Sign in

Katharine Hayhoe

@katharinehayhoe.com
150K followers 12K following 10K posts

climate scientist posts 100% my own 🇨🇦 is my home distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy board member, Smithsonian NMNH advisor, Lawson Climate Inst UofT alumna, UToronto and UIUC author, Saving Us

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Friday was the hottest day *ever recorded* for Earth's oceans, on average. Oceans continue to absorb more than 90% of the excess heat from global warming: www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti... via @sfchronicle.com
sfchronicle.com
Earth’s oceans just broke a heat record. The implications will be massive
Human-caused global warming and a strong El Niño are adding excess heat to the oceans, threatening marine life and providing storms with more energy and moisture.
211781
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Pam Kan-Rice @ucanrpam.bsky.social · 8h
Art can communicate when words fall short. @ucanr.edu's @edithdeguzman.bsky.social uses art to communicate about climate science ucanr.edu/blog/green-b...
ucanr.edu
Art exhibit sends message of shade and hope | Green Blog
Curated by Edith and Jolly de Guzman, an exhibition in L.A. explored the relationship among urban trees, heat, environmental justice and neighborhood well-being.
0195
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
UW DEOHS @uwdeohs.bsky.social · 9h
When catastrophic wildfires blazed across Spokane and elsewhere this summer, DEOHS researchers and partners mobilized to collect short-lived evidence that could have a long-lasting impact on people's health. #NationalPreparednessMonth @uwsph.bsky.social @uwnews.uw.edu @uw-edge.bsky.social
174
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 9h
Art can often communicate what science can’t. These amazing mosaics—Dissolution & Dust—by Marcela Paz Luna Rossel were inspired by scientist Sasha Gershunov’s work on flood & drought in CA. Sasha took this picture of me and his Very Good Dog when I was visiting @scrippsocean.bsky.social today.
Me standing between two mosaic panels of a woman’s body overlaid with water and dust, one depicting flood and the other, drought.
27315
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 10h
Don’t ask an elected official if they “believe” in climate change, it’s not a religion. Don’t ask if they think it’s serious: it is. Ask them what matters most: what are they doing about it? Excellent application here, 10/10 no notes 👏⬇️👏
418057
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Kian Goh @kiangoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@katharinehayhoe.com shows her equation for climate action. As she says, we're doing fine on head, so-so on heart, very bad on hands... @uclaupdates.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social
24912
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It’s not just about attacking warehouses so that we won’t have food. They also want to intimidate us — to make it so that we can’t work, study, do scientific research or really do anything at all.”
nytimes.com
Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
04920
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another body of a victim has been recovered from under the rubble of the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, Mayor Klitschko reported. Death tall rises to 2 people. Russis killed 2 people for no reason other then being Ukrainians on ordinary Monday...
8307120
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Michael Hawthorne @scribeguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Latest from me:
35412
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/09/2026
If you're in LA or at UCLA, a reminder that this event is tonight! Would love to see you there. I'm also meeting informally with Scripps colleagues tomorrow morning + packing in another big talk and two more meetings.
19823
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
wisn.com
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
120100072570
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
12690294
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/09/2026
We clearly weren’t getting the message, so Dr Evil decided he would spell it out. #caturday
Orange cat sitting in a black farm boy grocery bag that says “it’s all about the food.”
516212
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/09/2026
Are we getting in our own way? Adam Met from @planetreimagined.bsky.social and I discuss climate hushing, infighting over words and framing, and how a constant focus on what's going wrong can distract us from the solutions already moving forward. Watch: www.talkingclimate.ca/p/are-we-get...
talkingclimate.ca
Are we getting in our own way?
AJR’s Adam Met on climate optimism, infighting, and why the way we talk about climate matters.
07022
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Project Drawdown wants you 🫵 to take climate action! So we are making it fun, easy, and IMPACTFUL with our latest initiative based on the SHIFT framework that helps you take the most effective climate action. Join this FREE program feat. Drawdown experts to learn more. bit.ly/drawdowntraining
03414
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Mika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Radar image of Tuesday's mass crane migration. A 100 km long line of migrating cranes was clearly visible on weather radar. It is estimated that around 10,000 (?) cranes were involved in that formation. The highest count observed was 26,000 migrating cranes on that day in Kangasala (near Tampere).
619859
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Last week, Earth Fire Alliance released first light images from the initial handful of FireSats. A constellation designed to monitor fire, globally, in near real time. earthfirealliance.org/news-article... The data are stunning, with 5 bands measuring 4 different wavelengths.
Three satellite images showing Dubbo, Australia in different wavelengths. The leftmost image is mostly green, revealing vegetation in a shortwave infrared, near infrared, and red light.

The second image is midwife infrared, colored dark red to light yellow. At this wavelength the image is a combination of emitted and reflected light, so the image reveals information about landscape composition. Urban areas and bare earth tend to be bright, dense vegetation and water dark.

