Did you know Southern Live Oaks are evergreen. ‘Live’ literally meaning always awake This is the Angel Oak, who lives unsurprisingly in Angel Oak Park, Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina 🇺🇸 The tree is estimated to be up to 500 🎂

BOOM! 💥 As expected, BIG investors representing approximately €6.6 trillion assets (!) under management call on the European Commission to preserve the integrity and ambition of the EU’s sustainable finance framework, in view of the current discussions on an ‘omnibus

Article based on this new study: Observed multi-decadal increase in the surface ocean’s thermal inertia Chaehyeong Lee et al. (2025), NatureClimate In short: Increased stratification leading to (even) more surface heat. North Atlantic is off the chart: nature.com/articles/s4155…

NASA data confirms 2024 was the warmest year on record. NASA scientists work with NOAA to track Earth’s average temp, relying on millions of measurements worldwide. They found 2024 was hotter than any since at least 1880, the result of human activities: go.nasa.gov/3WdGkvy

The agency charged with tracking hurricanes, measuring #climate change, managing fisheries and watching for space storms faces deep cuts. "This represents a threat to the personal safety of every American," former NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said. newsweek.com/doge-noaa-nati…

2025 isn't holding punches

After spending 5 years bragging about its sustainability commitment, EU leaders make a U turn masked as ‘simplification’ Not only a waste of time but also a departure from the rule of law and ensuing predictability required to draw investments needed - as I argue in Project Syndicate

The aptly named Beauty in Petworth Park, England Photo: Jeroen Philippona

Heute urteilten 2 Gerichte in 🇫🇷 im Sinne von Naturschützern und Zivilgesellschaft: Ein französisches Gericht stoppt den Bau der Autobahn 69 bei Toulouse - der Schaden für Umwelt und Anwohner sei größer als der Nutzen. Und zweitens : 🧵 lemonde.fr/economie/artic…

Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵

Das globale Krebsgeschwür des Rechtspopulismus wird uns noch alles nehmen. Sicherheit. Freiheit. Demokratie. Gesundheit. Umwelt. Leben. Jeder, der diesen Irrsinn hier befördert, weil ihn ein Gendersternchen oder ein Windrad stören, macht sich mitschuldig am Untergang des Westens.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗼? If only we could record single neurons in humans? Wait, we can. It does semantic coding of words (among lots of other things we know). Amazing work by Melissa Franch, Ben Hayden et al. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I’m getting contacted that peer reviewed published research papers are getting pulled off of PubMed. I’m not trying to cause alarm, but can somebody confirm this? Does anyone know what categories of papers are getting taken down? And what the removal criteria are? HHS.gov NIH ?

Ich sag’s gern noch einmal: Ich würde umgehend ein Fachkräfte-Programm für US-Amerikaner aufsetzen… Allein schon den sog. Brain-Drain der 2000er Jahre umzudrehen, wäre es wert.

Really important piece by Katie Martin who has fled this site. Investors are edging away from the dollar. If the EU could get its act together, now is the time to issue joint debt. There would be huge demand from investors desperate to diversify on.ft.com/4ikpbsC

I was just informed that the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC), of which I was a member, was terminated abruptly and all upcoming meetings are also canceled. This was a committee that has been around since at least 2000. We were a group of experts from

Deutschland steht inmitten enormer Herausforderungen: Die Sicherheitslage ist angespannt, die Wirtschaft braucht einen kräftigen Schub, die Infrastruktur muss auf Vordermann gebracht werden. Der Kampf gegen die Erderhitzung fordert volle Kraft. Nichts davon kam über Nacht.

Because with startling speed, the U.S. is turning its back on global health. In doing so, it is endangering other nations, and also itself. We will regret this. Share this gift link widely! ⬇️ theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Some thoughts on the tariff disaster: 1. Tech bros took pride of place at Trump's inauguration two months ago 2. They showed up in the expectation that the new administration would help their companies soar even higher 1/3

Every grant opportunity in my field is about developing new innovative solutions. What about evaluating the impact of last year's innovative solutions to see if they were any good? What about implementing the solutions that decades of research show are effective?