This is v good advice! Even if you’re not in the US.

India withdraws bid to host COP33 climate talks The government gave only a brief explanation for its change of heart on the climate summit, saying it had reviewed its commitments for 2028

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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic. Scientists called the new finding “very concerning” as a collapse would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa and the Americas. The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is a major part of the global climate system and was already known to be at its weakest for 1,600 years as a result of the climate crisis. Scientists spotted warning signs of a tipping point in 2021 and know that the Amoc has collapsed in the Earth’s past. Continue reading...

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...

At Pentagon worship service today, Pete Hegseth again read a violent prayer to bless the Iran war. But this time his prayer was apparently borrowed from 'Pulp Fiction.' I promise I'm not writing for @theonion.com now:
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Brilliant.

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health.

'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

I don't know why this is so hard for some people to grasp. If we extend our use of fossil gas, rather than going all-out for grid batteries, heat pumps and induction hobs, we extend our dependence on *foreign* sources of gas, regardless of whether we also use the UK's last remaining reserves. 🧵

A useful piece on the US blockade…

Expect Fidesz to start screaming foul play more loudly as the day progresses.

May be the basis for an extreme political or administrative response to a Tisza win

Brace

A reminder that the Vietnam peace talks lasted from 1968 to 1973; the "marathon" Iran talks took place in less than a day.

I think the short attention span of Trump and everyone around him is a part of our trouble.

If it’s such a ‘gold mine’ why did the 14 year period of the last Conservative government, throughout which it pursued a policy of issuing licenses and maximising oil and gas production, end up being defined by austerity and the worst wage growth since the Napoleonic era?

Watching them move through a decaying orbit, hit the atmosphere and then deploy the Tunnocks Teacakes is pretty fab

Excellent rundown of the hodgepodge of statements that are being used to create a "back to coal" narrative. In sum, most range from meaningless to inconsequential, with one with uncertain significance thrown in.

Diesel, jet fuel and fertilizer prices before and after Israel and USA attack on Iran

Impacts of Iran war on Diesel, Jet fuel, and fertiliser prices
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I'm worried. I sat with things for a bit today to try and see through the immediate fears, but I still land largely here: there's no obvious offramp, and the men behind it are not of a caliber which allows for humiliation.

Does that automatically mean nuclear use? No, but… we should be serious. 1/x

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

Spoke with President Trump. He told me the conflict should be over in days, not weeks but if no deal is made he’s blowing up the whole country with “very little” off the table. "If happens, it happens. And if it doesn't, we're blowing up the whole country,” he said. I asked if there’s anything off limits. “Very little,” he said.

Again, I don’t see how you can read this as anything other than Trump trying to normalize the idea of using nuclear weapons

Each year nuclear adds only as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days.

Historical averages? (Depends on the formality of the writing/ audience).

We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this phantom timeline cleanse.

#DoomscrollingBreak

The System That Decides What Science Gets Published Is Breaking Down The peer review system that validates scientific research is trapped in a self-defeating cycle. A new mathematical model shows why—and what comes next.

Some first-rate science writing: For this story, @jdrakephd.bsky.social carefully read our recent paper and then we spent a very fun 90 minutes or so talking on zoom. His article that gets right to the heart of our model, explains it clearly, and then explores why it will matter in the future.

Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz Administration officials assess that forcing the waterway back open would mean extending the military mission

Just when you thought he couldn’t be more insane…..

President Trump told aides he’s willing to end the U.S. military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed.-WSJ

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ACDC 2026 Abisko The summer school will take place at Abisko Scientific Research Station, Northern Sweden 16 - 29th of August 2026. The topic is "Climate and Landscapes".

I am teaching at the ACDC "Climate and Landscapes" summer school in Abisko in August! Looking forward to visiting the much fabled Abisko field station! Application deadline April 15th... www.atmos.washington.edu/~david/acdc_...

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’ Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say

Hundreds of licences granted for new North Sea oil & gas projects under the Tories have so far produced just 36 days’ worth of gas. Yet more evidence, were it needed, that a crisis caused by fossil fuel dependence can’t be solved by drilling for more fossil fuels in the North Sea

"When China crossed 1,500 kWh of electricity consumption per person, coal was 10 times cheaper than solar. Today, as India reaches the same threshold, solar plus storage costs half as much as new coal."

Wow.

Circle as big as how much your account gets interacted with on X, and Elon Musk is a huge dot in the middle dwarfing everything else like the sun

This is just an incredible visual model of what being on X is like

Iranian regime: Let’s see.

Suggests the war will go on and on.

Great news - renewable energy hit a record today in the UK.

A surge in wind and solar generation helping to blunt the impact of the price shock of the war in Iran.

Gas generation was just 2.4% of the UK's power mix.

We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴‍☠️