The third image is thermal infrared, showing temperature from dark orange to light yellow. Vegetation tends to be cool, fields and sparse vegetation warmer.
23617
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 22/09/2026
Climate impacts are not partisan. And caring about our homes, health, families, and futures shouldn’t be either. @fisherdanar.bsky.social & I look at what climate communicators can teach us about connecting climate change to the things people already care about most. Read more: bit.ly/4hHM9MI
time.com
We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan
Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.
416558
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Morgan @lumorgan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Elmo: “We all feel scared sometimes, but courage is when you feel scared but you still help others” @katharinehayhoe.com: “The most important thing to share, science actually shows, is that others care and there are solutions that work”
07321
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Susan Gemmill 🇨🇦 @sgemmill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let's talk #climate!
patreon.com
Communication is a climate action | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Most of us never talk about climate change. We want to fix that. You know I often say that one of the most important things any of us can do
0255
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 22/09/2026
Climate impacts are not partisan. And caring about our homes, health, families, and futures shouldn’t be either. @fisherdanar.bsky.social & I look at what climate communicators can teach us about connecting climate change to the things people already care about most. Read more: bit.ly/4hHM9MI
time.com
We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan
Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.
416558
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Who's Talking about Climate Change (and why does it matter)? Some big thoughts connecting our new report with @tccollab.bsky.social to my piece with @katharinehayhoe.com in TIME and the importance of storytelling. danarfisher.com/2026/09/21/w...
02110
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
100%! The climate doesn't care if we are Democrats or Republicans: When we mess with it, it messes with us (and it bats last). Most Americans are concerned about climate change. Let's set aside partisan differences & solve this problem before it messes more with what we love. @katharinehayhoe.com
time.com
We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan
Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.
27218
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/09/2026
If we want better climate conversations, we need to support the people having them. This week, @bernwoodsplacky.bsky.social and I share why we built the @tccollab.bsky.social, what our Landscape Assessment found, and how we can strengthen the field. Read on: www.talkingclimate.ca/p/communicat...
69930
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Bernadette Woods Placky @bernwoodsplacky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW REPORT: Who's really talking about climate change? A landscape assessment of climate communication in the U.S. and Canada. talkingclimate.com/landscape-as... Virtual briefing Oct 1: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @talkingclimatecollab @katharinehayhoe.com @fisherdanar.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Who’s Really Talking About Climate Change?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Climate concern is everywhere. Climate conversations are almost nowhere. That’s why the Talking Climate Collaborative is bringing together new research and practical action. Join us to explore findin...
0155
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Barb Hymanyk @barbh-ab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For those of us needing to hear (or revisit) a positive call to action today. “Fear is not what is going to motivate us for the long-term, sustained change that we need to fix this thing." #climate
0296
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
brandonschauer.bsky.social @brandonschauer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
To me, these are the most interesting findings from landscape research released today at the passionate and fun launch of Talking Climate Collaborative at Climate Week NYC today with @katharinehayhoe.com @fisherdanar.bsky.social — check out the full report talkingclimate.com/landscape-as...
071
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Talking Climate Collaborative @tccollab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Climate communicators are all around us. But until now, the field has been hard to see as a whole. That's why we partnered with @au-cece.bsky.social on a new Landscape Assessment to map who’s doing the work, who they’re reaching, & where the gaps are. See what we found: bit.ly/4ya7vIF
0156
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
"The seven transgressed boundaries are: climate change, change in biosphere integrity, land system change, freshwater change, modification of biogeochemical flows, introduction of novel entities, and ocean acidification." @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
pik-potsdam.de
Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems
21.09.2026 – Seven breached Planetary Boundaries continue to worsen as record ocean heat, droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme heat reveal an Earth system under strain, according to the latest Plan...
216079
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 20/09/2026
Elite athletes, musicians, actors & more often use cultural importance as an excuse for why they're exempt from cutting their emissions. In this new analysis led by @manuelsuter.bsky.social, we argue the opposite: visibility and influence should raise the bar, not lower it! Read more:
nature.com
The climate responsibility of cultural influencers - npj Climate Action
In socially influential fields such as elite sport, music, and film, cultural relevance is often invoked as a special moral status that exempts them from genuine emissions reduction. We argue that vis...
933391
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Seniors for Climate @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@katharinehayhoe.com reminds us that one of the biggest false assumptions in climate action is believing that only the people talking about climate care about it. 🌎 #Seniorsforclimate #LaterIsTooLate
04815
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/09/2026
When we stop talking about climate change like it’s a political issue and start talking about it as a shared challenge that we all need to work together to solve, that’s when we’ll finally be able to start talking about saving ourselves. That is our conclusion here!
13331102
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For more about what we learned from studying the top climate communicators in the US and Canada, check out the full report here: cece.american.edu/cece-release...
