Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I made a map, showing a pretty fascinating phenomenon -- what appears to be dam driven fog in my region of East Tennessee. More details in my latest Substack post reportearth.substack.com/p/the-unexpe... 142
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026At long last, was able to provide a more substantive response to @jacksonwryan.com, who had written at length about two of my prior Substack posts re AI, science journalism, and the rapid growth of scientific studies. reportearth.substack.com/p/nearly-two...reportearth.substack.comNearly two centuries of U.S. science magazines, and the lessons they teachAnd a response about the future of the science journalism field. 023
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Last week I shared a graphic (from a story in the Conversation co-authored with Cornell's Bruce Lewenstein) depicting the struggles of U.S. science magazines. See below. Here, I want to share another way of viewing the data.....(/1) 284
Reposted by Chris MooneyPaul Voosen @voosen.me · 23/09/2026Appreciate @chriscmooney.bsky.social's look at science magazines, including the role of societies and the history of Science 79-86. One thing to add: @science.org, AAAS still has the world's largest (?) science-focused newsroom. We're in print, every week. Editorially independent. And a nonprofit!reportearth.substack.comNearly two centuries of U.S. science magazines, and the lessons they teachAnd a response about the future of the science journalism field. 082
Reposted by Chris MooneyBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Many things to think about in here. I'm sure @chriscmooney.bsky.social and Lewenstein could have used another 10,000 words to unpack it all. Some thoughts: 1. The most popular science voices HAVE ALWAYS BEEN communicators. Not journalists. theconversation.com/is-science-j...theconversation.comIs science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to todayWhile science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues. 23818
Reposted by Chris MooneyThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 17/09/2026While science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues. Scholars of science journalism have the glass half-full view:theconversation.comIs science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to todayWhile science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues. 1227
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's a tough era for science magazines -- especially in print. Pulled some data on this for a piece in the Conversation co-authored with Cornell prof Bruce Lewenstein. By these lights, we've lost a lot of pubs, a truly painful change in the technology of #scicomm theconversation.com/is-science-j... 064
Reposted by Chris MooneyPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Interesting article cowritten by my friend @chriscmooney.bsky.social about the decline of science journalism. theconversation.com/is-science-j...theconversation.comIs science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to todayWhile science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues. 15319
Reposted by Chris MooneySally James @jamesian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The collapse of #journalism (about #science)? @chriscmooney.bsky.social and Bruce Lewenstein try to measure it. #SciWri26 theconversation.com/is-science-j...theconversation.comIs science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to todayWhile science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues. 031
Reposted by Chris MooneyMark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Smoke from Canadian #wildfires affecting Great Lakes/NE US in recent days predicted to continue out to the N Atlantic in the #CopernicusAtmosphere aerosol optical depth forecast from 16 July 00z atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int 12015
Reposted by Chris MooneyWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 12/07/2026Underrated? A little. Essential? Absolutely. The Brazil Current is the South Atlantic's western boundary current, carrying warm water southward and driving circulation across an entire ocean basin. It doesn't have Gulf Stream's PR team, but WHOI scientists know it's doing the same critical work. 0278
Reposted by Chris MooneyJack Ryan 🙏🧪 @jacksonwryan.com · 07/07/2026🧪 If science journalism is going to survive and thrive, it has to reorient itself and rethink the incentives that currently drive it. Reflecting here on some great @chriscmooney.bsky.social pieces about where we might be headed. nobreakthroughs.com/adrift-in-a-...nobreakthroughs.comAdrift in a Sea of Similar Science StoriesFor six months in 2025, I spent my days working from a small office on the bottom floor at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies. My window was almost roof to ceiling, looked out onto the I... 1169
Reposted by Chris MooneyElise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 18/06/2026There are more papers being published than ever before but at the same time it increasing seems like the whole paper thing isn't working so well — I've literally never talked to a scientist ready to praise the state of publishing. (Chart by @chriscmooney.bsky.social, www.datawrapper.de/_/8Fd8M/) 251
Reposted by Chris MooneyMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"And the army of PhDs (sic PhD holders) will groan, but not know what to do about it, except complain on their BlueSky accounts." @chriscmooney.bsky.social this is too real. 041
Reposted by Chris MooneyScott Robeson @indianaclimate.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Amazing graphic that says a lot of about many things science- and publication-wise, including why it's so difficult to find good peer reviewers. 🧪 33112
Reposted by Chris MooneyMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 11/06/2026A timely piece on scientific overload reportearth.substack.com/p/how-mega-s...reportearth.substack.comHow ‘mega-science’ helps explain the plight of science communicators right nowHow do we communicate about -- or as journalists, cover -- 3.5 million scientific studies per year? 12815
