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Non-profit science education organization building public resilience against climate misinformation. More at http://sks.to/welcome

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Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate changeΒ  Β» Yale Climate Connections Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.

Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧡 (1/11)

07.11.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10
Rebecca Lindsey, the Climate.us Project Director,  wearing a white long-sleeve shirt and denim overalls standing outdoors near a white fence with greenery and trees in the background. The photo is framed in a red box that reads TIME100 Climate 2025.

Rebecca Lindsey, the Climate.us Project Director, wearing a white long-sleeve shirt and denim overalls standing outdoors near a white fence with greenery and trees in the background. The photo is framed in a red box that reads TIME100 Climate 2025.

The 2025 #TIME100Climate list is out! We are thrilled to share that Rebecca Lindsey, our project director, is part of this group: (link)

This list recognizes the 100 most innovative leaders driving business climate action in 2025.
See the full list: time.com/collections/time-100-climate-2025/

30.10.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the full list of published fact briefs - sks.to/gfb

Screenshot of the full list of published fact briefs - sks.to/gfb

You can find the full list of all published fact briefs here sks.to/gfb

24.10.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Composite image showing thumbnails of fact briefs #41 to 50 published in collaboration with Gigafact.

Composite image showing thumbnails of fact briefs #41 to 50 published in collaboration with Gigafact.

"Are humans responsible for climate change?" recently became fact brief #50 published in collaboration with @gigafactproject.bsky.social and this milestone gave @baerbelw.bsky.social a reason to write a short blog post about the current status of this project:
skepticalscience.com/50-fact-brie...

24.10.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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It is International Day of Climate Action.

Facts. Science. Action. Understanding the facts is the first step toward taking climate action. At Climate.us, facts come first.

Take action to support a trusted platform for climate facts by donating today.
donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

24.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With climate change data disappearing, former NOAA scientists strike back SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Elkhart River in Goshen resembles a serene stream these days, thanks to michiana's drought.

ABC did a fantastic job covering why our mission to keep climate information freely available MATTERS. Watch the video and read story: https://www.abc57.com/news/with-climate-change-data-disappearing-former-noaa-scientists-strike-back

23.10.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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New Book - Climate Obstruction: A global Assessment Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment is a new book from Brown University’s global Climate Social Science Network, for which a team of more than 100 scholars explored who’s blocking action on clima...

See @skepticalscience.bsky.social's shout out on our book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment - skepticalscience.com/new-book-cli...

The book is out now open access on our website here:
cssn.org/news-researc...

22.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.

Proud to have contributed to the blockbuster new volume Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment, documenting the many, many ways that corporations & orgs try to block climate action. Comprehensive, global in scope, authors from all over the world & the ebook version is FREE cssn.org/news-researc...

14.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Did you see that we resurrected the Fifth National Climate Assessment this week!?

Did you know that we have a $10k match donation challenge live right now?!

Never miss an update from us, sign up today! www.climate.us#take-action

26.09.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fact: The scientific consensus on climate change is strong, with over 97% of climate scientists agreeing that human activities are the primary driver of global warming.

16.09.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the 1st half of 2025, @climate.noaa.gov 's staff were terminated, shutting down daily operations.

Now, former members have joined w/ nonprofit partners to launch Climate.us, where climate info can be safeguarded from politics.

Check out our website and join the effort today.

08.09.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot of our latest fact brief:

Q:  "Is global warming actually happening?" 

A: "Yes - Multiple indicators show Earth is warming rapidly. [...]"

https://sks.to/gfb-warming

Screenshot of our latest fact brief: Q: "Is global warming actually happening?" A: "Yes - Multiple indicators show Earth is warming rapidly. [...]" https://sks.to/gfb-warming

Our latest fact brief:

Q: "Is global warming actually happening?"

A: "Yes - Multiple indicators show Earth is warming rapidly. [...]"

sks.to/gfb-warming?...

All fact briefs sks.to/gfb?utm-sour...

06.09.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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EXCITING NEWS!
The Climate.us page has officially launched.

Here you will be able to read more about us, our plan, updates, see what real people are saying, view our news coverage, and of course find ways to take action.

We look forward to your continued support.

04.09.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 9
Forbes article about climate.us

Forbes article about climate.us

Read what @drshepherd2013.bsky.social had to say about us in @Forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Be sure to check out more about our initiative here: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...

01.09.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission

β€œThis is information that the taxpayers have already paid for,” said @relindsey.bsky.social. β€œThis administration is trying to hide it and take it away from us. It’s an abuse of government. It’s a waste of resources. People should be indignant.”

Meet @climate.us:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

30.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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Notice of Availability: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) seeks public comment on the draft report produced by DOE's Climate Working Group (CWG), titled "A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emi...

If you'd like to offer comments on the misleading & error-ridden US federal report, "Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate," the link to do so is below.

Comments are due by Sept 2. Pls see next post for links to resources that debunk the claims in this report.

10.08.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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Sea Level Mis-information from DOE Here in the USA, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a report titled β€œA Critical Review of the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” It is a product of the &#8…

Is sea level around the US accelerating? If you actually do the analysis, instead of just repeating talking points from decades ago, the answer is yes.
tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...

