Peter Gleick
@petergleick.bsky.social
Climate, water, birds, bluegrass mandolin. Member US National Academy of Sciences, MacArthur Fellow, Carl Sagan Prize, author of The Three Ages of Water (2023). Also on Mastodon. @[email protected]. Email me at pgleick (at) gmail.
Water-related violence has dramatically increased in recent years. We track it in the Water Conflict Chronology.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Water-related violence has dramatically increased in recent years. We track it in the Water Conflict Chronology.
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Perhaps it was coincidental timing, but nothing underscores the collapse of the Washington Post like firing most of the Pulitzer prize winning #climate reporters the very same day as their opinion pages publishes a BS screed by climate misinformer Bjorn Lomborg.
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Perhaps it was coincidental timing, but nothing underscores the collapse of the Washington Post like firing most of the Pulitzer prize winning #climate reporters the very same day as their opinion pages publishes a BS screed by climate misinformer Bjorn Lomborg.
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Given the latest NOAA CBRFC inflow forecast for Lake Powell, I dusted off this plot from my Twitter days and updated it.
The Feb 1st outlook for Colorado River flows hasn't been this poor in >35 years. Even if wetter weather ahead, bottom-10 outcome likely.
h/t @glenwoodrek.bsky.social
The Feb 1st outlook for Colorado River flows hasn't been this poor in >35 years. Even if wetter weather ahead, bottom-10 outcome likely.
h/t @glenwoodrek.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Given the latest NOAA CBRFC inflow forecast for Lake Powell, I dusted off this plot from my Twitter days and updated it.
The Feb 1st outlook for Colorado River flows hasn't been this poor in >35 years. Even if wetter weather ahead, bottom-10 outcome likely.
h/t @glenwoodrek.bsky.social
The Feb 1st outlook for Colorado River flows hasn't been this poor in >35 years. Even if wetter weather ahead, bottom-10 outcome likely.
h/t @glenwoodrek.bsky.social
I'm trying to develop a research project with Ukrainian colleagues and they're working with no power, no water, in sub-zero temperatures.
February 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I'm trying to develop a research project with Ukrainian colleagues and they're working with no power, no water, in sub-zero temperatures.
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team.
The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 #climate journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 #climate journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team.
The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 #climate journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 #climate journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
How to Kill Independent Media, Jeff Bezos Edition
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM
How to Kill Independent Media, Jeff Bezos Edition
Jeff Bezo's destruction of the Washington Post brand is the worst brand destruction since.... Elon Musk destroyed both Twitter and Tesla, which was the worst brand destruction since... Trump destroyed the USA.
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Jeff Bezo's destruction of the Washington Post brand is the worst brand destruction since.... Elon Musk destroyed both Twitter and Tesla, which was the worst brand destruction since... Trump destroyed the USA.
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Immigrants pay hundreds of billions of dollars more in taxes than they receive in benefits says the [checks notes...] the arch-conservative Cato Institute.
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Immigrants pay hundreds of billions of dollars more in taxes than they receive in benefits says the [checks notes...] the arch-conservative Cato Institute.
Immigrants pay hundreds of billions of dollars more in taxes than they receive in benefits says the [checks notes...] the arch-conservative Cato Institute.
February 4, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Immigrants pay hundreds of billions of dollars more in taxes than they receive in benefits says the [checks notes...] the arch-conservative Cato Institute.
Trump's screw up with the Kennedy Center has even lost him the National Review...
www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
We All Know Why Trump Is Closing the Kennedy Center for Renovations | National Review
Plus: The insufferable politics of the Grammys and the Oscars.
www.nationalreview.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Trump's screw up with the Kennedy Center has even lost him the National Review...
www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-...
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The Committee on Human Rights @nationalacademies.org is celebrating 50 years of defending scholars and advancing #humanrights.
Explore stories, milestones, and ways to support its mission:
nap.nationalacademies.org/chr-50
#CHR50
Explore stories, milestones, and ways to support its mission:
nap.nationalacademies.org/chr-50
#CHR50
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The Committee on Human Rights @nationalacademies.org is celebrating 50 years of defending scholars and advancing #humanrights.
