Great discussion at the 'crisis in UK history' meeting hosted by @ihr.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.org, @histassoc.bsky.social and History UK. Horror stories of closures and redundancies, balanced by new resources. Check out for ex. the new Independent Historians Network independenthistorians.org

Independent Historians Network

The place for independent and freelance historians to connect

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Widespread carbon accumulation in mature forests remains underestimated by satellite observations "Satellite estimates indicate near-neutral biomass changes over recent decades, whereas forest inventories estimate an increase of 102 TgC yr−1" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Widespread carbon accumulation in mature forests remains underestimated by satellite observations - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The authors combine satellites, repeat airborne lidar, dynamic global vegetation models and field plot monitoring across the conterminous USA to show widespread continued carbon accumulation in mature...

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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Astonished by the naiveté of colleagues who seem to think AI is a politically neutral project

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

Congratulations Jeremy. Looks fabulous!

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 2w ago

How goods and people in motion across the ancient world were entangled through consumption. Sea of Treasures by @caeliambulator.bsky.social is now available (15 September UK/EU pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #AncientWorld #AncientHistory #History

L’Italien Carlo Ginzburg, figure fondatrice de la microhistoire, est mort

L’Italien Carlo Ginzburg, figure fondatrice de la microhistoire, est mort

Par ses recherches sur les procès de l’Inquisition dans l’Europe des XVᵉ et XVIᵉ siècles, il avait amorcé un bouleversement profond de la science historique. Il s’est éteint le 17 juin à l’âge de 87 ans.

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From the current issue: "Canoes in the Early English Caribbean: The Role of an Indigenous Technology in Making Mercantilism Work" by Nuala Zahedieh (‪@camhistory.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

Canoes in the Early English Caribbean: The Role of an Indigenous Technology in Making Mercantilism Work*

Abstract. The Caribbean, with its focus on cash crop production, played a major role in the rise of England’s Atlantic trading system and the making of mod

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There's a lot of different ways to highlight the accessibility of plug-in solar. @billmckibben.bsky.social nailed it in his mention with @canarymedia.com "The solar revolution is the great sunny hope of our time, now everyone can participate." www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…

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Eurostar orders trains that can cope with 55C ‘Saudi’ summers

Amended contract follows heatwaves across UK and western Europe

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The Oxford Intersection on Environmental Change and Human Experience is seeking submissions across its different sections. I am editing 'Water' and would love to see more articles on -Rivers/freshwater More-than-human perspectives Militaries & water Trade & transport academic.oup.com/oxford-inter...

I especially love this diagram.

Must-read story by @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @propublica.org. Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study @themadstone.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social @katieworth.bsky.social

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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Fascinating work on the environmental consequences of Brexit

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · last mo.

10 years of Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving. People say “we now see the chaotic effects”, but actually some of them manifested immediately after, disrupting basic public goods 💦🌊 ⬇️ Nominally order and sovereignty were restored in 2021, but really we just fossilized a new bad equilibrium.

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating

WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...

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Given the growing evidence on cognitive offloading and skills erosion, this may be very prudent policy. And it will make for an informative social experiment, with much of the US serving as an counterexample

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learning, the country's prime minister said on Friday." @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

A more in-depth discussion of the problems with ARIA's geoengineering program can be found in the article on the Non-Use Agreement site here: www.solargeoeng.org/arias-explor...

ARIA’s ‘Exploring Climate Cooling’ Folly - Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement

On 7 May 2025, the UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) announced the list of projects to be funded under its £60 million solar geoengineering research initiative. Readers of this blog wil...

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‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks | New op-ed in @theguardian.com by Ray Pierrehumbert (@climatebook.bsky.social), Julia Slingo, @valmasdel.bsky.social & yours truly: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks | Raymond Pierrehumbert, Julia Slingo, Michael Mann and Valerie Masson-Delmotte

Do we really want to play dice with our planet?

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In this powerful blending of environmental and labor history, @robertsuits.bsky.social rediscovers the American hobo as a climate migrant. Joe Hill would surely approve. #environment #history

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Hobo by @robertsuits.bsky.social is a panoramic history of America’s first climate migrants. Out now (11 August UK/EU pub)! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History

Small AI-capable boxes are getting better & models are getting more efficient. The great unplugging from cloud LLMs may be just a year or two off. Whatever would Silicon Valley do if people could just implement their ideas without the VC class? At home, on their own box, without the cloud? /2

Under the proposed rules, peer review will be advisory only; proposals will be required to align with "Gold Standard Science" which is never explicitly defined. Peer review is the foundation of our entire federal funding system, dating back to the establishment of federal agencies after WWII. 6/n

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

Pakistan: solar just overtook coal as the largest single source of electricity. 21% of power from solar in 2025. Up from 2% in 2019. Coal peaked at 20% in 2020. Want to read more about one of the fastest solar transitions anywhere in the world? Sign up to my Substack janrosenow.substack.com

GET IN, DORKS! It's a watershed moment and we need YOUR HELP. 1/x @standupforscience.net was asked by independent members of the National Academies to support their letter to Congress calling for the reinstatement of the National Science Board. #saveNSB 🔗 www.standupforscience.net/nasem-letter...

NASEM Open Letter to Congress demanding the restoration of the NSB — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NASEM's open letter to Congress by signing your endorsement now!

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📖 Looking to learn more about the inspiring life and groundbreaking work of Elinor Ostrom? My book, The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom, is on sale! She was the 1st woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics for her work on collaborative environmental governance. It's an easy intro to her work.

The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom

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Found it strange that ppl push back on my argument that sales of Solar, batteries, EVs are going to accelerate now with Iran War, coz LINE GO UP for a decade now Well...numbers are in for first month of war A massive surge of consumers's de-risking from fossil fuels. tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe...

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Momentum building for Scottish-style access rights in England, says film OUR LAND, an amazing new film that interviews both landowners & members of the @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign, is out in cinemas from 8th May. Be sure to see it - and tell your MP to go! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film

Documentary makers seek to start ‘informed conversation’ in country where public is allowed on just 8% of land

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The AHA has released a statement opposing the new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines, which prohibit content related to sexual orientation & gender identity in undergraduate courses, without defining these terms. Students deserve full and accurate histories. Read the statement:

AHA Opposes Restrictions on Teaching and Learning at Texas Tech University - AHA

The AHA has released a statement strongly opposing the new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines. The guidelines impose a “strict prohibition” on content related to “Sexual Orientation and G...

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Confused by media reports about the tipping point of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation #AMOC? Carbon Brief has an excellent explainer about a serious risk which might strongly impact your future: 🌊 interactive.carbonbrief.org/amoc-explain...

AMOC: Is global warming tipping key Atlantic ocean currents towards ‘collapse’?

The AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change, as warming seas, melting ice and increased rainfall upset the temperature and salt balance of the North Atlantic.

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