Published estimates of AI energy use per prompt (~0.3 watt-hours) appear reassuring small. But they are increasingly disconnected from how we actually use AI. Modern agentic tools use around 600 times more energy per prompt, as I discuss in my latest over at The Climate Brink www.theclimatebrink....

Swima, the "green bomber" worm, swims the deep sea trailing glowing green globes it can detach and drop when threatened, like tossing a flare to distract a predator and flee into the dark. A worm that throws light bombs. 🧪 #WormWednesday #marinelife www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUqY...

Weird and Wonderful: Green bomber worms drop bioluminescent "bombs"

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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This is cool. The Center for Scientific Integrity (which oversees @retractionwatch.com) announces the first winners of its Ctrl-Z Prize for researchers with the courage to retract their own work. 🧪 centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/08/04/2...

The Center for Scientific Integrity announces inaugural winners of the Ctrl-Z Award for courage in retracting their own work - The Center for Scientific Integrity

The Center for Scientific Integrity is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the 2026 Ctrl-Z Award. Named for the universal keyboard shortcut for “undo,” the Ctrl-Z Award this year honors a junio...

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Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7...

Stanford University is searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Climate Science 🌎 ✨ Broad search, department may be any within the Doerr School of Sustainability, including Oceans! 🌊 Apply by Nov. 1. Please share! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor in Climate Science - Stanford University, California, United States

Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Climate Science. The home department may be any of the seven departments in the Stanford Doerr School of...

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I'm starting to suspect that my tax dollars are going to munitions I'll never use, either

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Aotearoa has a dangerous mix of pine monoculture enmeshed with residential development, underfunded fire responders and disregard for fossil carbon emissions abatement

Cate Macinnis-Ng@loraxcate.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is terrible news for Aotearoa. If the super El Niño plays out, forests are going to be very dry and pine plantations are especially flammable. We need to be building capacity, not eroding it because homes, towns and infrastructure are also at risk. #NZPol www.odt.co.nz/news/nationa...

Meet #MissAbyss! 🐙She’s a Dumbo Octopus on a massive mission to protect our deep ocean floor from mining! Help us send a loud message that some places are just too special to destroy! See the @missabyssoctopus account & links on Instagram! cc @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social 🦑 🌊 #deepseamining

Nicely relevant to my recent musing over ongoing adjustment of ocean circulation to climate stabilization scenarios. Abrupt and nonlinear changes that are hard for our brains to comprehend their impact, and therefore easy to discount cannot be considered surprises if predicted by models

Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 2d ago

Extreme weather is complicated (there are over 150 definitions of drought in the literature!), the Earth system is complex, models are imperfect, and we still have much to learn. But it's remarkable how spot-on most of our predictions have been: drawdown.org/insights/is-...

I'm all for "climate adaptation," but honestly I don't know how we can adapt to this level of climate disruption of agriculture. Farmers can't "adapt" to chronic drought and heatwaves. Crops don't "adapt" -- they wither. I don't think we fully understand where we're headed.

Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn

Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue

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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.

The difference--

Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

"The paper concludes by determining that the most plausible pathway to an effective social response to the #ClimateCrisis would be driven by civil society. ...if society is experiencing large-scale & sustained levels of risk that have tangible long-term ...social cost to people & property"

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · 3d ago

Worth remembering that the shock must be severe and sustained for a lasting AnthroShift: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Full page advert in today's Times...

I started a marine biogeochemistry podcast, where I ask scientists questions about the cycling of elements through the ocean. This is a place where we can nerd it out, for scientists and marine science students. Listen here, or spotify/apple podcasts applied-marine-biogeochemistry.org/podcast/

Podcast | Applied Marine Biogeochemistry Group

Marine biogeochemistry studies how elements like carbon and phosphorus move through the ocean. In this podcast, we explore the processes that drive this...

