Just a short stroll into the National Mall from the historic National Academies Building and Lincoln Memorial, DC…
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Thoughtful depiction of Aldo Leopoldo’s life and evolution…
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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...
"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).
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
www.smithsonianmag.com
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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
Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change
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...
Indigenous Water Rights Bill Advances to Senate, Seeks Equity for Tribes in State Water Policy Decisions
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...
David Roberts
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...
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.
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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 reservoirswww.newscientist.com
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Just let Congress and OMB know we’re are paying attention to the damage they’re doing to US science.
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Mike Dettinger
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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...
