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Paul Higgins

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Climate scientist; global change biologist; advocate of evidence-informed decision-making and democracy.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 04/08/2026
Biked 1 mile to coffee. Then biked another mile to the pharmacy. Then biked 1 mile home. 95% on protected (separated) bike infra. More Americans deserve the freedom of a life like this (if they want it).
Laura rides a bike on a protected bikelane. She has coffee on her handlebar mount and a front milk crate vasket. There are 2 other people on bikes in the background.
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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 01/07/2026
New AMS statement responds to a proposed OMB rule that would restructure federal grantmaking. The rule "would damage the nation’s ability to understand, predict, and respond to ... natural hazards with negative impacts on public safety and the economy." Read more: bit.ly/4awoYRO
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New Rule Would Upend Science and Rewrite Federal Grantmaking
A new AMS statement and resource page respond to an OMB rule that would restructure federal grants and give political appointees vastly more authority over grantmaking.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I especially love this diagram.
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Aimee Cunningham @thisisaimeec.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Colorado's ban on "conversion therapy" for minors infringes on a therapist's freedom of speech, the Supreme Court held in Chiles v. Salazar. The majority separated talk therapy from other medical conduct. It could mean big problems for patients, therapists and the regulation of medicine. 🧵
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Supreme Court ruling on ‘conversion therapy’ puts medical talk in the hot seat
In Chiles v. Salazar, the court ruled that a therapist has First Amendment protections. That could impact how talk therapy is regulated.
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 29/03/2026
GSA wants to add new certifications to federal grant agreements — affecting universities, nonprofits & research orgs across every agency. Potential civil & criminal penalties for noncompliance. Comment period is open until 3/30. Make your voice heard. buff.ly/KNfXj0h
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Federal Register :: Request Access
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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Happy democracy to all who practice!
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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
AMS reaffirms the threat of climate change to people, the nation, and nature. www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
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A Response to the Decision to Rescind EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/01/2026
Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area? Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more. disinfoinstitute.org
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Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
A statement from @ametsoc.org on @ncar-ucar.bsky.social www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
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The United States of America Needs the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Terminating the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is an act of identity politics gone mad...bat sh-t crazy mad. My colleagues at @ametsoc.org are far too polite to put it in such crass terms, but they surely agree. Read their statement below.
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The United States of America Needs the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 23/09/2025
AMS Elections are NOW open 🔓! President-Elect Candidates: Jack Kaye, Richard Spinrad, Bruce Telfeyan Council Candidates: Michael Eilts, Renée Leduc, Maureen McCann, Randall Bass, Jordan Gerth, Aaron Piña, Julie Demuth, Kevin Goebbert, Jon Nese Learn more and vote here: bit.ly/3Iaapbo
Graphic for the 2026 AMS President-Elect (President in 2027) and Council featuring names and headshots of the president-elect candidates and headshots of the council candidates.
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Justin S. Mankin @jsmankin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The @ametsoc.org Climate Variability & Change (CVC) Committee is recruiting new members! If you’re passionate about advancing climate science and service, I encourage you to get involved. It is incredibly rewarding. Apply here: www.ametsoc.org/ams/get-invo...
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Climate Variability and Change
The CVC committee divides among its members the responsibilities, which include organization of the Climate Variability and Change Symposium at the AMS annual meeting, various awards (AMS and STAC), s...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/09/2025
Not the research itself, per se. But I would say this is even more evidence for the fact that we need a large scale effort that uses a social media as a tool to make people aware of these six key facts. It is astonishing and disappointing to me that so few see the need and none want to fund it.
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Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy
Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors
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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
A detailed technical assessment of the DOE Climate report is now available. It's an impressive effort that involved more than 85 scientists. If you wanted a deeper dive after reading AMS's 5 page response (bit.ly/climateDOE), this is it.
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DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
AMS released a statement on climate change today that points out five foundational flaws with the Department of Energy's 2025 climate report: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
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The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report
Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
You're welcome www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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The Top 6 Weather Conspiracy Theories Debunked
An expert debunks popular weather conspiracy theories.
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 07/05/2025
on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
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Lisa Dilling @ldilling.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
For hundreds of years, humanity has relied on science to improve lives and build civilization. Science tests hypotheses, uses data, and follows a systematic method in pursuit of the truth. It’s not perfect of course. But destroying American science as we know it will only send us backward.