Reposted by Chris MooneyElise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"The period over which a tripling of research publications has occurred ... is also a period of convulsive media change... Simply put, even as there are more scientific papers than ever, there are fewer journalists covering science." 🧪 From @chriscmooney.bsky.social:reportearth.substack.comHow ‘mega-science’ helps explain the plight of science communicators right nowHow do we communicate about -- or as journalists, cover -- 3.5 million scientific studies per year? 272
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Newspaper jobs are showing a noticeable fall in early 2026, continuing a longstanding pattern of decline, based on preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (1/3) (Data source: www.bls.gov/web/empsit/c...) 130
Reposted by Chris MooneyGlenn Branch @glennbranch.bsky.social · 04/06/2026ICYMI: climate journalists Andy Revkin (@revkin.bsky.social sky.social) and Chris Mooney (@chriscmooney.bsky.social) in conversation.youtube.comMeet Chris Mooney, a Climate Journalist Now Exploring the Turbulent News ClimateYouTube video by Andrew Revkin 012
Reposted by Chris MooneyAndy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com @revkin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Talking LIVE with @chriscmooney.bsky.social at 2 pm about climate journalism so far and what's next, and about his new ReportScience deep dives into the #climatenews process. 102
Reposted by Chris MooneyElise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Science journalists, science communicators, science folks of all stripes — if you read nothing else today, read this post by @chriscmooney.bsky.social : 🧪reportearth.substack.comThe scientific "study story" has a questionable future. That may be a good thingThe way we do science journalism is going to change 5155
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I've been experimenting with narrative or storytelling through graphics, and came up with this one. My own life with Y as temperature. See here for a broader essay on the links between data and story, which ends with this chart reportearth.substack.com/p/life-is-an... 055
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 26/03/2026The Arctic sea ice maximum for 2026 was just called by @nsidc.bsky.social. It was very low. Tied for record low with 2025. Here's my chart of the data, updated to reflect this news 063
Reposted by Chris MooneyZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 27/02/2026Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 390,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 980,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,430,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,970,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 36025
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Thanks so much for sharing my story, @jeffsharlet.bsky.social ! If you go back to 1990, there are actually over 450,000 U.S. newspaper jobs. The number has been declining ever since, but faster during/after the Great Recession. The overall decline is over 80 percent. www.datawrapper.de/_/sqclG/datawrapper.deOver 80 percent decline in newspaper industry jobs, 1990-2025 | Created with DatawrapperJobs in other publishing industry sectors also declined, but not as rapidly. 15522
Reposted by Chris MooneyJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 22/02/2026I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops. 16173101875
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 20/02/2026It looks like the U.S. newspaper industry lost about 8 percent of its remaining employees in just one year in 2025. I wish I could say that was unusual, but as this recently updated graphic shows, it has been going on for a long time... My story here: reportearth.substack.com/p/2025-was-a... 0149
Reposted by Chris MooneyCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 19/02/2026🏆 The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards are now open! 🥇 🆓 There is no fee to enter ⏳ Entries will be accepted through March 31 at 11:59pm US ET 🌍 Work published anytime in 2025, from anywhere in the world, is eligible 🔗 Learn more and apply: coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the... 056
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Just updated: My chart showing trends in climate change coverage at the big 5 U.S. newspapers, with data via @media-climate.bsky.social. Data now run through Jan 2026, and are pretty timely with the recent Washington Post news For more of my charts: reportearth.substack.com/p/reporteart... 192
Reposted by Chris MooneySammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 08/02/2026This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social 19355143
Reposted by Chris MooneyDino Grandoni @dinograndoni.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I was told today my Washington Post job is being eliminated It's just a job, but it's one that I was proud to do for 8+ yrs alongside the best in the business I'm here for opportunities to tell stories about the natural world and how we impact it dino.grandoni@gmail.com 95516
Reposted by Chris MooneyDon Boesch 🇺🇦🇬🇱 @donboesch.bsky.social · 15/01/2026First NY Times veteran @jswartz.bsky.social transitions to teach journalism at the University of Texas, now former Washington Post Pulitzer winning climate reporter @chriscmooney.bsky.social moves to teach at the other UT, the one on Rocky Top. Both grew up on Gulf Coast. cci.utk.edu/blog/2026/01...cci.utk.eduPulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Chris Mooney Named Julia G. and Alfred G. Hill Chair of Excellence - College of Communication and InformationPhoto courtesy of the University of Virginia This article was written by Noreen Premji. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Communication and Information is proud to announce Pulitzer ... 042
