Daniel Bailey
@danielbailey99.bsky.social
Former Science Editor of the NASA Climate Change website and member of Skeptical Science. Facts and integrity matter.
Paddle-to-the-Sea strongly influenced my early self, no doubt contributing to my professional career as a nautical cartographer and eventually to my work with NASA's Global Climate Change website.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Paddle-to-the-Sea strongly influenced my early self, no doubt contributing to my professional career as a nautical cartographer and eventually to my work with NASA's Global Climate Change website.
Everyone at SVS does amazing work.
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Everyone at SVS does amazing work.
Albeit one with delusions of competence.
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Albeit one with delusions of competence.
None present, None ever.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
None present, None ever.
As the Climate Bard (insert preferred, often quoted climate scientist name here) alludes,
"the Trend is the Thing".
"the Trend is the Thing".
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
As the Climate Bard (insert preferred, often quoted climate scientist name here) alludes,
"the Trend is the Thing".
"the Trend is the Thing".
Thirty thousand, not three hundred thousand.
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thirty thousand, not three hundred thousand.
As Tolkien put it:
"For men are easily corrupted"
"For men are easily corrupted"
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As Tolkien put it:
"For men are easily corrupted"
"For men are easily corrupted"
Congratulations!
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Congratulations!
Troll reported and blocked.
All should do likewise.
All should do likewise.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Troll reported and blocked.
All should do likewise.
All should do likewise.
Here's places that could suffer from the effects of 1 and 6 meter sea level rise. Getting long in the tooth but still serviceable.
skepticalscience.com/mapping_sea_...
skepticalscience.com/mapping_sea_...
Sea level rise: coming to a place near you
It has been said that our coastal cities are but castles made of sand. And like sand, they will fall into the sea, eventually. No one can tell the day or the hour, but with the expected rise of sea ...
skepticalscience.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Here's places that could suffer from the effects of 1 and 6 meter sea level rise. Getting long in the tooth but still serviceable.
skepticalscience.com/mapping_sea_...
skepticalscience.com/mapping_sea_...
Fortunately we have global observational data, so one's personal anecdotes are rendered meaningless. The human-driven changing of Earth's climate is well-understood and well-documented.
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fortunately we have global observational data, so one's personal anecdotes are rendered meaningless. The human-driven changing of Earth's climate is well-understood and well-documented.
Eyewall vs the eye itself.
As an analogy: the rubber part of a car tire is the "eyewall" and the metal rim of a car tire corresponds to its "eye".
As an analogy: the rubber part of a car tire is the "eyewall" and the metal rim of a car tire corresponds to its "eye".
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Eyewall vs the eye itself.
As an analogy: the rubber part of a car tire is the "eyewall" and the metal rim of a car tire corresponds to its "eye".
As an analogy: the rubber part of a car tire is the "eyewall" and the metal rim of a car tire corresponds to its "eye".
With implications for Northern Europe, yes. The globe as a whole will continue to warm.
www.carbonbrief.org/ocean-curren...
www.carbonbrief.org/ocean-curren...
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
With implications for Northern Europe, yes. The globe as a whole will continue to warm.
www.carbonbrief.org/ocean-curren...
www.carbonbrief.org/ocean-curren...
No scientific evidence points to that. Or was that just a throwaway quip?
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
No scientific evidence points to that. Or was that just a throwaway quip?
It's always fascists.
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's always fascists.
Congratulations!
October 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Congratulations!
An even bigger-picture view of temperatures vs "the sun":
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
An even bigger-picture view of temperatures vs "the sun":
Olorin groks all.
October 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Olorin groks all.
While it is true that the Vikings referred to Greenland as such largely for marketing purposes it in no way implied ice-free conditions in Iceland.
October 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
While it is true that the Vikings referred to Greenland as such largely for marketing purposes it in no way implied ice-free conditions in Iceland.
Ice has been present in Iceland since at least the mid-Holocene. Since humans have colonized it, glaciers and ice caps have been always present.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Ice has been present in Iceland since at least the mid-Holocene. Since humans have colonized it, glaciers and ice caps have been always present.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Is that an attempt at sarcasm?
October 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Is that an attempt at sarcasm?
It's almost like something has...changed.
/sarc
/sarc
October 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's almost like something has...changed.
/sarc
/sarc