Tom Di Liberto

Example of the new climate tool from Climate Central. This is showing climate change in Pennsylvania which is seeing annually a change in precipitation of 3.2 inches since 1970 and a warming of 3.2°F. Fall threats include heat, heavy rainfall, and sea level rise. This is associated with impacts like increased cooling demand, more extreme rainfall, and changes to fall foliage.

📣 Check it out! Explore the new data viz on our homepage: www.climatecentral.org

@climatecentral.org just released a new tool to explore climate impacts in U.S. cities and states - making complex data easier to understand for your community.

🚨 What’s the biggest Fall climate threat where you live?

Title Climate change is global. But the impacts are local. White search bar underneath then two dark blue boxes side by side. One for New Orleans, the other for Boston. Each showing different fall impacts from climate change. Icons for heat, hurricanes, rainfall, sea level rise and severe weather are present.

Climate change is global. But the impacts are felt locally. Climate Central has a new feature that can help you tell your city’s climate story, finding the impacts that matter the most for you and your community. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-local

I'm hiring! 🔽

Fifth National Climate Assessment The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the…

In case you missed the big news earlier this week...

We've brought the website of the Fifth National Climate Assessment back online. Explore it at nca5.climate.us

The assessment, which was released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program in 2023, is the most recent state of the science...
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It's so easy when it comes to climate action to think that you're alone in your concerns. But survey after survey says the opposite! It will take community to solve climate change. And there's A LOT of people who care.

Oh I love the idea of a graphic of the year award! Who do we need to lobby for that to come to fruition?

Most people care about climate change & want govts to act —yet many think they’re in the minority. You’re not! Talking about this helps close the perception gap. More in this week’s Climate Matters: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

Thanks @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social & happy #ClimateWeek!

Check out the details, data, & attribution science from @wwattribution.bsky.social in the wake of Hurricane Helene here ⤵️

www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨

They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us

Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏

This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.

A climate science network may lose its Pacific hub. Here's what that means for local researchers A local hub for climate research is facing an uncertain future. As HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports, time is ticking for them to receive crucial federal funding.

Three regional CASCs - the Northeast, South Central and Pacific Islands - will cease operations in coming weeks because Dept of the Interior won’t approve their next 5-year agreements.

Other CASCs have had projects cancelled and funds reprogrammed in violation of Congressional appropriations.

Chaos Inside FEMA as Death Threats Distract From Hurricane Response Internal documents show how online conspiracies and personal attacks disrupted FEMA during back-to-back hurricanes last year.

New docs obtained via FOIA reveal how the personal attacks to FEMA staff last hurricane season were much worse than previously known, including swatting & doxxing of officials.

Story @bloomberg.com, w/ @davey.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

📍Spain:

Another round of unusual, excessive heat has been building, forecast to peak through the back half of the week.

🌡️Temperatures 7°-9.5°C ABOVE average.
🔴Heat made up to 5x more likely by -- almost impossible without -- human-caused climate change.

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cool session for educators on how to use our Coastal Risk Finder in your classrooms!
September 22
5-6pm ET

This is a remarkable retrospective from @noaa.gov NCEI on Helene nearly a year after the storm came ashore. This is made even more powerful by the fact that these researchers are talking about their communities/neighbors/loved ones.

🧵🔽 from @jjrennie.bsky.social

The National Climate Risk Report - my life for two years - has just been released.
www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...
Minister Bowen press conference at: www.youtube.com/live/GLvd_fu...
My specific report on the weather and climate hazards: climateservice.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest...

Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation

Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida!

www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

SHIFT

I am SO EXCITED about this!

Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.

Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.

jointheshift.earth

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.

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!

The gulf is bathwater right now.

People at NIH, I have a question I'm curious to hear from you about, Signal is davelevitan.26 if have a sec, and you can remain anonymous

Really cool new generational heat tool from @climatecentral.org that lets you compare the number of extremely hot days added by climate change across generations.

Starting at Noon ET today September 3! Don't miss this webinar on prepping your fall climate coverage.

Share with @relindsey.bsky.social how you've used climate[dot]gov in the past why it should continue! She's one of the folks behind @climate.us !

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.

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

Do you believe that climate facts should remain free from political interference and easily accessible? If so, watch our video and consider supporting our initiative.
Find out how you can support: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding

“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.”

This is on Trump.

Gift link here:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

If you were a user or admirer of NOAA’s amazing climate.gov website - which has had all the good stuff (e.g., actual data and climate monitoring indices) removed by government - some web and data gurus/guerrillas are about to launch a recreation at climate.us.
Follow @climate.us for launch updates.

Screenshot from the ARCUS August 2025 newsletter: Dear ARCUS Community, It is with a mix of gratitude and sadness for our community that we share an important update about ARCUS’s future. After more than three decades of connecting, supporting, and facilitating collaboration within the U.S. Arctic research community, ARCUS will sunset its operations at the end of September 2025 and formally dissolve as a nonprofit organization. This decision comes after careful consideration and reflection on the changing needs of the Arctic research landscape. While ARCUS as an institution will close, the impact of the relationships, collaborations, and shared work we have fostered will continue to ripple through the community for years to come. We are profoundly grateful for the many individuals—past and present—who have served on our Board, worked on our staff, contributed as partners, and supported ARCUS’s mission with passion and dedication. We want to assure you that we remain active and committed right up to the end

More sad news for the polar community... Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (@arcus-arctic.bsky.social) is shutting down.

We all lose here. The past 8 months have been unthinkable, and their consequences for the future even more so.

‘It’s madness’: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind halt The Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vital…

SCOOP: Revolution Wind employed 80 fishermen over the past 2 years, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners. Trump's pause means he just put Trump-voting fishermen out of work.

When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.

This time, they spoke to me.👇