📢🌎 New *open access* article out now! "Expert opinions on soil carbon dioxide removal" with Sara Nawaz + Margaret Morgan link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Expert opinions on soil carbon dioxide removal - Climatic Change

Soil carbon dioxide removal (soil CDR) has gained increasing attention as both a climate mitigation strategy and a target for carbon market development, yet questions remain about the scientific basis...

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📢🌎 New *open access* article out now! "Make sorghum great again: navigating the politics of gene editing in the Make America Healthy Again movement" with Gabby Subia Smith. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...

Frontiers | Make sorghum great again: navigating the politics of gene editing in the Make America Healthy Again movement

IntroductionGene editing has emerged as a promising tool for developing climate-resilient crops, yet discussions of its adoption have focused primarily on te...

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Getting my haircut and as soon as Im in the chair the stylist says, “girl, what do you think about that new UNEP climate report?”

📣 New publication alert! We studied the state of gene-edited sorghum amid the rise of the MAHA movement + found farmers’ uncertainties include markets, consumers, trade, regulation + politics. 63% of surveyed farmers were open to adopting gene-edited sorghum. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...

Frontiers | Make sorghum great again: navigating the politics of gene editing in the Make America Healthy Again movement

IntroductionGene editing has emerged as a promising tool for developing climate-resilient crops, yet discussions of its adoption have focused primarily on te...

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With simple commands — “log in and complete my quiz” — a student can unleash what is, essentially, an imitation of themselves. Agents can watch lecture videos, take tests, write papers and chat with classmates about reading assignments. (full article for free) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...

A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students (Gift Article)

As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.

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Anyone know of any science Wikipedia edit-a-thons happening? @500womensci.bsky.social used to host one and they were a great opportunity to expand public access to science and scientists.

@nytimes.com is hiring competition for me! In all seriousness, looks like a great opening, designed for an @eenews.bsky.social survivor

Climate Policy Correspondent | The New York Times Company

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Data centers can't come at the cost of our health and climate progress. In 2020, data centers were less than 2% of U.S. electricity use. Today, they're nearly 5% and growing. This is impacting our health and climate goals. Read more from @amandadsmith.bsky.social 🔗 https://bit.ly/4bFpi0U

Important piece on climate philanthropy…

Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 3mo ago

💰 $18 trillion is about to flow into philanthropy over the next two decades, as part of the largest generational wealth transfer in history. It is essential that capital is guided by science, not just good intentions. 🔗 To read more by @amandabielawski.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4foVSq8

I truly enjoyed spending time with Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com the other day. She’s one my favorite people in the climate community — so smart, generous, and funny! Check out our conversation here. Free!

Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you need a dose of active hope, optimism, and climate action going into the weekend, make sure to set aside some time to watch last week's webinar featuring @katharinehayhoe.com and @globalecoguy.bsky.social Don't miss it 💚 https://bit.ly/4oPEMVq

"The most important innovations aren't necessarily new technologies; they're improvements in deployment, financing, and scaling." - @laurengifford.bsky.social Sr Advisor, Climate Philanthropy & Investment Full interview:👇 https://bit.ly/4aMw8RN #ProjectDrawdown

Global Climate Finance Forum - "Capital allocation is a climate solution": Interview with Lauren Gifford (Project Drawdown)

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The “collapse” of the “AMOC” circulation (a confusing term first used in the 2000s) has become a source of confusion and hype for years. This is a good overview of the science, without hype, and shows that it may far more resilient than some say. An important read. www.science.org/content/arti...

The ocean current that warms Europe may be more resilient than feared

Studies of the Atlantic's circulation find signs of both weakening and unexpected stability in the face of global warming

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🛟 Impactful climate solutions exist in the ocean. But as Project Drawdown fellow Christina @hydrochristina.bsky.social has learned, the nature-based solutions are not the ones that will move the climate needle fastest on a global scale. Read more: https://bit.ly/43U8nU2 #worldoceansday

Wow, one year without the overhead from federal research grants, and tuition from international students, and American universities are absolutely crumbling. It's as if the system that these schools operate on was poorly designed to begin with... www.highereddive.com/news/colorad...

