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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 1d

I am teaching a course on ancient trees and tree rings at the NY Botanical Garden on Sunday, October 26th and Sunday, November 2nd.

We will learn about past environments, the amazing lives of trees, and what old trees tend to look like.

Sign up at this link: www.enrole.com/nybg/jsp/ses...

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughtful essay

“we are in danger of forgetting the greatest untapped resource on any college campus — the professors. We are surrounded by human experts, yet we are being encouraged to take our questions to robots”

AI ate my homework: My experience with the University’s AI toolkit

I don’t understand AI enough to properly dislike it. And I’m curious as to why the University is pushing this tool so much if it inherently devalues learning. So I immersed myself in artificial intell...

www.michigandaily.com

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Scott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · 2d

I know fortunes can change quickly but maybe… juuuuuust maybe, you two should not have so quickly and completely dismissed the Blue Jays chances against the mighty Yankees? @joeposnanski.com @kentremendous.bsky.social

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 19d

Betteridge's law at work "Do Climate Models Support Claims of Volcanic Global Catastrophes?" agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Do Climate Models Support Claims of Volcanic Global Catastrophes?

The cooling response to large historical eruptions varies widely across current models, yet is persistently stronger than tree rings imply Inconsistent cooling hinders modeling of post-eruption p...

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 20d

When the world's biggest insurer says climate change has pushed traditional home insurance to its limits, it's already too late to start preparing. And we are in no way ready for a post-insurance world.

Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Home Insurance as You Know It Is Doomed. You’re Not Ready.

The remedies for homeowners so far aren’t preparing them for a financially stable existence as the risk of disaster increases.

www.bloomberg.com

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Samuel Muñoz @paleomunoz.bsky.social · 20d

New paper out today in GRL: Drying of the Panama Canal in a Warming Climate (shorturl.at/TJ3aj)

Main finding: Low water levels in Gatun Lake (main reservoir for Panama Canal) become more frequent and severe in a warming climate, particularly under higher emissions pathways

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Scott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · 22d

Yet another Nat Cat job? Actually, we're searching for TWO experts, specialized in tropical cyclones or earthquakes. US or UK, remote work definitely an option. Great job for an ECR physical scientist looking to join the insurance/reinsurance industry! eedu.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Natural Catastrophe Analyst - Earthquake/Hurricane Specialist

An exciting opportunity to join an established research network team at Willis (a WTW business), helping clients understand and manage risk while shaping the Willis “view of risk.” Using your scientif...

eedu.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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Tao of Stieb @taoofstieb.bsky.social · 23d

This is a beautifully complex piece by Canadian journalist Katie Engelhart in the New York Times Magazine about children’s author Robert Munsch as he struggles with aging and illness. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

The Beloved Children’s Author Whose Stories Are Slipping Away

www.nytimes.com

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Scott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · 27d

I would love love love to learn more about that. I deeply resent the presence of our gas-powered water heater in the basement. Can you share the name of the installer and manufacturer?

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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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Dan Dawson @meteodan.bsky.social · 29d

Apropos of nothing, I offer an unsolicited academic writing tip. Sentences that begin with some form of "Fig. X shows so-and-so..." are usually unnecessary, as they often just regurgitate what should be in the figure caption. Instead, *interpret* the figures in the text with appropriate references.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Sep 3

Top hurricane expert Kerry Emanuel on the DOE scam climate report:
“The DOE is presenting a distorted view of the science of climate effects on extreme weather that is bound to mislead the public.”

www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: Critique of Chapter 6 “Extreme Weather” in the DOE review

RealClimate: Guest commentary by Kerry Emanuel Executive Summary Chapter 6 of the draft DOE report examines whether global warming exacerbates extreme weather. It rightly notes that because events suc...

www.realclimate.org

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 2

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · Sep 2

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

DOEresponseSite

On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...

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ClimateBook @climatebook.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Gulf stream is mostly a wind driven current, which isn't going anywhere, though it does get some thermohaline components. It is a fallacy that it "keeps Europe habitable." Even the latest extreme hosing experiment (which assumed complete shutdown

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Daniel Schwarcz @danielschwarcz.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 New paper alert! Josephine Wolff & I argue that efforts to regulate AI safety through liability and insurance are likely to fail—just as they largely did with cybersecurity. Download The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability & Insurance: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Limits of Regulating AI Safety Through Liability and Insurance: Lessons From Cybersecurity

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly embedded in decision-making, design, and development across public and private sectors, proposals to

papers.ssrn.com

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.bsky.social · Aug 27

The shooter at Annunciation Catholic School used an assault weapon to fire dozens of rounds through the stained glass windows of the school’s church—killing two children and wounding 17 others, including 14 children.

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Scott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · Aug 22

This motto, which was reviled way back for its first iteration, actually turned out to be spot on a decade or two later. We had a great visit back home with my mom - the Forks, Rainbow Stage, the Zoo were all fun, with friendly Manitobans at all our stops.

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John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · Aug 17

The only way to know?

Probably not. Notes on an essay.

diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/t...

The only way to know

A “World View” published in natureorscience by Tim Palmer (TP from hereonin) is one of those odd but energetic articles senior academics write that one has to read multiple times to sav…

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Scott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · Aug 15

I don't know who designed this hoodie, but clearly they made it with exactly me in mind. The tree-ring pattern is even oak, which is just perfect.

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John Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social · Aug 15

Surreal scenes from Olympic National Park, where buildings and bridges have been wrapped in foil to save them from the #BearGulchFire #wawx
www.kuow.org/stories/smok...

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Scott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · Aug 8

I love to see papers on wind drought but also because so many models struggle to get the correct rhythm of ENSO + El Niño is a big influence on extended spells of weak winds, I worry this sort of analysis might still underestimate the risks. Definitely going in my read pile though, thank you.

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Scott Robeson @indianaclimate.bsky.social · Aug 8

Expect an increase in the frequency and duration of wind droughts in a world that has a reduced equator-to-pole temperature difference #climate 🧪🌊

Prolonged wind droughts in a warming climate threaten global wind power security - Nature Climate Change

Prolonged low wind speeds can lead to a strong reduction in wind power generation. Here, the authors show that such wind drought events become more frequent and extended under global warming, threaten...

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Scott St. George @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com · Aug 7

Good grief. Does anybody understand what the “1 in X” catastrophe is? Maybe we should just forget about the curve-fitting and switch to “X times bigger than the previous record”.

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Aug 5

Attention Climate Solutions Scholars! @uvic.ca seeks its next Canada Excellence Research Chair 🇨🇦: www.uvic.ca/research-inn...

You: world class scholar, looking to make a move

Us: #5 in world for climate action, collegial, stunning location (B.C.) w award-winning climate policy

Pls share widely!

Canada Excellence Research Chair - University of Victoria - University of Victoria

Find information about applying to be Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Victoria

www.uvic.ca

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