Biked 1 mile to coffee. Then biked another mile to the pharmacy. Then biked 1 mile home. 95% on protected (separated) bike infra. More Americans deserve the freedom of a life like this (if they want it).
Paul Higgins
@phiggins.bsky.social
Climate scientist; global change biologist; advocate of evidence-informed decision-making and democracy.
New AMS statement responds to a proposed OMB rule that would restructure federal grantmaking. The rule "would damage the nation’s ability to understand, predict, and respond to ... natural hazards with negative impacts on public safety and the economy." Read more: https://bit.ly/4awoYRO
New Rule Would Upend Science and Rewrite Federal Grantmaking
A new AMS statement and resource page respond to an OMB rule that would restructure federal grants and give political appointees vastly more authority over grantmaking.
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Colorado's ban on "conversion therapy" for minors infringes on a therapist's freedom of speech, the Supreme Court held in Chiles v. Salazar. The majority separated talk therapy from other medical conduct. It could mean big problems for patients, therapists and the regulation of medicine. 🧵
Supreme Court ruling on ‘conversion therapy’ puts medical talk in the hot seat
In Chiles v. Salazar, the court ruled that a therapist has First Amendment protections. That could impact how talk therapy is regulated.
sciencenews.org
GSA wants to add new certifications to federal grant agreements — affecting universities, nonprofits & research orgs across every agency. Potential civil & criminal penalties for noncompliance. Comment period is open until 3/30. Make your voice heard. buff.ly/KNfXj0h
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AMS reaffirms the threat of climate change to people, the nation, and nature. www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
A Response to the Decision to Rescind EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
ametsoc.org
Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area? Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more. disinfoinstitute.org
Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
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Terminating the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is an act of identity politics gone mad...bat sh-t crazy mad. My colleagues at @ametsoc.org are far too polite to put it in such crass terms, but they surely agree. Read their statement below.
The United States of America Needs the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
ametsoc.org
AMS Elections are NOW open 🔓! President-Elect Candidates: Jack Kaye, Richard Spinrad, Bruce Telfeyan Council Candidates: Michael Eilts, Renée Leduc, Maureen McCann, Randall Bass, Jordan Gerth, Aaron Piña, Julie Demuth, Kevin Goebbert, Jon Nese Learn more and vote here: https://bit.ly/3Iaapbo
The @ametsoc.org Climate Variability & Change (CVC) Committee is recruiting new members! If you’re passionate about advancing climate science and service, I encourage you to get involved. It is incredibly rewarding. Apply here: www.ametsoc.org/ams/get-invo...
Climate Variability and Change
The CVC committee divides among its members the responsibilities, which include organization of the Climate Variability and Change Symposium at the AMS annual meeting, various awards (AMS and STAC), s...
ametsoc.org
Not the research itself, per se. But I would say this is even more evidence for the fact that we need a large scale effort that uses a social media as a tool to make people aware of these six key facts. It is astonishing and disappointing to me that so few see the need and none want to fund it.
Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy
Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors
climatecommunication.yale.edu
A detailed technical assessment of the DOE Climate report is now available. It's an impressive effort that involved more than 85 scientists. If you wanted a deeper dive after reading AMS's 5 page response (bit.ly/climateDOE), this is it.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
sites.google.com
AMS released a statement on climate change today that points out five foundational flaws with the Department of Energy's 2025 climate report: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report
Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025
ametsoc.org
on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
For hundreds of years, humanity has relied on science to improve lives and build civilization. Science tests hypotheses, uses data, and follows a systematic method in pursuit of the truth. It’s not perfect of course. But destroying American science as we know it will only send us backward.
This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.
This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often
Science News just published a piece on our ten favorite books from 2024. My contribution was Leigh Ann Henion's Night Magic, a lively and moving account of the fauna, flora and fungi that thrive in darkness and the wonder night holds. My review from September: www.sciencenews.org/article/nigh...
‘Night Magic’ invites you to celebrate the living wonders of the dark
In the book ‘Night Magic,’ Leigh Ann Henion writes of encounters with salamanders, bats, glowworms and other life-forms nurtured by darkness.
sciencenews.org
For climate-interested people new on bluesky, here is an excellent starter pack of climate scientists to follow from @katharinehayhoe.com @edhawkins.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @andrewdessler.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social @oceanterra.bsky.social go.bsky.app/7Mbnoge
If anyone would like to learn more about the history of vaccines & infectious diseases and people's stories of the 1918 flu and other epidemics, I wrote this series in 2021. Lots of historical photos and videos. May help if you need to win over a vaccine skeptic. www.sciencenews.org/century/epid...
From 1918 to COVID-19, epidemics are stories about people. Will we remember?
A century’s worth of science has helped us fend off infectious pathogens. But we have a lot to learn from the people who lived and died during epidemics.
sciencenews.org
darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2y agoalways post and repost without fear about what u are proud of creating here your people here will never shame u for this
Please welcome the @ametsoc.bsky.social to Bluesky! AMS advances the atmospheric & related sciences (including of course climate), applications, and services for the benefit of society. I've added them to this starter pack of scientific organizations that do climate-related work ⬇️
Please share! UW-Madison’s Dept of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences invites applications for a faculty position with research broadly related to modeling, remote sensing, and/or analysis of climate and extreme weather risk, impacts, or solutions. More info: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess...
Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary: The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) invites applications at the assistant (tenure track) or associate professor (tenured) level with research broadly related to mod...
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Analysis is helpful but for those who want to see it for themselves and without the filter, here's a link to the CSPAN simulcast of the Presidential debate: www.c-span.org/video/?53805...
Simulcast - ABC News Presidential Debate
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met face to face for the first time this election year for a debate moderated by ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis.
c-span.org
I am very pleased to announce that the AMS Policy Program is initiating a Climate Policy Colloquium (www.ametsoc.org/cpc), which will occur from December 15-19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Please see the preliminary agenda (bit.ly/AMSCPC24) and event webpage for details and updates.
Climate Policy Colloquium
New! An immersive introduction to the U.S. Federal policy process for scientists and professionals working in climate and climate-related fields. Learn More
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"As the linguist Emily M. Bender has noted, teachers don’t ask students to write essays because the world needs more student essays. The point of writing essays is to strengthen students’ critical-thinking skills."
Some rough numbers to keep in mind Every living thing on Earth put together: 1 trillion tons All the stuff we’ve built or made: 1 trillion tons Total CO2 we emitted: 2.5 trillion tons