ClimateDynamics
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Same old climatedynamics from Twitter.
I'm often amazed by the prescience of the DNI Global Trends analysis. I'm also amazed that many people who should read it don't. The most recent 2040 report discussed 5 plausible scenarios. I'll cut and paste them below. Here's the document itself www.dni.gov/files/images...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm often amazed by the prescience of the DNI Global Trends analysis. I'm also amazed that many people who should read it don't. The most recent 2040 report discussed 5 plausible scenarios. I'll cut and paste them below. Here's the document itself www.dni.gov/files/images...
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Every summer since 1983, workers at Crater Lake National Park have gathered data about the lake’s famous clarity. The biologist Scott Girdner has led much of this work. When he retires, a hiring freeze will leave his position unfilled indefinitely. www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every summer since 1983, workers at Crater Lake National Park have gathered data about the lake’s famous clarity. The biologist Scott Girdner has led much of this work. When he retires, a hiring freeze will leave his position unfilled indefinitely. www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
Tagging Sarah @sfeakins.bsky.social
I'm super happy to announce that the great Sarah Feakins will be taking over as Editor-in-Chief of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. My term is ending at the end of this year. It's been a terrific adventure since I started in January 2020. eos.org/editors-vox/...
Announcing New AGU Journal Editors-in-Chief Starting in 2026 - Eos
AGU is excited to welcome new Editors-in-Chief for five of our journals in 2026.
eos.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Tagging Sarah @sfeakins.bsky.social
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💡 In a new piece on the Project Drawdown Insights hub, Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D. breaks down five reasons heat pumps are awesome for your comfort, your community, and the climate!
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot
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November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
💡 In a new piece on the Project Drawdown Insights hub, Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D. breaks down five reasons heat pumps are awesome for your comfort, your community, and the climate!
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot
👉 Dive into the full article: https://bit.ly/4o9lFot
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Direct air capture is not currently viable strategy. Likely increases carbon pollution (more carbon energy required to than saved). See @mzjacobson.bsky.social's work: news.stanford.edu/stories/2019... & Joe Romm's review for our center (@penncssm.bsky.social): bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upen...
Study casts doubt on carbon capture
Current approaches to carbon capture can increase air pollution and are not efficient at reducing carbon in the atmosphere, according to research from Mark Z. Jacobson.
news.stanford.edu
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Direct air capture is not currently viable strategy. Likely increases carbon pollution (more carbon energy required to than saved). See @mzjacobson.bsky.social's work: news.stanford.edu/stories/2019... & Joe Romm's review for our center (@penncssm.bsky.social): bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upen...
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ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
ppgm: an R package for integrating neontological, palaeontological & climate data in a phylogenetic comparative framework onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SVP2025 @alexh-palaeo.bsky.social @datadryad.bsky.social @tamueccb.bsky.social
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This is the reconstruction that comes with our new Nature Communications Earth & Environment paper on Caribbean biogeography.
With Leny Montheil, Mélody Philippon, Franck Audemard, Lydian Boschman, Richard Wessels, Sylvie Leroy et al
#UtrechtPaleogeographicModel
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
With Leny Montheil, Mélody Philippon, Franck Audemard, Lydian Boschman, Richard Wessels, Sylvie Leroy et al
#UtrechtPaleogeographicModel
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is the reconstruction that comes with our new Nature Communications Earth & Environment paper on Caribbean biogeography.
With Leny Montheil, Mélody Philippon, Franck Audemard, Lydian Boschman, Richard Wessels, Sylvie Leroy et al
#UtrechtPaleogeographicModel
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
With Leny Montheil, Mélody Philippon, Franck Audemard, Lydian Boschman, Richard Wessels, Sylvie Leroy et al
#UtrechtPaleogeographicModel
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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“It’s not the natural state of America that we are polarized about climate change. It’s artificial, created by the billions in spending by the fossil fuel industry “ defending its $700 billion in subsidies.
“An industry will undertake all kinds of wickedness to defend a $700 billion subsidy”.
“An industry will undertake all kinds of wickedness to defend a $700 billion subsidy”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“It’s not the natural state of America that we are polarized about climate change. It’s artificial, created by the billions in spending by the fossil fuel industry “ defending its $700 billion in subsidies.
“An industry will undertake all kinds of wickedness to defend a $700 billion subsidy”.
“An industry will undertake all kinds of wickedness to defend a $700 billion subsidy”.
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HECK YEAH LIMNOLOGY
(this is a great piece about lake science, read it)
(this is a great piece about lake science, read it)
Mixing is a fundamental process that functions like a heartbeat for lakes. But at iconic lakes around the world, climate change is slowing or even stopping that heartbeat - causing profound impacts to these very special ecosystems. @quantamagazine.bsky.social
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down. | Quanta Magazine
The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
HECK YEAH LIMNOLOGY
(this is a great piece about lake science, read it)
(this is a great piece about lake science, read it)
I'm super happy to announce that the great Sarah Feakins will be taking over as Editor-in-Chief of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. My term is ending at the end of this year. It's been a terrific adventure since I started in January 2020. eos.org/editors-vox/...
Announcing New AGU Journal Editors-in-Chief Starting in 2026 - Eos
AGU is excited to welcome new Editors-in-Chief for five of our journals in 2026.
eos.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm super happy to announce that the great Sarah Feakins will be taking over as Editor-in-Chief of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. My term is ending at the end of this year. It's been a terrific adventure since I started in January 2020. eos.org/editors-vox/...
