Water/environ/climate news & my own calculations when relevant, from CarsonCity (Wá∙šiw land), NV. Retired USGS & now p/t @CW3EScripps scientist
Letters by my name: PhD.UCLA F.AGU F.AAAS M.NAE; www.mdettinger.com
Mike Dettinger
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"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally."
Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
proelectrica.substack.com
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
Last week, California AB 2218 was passed by the State Assembly. It requires more consultation with Tribes in water rights investigations & developmt of policies for redress of water-related harms assoc'd w/state-sanctioned termination, removal & assimilation of Tribes.
www.karuk.us/posts/kalras...
CA Congressperson Lofgren speaks harsh truths to the DOE Secretary today…worth a listen!
youtu.be/1fWJ0ZY4jFM?...
Mike Dettinger
Mike Dettinger
Indigenous Water Rights Bill Advances to Senate, Seeks Equity for Tribes in State Water Policy Decisions
Just a short stroll into the National Mall from the historic National Academies Building and Lincoln Memorial, DC…
insideclimatenews.org/news/0606202...
Global study of >550K reservoirs finds >half of world’s reservoirs will be >half full of sediments by 2060. Capture of sediments (>36 cu km/yr) not only reduces water storage but also impacts (mostly adversely) downstream geomorphologic & hydrologic processes.
www.newscientist.com/article/2529...
Thoughtful depiction of Aldo Leopoldo’s life and evolution…
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
New study uses a new 3D atmospheric river detection algorithm to better capture how atmospheric rivers affect Antarctica’s complex terrain, finding that ARs may bring as much as 90% of precipitation there.
eos.org/research-spo...
Today(?), Trump invoked a 1950 national defense law to steer nearly $700 million to support coal power plants and exports, aiming to refurbish 13 coal plants, build two new ones and establish a West Coast coal export facility in the U.S.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
Extremely finely (laser) etched aluminum surfaces exposed to solar radiation could provide a wicking mechanism for extracting fresh water from brines or seawater, leaving behind salt crystals from which Li, etc, might be separated more efficiently than by trad methods.
www.bgr.com/2188365/sola...
Please submit comments (good, bad, or indifferent) here if you are an AGU member: agu.quorum.us/campaign/163...
Or here otherwise: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Just let Congress and OMB know we’re are paying attention to the damage they’re doing to US science.
eos.org/research-and...
Each decade the world is losing over 7 per cent of its freshwater storage capacity to sediment build-up, according to an analysis of over half a million reservoirs
www.newscientist.com
Mike Dettinger
Mike Dettinger
Mike Dettinger
Aldo Leopold’s writing reconsidered the place of humans in the natural world and challenged people to be less a conqueror of the land and more a citizen of it
At the Museum of Unnatural Disasters, members of Congress, disaster survivors and activists are bringing their worries about preparedness to the seat of power.
insideclimatenews.org
A new study shows that atmospheric rivers may be responsible for up to 90% of Antarctica’s annual precipitation.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed a new rule on 28 May that, if finalized, would give political appointees approval power over scientific grants, reduce support for international coll...
