On Mon, Aug 10 at 1pm PT, I'll host another livestream focused solely on El Niño. I'll offer a deep dive into El Niño's remarkable trajectory to date, the extraordinary latest forecasts, and additional thoughts on implications from California to global scales.

"Super" El Niño update: The latest regarding a potentially historic event and its implications - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 08/10/2026 topic: E...

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Hormuz crisis speeds up transition to electric cars, IEA data shows - With the oil price soaring amid the Iran war, drivers increasingly chose electric cars over internal combustion engines from April to June this year Story by @joeloclimate.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2026/07/30/h...

On July 12, 1995, the once-critically-endangered bald eagle's protected status was downgraded from “endangered” to “threatened,” a first hopeful sign that the species was recovering #ESA #endangeredspeciesact #wildlife #conservation #publiclands

How Habitat Protections Under the Endangered Species Act Saved the Bald Eagle, America's Most Symbolic Animal

On July 12, 1995, the once-critically-endangered bald eagle's protected status was downgraded from “endangered” to “threatened,” a first hopeful sign that the species was recovering

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Saw a young gopher snake on the trail yesterday. Still the size of a garter.

Internal combustion engines

Jalopnik@jalopnik.bsky.social · 4w ago

You get to eliminate one automotive feature for good. What's your choice?

Found on the Internet:

Granholm's point is blunt: 70% of IRA factory announcements landed in red America — and almost nobody knew. If clean energy is going in people's homes, they need to know where it came from.

Clean energy means cheaper electricity, less air pollution, keeping up with China, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social says. “At the exact time that all these true and compelling arguments are possible, we’ve just retreated to not talking about it at all." www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-hu...

Enough climate hushing, more listening to scientists

As we celebrate July 4, let's resolve to start learning from the folks who make America great.

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“Forest exposure measurably lowers cortisol and blood pressure and raises immune activity. Timber-rich rooms lower stress markers. South Korea wrote forest therapy into law; Canada's physicians prescribe time outdoors. The evidence is still young, but the direction is consistent”

What the Body Knew

What we lost when we sealed ourselves indoors

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Random thought for those of you who watched Knight Rider in the 80's (or still watch reruns) - Kitt was an early vision of AI! Pretty wild to use AI now and be reminded of Kitt... How long before it guides our driving experiences..?

Turboboost Kitt

ALT: Turboboost Kitt

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Meanwhile off the coast of Half Moon Bay, CA... www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Gruesome shark video near Half Moon Bay prompts warning

"It was kind of unbelievable."

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“If AI is infrastructure, how should we decide where (it) belongs? …answering that question requires …designing landscapes—considering how infrastructure, ecological systems, communities, and future development fit together before decisions become fixed.”

Designing Nature's Half | Climate & Biodiversity Conservation

A new United Nations University report reframes AI as physical infrastructure. Discover why AI may require a shift from project-by-project planning to intentional landscape design.

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Yes, Congress should be able to do these things. A court this contemptuous of Congress deserves to be packed by Congress, not only to correct these disastrous precedents but also because Congress needs to show both Article II and Article III who’s boss.

A looooong 🧵 of many types of agrivoltaic systems:

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#hops ‘32 acres…southern Germany…bifacial modules, testing right ratio of light to optimal hops growing…from July 2023’ Source - apnews.com/article/clim...

Here’s a creative EV charging solution if you don’t have a driveway! They simply ran the cable under the sidewalk and installed a little bin like the ones that hold water meters. They keep the charging cable in that waterproof bin next to the curb.

From @globalecoguy.bsky.social on Linked In - stunning and VERY telling about which climate change solutions we can trust to generate the impact we need...

The biggest threat to "affordability," today and more so every day to come, is climate change. Responsible political leaders would tell their constituents about it.

What Climate Change Costs You at the Checkout

The higher temperatures climb, the more inflated household costs like groceries will become, economists predict.

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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

Elsewhere on social media - an apt portrait of Trump...

Fossil fuels mean geopolitical vulnerability. We only have ourselves to blame.

Chatham House@chathamhouse.org · 2mo ago

In 2026 the US will overtake Norway to become Europe’s largest overall supplier of gas, just as Russia was before 2022. This dependency exposes Europe to potential coercion by the US. https://bit.ly/4xCHodi

Hot damn…

Clayton Tucker@claytontuckertx.com · 2mo ago

Most Texans have never heard of "artificial daylight." But ranchers say massive data centers are lighting up the night and disrupting livestock breeding cycles. These Corrupt Bigshots shouldn't get to experiment on our communities and our food supply.

Happy Father's Day 🖤

Scenes from today’s hike in west Marin - soap lily, cardinal catchfly, bush poppy… #biodiversity

Looking forward to diving in…

Special update: Rising odds of a strong-to-historic El Niño event in 2026, with growing likelihood of significant regional-to-global scale impacts - Weather West

June 11, 2026 - Daniel Swain - A quick refresher: What is El Niño and how can it affect global weather patterns? El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a semi-regular re...

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13 years ago David Morrow, Michael Oppenheimer and I wrote a paper in which we tried to outline what a politically legitimate system for governing SRM research would look like. We are further from that now than we were 13 years ago. But I think the threshold question is probably simpler:

Could not agree more! Not only did Hillary beat the Orange Atrocity by 2.8 MILLION votes, but Al Gore got 543,895 MORE votes than Bush! The Electoral College allows candidates who received less votes to win the presidency. ABOLISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The thing about solar geoengineering is that there is zero evidence that humankind is currently capable of the sort of global governance needed to deploy it responsibly and ethically, and if it were capable, it probably would not be needed.

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks | New op-ed in @theguardian.com by Ray Pierrehumbert (@climatebook.bsky.social), Julia Slingo, @valmasdel.bsky.social & yours truly: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pretty much sums up Trump and the Republicans' MAGA cult - we WILL defeat these dangerous fascists and grow a stronger America in the process, lessons learned...

Another massive #EV advantage. Brake pads can now last the life of the vehicle. My Model 3 performance is now at 200,000 km, and the brake pads are factory original and still look like this.

Damn straight

Michael J. Stern@michaeljstern.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When you are paying $765 million to companies to get them to cancel clean, renewable energy projects, you are screaming to the world that you are a corrupt fossil fuel lobbyist bitch who does not give a damn about what's best for America. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/c...