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Gavin Schmidt
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Climate scientist, juggler. Bikes etc. Blogging at https://www.realclimate.org - data visualization, explainers, and debunking.

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Gavin A. Schmidt is a British climatologist, climate modeler and Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, and co-founder of the climate science blog RealClimate. .. more

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Allison Crimmins @acrimmins.bsky.social · 10h
Greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare

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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · 1d
We are seeking a 3+ year postdoc in ocean modelling, to work on an exciting project investigating underwater tsunamis in Antarctica.

More about the project here: www.polomints.ac.uk
Read more about the post here: lnkd.in/eBjndZPv

Please share and help connect us with the best candidates!
Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis
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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 1d
An international research team has completed the first fully standardized comparison of isotope-enabled climate models, demonstrating that a multi-model ensemble provides the most accurate representation of the present-day global water cycle.🧪🌊

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Multi-model isotope simulations reveal a unified picture of Earth’s…
An international research team has completed the first fully standardized comparison of isotope-enabled climate models, demonstrating that a multi-model…
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Reposted by Peter Thorne, John W. Williams, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 2 more

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 1d
While Zillow is removing its climate risk data from public view, the first truly open climate risk database.

Kudos, @carbonplan.org
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Today we’re launching Open Climate Risk, a fully open option for U.S. building-level climate risk data. It’s unique because it allows you to see not only risk scores, starting with wildfire, but also the complete underlying dataset, methods, and codebase. carbonplan.org/research/cli...

Reposted by Matthew Bunn, Joe R. Feagin, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 7 more

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.

Cool.
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FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 1d
Thacker is also terrible.

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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 2d
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Please Democrats, the Save Act is a TURD, for once, message back effectively and in unison

* If you are not registered, you will have to show a birth certificate or a passport to register. If you are married and changed your name, you will likely not be able to vote

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Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Gavin A. Schmidt

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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 2d
The Federal Judicial Center deleted a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges. I spoke to one of the authors of the chapter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/c...
Climate Change Is Erased From a Manual for Federal Judges
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Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Gavin A. Schmidt, Valerie P. Hans , and 2 more

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d
NEW: A newly updated reference manual for U.S. judges that provides answers to scientific and technical questions has eliminated some 90 pages about climate science.

It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.
Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges
The “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence” — updated for the first time in 15 years — eliminates some 90 pages about climate science and comes just as numerous climate cases make their way through ...
www.propublica.org

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
Removed chapter can be read here: www.realclimate.org/wp-content/u...
www.realclimate.org

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
sure. But that is a full time job for professionals that only work on that. Asking amateurs to approach that level of craft is... optimistic.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
fair point - I look forward to that analysis!

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Jay W. Walker @jaywwalker.bsky.social · 2d
Today at 5PM, community members will gather to express our outrage at the Trump National Parks Department's erasure of OUR history and OUR flag from OUR park!

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
turbines, but yes.

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Current fuel mix in the Texas ERCOT grid. Showing more than a third of electricity today (Feb 10, 2026) is coming from wind power.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
In particular, the rise of solar, wind (despite the headwinds), and grid-scale battery technology for electricity is being driven by market forces - even in places like Texas. The pressure on old thermal (fossil fuel) plants is relentless and will prevail (again, despite Myron Ebell).

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
Whatever the EPA tries to do this week, understand that a) it will still be challenged in court (probably successfully - though it might take a while); b) EPA is not doing much in any case; and c) most of the action in the US is at the state and local level.

Reposted by Emily Grubert

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
As Waxman-Markey embodied, specific federal legislation targeting anthropogenic climate-changing emissions would have been a much more direct way to go (and may yet be).

Reposted by Emily Grubert

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
However, as was anticipated at the time, using the CAA to regulate CO2 has been a long, slow & mostly impact-less. It's taken many steps (from assessing whether CO2 was covered (it is), to the kinds of actions that EPA is authorized to take (limited), & the ping-pong of dueling administrations.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
First off, there is no scientific argument that the evidence that CO2 emissions cause damages has lessened since the 2009 finding. Trends and attributions have only become clearer.

Second, the legal arguments against the finding have all been tested up to the Supreme Court multiple times.

Reposted by John Fasullo, Jonathan A. Foley, Emily Grubert

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely.

🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Lesley A. Hall, Daniel S. Goldberg , and 7 more

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Jelena Subotić

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 2d
They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.

Erasure. Just like the Nazis.

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Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
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Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Scott L. Greer, Esther K. Choo , and 3 more

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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 2d
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025

🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year

😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition

news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
Direct link to the removed chapter: www.realclimate.org/wp-content/u...
www.realclimate.org

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
Yes. Here

www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: The Climate Science reference they don’t want Judges to read
RealClimate: For the first time, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) commissioned a chapter on climate science for the manual they put out (with the NASEM) for judges, the Reference on Scientific Eviden...
www.realclimate.org

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d
cabs exist.

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Kevin J. Anchukaitis

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RealClimate feed @realclimate.org · 3d
RealClimate: The Climate Science reference they don’t want Judges to read www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: The Climate Science reference they don’t want Judges to read
RealClimate: For the first time, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) commissioned a chapter on climate science for the manual they put out (with the NASEM) for judges, the Reference on Scientific Eviden...
www.realclimate.org

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 3d
Reach out to Yoram Bauman standupeconomist.com he's done a lot of climate-related material. Also, @climateadam.bsky.social is great.
Home - The Standup Economist
"The world's first and only stand-up economist" Yes, I really do have a Ph.D. in economics, and Yes I really do make a living as the world's first and only stand-up economist. Here's my bio, scroll ...
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Reposted by A. E. Dessler, Gavin A. Schmidt

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 3d
I've created a new dashboard for The Climate Brink that is updated daily with ERA5 global mean surface temperature data. It includes daily anomalies, monthly and annual forecasts, and a bunch of interactive data visualizations: dashboard.theclimate...

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Benjamin I. Cook, Michael J. Allen

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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 3d
We’ve got a new dataset that’s hi-res and research ready: MESACLIP. Researchers used two supercomputers to create the MESACLIP dataset which features the Earth system in unprecedented detail, including snow cover and sea surface temperatures. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rBK9bg
A high-resolution simulation illustrating ocean currents with vibrant colors. The warm currents are depicted in red and orange, centrally concentrated along the equator, while cooler currents appear in blue and green. Continents, including North America, South America, Africa, Eurasia, and Australia, are visible.