Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Warming. Sea level rise. Shipping lanes. What happens in Greenland doesn’t stay in Greenland. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...nytimes.comWhy Greenland Matters for a Warming World 17127
Reposted by Somini SenguptaJohn Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Scientists expect atmospheric rivers to grow more powerful, arrive more frequently, and last longer as the earth’s climate keeps warming. www.kuow.org/stories/nort...kuow.orgNorthwest floods offer sneak peek of hotter climate's toll“The science is clear that floods are going to become larger and more frequent in the future,” Washington State Climatologist Guillaume Mauger said. 1167
Reposted by Somini SenguptaDr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 09/12/2025The Miami Herald tracked 16,569 flood complaints from over 12,000 locations in Miami-Dade and Broward over the last 11 years, and found 32% were outside the newly-expanded 500-year flood zones scheduled to go into effect as early as 2026: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... 109140
Reposted by Somini SenguptaMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/12/2025NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:thehandbasket.coGiving the gift of independent journalism: a guideThe Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list. 4221411187
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 21/11/2025This is what you call a delicious reporting trip: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/c...nytimes.comChocolate Grows Up in the Land of Its Birth: the Amazon 120
Reposted by Somini SenguptaSarah Sax @sarahlsax.bsky.social · 20/11/20251000% www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...nytimes.comThere’s a New Effort on the Runway to Raise Climate Funds 021
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Indigenous people are demanding land rights not just as a restoration of their right to manage their territories but also as a climate and nature fix. How will countries respond, not just during COP30 but beyond? Watch this space. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/c...nytimes.comIndigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil 113025
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 15/11/2025In which @kbennhold.bsky.social is calm and elegant and I am shouting at the cellphone cam and my glasses keep sliding off my nose www.nytimes.com/video/world/...nytimes.comVideo: What the U.S. Absence at COP30 Tells UsWorld leaders are meeting at the COP30 this week to discuss climate. The U.S. was not part of this meeting. Somini Sengupta, our international climate reporter, discusses what this absence means. 051
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 10/11/202510 years after the Paris climate pact, there's some good-ish news. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.com10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We AreHas anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot. 829072
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I'm at #COP30 in Brazil Chair of @wmo-global.bsky.social opens the conference with dire stats about rising temps (1.4 C above preindustrial levels) and record concentration of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. “Let COP30 be remebered when the world hcanged course, with the Amazon as its witness” 140
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Central to Brazil’s COP30 agenda: money for countries to protect their standing forests. Big challenge: attracting investors to pony up $100 billion www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/c...nytimes.comBrazil Proposes a New Type of Fund to Protect Tropical Forests 3559
Reposted by Somini SenguptaJeff Brady @jeffbradynews.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Natural gas prices are relatively low, thanks to a frac'ing-fueled drilling boom... So why are gas utility prices reaching record highs? Answers are in my @npr.org Climate Desk story: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...npr.orgNatural gas prices are low, but your monthly gas bill is up. Here's whyGas utility bills are rising even though natural gas prices are down. That's because a much larger share of your gas bill now goes to infrastructure instead of fuel. 03314
Reposted by Somini SenguptaMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph: 32933346
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 30/10/2025How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...nytimes.comHow a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico 0184
Reposted by Somini SenguptaLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/10/2025Rob Jetten looks on course to be the next Dutch prime minister. Quick reminder that he was once the nation's climate and energy minister: "I work every day to put the Netherlands on course towards a climate-neutral society by 2050 at the latest." Quite the contrast with Geert Wilders... 614030
Reposted by Somini SenguptaJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 30/10/20252X increase in the most extreme hurrucanes! Looking at every Cat 4 & 5 in the Atlantic since 1980 (reliable records/ data gathering) I broke the record into 2 equal parts. 1980-2002 and 2003-2025 The most recent period has more than double the number of most intense hurricanes in the Atlantic!… 1/ 512669
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Donald Trump is meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea. There's a lot at stake for a lot of countries. Not least the host country -- South Korea. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...nytimes.comAs China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle 1266
