Brooke Jarvis

Trump wants to cut federal aid to Portland as his anger with protesters grows U.S. President Donald Trump has directed his team to review federal aid to Portland, Oregon, that can be cut as his anger with the city's anti-government and anti-fascism protesters mounts, the White House said on Friday.

truly an iconic Portland photo

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Warmer Climate Made Typhoon Ragasa 36% More Destructive Climate change was behind more than a third of the economic damages from Typhoon Ragasa in southern China, according to a new study.

New research found that climate change caused about 36% of Super Typhoon Ragasa’s direct economic damage in southern China.

Climate change boosted Ragasa’s peak wind speeds at landfall by 7% (approximately 13 km/h or 8 mph) and rainfall from the typhoon’s eyewall by 13%.

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Extreme Summer Heat Caused an 87% Rise in Deaths in Spain Spain’s scorching summer resulted in more than 3,800 additional deaths this year as extreme heat becomes increasingly deadly, according to the country’s health ministry.

Spain saw 3,800 additional deaths (!) this year amid a rise in extreme, deadly heat.

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See also: Gila monster slobber, origin of glp-1 drugs

22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face Just 38% of the 22,500 homes burned down in California's five most destructive wildfires from 2017 to 2020 have been rebuilt, The Times found.

We're living in the worst era of wildfire in California history. My colleagues and I found that an astounding 22,500 homes burned down in the five most destructive fires in the state from 2017 through 2020. Just 38% of them have been rebuilt. www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell.

Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’ Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago.

He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”

“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.

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Our Very Strange Search for “Sea Level” As the oceans ebb and surge, staggering ingenuity has gone into inventing the measure.

Many thanks to @agu.org for recognizing my piece on sea level rise for @newyorker.com with this year's Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism - features.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I drew a poem about this summer, living in between worlds with my dearest bud www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/09/24/t...

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.

Recommended read: @nytimes.com unpacked how and why a group of students from the Pacific Islands took a climate case to the International Court of Justice.

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Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

Gift link to this very helpful reframing of the autism "epidemic"

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

The piece by @brookejarvis.bsky.social about the island-nations case before the International Court of Justice is a good companion that shows that the climate movement is much bigger. (Print headline: The Big Weight of Small Islands)

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

“For us, it was quite clear that climate change does impact our basic human rights."

For the NYT Magazine's climate issue, I wrote about a group of law students from the South Pacific whose clarity and tenacity helped reshape international law

gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...

Here's my recent piece on what our new era of bigger, hotter, more frequent fires means for even fire-adapted ecosystems bsky.app/profile/broo...

Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California

What a stat: Worsening wildfires have killed nearly a fifth of the world's mature sequoias just since 2020 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u... / www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...

The ocean heat content averaged over the Gulf of Mexico is now the highest on record -- surpassing even the crazy-high values we saw just last year.
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’

Such a breathtaking confluence of societal failures in this Hannah Dreier story. You've got crippling healthcare costs, lack of worker protections, worsening climate-fueled wildfires, poverty, lack of opportunity for young men... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

The Obsessive Search for the Tasmanian Tiger Could a global icon of extinction still be alive?

Today Australia observes threatened species day, the day that the last known tasmanian tiger died (in captivity, in 1936). Resharing this piece I wrote about the tiger and its true believers for @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains

Trump Family Amasses $5 Billion Fortune After Crypt Launch

Here's one really big headline and one really little headline from this morning's WSJ homepage

What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future

A thoughtful look at fire, resilience and the future of ecosystems in SoCal and beyond.

It was a pleasure joining @brookejarvis.bsky.social in the field for this @nytimes.com piece, with @mwtingley.bsky.social, @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social & Miroslava Munguia Ramos.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...

thanks for sharing!

Entomologists, Fellow Scientists Report Negative Impacts of Government Actions In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists, 83% said government policies in 2025 had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.

In a survey of nearly 1,400 scientists released this week, 83% said federal government policies since January 20, 2025, had caused an "extremely negative impact" or "irreparable harm" on their field of science.

thank you!

(the fire: bsky.app/profile/did:...)

“You risked your life out here to save the community,” the firefighter said. “This is how they treat us.”