cece.american.edu
CECE Releases New Report on Climate Communication at Climate Week NYC - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE)
A team of CECE Researchers, including Director Dana R. Fisher, Assistant Director W. Chris Jayko, and collaborating researcher Lorien Jasny of the University of Exeter, have released “Mapping the Ecos...
13614
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My new piece with @katharinehayhoe.com is out a TIME, which highlights what we all need to learn from climate communicators: “This summer of disasters has shown us that climate impacts are not political, and it is past time we stopped talking about them as if they were.” time.com/article/2026...
time.com
We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan
Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.
415149
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
IPBES @ipbes.net · 21/09/2026
Extreme events such as heat waves, wildfires and floods have a multitude of negative impacts on nature, humans, and society. Read more about the interconnection of biodiversity, health, climate, food and water in the IPBES #NexusAssessment: www.ipbes.net/nexus-assessment
Wildfire blazing through a forest at night illustrating the severe impacts of extreme events. The overlay text reads: Extreme events cause severe impacts. On the bottom right corner it reads: IPBES Nexus Assessment. The IPBES logo appears in white on the top left corner. Raging floodwaters surge through a river surrounded by trees under a cloudy sky, illustrating extreme weather impacts. The overlay text reads: Extreme events such as heat waves, wildfires and floods cause physical and mental stress and mortality. On the bottom right corner it reads: IPBES Nexus Assessment. The IPBES logo appears in white on the top left corner. Sunlight shining through tree branches. The overlay text reads: Heat can decrease or increase the range of hosts and vector species and may increase zoonotic transmission risk by increasing contacts between hosts, vectors and pathogens. On the bottom right corner it reads: IPBES Nexus Assessment. The IPBES logo appears in white on the top left corner.
05627
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Manuel Suter @manuelsuter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
People with cultural influence have a special responsibility to act on climate change. This is the central argument of a new Comment we published, together with Pascal Stegmann and @katharinehayhoe.com. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
nature.com
The climate responsibility of cultural influencers - npj Climate Action
In socially influential fields such as elite sport, music, and film, cultural relevance is often invoked as a special moral status that exempts them from genuine emissions reduction. We argue that vis...
04810
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 20/09/2026
Elite athletes, musicians, actors & more often use cultural importance as an excuse for why they're exempt from cutting their emissions. In this new analysis led by @manuelsuter.bsky.social, we argue the opposite: visibility and influence should raise the bar, not lower it! Read more:
nature.com
The climate responsibility of cultural influencers - npj Climate Action
In socially influential fields such as elite sport, music, and film, cultural relevance is often invoked as a special moral status that exempts them from genuine emissions reduction. We argue that vis...
933391
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/09/2026
Fully electric aviation has some major challenges (mostly: batteries are heavy and don't get lighter as they get used up) but I love the idea of decreasing aircraft emissions through a hybrid approach, perhaps as a step toward new, clever solutions for fully electric air transport in the future.
741901321
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!!
5212199
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Guy Walton..."The Climate Guy" @climateguyw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Main Topic: People’s Houses Are Collapsing Into the Ocean as the Climate Crisis Deepens via @npr.org On The Extreme Temperature Diary SAT 9/19/2026 At: guyonclimate.com + #climate #weather and record temp reports @katharinehayhoe.com @michaelemann.bsky.social @bhensonweather.bsky.social
23011
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Earlier today I found this image of Joe holding his daughter Antonia when she was a little girl (she is now in her 3rd year of college, like my daughter). I cried.
1333537
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.
552432587
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026
I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.
23825190
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026
Happy Caturday from Mr. Jekyll, chief porch appreciator.
Grey cat lying upside down on the corner of a gray porch.
532920
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...
popsci.com
The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever
Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29.
211673710
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It is with tremendous sadness and sense of loss that we regretfully share the news that @penncssm.bsky.social senior research fellow, and my close personal friend Joseph Romm has passed away unexpectedly. He will be sorely missed here. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...
web.sas.upenn.edu
Remembering Dr. Joe Romm
It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ...
71622105
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 17/09/2026
📣 CCNow is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! Our awards program honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the climate story. Together, their work constitutes the leading edge of climate storytelling. ...🧵↓
28542
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Seniors for Climate @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seniors for Climate's webinar with @katharinehayhoe.com explored the critical importance of talking about the climate crisis, and why we have to act NOW. 🌎🌎 Watch the recording of the webinar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UhC... #Seniorsforclimate #LaterIsTooLate
youtube.com
SFC Webinar with Katharine Hayhoe - September 9, 2026
YouTube video by Seniors For Climate
11610
Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm looking forward to this conversation about our new Landscape Assessement of Climate Communication in the US and Canada. The study was conducted in partnership with the @tccollab.bsky.social and our Report goes live on Monday! @katharinehayhoe.com @swetac.bsky.social
276
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/09/2026
Talk about a dream 😍 In conversation with Margaret Atwood at our shared alma mater, Victoria University, on October 20
A screenshot of the event I will be doing with Margaret Atwood at our shared alma mater Victoria University on October 20.
1126621