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Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America - Nature By examining the hourly diurnal cycle of 23,557 fires in North America during 2017–2020, 1,095 overnight burning events were identified, mostly associated with extreme fires and driven by long-te...

Proud of my graduate student, Kaiwei Luo, because today his first research chapter of his PhD was published in Nature. Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America. nature.com/articles/s41...

EU deforestation law nudges timber trade, Indonesia probe shows, but risks persist JAKARTA — Several European timber firms have cut ties with suppliers linked to deforestation in Indonesia following a 2025 investigation, suggesting that an upcoming European Union regulation is alrea...

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4,000 more oil and gas wells were just added to Alberta’s orphan well list | The Narwhal Even before the addition, the estimated total costs to properly seal and reclaim orphan oil and gas sites in Alberta was more than $1B

‘Largest single transfer in history’: 4,000 oil and gas wells just became orphans — nearly doubling Alberta’s total: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-orph...

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

Chilling. And accurate. by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social "A whole sector of mainstream media now functions as spirit mediums attempting to interpret Trump’s actions to try to fit them into the context of competent leadership and coherent and consistent agendas." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Climate Science Serving America Fellowship Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.

Dear Friends,

Please send this to your networks. Project Drawdown is offering full-time, paid (with benefits) fellowships to scientists and engineers working on climate solutions in the public interest.

Deadline is April 17.

drawdown.org/careers/clim...

Spaceship Earth NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon. Image Credit: NASA

So when we saw tiny earth, people asked our crew what impressions we had. And honestly, what struck me wasn't necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat hanging undisturbingly in
the universe.

Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.

Governor Pritzker speaks to constituents.

Governor Pritzker speaks to constituents.

Americans are more desperate than ever for trusted information about what's going on in their communities and the nation.

There's no better place to get that than their local newsrooms, and I was proud to thank them at the IL Local News Summit.

We need you more than ever.

Ha! It me.

Heart-breaking

What an amazing project. It grapples with many of the ideas that will feature in my upcoming book "Roots to Sky." It so cool to see water's relationship with life communicated via another medium.

U.S. Forest Service unveils extensive closures of research facilities Cost-cutting move is expected to cause resignations and turmoil

What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”

This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for.

That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.

Congrats, Ian!!!

This is so beautiful. And true. I’m friends either a giant red cedar in my yard, and a California buckeye that I planted.

Also: Simard will be in conversation with @manjula.bsky.social in San Francisco this Thursday evening, April 2, talking about her new book "When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World." You can register for that here: greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-0...

Forestry scientist @drsuzannesimard.bsky.social shifted our understanding of forests: from resources to communities where trees share resources. Now she's embracing Indigenous peoples' deep knowledge of forests. My profile of her for @psyche.co from the amazing Ma'amtagila Tree of Life celebration:

The Book Proposal Boot Camp, Spring 2026 A workshop to help you do the work. This eight-week workshop takes place virtually, via Zoom. It is aimed at people who either have a book idea that needs more development or who have a defined boo…

Writing a nonfiction science book? Struggling with your proposal? To help finish mine, I took Christie Aschwanden @cragcrest.bsky.social and @betsymason.bsky.social 's amazing Book Proposal Factory. They're doing another class soon. Apply here: christieaschwanden.com/the-book-pro...

Times Literary Supplement cover, March 20, 2026

In Brief page in Times Literary Supplement that includes Erica Gies' review of Bill McKibben's book "Here Comes the Sun."

Congrats to @billmckibben.bsky.social for his hopeful new book "Here Comes the Sun." Think renewables are too expensive? We don't have enough materials? Can't do without oil? Wrong! Read this book! I was fortunate to be asked to review it for the UK's Times Literary Supplement (pix).

Aww, thanks! Now I gotta write it!

I'm thrilled to announce the deal for my next book! -- Roots to Sky: How Life and Water Can Help Cool the Climate #NatureWriters #EcologyandConservation #WaterinClimateChange #BookSky🌿

The biodiversity crisis is as urgent as the climate crisis.

#nokings San Francisco

David George Haskell on 'How Flowers Made Our World' | KQED Acclaimed biologist David George Haskell's new book "How Flowers Made Our World" paints flowers as revolutionaries that have determined the evolution of all life on earth — and who need our help to we...

What a delight to join Mina Kim on @kqedforum.bsky.social today. You can listen to the show here: www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

The Klamath River removal of 4 dams, led by the Yurok and other Klamath tribes, is the largest dam removal to date and a great example of the many benefits that come with river recovery: fish returning, flood and drought protection, cultural legacies restored.

My book Water Always Wins is about people taking agency in their own places all over the world. YIMBY in California, Iraq, India, Peru, China, Washington, England, Kenya, and more.

I'm thrilled to announce the deal for my next book! -- Roots to Sky: How Life and Water Can Help Cool the Climate #NatureWriters #EcologyandConservation #WaterinClimateChange #BookSky🌿

As precious groundwater vanishes, a few in California find ways to bring it back Groundwater has fallen to precarious depths in much of the world. New research highlights areas that have been able to bring levels back up.

Recharging groundwater: New research highlights areas around the world that have managed to halt groundwater declines and boost aquifer levels. One California farm water agency shows what decades of recharge efforts can accomplish. @myungchun.bsky.social
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Amazing! What a great tile and concept!!!