Brian Schlining

@schlining.bsky.social

Turning the beauty, complexity, and wonder of the deep-sea into long strings of ones and zeros. Often seen at https://hachyderm.io/@Schlining, https://github.com/hohonuuli, and Pacific Grove, CA. ©2023-2024 Brian Schlining. Views are my own.

The formerly excellent Climate.gov, once a trusted source of climate information for the public, was effectively dismantled by the current U.S. administration in 2025. It has been resurrected by former staff as Climate.us, a nonprofit providing climate information free from political interference.

Eliot Jacobson: Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024. This graph shows how fast SSTs are rising compared to pre-2023 temperatures.

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Deep-sea mining CEOs testifying on Capitol Hill right now saying U.S. needs to mine the high seas now before China does. It's not true. China is waiting for an international frameworks to take shape. America is the one going rogue. And that's driving U.S. allies closer to China. My reporting 👇

Trump’s push to mine deep-sea battery metals draws ire from allies

At U.N. talks in Jamaica, allies blasted the U.S. bid to unilaterally mine the high seas. Some made an unusual move to side with America’s economic foe:…

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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

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