I am pleased to announce that we are inviting applications for a Lead Laboratory Coordinator at the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Review of applications will begin on September 15, 2026. For details and to apply, visit arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

US government (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) is warning of a significant increase in cyber attacks on water and wastewater systems, targeting water systems of all sizes. Warning follows cyberattack this week on >30 municipal water systems in Minnesota www.cisa.gov/news-events/...

ICYMI I wrote about what we can and can't say about one possible environmental consequence of the orbital AI data center megaconstellation concept—ozone depletion. www.sjon.earth/elon-musks-o...

Elon Musk’s orbital data centers could be an environmental catastrophe

Tens of thousands of satellites burning up on reentry might not be the best thing for the ozone layer.

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Future hurricane rainfall increases... a lot. Especially in Northeast. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... Lin @adamsobel.bsky.social @monahemmati.bsky.social Env Res Clim

Downscaled projections of future tropical cyclone rainfall climatology along the U.S. North Atlantic and Gulf coasts

Downscaled projections of future tropical cyclone rainfall climatology along the U.S. North Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Lin, Yen-Heng, Fosu, Boniface, He, Jie, Lee, Chia-Ying, Camargo, Suzana J, Sobel, Adam H, Hemmati, Mona, Sustiel, Jacqueline, Mandli, Kyle T, Padgett, Jamie E, Patel, Jainish M, Sury, Jonathan J

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What's really to blame for Canada's wildfires? www.sciencenews.org/article/what...

What's to blame for Canada's wildfires?

The inferno that sent toxic smoke billowing toward the United States won't be the last. Officials are now battling both the wildfires and misinformation.

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This is important - Honest Brokers (TM) and their echo chamber will often point to the decreasing global wildfire, but that reflects changing human land use practices. In temperate and boreal forests, climate's role is more clear. See this paper by Cunningham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Analysis of fire radiative power derived from satellite data finds that the frequency of extreme fire events increased 2.2-fold from 2003 to 2023 and that these increases were mostly driven by extreme...

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The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2w ago

Experts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impact.

Wowza. Look at this chart on wildfires in France from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social EFFIS. Red line is cumulative area burned this year; blue line is average since 2006...

Many animals die in wildfires, some in the flames and smoke, but many more die after the fire is out, due to the loss of habitat and food sources.

Australia's fires 'killed or harmed three billion animals'

The recent bushfires were "one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history", conservationists say.

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Important new study out at Nature Climate Action showing that individual climate actions do not stop people from participating in collective climate action. Instead, they were associated with greater collective engagement and somewhat stronger policy support. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence

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NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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"Scientists have found that extreme heat can disrupt the body's serotonin, aka the happy hormone. They've also found a connection between extreme heat and increased levels of cortisol, our stress hormone." via @yessfun.com

Extreme Heat Is Making Us Sadder (And Sicker)

A study the media largely ignored suggests that suicide rates may increase as the planet's temperature does.

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Now that many people are buying my 2017 metrical verse translation of the Odyssey in great numbers (thank you, Mr Nolan!), or at least, gazing at it and wondering whether to buy it, I thought I should share some thoughts on the cover design.

Most people—even many Republican voters!—understand that climate change is worsening wildfires. And yet, we cannot do anything about it, because fossil fuel money is choking both Republican and Democratic politicians, preventing them from even having a *conversation* about solutions.

The fossil fuel money behind the GOP’s wildfire blame game

As smoke from Canadian wildfires chokes the United States, Republicans are blaming everyone but the industry heating the planet. Guess why?

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INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.

Here's a fun little coincidence I noticed: Every Republican Congressmember loudly blaming Canada's forest management policies for this year's unprecedented wildfires (and ignoring climate change) is a massive recipient of fossil fuel funding. Receipts👇

Hi Bluesky. I’m officially asking my network for help. It’s been a tough 10 months on the job market, and I am actively seeking policy and policy-adjacent roles in agricultural emissions, greenhouse gas mitigation, air quality, and biotechnology regulation. 🧵

NEW: @maxblau.bsky.social spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers?

Do My Grocery Store Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed?

Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem?

