is expected to produce 100 gigawatts of offshore wind energy — enough to power around 50 million homes... @laurapaddison.bsky.social @ellanilsen.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2026/02/19/c...

So glad Indiana University had a backbone and didn’t immediately eliminate its DEI initiatives. Oh wait…

The finality of this ruling against the Trump admin's illegal anti-DEI policy seems like a pretty big deal: "the district court issued a final ruling today, permanently invalidating the directive and preventing the government from enforcing, relying on, or reviving it.." www.aclu.org/press-releas...

🔥 from @idsnews.bsky.social opinion page

Just a reminder that the UC system was not a party in this litigation. Faculty, staff and the @aaup.org fought on their own. UCLA, and the entire UC system, should be ashamed of themselves, and their leaders should be reminded of their submissives every day.

Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title… “How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work” Way to devalue my experience.

China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies. It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony

"The repeal of the Endangerment Finding does not alter the central unambiguous scientific conclusion: The climate change that people are causing threatens human lives and well-being."—@ametsoc.org. Though I would've preferred "AMS condemns" than chosen "AMS concerned" www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

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docs.google.com/document/d/1... Hey folks, tried putting together a letter in direct response to the NSF unprompted decision. Feel free to offer suggestion or to add your name as a signatory, and thanks to those that did it alredy! Current text follows (errors all mine!)...

Science is a method for evaluating claims and removing the effects of the Idols of the Mind (removing bias over time). People less open to new experiences, more bound to tradition, and more likely to defer to authority (i.e. more conservative people) will have a harder time applying those methods.

"It’s impossible to come away from these results without concluding that economic populism is a winning message for loyal Democrats. This was true across those who identify as liberals, moderates, or progressives." newrepublic.com/article/2060...

Reminder: If you’ve been wondering how to get started writing a #KidLit #GraphicNovel, join my class at @thewritingbarn.bsky.social tomorrow! It’s an affordable $35 and comes with a handy-dandy handout 😄https://thewritingbarn.com/class/write-graphic-novel/

Chickens in the snow

It’s “just a bill” but some potential good news for Indiana

🧵/ Our February European Political Monthly survey once again finds attitudes to the USA hitting new lows Net favourability of the USA in... 🇩🇪 -56 (down 5 from Jan) 🇫🇷 -52 (down 18) 🇮🇹 -43 (down 5) 🇪🇸 -41 (down 4) 🇬🇧 -41 (down 7) 🇵🇱 -5 (new) yougov.co.uk/internationa...

pro tip for sharing extremely fucked up climate news: if you don’t include a doable action step, it’s just gonna burn people out I got about a bajillon of em. how bout: find out when your local planning and zoning people meet, show up and support clean energy projects and dense housing

🚨🧑🏼‍🔬I’m hiring a postdoc to start in the fall! Come join our growing group here in Bloomington, Indiana. Please apply if you’re interested in climate impacts, extreme heat and health, climate change attribution and any related topic. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/32142

Despite CA having 2x the electricity price as TX, Texans pay 28% more per capita for electricity yearly because TX uses 2.7x the elec per capita as CA (vs 2.1x in 2001, so nothing to do with weather) even with 2 mil more EVs in CA than TX Why? Stronger effic & building standards & more BTM PV in CA

Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones. Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.

"Appeasement is being coordinated while resistance is not." The perfect encapsulation of what has clearly become the systemic failure of higher-ed leadership

Very astute: "If America’s university presidents believe that their foremost responsibility is simply to keep their institutions operational ... they are mistaken. Much as lawyers are guardians of the rule of law, presidents and chancellors are stewards of intellectual freedom and democratic norms"

A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

In case you missed the moment. Art is powerful

When my eyes first saw the graph, I thought it was a picture of this year's awful snow/water content of the western US, but then realized it's just a graphic of a major source of funding for my career field that studies things like this year's awful western snows.

MAHA dutifully kisses the Farm Bureau ring.

Suspicious...

"the D.C. National Guard is on track to spend more than $602 million per year on the deployment — a sum slightly larger than the operating 2026 budget for the Metropolitan Police Department, which employs about 4,900 officers"