Haley Crim
@haleycrim.bsky.social
Climate literacy + just transition @ MIT Saving climate info @climate.us + www.climateliteracy.earth Formerly @ NOAA Climate and USGCRP she/her, opinions mine
In 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise. Imagine if we had listened to him them. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate
⭐ New paper in @natclimate.nature.com: Social influence shapes climate attitudes and action ⭐ Excited to share this from @samhampton.bsky.social, me & @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social, bringing together evidence on how influence operates in the context of climate action. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/
Social influence shapes climate attitudes and action - Nature Climate Change
Individuals and groups shape others’ attitudes and actions through social influence. This Perspective articulates a research agenda of social influence for climate action, synthesizes existing evidenc...
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Watch the movie HEIST on YouTube. HEIST is an on-the-streets account of federal workers challenging the Trump Administration as it dismantles federal agencies and purges the federal workforce. It documents a pivotal moment in U.S. history - as events were unfolding. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
New documentary recounts ‘free-for-all attitude of cruelty’ toward axed federal employees
The movie, which was filmed during the start of the second Trump administration, examines the human and societal effects of recent federal job cuts.
govexec.com
Lake Powell was just 22% full on July 19 — the lowest it's been on this date in at least 30 years. The Colorado River system overall sat at 33% of capacity. [1/4] 🌎️ 🧪🧵
New paper @pnas.org "Inoculation Against Climate Doom"-we show in a social media simulator that cognitive inoculation improves discernment of doom stories across the political aisle & shifts behavior, incl less sharing of doom. Doom also predicts less climate action. 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Beef consumption has consequences" is also a key plot point in the Odyssey
Dr. Jonathan Foley@globalecoguy.bsky.social · last wk.Beef has a huge climate problem. And the most effective solution -- by far -- is to simply reduce beef consumption and waste. But we don't want to hear that, so we often welcome fuzzy greenwashing stories instead. In the end, however, the math doesn't seem to work. drawdown.org/insights/gre...
Insights from climate psychology for misinformation research
Insights from climate psychology for misinformation research
Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02530-4Climate change and misinformation are interconnected global crises shaped by tensions between individual, collective and vested interests. Drawing on climate psychology, we distil six insights for misinformation research to strengthen policy relevance, systems thinking and resilience to attacks.
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Climate change is leaving language in the dust: The Japan Meteorological Agency held a public poll to select a name for a day of temperatures of 104 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. The winner was kokushobi, meaning “cruel heat day.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...
It’s So Hot That Japan Needs a New Word for It
Japan this week recorded its first kokushobi, a term that means “cruel heat day,” as temperatures reached 104 degrees. It is not the only country that has scrambled for a new summer vocabulary.
nytimes.com
Climate change keeps adding to the list of uninsurable assets, Allianz executive says - “Certain locations and perils cannot be covered as we would wish them to be covered" #climatecrisis www.latimes.com/environment/...
Climate change keeps adding to the list of uninsurable assets, Allianz executive says
One major bank now sets loan rates for companies based on their exposure to global warming. BBVA said sectors being targeted are agriculture, real estate and leisure, as well as utilities and infrastr...
latimes.com
For the new followers interested in #ClimateChange Ed, here's our collection of open ed resources on how to #TeachClimate… 🌿 stemteachingtools.org/sp/climate-l... These professional learning resources have been co-designed by researchers & practitioners over the past decade. See what you think!
This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
cbc.ca
In which I yell at my favorite journal and its thoughtful, talented collection of researchers that we really need to take fossil phase-out seriously as a line of inquiry, and that we would not stand for the level of talking around it as a solution in other settings with very obvious problems:
The state of energy transition research and the need for fossil phase-out: evidence from Environmental Research Letters
The state of energy transition research and the need for fossil phase-out: evidence from Environmental Research Letters, Grubert, Emily
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The Aramco Young Player Award (yes you read that correctly), handed out by Aramco chairman and PIF governor Al-Rumayyan to Pau Cubarsi. A player who played an amazing tournament while his country was on fire and yesterday's training cancelled due to wildfire smoke. #Cubarsi
Attribution science now underpins how cities plan for disaster, how insurers price risk, how public health officials prepare for heat deaths, and how courts weigh accountability,” she concluded. “The only people with an interest in pretending otherwise are the ones being asked to pay for the damage”
Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 3w ago"US Gov Report Details ‘Robust’ Ties Between Climate Crisis and Extreme Weather Events" | Article by Olivia Rosane for @commondreams.org on new @nationalacademies.org report: www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-...
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
When people talk w/me about climate stuff (at the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth or just like...around) & I ask, "Do you talk with other people about this?" they often say no. They assume others will shut them down. & that *might* happen. But you also might be opening a door for that other person!
Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 3w agoMost people assume caring about climate change makes them the odd one out. But that isn't true! And by keeping silent, we perpetuate that myth. Read more below - and share what you learn with someone else this week!
For a moment I mistook the sickly grey orange of the sky for the color of defeat. But then I dug deep and recommitted. This is the color of motivation and sacred obligation.
I am not a climate scientist but when I was a kid the number of times we couldn’t go outside because of Canadian wildfire smoke was zero times
If only a dedicated group of scientists had warned us about the record heat, torrential flooding, continental scale wildfires, and apocalyptic orange skies
Parts of the Northeast US have been under a thick plume of smoke today overspreading the region from fires across south-central Canada - the worst smoke plume to affect the region since the infamous 2023 NYC smoke plume. Thread for the meteorology associated with this:
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
On this super smoky day, consider joining the discussion about building capacity for climate action at AGU26! Abstracts are due August 5: www.agu.org/annual-meeti...
i cannot handle canadian wildfire smoke and the threat of diarrhea lettuce at the same time
“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any. “.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
🚨reporters working on stories about the NAS extreme event attribution report 🚨 DO NOT FRAME ANY STORY AS "CAN WE BELIEVE EXTREME EVENT ATTRIBUTION RESEARCH?" THE ACTUAL STORY IS: FOSSIL-FUEL INTERESTS ARE WETTING THEIR PANTS ABOUT THIS AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO STOP IT.
I was pleasantly surprised the other day when a contractor friend in a red county said that heat pumps are now simply the industry standard. Apparently they’ve outsold gas furnaces in the US for the past four years and are poised to overtake conventional AC. That’s really good news.
Heat pumps may soon outsell air conditioners in US
For years, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces in the U.S. — and now the superefficient appliances are coming for conventional ACs, too.
canarymedia.com