03.08.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 532    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 14
Screenshot of our latest fact brief:

Q:  "Are human CO2 emissions driving current global warming?" 

A: "Yes - While many natural factors influence Earth’s climate, human emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are driving today’s global warming. [...]"

https://sks.to/gfb-driver

Screenshot of our latest fact brief: Q: "Are human CO2 emissions driving current global warming?" A: "Yes - While many natural factors influence Earth’s climate, human emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are driving today’s global warming. [...]" https://sks.to/gfb-driver

Our latest fact brief:

Q: "Are human CO2 emissions driving current global warming?"

A: "Yes - While many natural factors influence Earth’s climate, human emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are driving today’s global warming. [...]"

sks.to/gfb-driver?u...

All fact briefs sks.to/gfb

05.07.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Text from the 1990 global change research act (see link above).

Text from the 1990 global change research act (see link above).

The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline.

The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.

30.06.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 900    πŸ” 540    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 57
Screenshot of the partial list of Sabin rebuttals showing the first 7 of them all related to solar energy myths.

Screenshot of the partial list of Sabin rebuttals showing the first 7 of them all related to solar energy myths.

Since publication, some of the rebuttals have already been updated based on feedback received & 66 links leading to US-government sources in the references were replaced by permanently archived links to avoid link-rot for them if websites are moved or vanish.

All rebuttals: sks.to/sabin33-rebu...

28.06.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a slide showing composite images of German fact brief and Sabin rebuttal translations.

Screenshot of a slide showing composite images of German fact brief and Sabin rebuttal translations.

On top of this collaboration with the Sabin team, German translations of all the rebuttals were created by a class at the Institute for translations at the University Heidelberg. These translations are all available via sks.to/sabin33-rebu...

28.06.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Creating the rebuttals based on Sabin's report proved to be more complex and timeconsuming than initially thought as it for example entailed reformatting and adapting the ~460 references to our needs and to add many of them to our glossary.

28.06.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Composite image showing screenshots of all 33 rebuttals to solar, wind and EV-myths published in collaboration with the Sabin Center of Climate Change Law.

Composite image showing screenshots of all 33 rebuttals to solar, wind and EV-myths published in collaboration with the Sabin Center of Climate Change Law.

After 33 weeks of highlighting one of the rebuttals to solar, wind and EV myths on Tuesdays, this phase of our successful collaboration with the @sabincenter.bsky.social came to a close recently. We recap the project in this blog post:
sks.to/sabin33-reca...

28.06.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Warming stripes - global 1850 - 2024

Warming stripes - global 1850 - 2024

June 21 is #showyourstripes day and we encourage everybody to join and start conversations about climate risks and solutions with the help of the icon graphic created by @edhawkins.org in 2018, inspired by a blanket crocheted by @elliehighwood.bsky.social

skepticalscience.com/show-your-st...

20.06.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

19.06.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 841    πŸ” 465    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 61
Screenshot of our latest fact brief:

Q:  "Was 1934 the hottest year in the global record?" 

A: "1934 was a particularly hot year in the contiguous United States, but not globally exceptional. Worldwide, 1934 was a relatively cooler year [...]"

https://sks.to/gfb-1934

Screenshot of our latest fact brief: Q: "Was 1934 the hottest year in the global record?" A: "1934 was a particularly hot year in the contiguous United States, but not globally exceptional. Worldwide, 1934 was a relatively cooler year [...]" https://sks.to/gfb-1934

Our latest fact brief:

Q: "Was 1934 the hottest year in the global record?"

A: "1934 was a particularly hot year in the contiguous United States, but not globally exceptional. Worldwide, 1934 was a relatively cooler year [...]"

sks.to/gfb-1934?utm...

All fact briefs sks.to/gfb?utm-sour...

15.06.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screen capture of the front page of the Climate.gov site, displaying its logo in the upper left, a map of the CONUS in the middle left, and the titles of recently published stories on the right.

Screen capture of the front page of the Climate.gov site, displaying its logo in the upper left, a map of the CONUS in the middle left, and the titles of recently published stories on the right.

If you are shocked, alarmed, or disappointed about the news that Climate.gov has been effectively shut down with the firing of its content team, here are some things you can do to help! (1/6) πŸ§ͺ

12.06.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 41
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Berardelli Bonus: Today I taught a Climate Change 101 Class at USF to seniors A question that came up - Is it possible that global warming is caused by variations in the Sun's energy? Here we plot the changes in solar irradiance (sun's energy that hits the Earth) vs Global temperatures to find out.

13.06.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of fact brief answering the question "Is the sun responsible for global warming?" with "No - Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, not solar variability, is responsible for the global warming observed since the Industrial Revolution."

https://sks.to/gfb-sun

Screenshot of fact brief answering the question "Is the sun responsible for global warming?" with "No - Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, not solar variability, is responsible for the global warming observed since the Industrial Revolution." https://sks.to/gfb-sun

We also have a short fact brief to answer the question "Is the sun responsible for global warming?" with "No - Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, not solar variability, is responsible for the global warming observed since the Industrial Revolution."
skepticalscience.com/fact-brief-s...

13.06.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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