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Washingtonian @washingtonian.com · 18d

Pawpaw season is upon us. You may have heard of pawpaws, but many locals still know little about the “tropical” fruit that grows wild in some wooded areas in the DC region.

Pawpaw Season Is Here. Where to Taste DC’s “Tropical” Fruit—and Pick Them. - Washingtonian

www.washingtonian.com

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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 18d

National Academies of Science panel finds that: The EPA was right in 2009 (when it found that climate change driven by society’s emissions of greenhouse gases are endangering human health & lives), and that everything we've learned since has only made it more right.

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report

Things have changed since 2009: We’re more certain about the problems.

arstechnica.com

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Margaret Evans @mekevans.bsky.social · 21d

Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 21d

Despite its 162-year-history of service, congressional Republicans tell federal agencies not to seek the advice of the National Academies. www.science.org/content/arti...

House panels charge U.S. National Academies with producing partisan studies

Pending spending bill urges agencies to find other sources of scientific advice

www.science.org

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Toastie @btoastie.bsky.social · 22d

"The community wanted a food sovereignty lab. But we didn’t know what that was.”

My latest for @highcountrynews.org

High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 22d

The Native American Studies department at Cal Poly Humboldt fought an uphill battle to establish the California State University system’s first food sovereignty lab. It was the result of student initiative, community involvement, and a shapeshifting approach to learning.

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How to build a food sovereignty lab - High Country News

Bureaucracy and budget constraints couldn’t stop CalPoly Humboldt’s Native American Studies Department from founding an Indigenous foods research lab.

www.hcn.org

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 24d

There really is no one better at this than @ayanaeliza.bsky.social, a climate hero if there ever was one

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 26d

Kicking off Season 3 (😮) of the WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? podcast with Bill McKibben — on photons, fogies, energy liberation, and what he sees in his crystal ball. ☀️⚡️👴🏻🔮

On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/029N...

On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Photons ☀️, Fogies 👴🏼, and Energy Liberation, with Bill McKibben

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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 22d

A preview of cool emerging #genomics and #Indigenous #science media… but this is my second interview of the day in this blue blazer! 🎥

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 22d

Maybe the land carbon sink is weaker than we thought. Big implications: "A lower-than-expected land carbon sink would also imply that the land biosphere may be closer to transitioning from a net carbon sink to a net source than current models predict" Randerson et al. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The weak land carbon sink hypothesis

Satellite-derived time series of vegetation carbon do not support a strong Northern Hemisphere net land carbon sink.

www.science.org

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AGU Biogeosciences @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social · 28d

We've extended the application deadline for this award to 9/17! Apply here for the Fall Meeting AGU-B DEI Travel Grant for up to $1500 ( connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...)

Travel Grants - Biogeosciences

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Scott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · 28d

Are you a cool person who cannot stop talking about natural catastrophes? Do you want to help the insurance industry understand the latest hurricane, wildfire, or hailstorm headed their way?

Then click the link for our new Head of Event Response job! careers.wtwco.com/jobs/head-of...

Head of Event Response - United States - Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Seattle, Washington, United States - Tempe, Arizona, United States - Los Angeles, California, United States - Chicago, I...

Description The Role Strategy and Leadership Design and implement a best-in-class event response framework tailored to re/insurance client needs Serve as the face of Willis / Willis Re’s catastrop...

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Kimberly Nicholas @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social · 28d

How can YOU help fix the climate crisis? This new guide I researched and created with support from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social will help you find & flex your climate superpowers:
👩‍⚖️ Citizen
💼 Professional
💵 Investor
✈️ Consumer
🌟 Role Model
Check out jointheshift.earth and let's #MakeSHIFThappen!

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David J. Snyder @fractalpast9.bsky.social · 28d

This was a splendid program. It remains accessible on various platforms. Highly recommended.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28d

WATCH: Tonight on public television across the nation, the premiere of the new documentary “Becoming Thurgood.” It’s so good. Check your PBS and public television schedules. It is part of #HBCUWeek on PBS.

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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 29d

I know there's a lot of news rn but @eroston.bsky.social, @zhirji.bsky.social and I wrote a full accounting of the Trump administration's war on climate science and clean energy. Putting it all in one place was a lot!

Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace

The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.

www.bloomberg.com

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Eos @eos.org · 29d

Since last May, 4 billion people—half the world’s population—have experienced an extra month of extreme heat, thanks to climate change.

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Read more: bit.ly/Eos-Sept2025

Climate Change Made Extreme Heat Days More Likely - Eos

A new attribution study shows every single extreme heat event since last May was made more probable by climate change.

eos.org

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Margaret Evans @mekevans.bsky.social · 29d

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Fires Drove Record-breaking Tropical Forest Loss in 2024 | World Resources Institute Research

The Forest Pulse draws on the most recent data and analysis to reveal the latest trends in global forest loss and deforestation. This page is updated annually using annual tree cover loss data. Update...

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · Sep 6

I found this history fascinating, especially how the US under Bush I a) pushed to create the IPCC to center government representatives, not scientists, in UN climate action; b) used the IPCC to block binding emission targets and carbon taxes on rich countries, which seemed imminent in 1988.

In tech we trust: A history of technophilia in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) climate mitigation expertise

This article examines the technocentric bias that characterizes climate mitigation literature, focusing on the reports of the IPCC's Working Group III…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Eos @eos.org · Sep 6

💡 New this year, Local Hubs offer a flexible way to participate in the Annual Meeting without traveling to the main event. Groups can gather in their own regions, access #AGU25 programming, and register at a special rate. Learn more about how to host a Local Hub today: buff.ly/JLvmh71

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 6

AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

careers.amnh.org

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Joan Meiners, PhD @joanmeiners.bsky.social · Sep 6

Heyo climate + outdoorsy folks!

I’m about to embark on a big reporting project & I’d love for you to follow along.

I’ll be riding my mtn bike across the entire state on the 850-mile Arizona Trail.

I’ll try to post here too but more updates & info can be found on IG @joan_bikes_arizona

Thank you!

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Michael J. Gundale @michael-gundale.bsky.social · Sep 6

This looks like a great opportunity in a great location!

Sandra M Durán @sandramduran.bsky.social · Sep 6

Looking for a #postdoct for a NSF project integrating ecosystem productivity, hyperspectral remote sensing and airborne LiDAR to test prominent hypothesis of the effect of #biodiversity on #forest #productivity @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @ngaps.bsky.social Apply at: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · Sep 4

My department is hiring a Plant-Fungal Assist Prof!! As the newest #NewPI here, don't get me started on how wonderful my colleagues, how smooth my onboarding has been, how supportive the school and the department are, how nice my brand new lab is, and how convenient living in Champaign Urbana is!

Steven Burgess @sjb287.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are hiring! The #PlantBio department at UIUC is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Plant-Fungal interactions. Application deadline is October 31st @dallingjim.bsky.social see the link below for more details:
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant Professor- Department of Plant Biology

Duties & Responsibilities

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Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) @scor-int.bsky.social · Sep 4

SCOR is pleased to invite early-career scientists in Colombia to participate in a symposium on 28 October, which will precede SCOR's annual meeting in Santa Marta, Colombia.

View the programme and apply to present a poster at: scor-int.org/events/scor-...

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Sep 3

An estimated 450,000 people have died because of the abrupt cuts to the United States Agency for International Development. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Protesters demand release of HIV funds ‘illegally’ withheld by Trump

People take to streets against Trump administration plans to rescind funding for life-saving international programs

www.theguardian.com

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Sep 3

Six million years ago, the Mediterranean basin was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean for 640,000 years, during which time the Mediterranean became hypersaline and shrank . Enter the Zanclean megaflood, which abruptly and dramatically reconnected the seas. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Artistic view of the Zanclean megaflood breaching the Camarinal Sill and refilling the Mediterranean after the Messinian Salinity Crisis.
CREDIT: Udara Amarathunga, Roger Pibernat, and Daniel Garcia-Castellanos

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Climate.us @climate.us · Sep 1

Read what @drshepherd2013.bsky.social had to say about us in @Forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Be sure to check out more about our initiative here: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

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Margaret Evans @mekevans.bsky.social · Sep 3

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Exciting postdoc opportunities at the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab at University of Colorado-Boulder!

ESIIL @cu-esiil.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are currently accepting Postdoc applications!
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...