I’m writing a paper with a student on moist heat stress and have been having to work on word choice in dealing with the heterogeneous patterns involved. It’s challenging.

Republicans deploy little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining Legal experts say the use of the Congressional Review Act to open mining near the Boundary Waters could drastically reshape U.S. public lands protections.

Republicans deploy little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining #Climate

“They (OMB under Vought's leadership_ absolutely impounded. He just lied to America.” Sen. @merkley.senate.gov (D-OR)

This is—and I cannot overstate this—A HORRIBLE IDEA

Anyone who’s ever been there can tell you the Boundary Waters is a *national treasure*

It is a rare, pristine, paradise of wilderness and mining will 💯 pollute and ruin that 😡

Senate Votes to Strip Minnesota’s Boundary Waters of Protection from Mining Pollution Earthjustice weighs legal options to stop Chilean-owned Twin Metals mine

The Boundary Waters ...for a chilean mining corporation

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UCS just released a very nice and concise guide for how to stay safe in the public eye -- for scholars and researchers, but also for anyone else concerned about safety during autocratization:
www.ucs.org/sites/de...

As Trump scares off US scientists, China is racing ahead From mapping the seabed to AI innovation, Beijing is becoming the world’s scientific superpower

www.ft.com/content/47c7... As Trump scares off US scientists, China is racing ahead

Screenshot of the entirety of this article from ArcNews, which begins with: Professionals need to continually learn new technology and update their skills, whether working in the geospatial technology industry, engaging in scientific research, or teaching students to prepare for careers in GIS. Society and the environment constantly evolve, new data and technologies emerge, and analytical methods get more sophisticated. But it is hard to keep up—especially for scientists and university professors who not only have teaching responsibilities but also engage in research and academic service. As scientists and university professors, the three of us have, at times, felt a gnawing panic that we might be holding students back by not teaching them the very latest in modern GIS technology and associated scientific principles. So much work goes into updating courses and labs, let alone enhancing GIS curricula. Continuous change, however, does present opportunity. If educators can anticipate where the geospatial technology industry is heading, they can prepare students for tomorrow’s innovations. The Guide to the Geographic Approach helps educators seize this opportunity. Developed collaboratively by educators and the broader GIS community, the guide is a collection of ready-to-use teaching models that bring modern GIS techniques and spatial data science into the classroom. Contemporary case studies equip learners to address real-world problems by applying spatial thinking and the latest geospatial technologies. Modules are delivered as editable ArcGIS StoryMaps stories that contain short, conceptual video lectures, technical skills training, class and lab exercises, and ethical lessons. It all aligns with the topics, skill areas, and learning outcomes emphasized in the GIS&T Body of Knowledge (a comprehensive catalog of the GIS and technology field) and the geographic information system professional (GISP) certification."

Calling All GIS Educators: "The Guide" Is Here!
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#gischat #geogchat #geogsky ⚒️ 🌎 🌍 🌏

Very cool @nationalacademies.org report release webinar relevant to the Palcolimate community on "Functions and Criteria for a New Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme Events". April 29. Sign up! www.nationalacademies.org/projects/DEL...

Also, the cuts to publication fees would likely have a significant negative impact on scientific societies, which probably not coincidentally are in some cases nexuses of opposition to the administration’s science defunding agenda.

If you want to see further development of the ideas in that paper also have a look at this one agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/KCTMC2...

I'm happy to report that the recent paper written by my former student Qin Qin Kong, part of his dissertation work WBGT, trying to develop a more solid theoretical understanding, is a Highly cited article in 2025. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TUPBHE... The credit is all Qin's.

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

AMS Responds to NSF Regarding the Future of National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) YouTube video by American Meteorological Society

Dismantling NCAR would undermine US national security, properity and health.
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It's subtle but the lighting progressing from daytime to the artificially lit dark of night in 2 minutes and 23 seconds is part of the effect here. What a journey

Research by @lukeaparsons.bsky.social and colleagues @science.nature.org

Early signs of historic March heatwave for the Southwestern U.S.? (Not what we need...) - YouTube The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 3/9/2026 topic: I'l...

Join me for a live virtual office hour on Tue Mar 10 at 3pm PT to discuss potential for a genuinely extreme, and potentially even historic, March heatwave in American Southwest (including CA) later this month. I'll talk dynamics, impacts & implications.

Are you a young academic working on climate and feel ready for a move? We are recruiting two Assistant/Associate Professors @granthamicl.bsky.social at Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (1/6)

Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies.

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When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

The DOGE attack on the humanities was even dumber and more destructive than I though. And I thought it was amazingly dumb and destructive. "A documentary about Jewish women’s slave labor during the Holocaust? The focus on gender risked 'contributing to D.E.I. by amplifying marginalized voices.'"

That’s a nice analysis, bob! Still emissions are a red herring for an observed time series. The null model is forcing and lagged response, so log(co2) and a low pass filter. Anything else will be inherently noisy and likely to give decadal positive and negative slopes as you showed.

Thanks, Mike!

I think if you ignore emissions and just talk log (concentrations) run through a 2-decade running average that it will be more transparent why the acceleration term exists but is small enough to be barely above variability.

US lifts some restrictions on Russian oil, considers more actions to ‘unsanction’ it as prices spike The U.S. is lifting some restrictions on Russian oil and considering more actions to “unsanction” it as the conflict in Iran raises prices globally, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday. Be…

Meanwhile, Russia is helping Iran target US forces. Madness.

It's honestly hard to comprehend the cascading bad decisions being made because of a crisis the USG created.

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How Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed Before his misadventures in government efficiency, Musk promised to revolutionize commuting with a subway that would speed passengers between DC and Baltimore in a matter of minutes. The project was a...

A year long investigation into the Hyperloop found …

“The truth was far simpler, far dumber, and far more prescient: Musk and his lieutenants truly had no idea what they were doing.”

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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

Fertiliser disruption from Iran conflict prompts global food shortage warnings Prices have jumped and exports been hit as war puts pressure on one of the world’s largest producers

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Black History Month Spotlight: Greg Jenkins This Black History Month post spotlights Greg Jenkins, a professor at Penn State who focuses on weather, climate change, and air quality in West Africa.

#BlackHistoryMonth Spotlight: Greg Jenkins is an AMS fellow and past recipient of the Charles E. Anderson Award. From mentoring the next generation of diverse scientists to advancing climate science on a global scale, his work continues to inspire.

More about his journey: https://bit.ly/4kNQC0q

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files.

This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

NSF NCAR Stories As part of its coverage of, and response to, federal plans to break up the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR), the American Meteorological Society is collecting testimonials from ...

If you have personal testimonials about how @ncar-ucar.bsky.social has benefited your career, submit your story to @ametsoc.org via this web form. #SaveNCAR docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...