In #ScienceUnderSiege, my co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I emphasize that legacy outlets like the @nytimes.com are a big part of the problem. Actual statement by editorial board in today's paper: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... could have been written by a fossil fuel industry PR flack:

The Mediterranean Sea August sea surface temperature (SST) of 28.3C is not only the warmest for any August on record, but the warmest for any month on record. 🚨🔥🚨

Nepal observed their warmest August nationwide, with the most anomalous region being the border with China/Tibet. It is hard to imagine that record warm temps did not hasten the bedrock/glacier collapse disaster.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Rescuers in Nepal find two more people alive after flood disaster

Canada could experience a 5°C temperature increase by 2100 if current climate policies remain unchanged. This would lead to glacier loss, more frequent droughts and floods, and an extended fire season. Reducing emissions and achieving net-zero emissions by 2075 could limit warming to 3.5°C.

Canadians should prepare for a 5 C hotter future, report warns | CBC News

The federal government's new report summarizing the latest science on climate change warns that under current climate policies, the impact on Canadians will likely be "far from benign."

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The second edition of Canada’s Changing Climate Report (CCCR2026) is now published, which discusses past and future climate change for the region, as well as Indigenous science and perspectives. Canada is warming at twice the global rate. Learn more at www.canada.ca/en/environme...

Earth's Energy Imbalance keeps increasing, as illustrated by the image by Leon Simons. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2026/09/wate...

Remarkable that fed govt released such an important report quietly just before a long weekend and the Minister wasn't available for comment. Same strategy for the Net Zero Act progress report last fall. Both in stark contrast to earlier reports.

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 2w ago

From retreating glaciers to wildfires and marine heat waves, the impacts climate change will likely become even more pronounced in Canada, federal assessment finds, by @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien... via @theglobeandmail.com

Wow, the Trump EPA is proposing a change to the definition of “discharge of a pollutant” that would exempt moving boats and ships from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program requirements. Let the dumping begin*! *Let’s not. Please comment in the Federal Register.

EPA Moves to Redefine “Discharge of a Pollutant” - Eos

The EPA is proposing a change to the definition of “discharge of a pollutant” that would exempt moving boats and ships from pollution regulations.

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Picture the "there's an alien invasion" press conference from the movies. That's what this calls for. Not this weasel shit, releasing it with no announcement, the day before a long weekend. The comms director for the environment minister is on fucking vacation.

OUT NOW! Part 4 of our video series “Core research topics of PIK”: @rahmstorf.bsky.social explains how #ClimateChange is putting the very important Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation #AMOC at risk, and what this could mean for Europe and the world. 👇 youtu.be/sNOSCWxrc3Q

Right. Not Trump’s stupid Iran War, stuck in Horm-ooze. Not Trump’s corrupt war on clean energy, jacking electric costs. It’s Ukraine. Who profits from that nonsense? Putin and fossil fuel.

Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices

After meeting with Russia’s finance minister, the Treasury secretary said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure were contributing to a global energy shock driven mainly by the U.S. war with ...

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Hi 👋 I’m a climate scientist. When extreme heat hits, I see the usual troll comments: “It’s just summer.” “It’s been hotter before.” I take on these climate myths & more while having some fun along the way. Watch the free preview or upgrade to watch the full video at www.talkingclimate.ca

On The Climate Brink, I post my comment about the USGCRP's proposed amendment to eliminate RCP8.5/SSP5-8.5 from the National Climate Assessment. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-worst-...

The Worst Case Is Still on the Table

Why removing RCP8.5 from the National Climate Assessment would be a serious mistake

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This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 2w ago

Environmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.

‘Effectively irreversible’: Changes to Canada’s climate permanent, federal report says www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

‘Effectively irreversible’: Changes to Canada’s climate permanent, federal report says

The effects of climate change are impacting Canadians even more than scientists predicted less than a decade ago, according to a new report released this week.

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Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. Wendell Berry, What Are People For?

Tampa has seen 136 record highs vs. just 1 record low since 2020 Miami: 129 vs. 1 Ft Myers: 112 vs. 2 This isn’t noise, it’s a trend. Florida’s record book is being rewritten, and almost all of it is on the hot side. 🌡️📈 #Florida #heat

#PlaskettFire is burning intensely on all flanks this evening, has now burned to Hwy 1 and possibly to Pacific Ocean, and is likely over 20k acres at this point. Between Plaskett and #TimberFire to north, much of Monterey County coast is now under evacuation warnings or orders.

Nepal calls for 'global effort' to address climate change after devastating flash floods www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...

Foreign minister calls for 'global effort' to address climate change after devastating flash floods

A glacier collapse likely sparked Wednesday's floods in the Himalayan border region, killing at least 626 people, authorities say.

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Oil is a war against all of us.

Dr Charlie Gardner@charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Here's something that's not talked about enough The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year 1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What to do? Well, I've served on the board of @oilchange.org for nine years. oilchange.org/about/

Oil is who wins US wars.

Mike Walker@newnarrative.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump announces deal with Venezuela to secure more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves www.cnbc.com/2026/08/28/t...

Satellite images show the destruction caused by Nepal’s deadly floods. The cost of losses and damage is expected to run to several billion dollars.

How Nepal’s Deadly Floods Wrecked Homes, Power Plants and Bridges

Satellite images show the destruction caused by Nepal’s deadly floods. The cost of losses and damage is expected to run to several billion dollars.

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The global surface air temperature was 16.94°C or 62.49°F on Aug 25, 2026, 0.96°C or 1.728°F higher than 1991-2020 and the highest anomaly on record for the time of year. The map (top center) shows the global surface air temperature anomaly on Aug 25, 2026. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2026/08/reco...

interesting question. I don't honestly know the precise sources of freshwater for them locally, but we have done research into the devastating consequences of the disappearing Himalayan "water towers". See: www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Irreversible declines in freshwater storage projected in parts of Asia by 2060 | Penn State University

The Tibetan Plateau, known as the “water tower” of Asia, supplies freshwater for nearly 2 billion people who live downstream. New research led by scientists at Penn State, Tsinghua University and the ...

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Easily one of the most spectacular natural events I’ve ever seen: an endless river of Sooty Shearwaters along the Washington coast. These ocean-dwelling birds migrate 40,000 miles each year, foraging in massive flocks. This went nonstop for at least an hour. Best estimate is 100,000 birds.

Some of the most valuable things on Earth are hidden in places most people would rather not walk. Peatlands look like wastelands: wet, buggy treacherous. But beneath the moss lies a living archive of ecological and human history, and one of the planet’s great stores of carbon. 1/ 🧵

Preparing an Earth Sci or Geog course for fall? Please check out geologypics.com. There, find >5500 searchable captioned photos for free download to promote good instruction. Just uploaded 60 new photos I shot from this year-- coastal to desert, rocks to landforms. Please share! #teaching #geology

🚨 Preliminary daily data shows we just broke the all-time highest global sea surface temperature in this record... Download high-resolution graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊

At first this seems like a stupid question but then you realize there are companies buying forest carbon offsets and touting their environmental credentials. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?