Explore stories, milestones, and ways to support its mission:
nap.nationalacademies.org/chr-50
#CHR50
Explore stories, milestones, and ways to support its mission:
nap.nationalacademies.org/chr-50
#CHR50
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Imagine knowing your political leader is mentally unstable, dangerous, and corrupt and refusing to admit it or do anything about it.
Now meet all GOP representatives and senators.
Now meet all GOP representatives and senators.
January 21, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Imagine knowing your political leader is mentally unstable, dangerous, and corrupt and refusing to admit it or do anything about it.
Now meet all GOP representatives and senators.
Now meet all GOP representatives and senators.
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ICE: corrupt militarized governmental stormtroopers
ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology
Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change.
Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine.
ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology
Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change.
Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine.
February 2, 2026 at 6:46 AM
ICE: corrupt militarized governmental stormtroopers
ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology
Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change.
Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine.
ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology
Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change.
Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine.
ICE: corrupt militarized governmental stormtroopers
ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology
Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change.
Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine.
ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology
Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change.
Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine.
February 2, 2026 at 6:46 AM
ICE: corrupt militarized governmental stormtroopers
ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology
Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change.
Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine.
ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology
Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change.
Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine.
There is zero future for the internal combustion engine but only the US auto industry, manipulated by Trump, is failing to acknowledge that. This will cripple US auto production for decades, ceding the EV market to China.
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/e...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/e...
How the EV pullback is affecting factories and jobs in the South
Automakers, suppliers and battery makers were funneling hundreds of billions of dollars into EV-related manufacturing in the U.S. Now it's all in question.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:34 AM
There is zero future for the internal combustion engine but only the US auto industry, manipulated by Trump, is failing to acknowledge that. This will cripple US auto production for decades, ceding the EV market to China.
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/e...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/e...
The media reports, over and over, how cold it is in the eastern US, but they're silent about how hot it is in the west. The lower-48 were almost a degree hotter than average in January.
And there's terrible snowpack in the west, critical for water supply, as what little precipitation has been rain.
And there's terrible snowpack in the west, critical for water supply, as what little precipitation has been rain.
February 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The media reports, over and over, how cold it is in the eastern US, but they're silent about how hot it is in the west. The lower-48 were almost a degree hotter than average in January.
And there's terrible snowpack in the west, critical for water supply, as what little precipitation has been rain.
And there's terrible snowpack in the west, critical for water supply, as what little precipitation has been rain.
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A fun case study since there have been 72 million articles on the cold in the east and 4 on the warmth in the west
January 2026 temperature rankings compared to all Januarys since 1895.
February 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
A fun case study since there have been 72 million articles on the cold in the east and 4 on the warmth in the west
I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone.
Remember, the Republicans in the House and Senate could stop this in a minute. Actually it would only take a few of them. But no, they're either all in or cowards.
February 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone.
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"Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication."
We are so close to eradication.
What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
We are so close to eradication.
What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 10 Human Cases Reported in 2025
Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
"Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication."
We are so close to eradication.
What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
We are so close to eradication.
What a legacy for President Carter who was so instrumental here.
www.cartercenter.org/news/guinea-...
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A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on #climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
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January 30, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on #climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
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The Trump #climate report attempting to overturn the ruling that greenhouse gases are pollutants was grossly scientifically inaccurate. Turns out it was also illegal.
#climatechange
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
#climatechange
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
The Trump #climate report attempting to overturn the ruling that greenhouse gases are pollutants was grossly scientifically inaccurate. Turns out it was also illegal.
#climatechange
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
#climatechange
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
Once again, the news shouldn't be the Epstein file they just released, but the Epstein files they have withheld.
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Once again, the news shouldn't be the Epstein file they just released, but the Epstein files they have withheld.
LOL, the Trump administration had to release more Epstein files to distract us from the horrible reviews of "Melania" the Movie.
January 30, 2026 at 11:38 PM
LOL, the Trump administration had to release more Epstein files to distract us from the horrible reviews of "Melania" the Movie.