Daniel Brown
@danielarthurbrown.com
Climatologist by training. Working for the Huron River Watershed Council. Currently focused on climate resilience and addressing PFAS. Nature photographer on the side. Hike, pedal, and paddle whenever I can.
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The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
wrd.cm
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.
Mountains are warming 0.21°C per decade faster than lowlands.
Among other issues, that carries implications for wildlife that rely on being able to move up and down in elevation to find suitable conditions.
#climatechange
Among other issues, that carries implications for wildlife that rely on being able to move up and down in elevation to find suitable conditions.
#climatechange
Elevation-dependent climate change in mountain environments - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Environmental changes in mountains often depend on elevation. This Review outlines how past and future temperature, precipitation and snowfall trends vary between mountains and lowlands across various...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Mountains are warming 0.21°C per decade faster than lowlands.
Among other issues, that carries implications for wildlife that rely on being able to move up and down in elevation to find suitable conditions.
#climatechange
Among other issues, that carries implications for wildlife that rely on being able to move up and down in elevation to find suitable conditions.
#climatechange
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk. #climatechange #pfas #pollution
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
insideclimatenews.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk. #climatechange #pfas #pollution
Like 15 years ago I remember a lecture about how Tehran would be one of the first cities to suffer from ecological collapse
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Like 15 years ago I remember a lecture about how Tehran would be one of the first cities to suffer from ecological collapse
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
#Michigan data center boom, inflamed by absurd corporate handouts to lure mega data centers to build here at the expense of everything else, is the most immediately pressing environmental and affordability threat.
It makes everything worse: #climatechange, ecosystem loss, power costs...
It makes everything worse: #climatechange, ecosystem loss, power costs...
Data centers eyed in at least 10 Michigan towns. How they might change state - Bridge Michigan
A host of Michigan communities are weighing proposals for the hulking computing facilities? How many of those will come to fruition? And why is Michigan suddenly seeing a data center surge?
bridgemi.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#Michigan data center boom, inflamed by absurd corporate handouts to lure mega data centers to build here at the expense of everything else, is the most immediately pressing environmental and affordability threat.
It makes everything worse: #climatechange, ecosystem loss, power costs...
It makes everything worse: #climatechange, ecosystem loss, power costs...
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If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
Apparently Cloudflare is down and brought ChatGPT and other AI sites down with it so we have this small window of time where we can be more sure we're talking to real people online and this gives me an idea
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Apparently Cloudflare is down and brought ChatGPT and other AI sites down with it so we have this small window of time where we can be more sure we're talking to real people online and this gives me an idea
Holy local government corruption, Batman!
A township board is voting to end zoning rules so a township board member can build a gravel pit currently not allowed by the rules....
#Michigan
A township board is voting to end zoning rules so a township board member can build a gravel pit currently not allowed by the rules....
#Michigan
Northern Michigan town’s vote to end zoning would help trustee build a mine - Bridge Michigan
A township board in northern Michigan has begun the process of eliminating zoning rules. That would allow a township trustee to build a lucrative gravel mine on his property.
bridgemi.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Holy local government corruption, Batman!
A township board is voting to end zoning rules so a township board member can build a gravel pit currently not allowed by the rules....
#Michigan
A township board is voting to end zoning rules so a township board member can build a gravel pit currently not allowed by the rules....
#Michigan
Trump EPA rule would cut protections for wetlands that supply drinking water
We are only as healthy as the environment around us.
We are only as healthy as the environment around us.
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump EPA rule would cut protections for wetlands that supply drinking water
We are only as healthy as the environment around us.
We are only as healthy as the environment around us.
Unregulated #PFAS PFHpA linked to liver disease in teenagers
Unregulated "Forever Chemical" Linked to Liver Disease in Teenagers - PFAS-Free
A new study, published in Communications Medicine, uncovers disturbing links between an unregulated chemical compound and liver disease in young people, which
pfasnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Unregulated #PFAS PFHpA linked to liver disease in teenagers
Climate change is shrinking fish in Michigan lakes
#climatechange #Michigan
Reminds me of the finding that climate change is altering the beak shape of many birds and altering other aspects of their morphology.
#climatechange #Michigan
Reminds me of the finding that climate change is altering the beak shape of many birds and altering other aspects of their morphology.
Climate change is shrinking fish in Michigan lakes - Bridge Michigan
A new study digitized decades’ worth of written observations about Michigan’s fish to show a connection between warmer waters and smaller fish. Prized species like northern pike are among the affected...
bridgemi.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Climate change is shrinking fish in Michigan lakes
#climatechange #Michigan
Reminds me of the finding that climate change is altering the beak shape of many birds and altering other aspects of their morphology.
#climatechange #Michigan
Reminds me of the finding that climate change is altering the beak shape of many birds and altering other aspects of their morphology.
Interesting mystery.
"the unusual signal would have needed to travel through thousands of kilometers of solid rock before reaching the detector. Under normal circumstances, that journey should have completely absorbed the radio waves, making the signal impossible to detect."
"the unusual signal would have needed to travel through thousands of kilometers of solid rock before reaching the detector. Under normal circumstances, that journey should have completely absorbed the radio waves, making the signal impossible to detect."
NASA Balloon Detects Strange Signals Coming From Ice in Antarctica
Unusual radio signals from beneath Antarctica’s ice continue to defy explanation. Several years ago, scientists using a cosmic particle detector in Antarctica recorded a series of puzzling radio signa...
scitechdaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Interesting mystery.
"the unusual signal would have needed to travel through thousands of kilometers of solid rock before reaching the detector. Under normal circumstances, that journey should have completely absorbed the radio waves, making the signal impossible to detect."
"the unusual signal would have needed to travel through thousands of kilometers of solid rock before reaching the detector. Under normal circumstances, that journey should have completely absorbed the radio waves, making the signal impossible to detect."
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Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections
At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
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Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
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Trump Lied and Will Now Demolish Entire East Wing www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Trump Lied and Will Now Demolish Entire East Wing www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
More evidence of the climate and environmental burden of meat production, but beef production specifically. We really shouldn’t be consuming beef.
Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms
e360.yale.edu
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
More evidence of the climate and environmental burden of meat production, but beef production specifically. We really shouldn’t be consuming beef.
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This is not a joke. It actually happened.
The Pentagon announces they are replacing The New York Times’ press credentials with the MyPillow guy’s media outlet.
October 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is not a joke. It actually happened.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social can't compete with this.
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social can't compete with this.
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The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.
yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.
Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.