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 14/01/2026A little bit of news about me! cci.utk.edu/blog/2026/01...cci.utk.eduPulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Chris Mooney Named Julia G. and Alfred G. Hill Chair of Excellence - College of Communication and InformationPhoto courtesy of the University of Virginia This article was written by Noreen Premji. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Communication and Information is proud to announce Pulitzer ... 392
Reposted by Chris MooneyZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 14/01/20262025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate ⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content ⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps ⬆️ Second warmest troposphere ⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs ⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/... 5346222
Reposted by Chris MooneyWorld Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 14/01/2026🌡️ WMO confirms 2025 was one of warmest years on record. 2025 was one of the 3 warmest years on record, with the global average surface temperature at 1.44°C ± 0.13°C above the 1850-1900 average, according to WMO’s consolidated analysis of 8 datasets. 🔗 bit.ly/49xpkWP 02018
Reposted by Chris MooneyTim Osborn @timosbornclim.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Most 2025 global temperatures are now out (degrees C above 1850-1900 baseline) 1.41 HadCRUT5 1.44 Berkeley 1.46 JRA-3Q 1.47 Copernicus 1.53 DCENT-I NOAA and NASA GISS values will be public at 2pm UK time and but based on already public Jan-Nov data they will likely be between 1.3 and 1.4 degC. 69357
Reposted by Chris MooneyDr. Peter Neff @icy-pete.bsky.social · 27/12/2025South Korean RV ARAON is indeed the only ship in the world regularly visiting Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica. US no longer has a dedicated Antarctic RV. ARAON headed south now, with Raymond Zhong (NYT) & Miles O’Brien @pbsnews.org on board documenting! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/c...nytimes.comBound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth’s End Is Underway 37724
Reposted by Chris MooneyNational Oceanography Centre @noc.ac.uk · 15/12/2025📣 New estimates shed light on late-18th century temperatures! 🕰️🌡️🌎 New research provides the first global record from near-surface air temperature measurements, peering back in time to the late-18th century. Read more about it here: brnw.ch/21wYn3Zbrnw.chClimate Lab BookDiscussions on various aspects of climate science. Click to read Climate Lab Book, by Ed Hawkins, a Substack publication. 0115
Reposted by Chris MooneyEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 15/12/2025The new GloSAT temperature dataset extends our observational estimates of global temperature change back to 1781 Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima... Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...climatelabbook.substack.comNew estimates of surface temperature change since the late 18th centuryReleasing an observation-based global temperature dataset extending back to 1781 412145
Reposted by Chris MooneyEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 15/12/2025Article on the new GloSAT dataset and implications by @chriscmooney.bsky.social for @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2025/12/15/c...edition.cnn.comNew data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed | CNNNew climate data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed 0195
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Thanks @jswatz.bsky.social ! One of my favorite stories, I’m so thrilled that it turns out to have had this next chapter 271
Reposted by Chris MooneyZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 01/12/2025🚨 Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 1,110,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,600,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 2,310,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,810,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 4230125
Reposted by Chris MooneyKNAU Arizona Public Radio @knauazpubradio.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.buff.lyLowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggleFlagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year. 1112681
Reposted by Chris MooneyAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one. 723463510
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 24/10/20251. We’re living through a very hot year (again). Right now, 2025 looks like it could come in as the 2nd or 3rd hottest year on record 195
Reposted by Chris MooneyKnight Science Journalism @ MIT @ksjatmit.bsky.social · 01/10/2025"...a journalist looking at data in search of a story has many advantages." @chriscmooney.bsky.social, 2010 KSJ fellow and Pulitzer Prize-winning climate reporter, shares on his Substack how he digs through data to find narrative. substack.comThe powerful connection between data and storyPart one of a two part essay on realizing the full potential of data journalism. 031
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 29/09/2025My latest at Substack: If you understand how to work with data, it actually strengthens, in myriad ways, your ability to find and tell compelling journalistic stories reportearth.substack.com/p/the-deep-c...reportearth.substack.comThe powerful connection between data and storyPart one of a two part essay on realizing the full potential of data journalism. 031
Reposted by Chris MooneyCIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 18/09/2025US to retire its only icebreaker, stranding polar research - new article posted today by @cuboulder. The icebreaker is critical for researchers who study the changes on the edges of Antarctic glaciers and how they relate to climate change and sea level rise. buff.ly/oMAElHY #antarctica #glaciers 02818
Chris Mooney @chriscmooney.bsky.social · 05/09/2025It’s the beginning of the month, so I’ve got lots of newly updated charts. As well as a few new ones. They're all at the Chart Archive here, but here's a quick runthrough... reportearth.substack.com/p/reporteart...reportearth.substack.comReportEarth chart archiveSince I began this Substack in March, I've been making lots of charts. Now they can all live in one place. 132