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Congratulations to the first recipients of Maine's Seal of Climate Literacy!

Maine Celebrates First Recipients of the Seal of Climate Literacy

Freeport High School seniors, Class of 2026, receive their 2026 Maine Seals of Climate Literacy. A new generation of Maine students is demonstrating a commitment to understanding and addressing env…

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In which I criticize Philip Mauro's abuse of a quotation from Thomas Henry Huxley.

A Lawyer’s Distortion of Huxley | National Center for Science Education

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"A new report strengthens the case that the United States and other major industrialized countries knew, long before they signed the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming, that they could face legal obligations to reduce climate-damaging greenhouse gas emissions."

Governments Knew the Risks of Global Warming as They Chose Fossil-Fueled Growth in the 1950s and ’60s - Inside Climate News

A new report suggests that some governments have ignored legal obligations to prevent climate harm for decades.

insideclimatenews.org

ICYMI: Janet Browne discusses "The origins of Darwin's ideas" with the Many Minds podcast.

The origins of Darwin's ideas - Many Minds podcast

Exploring our world's diverse forms of mind—human, animal, machine—from diverse perspectives.

disi.org

I don't know why Zeke Hausfather (@zekehausfather.com) didn't entitle his post "Strongest. El Niño. Ever!"

The Strongest El Niño Ever

With all the July runs in, dynamical models give a ~90% chance of a record-setting event

theclimatebrink.com

Dan Falk @danfalk.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'm looking forward to the second edition of Norman A. Johnson's excellent book Darwin's Reach.

Darwin's Reach: 21st Century Applications of Evolutionary Biology

The application of evolutionary biology addresses a wide range of practical problems in medicine, agriculture, the environment, and society. Such cutting-edge applications are emerging due to recent a...

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#OTD in 1925, the Scopes "monkey trial" got underway in Dayton, Tennessee, igniting a debate over evolution whose ripples are still being felt today. Last year, on the trial's 100th anniversary, I wrote about its legacy for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

A Century Ago, a High School Teacher From a Small Tennessee Town Ignited a National Debate Over Human Evolution

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other states today

smithsonianmag.com

"As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere." Including Climate.us (@climate.us)!

The plan to make climate science harder to erase

As climate information disappears from federal websites, scientists are rebuilding it elsewhere.

grist.org

Hobbits, dragons ... what next, Nazgûl?

Here’s How This 'Hobbit'-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island With Komodo Dragons

Researchers working with the Smithsonian pored over 10,061 artifacts and other elements to determine whether tiny ‘Homo floresiensis’ used fire or hunted big game.

gizmodo.com

A nice essay on the importance of climate change education by a high school student in Seattle.

How schools can better prepare students for a changing climate

As climate change worsens, schools can help students feel prepared with a stronger solution- and project-based curriculum, community building and career education, Student Voices contributor Timothy D...

seattletimes.com

ICYMI: Steve Brusatte (@stevebrusatte.bsky.social) discusses "The 250-million year rise and fall of the dinosaurs" for Big Think.

The 250-million year rise and fall of the dinosaurs | Steve Brusatte

YouTube video by Big Think

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All of the bills aimed at supporting climate change education in New York are now dead -- but the State Board of Regents previously voted to require instruction in climate change anyhow.

Climate change education legislation dies in New York | National Center for Science Education

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A preview of Janet Browne's new one-volume biography of Darwin!

Darwin

The definitive biography of Charles Darwin—now in one abridged and fully updated volumeBased on the two-volume National Book Critics Circle Award–winning biography hailed as “the definitive Darwin bio...

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"The science hasn't changed. The urgency only increases. The public wants action. So why are politicians sticking their heads in the sand?"

The Silence on Climate Change Is Totally Unacceptable

The science hasn’t changed. The urgency only increases. The public wants action. So why are politicians sticking their heads in the sand?

currentaffairs.org

In which I attempt to identify the coiner of the phrase "Everything is the way it is because it got that way."

“Everything Is the Way It Is …” | National Center for Science Education

ncse.ngo

Climate.us @climate.us · last mo.

In which I document the dwindling of the Creation Research Society. With graphs!

The foundering of creation science's flagship? | National Center for Science Education

ncse.ngo

We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience

ICYMI: "Climate Change: New Data, New Debate," featuring Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann.bsky.social) and Genevieve Guenther (@doctorvive.bsky.social) for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Climate Change: New Data, New Debate

YouTube video by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Climate.us @climate.us · last mo.

Did I mention my idea for a reality show? "America's Next Top Model Organism." To be hosted by the glamorous Arabidopsis Thaliana (originally Mouse-Ear Cress, but that was too plain a moniker for show biz).

Trusted climate information should be easy to find, easy to use, and hard to erase. Climate.us is a new independent nonprofit resource built to keep trusted climate information accessible, accurate, and useful. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

Aerial image of waterway with this text: “Why Climate.us? The best solutions to our country’s climate challenges will come from a climate-literate public.”

Photo of people walking between solar panels with this text: “Trusted Climate Information, Protected for the Public. Built by the Team Behind Climate.gov. Independent and Scientifically Rigorous.”

Photo of windmills poking out of fog with this text: “Useful, Accessible, and Ready to Share. A Trusted Resource for Many Audiences., Preserved for the Public Good.”

Climate.us @climate.us · last mo.

Check out New York Times coverage of our full website launch! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/c...

Screen capture from the NYT story with a statue in front of a NOAA building and this text: “Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration. The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate science.”