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FINALLY action from Congress to save Goddard Space Flight Center:
@lofgren.house.gov belatedly demands a halt to the destruction that began on September 24th
@lofgren.house.gov belatedly demands a halt to the destruction that began on September 24th
House Demands Answers Over Goddard Changes
Today, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration
nasawatch.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
FINALLY action from Congress to save Goddard Space Flight Center:
@lofgren.house.gov belatedly demands a halt to the destruction that began on September 24th
@lofgren.house.gov belatedly demands a halt to the destruction that began on September 24th
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Today is the official launch of this year's @unep.org #EmissionsGap report.
It's title says it all
OFF TARGET
that's true for progress, NDCs and implementation
It's title says it all
OFF TARGET
that's true for progress, NDCs and implementation
New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Today is the official launch of this year's @unep.org #EmissionsGap report.
It's title says it all
OFF TARGET
that's true for progress, NDCs and implementation
It's title says it all
OFF TARGET
that's true for progress, NDCs and implementation
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60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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I normally am a cheerful optimist, but I am just at a loss about what to even say to young scientists right now. Devastating overview of the cuts: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I normally am a cheerful optimist, but I am just at a loss about what to even say to young scientists right now. Devastating overview of the cuts: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A new paper out by Nimmakanti Mahendra and a bunch of us. .Stagnation of Atmospheric Circulation Leads to Historically Prolonged Extreme Rainfall Event Over Northwestern India in August 2024. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Stagnation of Atmospheric Circulation Leads to Historically Prolonged Extreme Rainfall Event Over Northwestern India in August 2024
A historical 10-day extreme precipitation event in northwestern India contributed > ${ >} $60% of all-India rainfall in August 2024
Stagnation of the subtropical circulation, marked by an upstrea...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A new paper out by Nimmakanti Mahendra and a bunch of us. .Stagnation of Atmospheric Circulation Leads to Historically Prolonged Extreme Rainfall Event Over Northwestern India in August 2024. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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We're hiring! I'm recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in climate & paleoclimate modeling of the tropical Americas. Come obsess over the tropical rain belt with me! :) Please share w/folks who may be interested. Ad here: wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Position Summary The Climate and Paleoclimate Lab in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at WashU in St. Louis seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate in tropical climate/pa...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We're hiring! I'm recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in climate & paleoclimate modeling of the tropical Americas. Come obsess over the tropical rain belt with me! :) Please share w/folks who may be interested. Ad here: wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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If you take the time to read the whole Gates memo (which I did), the bulk of the content was mostly solid and encouraging. Really!
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you take the time to read the whole Gates memo (which I did), the bulk of the content was mostly solid and encouraging. Really!
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
It was the FRAME that was off--very off, from the first line.
And when your framing is off, then how you make decisions and set priorities is off. THAT'S the problem.
led by my good friend vimal mishra and with many other excellent collaborators, this Open-Access paper just came out on "Migrant Laborers in India Face Increased Heat Stress Driven by Climate Warming and ENSO Variability" agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Migrant Laborers in India Face Increased Heat Stress Driven by Climate Warming and ENSO Variability
Examine the changes in heat stress and labor capacity in major urban centers in India that attract rural-to-urban work migrants
Most rural-to-urban migration hotspots in India witnessed a signifi...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
led by my good friend vimal mishra and with many other excellent collaborators, this Open-Access paper just came out on "Migrant Laborers in India Face Increased Heat Stress Driven by Climate Warming and ENSO Variability" agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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“Experts say they saw no major problems with NOAA’s hurricane forecasting ability… critical ahead of Melissa’s landfall in Jamaica as a violent storm that is not expected to strike the U.S. Many NOAA employees are considered essential, which means they are working during the shutdown without pay.”
BREAKING: Twenty-five people died in southern Haiti after a river flooded by Hurricane Melissa burst its banks, the mayor of a coastal town told AP.
Live updates: Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after pummeling Jamaica with record wind speeds
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“Experts say they saw no major problems with NOAA’s hurricane forecasting ability… critical ahead of Melissa’s landfall in Jamaica as a violent storm that is not expected to strike the U.S. Many NOAA employees are considered essential, which means they are working during the shutdown without pay.”
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For all Trump’s bluster, the courts are turning out to be a serious obstacle to his fascist ambitions. Jay Kuo explains how the judiciary keeps kneecapping him at every turn. And Jordan Gonsalves looks at MAGA’s meltdown over Bad Bunny—and what it says about their culture war collapse.
This Week In The Big Picture
It may not feel like it most days, but Donald Trump’s authoritarian ambitions have been seriously kneecapped by the courts.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
For all Trump’s bluster, the courts are turning out to be a serious obstacle to his fascist ambitions. Jay Kuo explains how the judiciary keeps kneecapping him at every turn. And Jordan Gonsalves looks at MAGA’s meltdown over Bad Bunny—and what it says about their culture war collapse.
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this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
The Trump Supremacy
[FREE TO READ] Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
on.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
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New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
I'm happy to report a new paper on how the menagerie of different heat stress metrics in use differs when calculated with ERA5 output. We find differences largely attributable to different weightings of humidity in the metric. More work to be done. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GJQTZX...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm happy to report a new paper on how the menagerie of different heat stress metrics in use differs when calculated with ERA5 output. We find differences largely attributable to different weightings of humidity in the metric. More work to be done. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GJQTZX...