Katerina Petronotis

I heard it’s headed to Turkey to be scrapped. RIP

A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “THIS.” followed by several clapping emojis. The image text reads: “Let’s give teachers $50k signing bonuses, $100k salaries, and $60k student loan forgiveness. You know, the same as ICE gets.”

Hear, hear!

Heat map-style graphic showing monthly air temperature rankings in the Arctic at the 925 hPa level for each month from January 1979 to September 2025. There is a long-term warming trend evident in each month. Blue shading is shown for colder months, and red shading is shown for warmer months. A yellow number is shown for each grid box to display the actual temperature ranking. September 2025 was the 7th warmest September on record.

#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through September 2025...

+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine

Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins Delays and increased screenings for visas mean that many students didn't make it to campus on time – and that has some big implications for the economy.

Delays and increased screenings for visas mean that many students didn't make it to campus on time – and that has some big implications for the economy.

An open door leading to the reefer of the Gulf Coast Repository with core sections stacked in shelves.

🚨Job alert
Want to know what’s behind these doors? TAMU’s Gulf Coast Repository is looking for a Curatorial Specialist to support the GCR on shore & who will be sailing on expeditions operated by the Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordinating Office (SODCO).
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The article made the cover of GRL, celebrating the now-retired JOIDES Resolution. Floating in the pitch-black Aegean Sea, the JR was an island of light and color.

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This Tuscan startup sold all its olive oil in the U.S. Then came Trump's tariffs Americans love olive oil — and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.

Americans love olive oil — and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.

This message is powerful.

Austin is on the way out as TX most desirable city!

Many of the rich and famous are instead moving to Bryan, TX. Elizabeth Holmes moved first, and she has convinced other rich people like Ghislaine Maxwell to join her here.

Watch the seismic waves from today's magnitude 7.3 Alaska earthquake ripple across seismic stations in North America.

More ➡️ loom.ly/kaJp5I0

Mass layoffs in the US power sector begin following the Big Beautiful Bill:

-20% RIF yesterday at New Leaf Energy
-15% RIF today at Pine Gate Renewables
-Enel suggesting potential exit from US renewable market

More likely to come, along with project delays and cancellations

These people are literally cult members.

This is great, Marshall. Thanks for posting it.

When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.

Japan’s new seafloor monitors could reveal how ‘slow slip’ earthquakes turn into big ones Network could add 20 minutes of tsunami warning at dangerous Nankai Trough

Japan has managed a huge accomplishment: fully covering the offshore parts of their subduction zones, which generate massive earthquakes and tsunamis, with more than 200 fiber-connected geophysical stations -- at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Nothing else in the world can compare.

This company wants to be the first to mine the ocean floor, with Trump's help The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. Other countries say the minerals aren't America's to mine.

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. Other countries say the minerals aren't America's to mine.

🚨Check out our latest publication on Low Heat Flow in the Anhydros Basin, indicating that there are no magma bodies within the crust in the northwestern part of the basin.
📸JR drilling off Anydros Island
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Excerpt from the proposed 2026 NOAA Budget, showing the total funding for climate research reduced from $220 million per year to $0.

The proposed NOAA budget for 2026 contains the literal line:

Total, Climate Research: $0

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Excerpt from proposed NOAA budget showing zero funding for Climate Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes

Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.

GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.

This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.

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How renewables are saving Texans billions A dive into ERCOT data reveals how solar energy is driving down electricity costs for Texas

How renewables save Texans enormous amounts of money.

The buildout of solar in TX reduced the wholesale price of energy by 50%.

#energysky

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Tomorrow! Get your stripes here 

Temporal evolution of the GJES: (a) Rate and cumulative number of earthquakes from TM detection. (b) Seismicity timeline: Moment magnitudes of TM detections color-coded by template association. (c) Statistical analysis I: Diurnalized a-value (i.e., normalized to reflect a rate based on a 24-hour reference period) and b-value of TM detections larger MC=MW0.7.

I don't want to say this was completely unexpected, because this is something changes in ice coverage can affect, but increasing seismic hazards is not the first impact of climate change that comes to mind. 🧪

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“A horrible display of waste… rotting fruits and vegetables… store after store closed… if the ice raids continue be ready for even bigger sticker shock when you go grocery shopping…” 🍎 🥕

This graphic shows four line graph time series and each are monthly from January 1984 through May 2025. The first graph is a 12-month running mean of global mean surface temperature anomalies. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1991-2020 baseline using ERA5 data. The second graph is monthly carbon dioxide abundance. The CO2 graph is the Keeling Curve. Current levels are 431 ppm. The third graph is monthly global methane abundance. Current levels are 1934 ppb. The fourth graph is monthly global nitrous oxide abundance. Current levels are 339 ppb. The three greenhouse gases show seasonal cycles and long-term increasing trends using data from NOAA ESRL. The global mean surface temperature anomaly record also exhibits decadal variability and a long-term increasing trend. All graphs are rising and shown in four different colors, including white, yellow, orange, and pink.

What a hot mess.

Climate change dashboard updated through last month: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...

Southern Hemisphere subtropical front impacts on Southern African hydroclimate across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition - Nature Communications Leaf wax isotopes and climate modeling show that Southern African rainfall and vegetation zones shifted in response to a stronger Meridional Temperature Gradient during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition.

🌧️ A climate shift changed Southern Africa’s rain

New research shows that 1 million years ago, a shift in ocean winds changed Southern Africa’s rainfall patterns. This ancient change could help us understand future water risks from climate change.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm 🧪

South Florida meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.

Watch every fcking second

A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...

Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety"

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*International students represent about 15% of all higher ed students.
*They subsidize US students, so expect domestic student costs to increase
*Trump complains about tariffs but he is destroying an industry where the US is a huge net exporter
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