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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Jerry Lin 🇺🇦 @jlin404.com · 5d

Purchased a hard copy of the US constitution in Lexington, MA today. Given all the crazy stuff that’s happening in the world, it feels strangely comforting to own a copy that I know no one can change.

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Climate Informatics @climformatics.bsky.social · 9d

We have exciting news! #CI2026 will be hosted by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in the period of April 27-30, 2026. More information in Tom Beucler's post:

www.linkedin.com/posts/tom-be...

Save the date! 🌍 Climate Informatics will convene researchers at the intersection of weather & climate science, statistics, and machine learning, April 27-30, 2026 on our beautiful UNIL/EPFL… | ...

Save the date! 🌍 Climate Informatics will convene researchers at the intersection of weather & climate science, statistics, and machine learning, April 27-30, 2026 on our beautiful UNIL/EPFL campus ...

www.linkedin.com

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Cristi Proistosescu @cristiproist.bsky.social · 15d

New paper out. In which we helped the folks at the Allen Institute for AI (AI2) show that their climate emulator does a good (though not perfect) job at reproducing E3SMs' response to different SST boundary conditions.

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Applying the ACE2 Emulator to SST Green's Functions for the E3SMv3 Global Atmosphere Model

The Ai2 Climate Emulator broadly captures the top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiative response to local sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies ACE and EAMv3's global TOA radiation sensitivity to all S...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Nature @nature.com · 15d

This modelling shows that making instant cuts to grants without a plan or consultation is misconceived

go.nature.com/4gEQfmX

Machine learning reveals potential consequences of cuts to US research

Governments have the right to decide how to spend money on science. Modelling shows that making instant cuts to grants without a plan or consultation is misconceived.

go.nature.com

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Jerry Lin 🇺🇦 @jlin404.com · 16d

I see this post 🤔

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Jun 29

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19d

David Wallace-Wells is the best climate journalist working today, arguably the best journalist period, and this is a fantastic summary of where things stand on climate change:

It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.

www.nytimes.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23d

Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.

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USAFacts @usafacts.org · 25d

🚨 Our annual report is officially live! We compiled the latest #government #data on the issues shaping policy decisions in #Congress right now. #DataViz

Read the full report here: https://usafacts.org/research-and-initiatives/reports/america-in-facts/

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28d

We always get asked, "What can I *personally* do to help address climate change?"

Sadly, there hasn't been a very good answer to this question. Previous guides often treated people as monoliths, giving them a one-size-fits-all answer.

But that's changed now. Enter SHIFT.

jointheshift.earth

SHIFT

jointheshift.earth

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Björn Lütjens @bjornlutjens.bsky.social · Aug 26

MIT News writes today about our new paper: A simple linear model can outperform a large-scale AI foundation model in climate emulation. We offer an explanation with lessons on benchmarking, bias-variance tradeoff, and natural climate variability.

news.mit.edu/2025/simpler...

A table with NRMSE scores showing that Linear Regression has a better score than the Foundation Model, Vision Transformer, Random Forest, CNN-LSTM, and Gaussian Process.

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Jia-Bin Huang @jbhuang0604.bsky.social · Jun 24

Why More Researchers Should be Content Creators

Just trying something new! I recorded one of my recent talks, sharing what I learned from starting as a small content creator.

youtu.be/0W_7tJtGcMI

We all benefit when there are more content creators!

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Sep 8

As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · Sep 7

The comment period for a sham “climate science” report commissioned by the DOE closed earlier this week, and the verdict is in: the scientific community has overwhelmingly and resoundingly rejected the report. UCS submitted comments on the report, and here are the four key points we made:

A Resounding Rejection of the US DOE’s Sham “Climate Science” Report

It is rife with inaccuracies and disinformation.

blog.ucs.org

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Climate.us @climate.us · Sep 4

EXCITING NEWS!
The Climate.us page has officially launched.

Here you will be able to read more about us, our plan, updates, see what real people are saying, view our news coverage, and of course find ways to take action.

We look forward to your continued support.

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Jerry Lin 🇺🇦 @jlin404.com · Sep 6

It might also make sense for scientists to collaborate on a science-first agenda for the next president (provided we are given the opportunity to elect one). Basically a counter to Project 2025 that’s ready to go on Day 0.

@kencaldeira.com

Jerry Lin 🇺🇦 @jlin404.com · Sep 2

Would it make sense to leverage your institution and collaborate with other Stanford professors to incubate a batch of Stanford alumni willing and able to run for local/state/federal office in their home districts during the 2026 midterms?

This might make it a competition between universities 😉

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 6

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.

(Published July 2024)

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...

www.propublica.org

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm not sure many folks realize just how persistent the warming from CO2 is.

Here is a set of 1000-year climate model runs (using FaIR) simulating one year of CO2 emissions (40 gigatons in 2020); a millennia later the world has not cooled back down!