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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 03/03/2025
Here is the correct link to the full statement: bit.ly/3XqJs7L
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The U.S. Weather Enterprise: A National Treasure at Risk
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often
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Aimee Cunningham @thisisaimeec.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Science News just published a piece on our ten favorite books from 2024. My contribution was Leigh Ann Henion's Night Magic, a lively and moving account of the fauna, flora and fungi that thrive in darkness and the wonder night holds. My review from September: www.sciencenews.org/article/nigh...
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‘Night Magic’ invites you to celebrate the living wonders of the dark
In the book ‘Night Magic,’ Leigh Ann Henion writes of encounters with salamanders, bats, glowworms and other life-forms nurtured by darkness.
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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
For climate-interested people new on bluesky, here is an excellent starter pack of climate scientists to follow from @katharinehayhoe.com @edhawkins.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @andrewdessler.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social @oceanterra.bsky.social go.bsky.app/7Mbnoge
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Aimee Cunningham @thisisaimeec.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
If anyone would like to learn more about the history of vaccines & infectious diseases and people's stories of the 1918 flu and other epidemics, I wrote this series in 2021. Lots of historical photos and videos. May help if you need to win over a vaccine skeptic. www.sciencenews.org/century/epid...
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From 1918 to COVID-19, epidemics are stories about people. Will we remember?
A century’s worth of science has helped us fend off infectious pathogens. But we have a lot to learn from the people who lived and died during epidemics.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 22/10/2024
Please welcome the @ametsoc.bsky.social to Bluesky! AMS advances the atmospheric & related sciences (including of course climate), applications, and services for the benefit of society. I've added them to this starter pack of scientific organizations that do climate-related work ⬇️
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Andrea Lopez Lang @alopezlang.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
Please share! UW-Madison’s Dept of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences invites applications for a faculty position with research broadly related to modeling, remote sensing, and/or analysis of climate and extreme weather risk, impacts, or solutions. More info: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess...
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Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary: The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) invites applications at the assistant (tenure track) or associate professor (tenured) level with research broadly related to mod...
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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
Analysis is helpful but for those who want to see it for themselves and without the filter, here's a link to the CSPAN simulcast of the Presidential debate: www.c-span.org/video/?53805...
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Simulcast - ABC News Presidential Debate
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met face to face for the first time this election year for a debate moderated by ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis.
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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
I am very pleased to announce that the AMS Policy Program is initiating a Climate Policy Colloquium (www.ametsoc.org/cpc), which will occur from December 15-19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Please see the preliminary agenda (bit.ly/AMSCPC24) and event webpage for details and updates.
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Climate Policy Colloquium
New! An immersive introduction to the U.S. Federal policy process for scientists and professionals working in climate and climate-related fields. Learn More
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
"As the linguist Emily M. Bender has noted, teachers don’t ask students to write essays because the world needs more student essays. The point of writing essays is to strengthen students’ critical-thinking skills."
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
Some rough numbers to keep in mind Every living thing on Earth put together: 1 trillion tons All the stuff we’ve built or made: 1 trillion tons Total CO2 we emitted: 2.5 trillion tons
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/08/2024
Last spring, Washington state passed a bill banning commercial octopus farming. Today, we (myself and 99 others, led by Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Walter Sanchez-Suarez) have a letter in Science supporting the US OCTOPUS Act, which would do the same nationwide.
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Support US OCTOPUS Act to keep octopuses wild
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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
Check your voter registration. Or get registered. 
 Just do it. Pass it on.
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/08/2024
NEW: Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos “Eradicate climate change references”... Only talk to conservative media... Don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover. In never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second Trump administration would operate.
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Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos
“Eradicate climate change references”; only talk to conservative media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a se...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 22/05/2024
A new study finds that "nature-based experiences, and birdwatching in particular, increase well-being and reduce distress" on college campuses. More of this, please! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wikipedia image of people bird-watching
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Aimee Cunningham @thisisaimeec.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
April 25, 2024 is the 10th anniversary of the start of the water disaster in Flint. Residents have reported rates of depression and PTSD higher than US and global averages. My story from 2023 on residents' experiences and how the community is helping people cope. www.sciencenews.org/article/flin...
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Flint grapples with the mental health fallout from the water disaster
The water crisis started almost a decade ago. Residents of Flint, Mich., are still healing from the disaster — and caring for their own.
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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Just listened to a webinar on WRI's 2023 State of Climate Action Report. It's no surprise that the report finds that there is a lot of work to do to address climate change (and plenty of opportunity to get after it). Here is a link to the document: www.wri.org/insights/cli...
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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
This is my first of what will probably be not very many, not very frequent posts. I'm very happy to be here!
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