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NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are now open! cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc/annual-r... I was one about 350 years ago, and cannot not speakly highly enough of this program. Applications due October 16, 2026

Worse on Purpose is one of the best blogs on the Internet right now. Nothing beats a passion project by a research nerd with a righteous axe to grind.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 4w ago

I guess this is how one becomes someone who haunts estate sales for old Pyrex

Trump is going after the National Academy of Sciences. Gift link.

Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual (Gift Article)

The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.

nytimes.com

Nigel Goldenfeld@nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 4w ago

🧪 #climate Trump has ordered a probe of the National Academy of Sciences. If the timing on his post is Eastern Time, and he actually types his posts himself, then I guess this was on his mind during the World Cup final.

Huge investigation out today helmed by @rebleber.bsky.social and @rebeccajohn.bsky.social revealing just how long ago industry knew gas would destroy the climate -- with tons of new details showing how they hid the facts and worked to promote gas as "clean." 👏👏

Center for Climate Integrity@climateintegrity.org · 4w ago

NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.

Residents of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins, see footage of the aftermath of their community that has been destroyed by Canada's wildfires. The Anishinabek Nation has also called out senior levels of government for not helping the community. www.aptnnews.ca/videos/first...

First look at aftermath of wildfire that destroyed First Nation - APTN News

Residents of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins, see footage of the aftermath of their community that has been destroyed by wildfires. The Anishinabek Nation has also called out sen...

aptnnews.ca

Deadline extended - please share and apply! The NW Climate Adaptation Science Center’s Faculty Fellowship Program provides funding and training to scientists who want to learn to work effectively with decision-makers. Resulting projects help inform natural resource management in a changing climate.

Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center@nwcasc.bsky.social · 4w ago

👋 Considered applying for the NW CASC's 2027 Faculty Fellowship Program but ran out of time? ⌛ We have good news for you! ✨ We've extended the deadline to August 31! 🔗 bit.ly/3OIjL1q

'Our findings indicate that more severe fire effects are expected in Canada because of the warming climate' www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades

Canada has experienced more-intense and longer fire seasons with more-frequent uncontrollable wildfires over the past decades. However, the effect of these changes remains unknown. This study identifi...

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Here is what we wrote about climate and wildfire smoke in the 5th National Climate Assessment: "Wildfires emit gases and fine particles that are harmful to human health, contributing to premature mortality, asthma, and other health problems (very high confidence) ... www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...

Wildfire Smoke Maps and Live Updates: Air Quality at Dangerous Levels in U.S. and Canada

Dense smoke has pushed air quality to dangerous levels for millions in recent days.

nytimes.com

The severe 2023 fire season in Canada 'can be attributed to ... early snowmelt, multiannual drought conditions in western Canada, and the rapid transition to drought in eastern Canada ... Anthropogenic climate change enabled sustained extreme fire weather conditions' www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada - Nature Communications

The record-breaking 2023 wildfire season in Canada ( ~ 15 Mha burned) was enabled by early snowmelt, drought, and extreme weather. It had profound impacts that included evacuation of >200 communiti...

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Republicans in Congress are threatening Canada's sovereignty over climate change fueled wildfires. Here's how much money they've taken from the fossil fuel industry recently. James: $308k+ Bergman: $175k+ McClain: $105k+ Moolenaar: $133k+ - oh and he's a climate denier. Completely shameless.

‘Sovereignty comes with responsibility:’ U.S. lawmakers to Canada on wildfires - National | Globalnews.ca

As wildfire smoke blankets parts of the country, and spills into the United States, some U.S. lawmakers are calling on Canada to do more.

globalnews.ca

UPDATE: ProPublica is tracking the increase in immigrants filing claims that their detention is illegal — known as habeas cases. While new cases are being added at a somewhat slower rate, there are still far more than ever before: https://propub.li/4yiYGwu

The wildfire smoke significantly reduced solar output in New England this week 🟠 www.wbur.org/news/2026/07... @wbur.org

All that wildfire smoke sent New England's solar production plummetting

At peak hours, the solar fleet in the region produced 2,500 megawatts less than had been forecasted.

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NOAA resolved the anomaly with GOES-East and the satellite is slowly coming back online this afternoon.

Critical weather satellite returning to duty after major malfunction - The Weather Network

The GOES-East weather satellite experienced a significant anomaly on Wednesday, forcing it offline for almost an entire day

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