Colorado State University turns to layoffs and other cuts to manage budget hole

Officials at the system’s Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses trimmed millions of dollars from their budgets as the state left higher education funding flat.

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Weird. Instacart's new commercial is totally MAHA, trad wife, conservative influencer coded. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN6R...

Instacart Commercial #8 (2026)

YouTube video by Commercial Archivist

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A wild rabbit just started building a nest in my garden overnight. Is it about to have babies there?

Good read on climate migration and climate refugees: How a ‘Model’ for Climate Migration Became a Cautionary Tale www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/c...

How a ‘Model’ for Climate Migration Became a Cautionary Tale

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When the world gets you down, just remember the wonderful variety of dumplings out there...

It's the start of summer and because of a US blockade Cuba has run out of oil and has near total blackouts. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/w...

Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil

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Charm Industrial's bio-oil carbon removal approach, turning corn stover into sequestered carbon underground, is a promising option in the CDR toolkit, but as I note in the article, we can't put all our eggs in one basket. The climate crisis needs all hands on deck: ambrook.com/offrange/tec...

Cash for Corn Stover

A startup is buying corn residue from commodity farmers to turn into bio-oil. Can injecting this substance deep underground be a viable way to store carbon?

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"When things become mainstream, we stop recognizing them as victories, but they are. One of the most important things the climate community can do is look back, take stock, and acknowledge what actually worked." - @laurengifford.bsky.social, Sr Advisor, Project Drawdown 🔗 https://bit.ly/4dvJhk0

Spotlight on Lauren Gifford, Project Drawdown

A Social Scientist's Path Through Carbon Markets to Leading Climate Philanthropy

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Remember the "peak oil" debate from the early 2000s? What happened to that?

At San Francisco Climate Week, Project Drawdown and Climate Lead brought together philanthropists and impact investors to ask a simple question: What becomes possible when climate capital meets rigorous science? Read the full insights piece 👉 https://bit.ly/4dePP6w #ImpactInvesting

This is what my team and I were up to last week in San Francisco for climate week. Check it out!

Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 5mo ago

At San Francisco Climate Week, Project Drawdown and Climate Lead brought together philanthropists and impact investors to ask a simple question: What becomes possible when climate capital meets rigorous science? Read the full insights piece 👉 https://bit.ly/4dePP6w #ImpactInvesting

Created by Project Drawdown and backed up with the latest science, Carbon in Context converts raw emissions data into comparisons that actually resonate with audiences. Clear the air and start using Carbon in Context today: drawdown.org/carbon-in-context #climateaction

Ag + Colorado folks, help! I'm not planting a backyard garden this summer because the water use doesn't seem worth it this year for the relatively low yield we get. I want to do an easy cover crop-- I'm thinking buckwheat. Yes? No? Best time to plant it? www.botanicalinterests.com/cdn/shop/fil...

It's almost 10:30 pm and we are sending off our revised manuscript for publication. Months of after-hours work going into writing + editing over and over. Exhausted, invigorated, and in awe of how utterly long it takes academic publications to see the light of day.

Will you be in San Francisco for Climate Week? Join Project Drawdown for one-- or all!-- of our exciting events! @projectdrawdown.bsky.social drawdown.org/news/project...

Project Drawdown ready to roll at San Francisco Climate Week 2026

Please join Project Drawdown April 21–24 at San Francisco Climate Week 2026!

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And... @reddmonitor.bsky.social got me with the April Fools joke. I read this for far too many sentences before I realized what was going on. I mean, "baby carbon credits" actually seems plausible at this point. open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

Row erupts over Verra’s ‘Avoided Baby’ carbon credits

REDD-Monitor received the following anonymous Guest Post this morning:

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The fact is, methane has caused about 30% of the warming we have seen to date. And all non-CO2 warming pollution, taken together, has caused about half of the warming so far. And of the CO2 warming we have seen, a big chunk of that has been caused by deforestation.