Here's we are, inconsiderately consuming food to support our inefficient biological neural networks
“it also takes a lot of energy to train a human ... It takes about 20 years of life – and all the food you consume during that time –before you become smart.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Kid this evening:
"Why do people talk about "the 90s" so much, that's like, a date in the future"
The science is, apparently, fine. We just decided it's beyond our remit to "protect" the "environment"
13.02.2026 20:31 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0The federal government is setting itself up to be on the wrong end of the biggest lawsuit in history.
10.02.2026 14:37 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
01.02.2026 20:55 — 👍 4172 🔁 1409 💬 127 📌 74My 2 cents: I would use the term ESM when active BGC components are running and fluxes can be diagnosed, whether or not they were running an em-driven protocol, I think. I feel like the term should describe what's running in the model, not how it's constrained.
06.02.2026 21:28 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Methane spike in the early 2020’s has been explained in two new studies. A combination of weakened atmospheric removal and increased emissions from warming wetlands, rivers, lakes, and agricultural land are to blame.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#methane
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...
"For Claude Code, about 90% of its code is written by Claude Code itself."
No judgement. But where the hell are we headed?
fortune.com/2026/01/29/1...
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | A Look at Key Findings in the DoE Climate Report This panel will examine the Department of Energy’s 2025 , A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate, focusing on three core areas: whether trends in heat, precipitation, and hurricanes are worsening; how accurately climate models are tracking observed surface and atmospheric temperatures over the past century; and the extent to which climate change is likely to affect long-term economic growth. John Christy — University of Alabama Andrew Dessler — Texas A&M Steve Koonin — Hoover Institution Ross McKitrick — University of Guelph Moderator: Michael Toth — Civitas Institute
wow, this event looks interesting!
www.civitasinstitute.org/events/power...
In just four years, California went from 3% to 22% battery power storage, allowing excess daytime solar power generation to be stored for use at night. Increasing wind power generation, which peaks at night can also displace the need for some battery power, further dropping system cost and adding to grid stability.
A past criticism of Variable Renewables Energy (VRE) from wind & solar was that their power was intermittent & thus unreliable. But the drop in battery storage cost has ushered in the age of firmed renewable energy (FRE). Renewables with storage are displacing import and fossil fuels. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
24.01.2026 12:24 — 👍 58 🔁 26 💬 3 📌 4
US universities, public and private agencies, and individuals who use NCAR or CESM data, software, products or guidance need to speak up with a broad defense of NCAR's role for society.
Send feedback to NSF, write to your representatives - now or never.
NSF has just put out a call for 'concepts' on how to evolve weather forecasting & computing related parts of NCAR.
The word climate *does not appear* in this document, but it does ask for ideas on "Ownership of the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab building for private use"
Call for input by March 13....
Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
23.01.2026 21:57 — 👍 500 🔁 415 💬 6 📌 14
Oh wow - this is fascinating. At one point in the emails, they got copilot to review the DOE report for them - and copilot told them they were stretching the truth...
library.edf.org/AssetLink/18...
People - don't get ChatGPT to write your job application letters. When you read 100+ of these things in a row - they all sound identical, with generic references to the job ad. You can pretty much guess the prompt they used.
The easiest way to stand out is to be your imperfect, brilliant self.
These dynamics are clearly happening - seemingly creating larger oscillations / stupider decisions over time. But even if the stock market resets, there is also cumulative damage to America's international standing which is not reversed when trump steps back from the brink.
22.01.2026 07:03 — 👍 121 🔁 22 💬 4 📌 0
These things can be simultaneously true:
1- We can't meaningfully address climate change if the world is held hostage by authoritarians who are actively seeking to undermine international agreements.
2- decarbonisation is a critical part of gaining leverage against those authoritarians
😂 That would have been a bold move
21.01.2026 22:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I see what Carney was doing though. As it was - his speech can't be reduced to a single political issue other than the need to create working international resistance to authoritarian superpowers.
21.01.2026 21:23 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0To me, Carney's point is a precursor for addressing any global problem in this age. We can't address climate change if the world's priorities are to appease Trump or face his wrath.
21.01.2026 21:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It feels like the necessary response of the civilised world to rising authoritarianism might be defined by this speech, if others follow.
Principled, but strategic. Intelligent, but forceful. Multilateral, but not complacent in the role of existing institutions.
If the last decade has taught Europe anything, it should be that reliance on fossil fuel imports is a strategic liability which will be exploited.
Climate aside, decarbonisation is security.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
And no remaining allies....
20.01.2026 06:47 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
16.01.2026 23:59 — 👍 5941 🔁 3403 💬 158 📌 89If there's a silver lining to this madness, perhaps it can at least bring wider Europe together with a sense of common identity
17.01.2026 21:18 — 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
Worth noting that the EU’s reluctant tariff concessions to the US, agreed between VdL and Trump at Turnberry, haven’t yet been approved by the European Parliament.
There’s no realistic prospect of the US deal going through now.
Speaking truth to power.
"Do not speak of the security of the Arctic, when its greatest threat is YOU"
Greenlandic citizen at Nuuk demonstration.
Source: dr.dk
