Eric Holthaus
@ericholthaus.com
Meteorologist & climate journalist. Dad. Birder. Minnesotan. Optimistic to a fault.
Science news with attitude for The Guardian. Author of The Future Earth.
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Science news with attitude for The Guardian. Author of The Future Earth.
Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
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joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
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The extent of global sea ice cover is more than 3 million square kilometers below the 1981-2010 average. This is the 2nd lowest on record for this date over the satellite-era.
Data from nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The extent of global sea ice cover is more than 3 million square kilometers below the 1981-2010 average. This is the 2nd lowest on record for this date over the satellite-era.
Data from nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
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A book and a train is a hell of a combination.
*bonus points for the snowy landscape.
*bonus points for the snowy landscape.
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A book and a train is a hell of a combination.
*bonus points for the snowy landscape.
*bonus points for the snowy landscape.
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Here's a map of the latest NWS forecast showing a widespread, hefty blanket of snow headed for the Midwest this weekend.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here's a map of the latest NWS forecast showing a widespread, hefty blanket of snow headed for the Midwest this weekend.
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Incredibly funny how much political discussion is driven by the four things at the bottom while everyone else is getting cooked on Facebook looking at pictures of AI Eminem opening nursing homes for crying veterans
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Incredibly funny how much political discussion is driven by the four things at the bottom while everyone else is getting cooked on Facebook looking at pictures of AI Eminem opening nursing homes for crying veterans
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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Happy Thanksgiving from the ice cream aisle.
Thankful for our city.
Thankful for our city.
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the ice cream aisle.
Thankful for our city.
Thankful for our city.
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
My 9 year old has no idea what the traditional Thanksgiving story with Pilgrims and Native people is so I'll call that a win.
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My 9 year old has no idea what the traditional Thanksgiving story with Pilgrims and Native people is so I'll call that a win.
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Did you know there's a 500-million-year-old species that lives in the deep sea called Paleodictyon, but we only know it from trace fossils and marks on the seafloor and have absolutely no idea what the animal is?
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Did you know there's a 500-million-year-old species that lives in the deep sea called Paleodictyon, but we only know it from trace fossils and marks on the seafloor and have absolutely no idea what the animal is?
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
It could be a sponge or a foram or a xenophyophore or something totally different.
Move over, Spotify... my @inaturalist.bsky.social year in review is here!
www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/e...
www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/e...
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Move over, Spotify... my @inaturalist.bsky.social year in review is here!
www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/e...
www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/e...
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my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
September 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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With a winter storm warning in effect, the Twin Cities will see its first accumulating snow of the season (MSP Airport) late tonight into early Wednesday.
Should be ok getting out of town today as long as you're not driving to ND or N. MN.
Tomorrow AM: slick driving, flight delays possible.
Should be ok getting out of town today as long as you're not driving to ND or N. MN.
Tomorrow AM: slick driving, flight delays possible.
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
With a winter storm warning in effect, the Twin Cities will see its first accumulating snow of the season (MSP Airport) late tonight into early Wednesday.
Should be ok getting out of town today as long as you're not driving to ND or N. MN.
Tomorrow AM: slick driving, flight delays possible.
Should be ok getting out of town today as long as you're not driving to ND or N. MN.
Tomorrow AM: slick driving, flight delays possible.
It's looking like a White Thanksgiving this year in Minnesota -- accumulating snow should give us an inch or two on Wednesday.
Here's how often that's happened over the past 70 years:
Here's how often that's happened over the past 70 years:
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's looking like a White Thanksgiving this year in Minnesota -- accumulating snow should give us an inch or two on Wednesday.
Here's how often that's happened over the past 70 years:
Here's how often that's happened over the past 70 years:
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Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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historic levels of leopards eating faces
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
historic levels of leopards eating faces
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been endorsed by Sunrise Movement! @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been endorsed by Sunrise Movement! @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
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The other certainty about overshoot is that even if we eventually get back to 1.5°C, a lot more people will suffer because we didn’t reduce emissions earlier and more rapidly.
Now that we are likely to cross 1.5°C, there is increasing discussion on "overshoot".
There is a lot of uncertainties on overshoot, but there is one thing that we are 100% sure about:
GHG emissions need to go down >90% in decades for overshoot to be a reality.
www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
There is a lot of uncertainties on overshoot, but there is one thing that we are 100% sure about:
GHG emissions need to go down >90% in decades for overshoot to be a reality.
www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The other certainty about overshoot is that even if we eventually get back to 1.5°C, a lot more people will suffer because we didn’t reduce emissions earlier and more rapidly.
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
The forced displacement of the 10 million residents of a major world capital due to climate change is... not even making the news here in our era of ascendant fascism and late capitalism.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The forced displacement of the 10 million residents of a major world capital due to climate change is... not even making the news here in our era of ascendant fascism and late capitalism.
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The ICJ's opinion suggests the US "is very likely in breach of its international obligations—including under customary international law & human rights law—to prevent significant climate harm" said @sabincenter.bsky.social's Maria Antonia Tigre
More here on what the AO means for the US
More here on what the AO means for the US
A historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
A Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30 - Inside Climate News
The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
insideclimatenews.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The ICJ's opinion suggests the US "is very likely in breach of its international obligations—including under customary international law & human rights law—to prevent significant climate harm" said @sabincenter.bsky.social's Maria Antonia Tigre
More here on what the AO means for the US
More here on what the AO means for the US
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Confirmed world record. #Hurricane #Melissa produced a wind gust reading of 252mph. A Hurricane Hunter dropsonde recorded this gust at 657 feet above the sea, breaking the old record of Typhoon Megi (248 mph in 2010). #wx
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Confirmed world record. #Hurricane #Melissa produced a wind gust reading of 252mph. A Hurricane Hunter dropsonde recorded this gust at 657 feet above the sea, breaking the old record of Typhoon Megi (248 mph in 2010). #wx
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?