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A reminder to register ASAP as we’re nearly at capacity

Karin Kvale@kkvale.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join us in Cádiz on the Sunday before #MICRO2026 for a @scor-int.bsky.social sponsored workshop on ocean interior microplastics measurement! 🌊🧪

SAVE THE DATE! The Antipodean introduction of SOLAS 3.0! Science will be excellent, the coffee very good, we will run and of course there will be dancing 🌊

Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) @solas-ipo.bsky.social · 6d ago

📢 Save the Date | SOLAS Open Science Conference 2027 📍 Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿 🤝 Hosted by: Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury 🗓️ Side Events: 20–21 November 2027 🎤 Main Conference: 22–26 November 2027 Stay tuned for more updates!

Turn on the sound, do your best Enypniastes eximia impression 🤩

Schmidt Ocean Institute@schmidtocean.bsky.social · 6d ago

Enypniastes eximia, a deep-sea sea cucumber recorded at 1095 m during #DeepWonders expedition. We see how this graceful gelatinous gem earned the nickname Spanish dancer. Look how their tubefeet glide across the seafloor, scooping up nutritious marine snow as the animal swoops up into the water.

Art x Climate is an integral part of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), restored by Climate.us. #SciArt #ClimateForUs One of the featured artworks is “Coral Conundrum: Dead or Alive” by Constance Collins. Year and Medium: 2023, handmade paper, upcycled warp yarn remnants

Southern Ocean people 🌊 See below for opportunities to join the SOOS observing system design CWG ⬇️😎

Emma Boland@emmaboland.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm really pleased to be taking on the role of Co-Chair of the @soosocean.bsky.social Observing System Design capability working group. 😃 🇦🇶 ⭐ We're looking for a new ECR and members of the leadership team, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague and share widely! soos.aq/opportunitie...

We’re hiring a Research Associate to expand our work on climate risk. If you’re passionate about ensuring public access to high-quality climate risk data, and informing just and scientifically-grounded adaptation policy, please apply.

Research Associate - CarbonPlan

CarbonPlan is a nonprofit organization using science and data to accelerate climate action. Our team analyzes the design and implementation of climate programs across the public and private sector, an...

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needed a reminder today

Narimane@naridorey.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hope is not thinking positive thoughts. Hope is not self-delusion. Hope is clinging to the life raft (...) It's not a mood. (...) It's behaving as if there might be a future even when that seems patently ridiculous. Laurie Penny, On Hope (in a Time of Hopelessness) www.wired.com/story/laurie...

We're #recruiting for an Ocean Modeller 😃 🌊 Come join the team at @bas.ac.uk , we're pretty cool 🧊 🇦🇶 fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Physical Oceanographer

British Antarctic Survey | Fixed-Term Contract - 20 Months | £42,688 to £46,957 per annum | Cambridge

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ExxonMobil will report second quarter earnings in a few days. Most analysts expect profits for the quarter will more than double compared to last year, from $7 billion to about $16 billion.

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · last wk.

🔥🔥🔥Newspaper frontpages🔥🔥🔥

🌊 Chemisch-technische Assistenz (m/w/d) Organische Kohlenstoffanalytik 🌊 Wissenschaftler:in (m/w/d) Lipidomik 🌊 Full Professorship (W3) in Marine Experimental Benthic Ecology 🔗 www.geomar.de/karriere-cam...

Super campaign from one of my former supervisors 😊https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-australian-academy-of-science_professor-matthew-england-faa-fagu-ocean-activity-7486570925249826816-Kmuw

Professor Matthew England FAA FAGU ocean research is built on decades of dedication to understanding how Antarctic waters and Southern Ocean currents shape our climate. Australia cannot afford to… ...

Professor Matthew England FAA FAGU ocean research is built on decades of dedication to understanding how Antarctic waters and Southern Ocean currents shape our climate. Australia cannot afford to l...

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Which of these is your government supporting?

Dr. Jonathan Foley@globalecoguy.bsky.social · last wk.

There are a LOT of proposed solutions to climate change out there. But how do you know what actually works? And what doesn’t? Check out the Drawdown Explorer. It’s based on real evidence — not hype, greenwashing, or ideology. And it’s 100% open and free. Drawdown.org/explorer

This year is hot, but next will be more: This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin #marineecology #research ’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’

Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.

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Celebrating 13 years of living car-free, which was my gift to my one year old that many years ago. Normalizing active transport, and transport with intention and self-responsibility has come with a lot of secondary benefits 🎉🚲🚍⛴️🚶‍♀️