Reposted by Somini SenguptaJohn Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025This is so very, very bad. And yes, climate change plays a role. bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2025/10/meli...bmcnoldy.blogspot.comMelissa becomes third Category 5 hurricane of the extraordinary 2025 seasonUpdates and summaries on tropical Atlantic activity... including easterly waves, tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes. 23617
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 25/10/2025“It was a lack of respect,” he added, “for local cuisine, for our culinary tradition.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...nytimes.comVegan Menu for Hosting Prince Leaves a Chef in the Amazon Fuming 010
Reposted by Somini SenguptaMongabay @mongabay.com · 21/10/2025A South African court has nullified the environmental authorization for state-owned electricity utility Eskom’s proposed 3,000-megawatt gas-fired power plant, citing multiple reasons, including failure to adequately consult local residents and consider the full impact on climate change.news.mongabay.comSouth Africa court halts natural gas power plant project, cites climate commitmentsA South African court has nullified the environmental authorization for state-owned electricity utility Eskom’s proposed 3,000-megawatt gas-fired power plant. The court cited multiple reasons for its… 25218
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 19/10/2025 “As the wealthy continue to consume, that’s masking more and more insecurity and instability in the economy under the hood.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...nytimes.comWealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling. 020
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Smart look at public space by @annakode.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...nytimes.comThe Slow Death of the New York City Public Bench 011
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Global shipping was ready to start paying a fee to clean up its climate pollution. Then the Trump administration brought a battering ram of trade and visa threats on countries that supported it. The measure was delayed today. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/c...nytimes.comU.S. Pressures Countries to Delay Fees to Clean Up Ship Pollution 131
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 15/10/2025What does the US-China trade row have to do with deforestation in Brazil? (Hint: pig farms) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...nytimes.comTrump’s Tariff Fight With China Means Trouble for a Vast Wilderness in Brazil 031
Reposted by Somini SenguptaJames Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 03/09/2025A German court ruled Apple can no longer market its Apple Watch as "CO2 neutral": esgnews.com/german-court... Be sure to read @gregbarber.bsky.social's earlier TR deep dive into the company's climate claims here:technologyreview.comInside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goalThe tech behemoth is betting that planting millions of eucalyptus trees in Brazil will be the path to a greener future. Some ecologists and local residents are far less sure. 1148
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Happy book birthday to my friend @jimfruchterman.bsky.social He has spent many years figuring out how technology can help the global majority. He distills the lessons in his new book. Details are here: fruchterman.orgfruchterman.orgHomepage - Jim Fruchterman, Tech for Good ChampionJim Fruchterman is a social entrepreneur, tech-for-good field leader, public speaker, and author of the book Technology for Good (MIT Press). 011
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Just an astonishing image www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...nytimes.comSmiles and Clasped Hands as Xi, Putin and Modi Try to Signal Unity 130
Reposted by Somini SenguptaApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s assault may have dealt lasting damage to the CDC, experts fear, with harsh consequences for public health. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...nytimes.comWill the C.D.C. Survive? 1521980
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 28/08/2025A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...nytimes.comA Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry 2207
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Chinese solar exports to African countries are surging. With insights from @ember-energy.org and @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...nytimes.comChina Finds Buyers for Surplus Solar: Africa’s Energy-Hungry Countries 411937
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 26/08/2025The Deadly Risks of Reporting in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/w...nytimes.comThe Deadly Risks of Reporting in Gaza 010
Reposted by Somini SenguptaGreg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Eunice Foote conducted an experiment showing that atmospheric CO2 traps heat. OTD in 1856, she listened to a man (John Henry of the Smithsonian) present her results to the American Acad. for the Advancement of Science. Henry downplayed the significance of Foote’s finding. #HistSTM #WomeninSTEM 🧪🌎scientificamerican.comThe Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse EffectEunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten? 214581
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Analysts: When will oil demand peak? Trump administration: Ssshh www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/c...nytimes.comWill Oil Demand Peak Soon? Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Hear It. 57410
Reposted by Somini SenguptaApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15/08/2025The dismantling of USAID has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/h...nytimes.comA $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply 1420197
Reposted by Somini SenguptaStuart Leavenworth @sleavenworth.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Farmworkers continue to die from heat illness. “It is the kind of thing that should be keeping legislators up at night. People are dying.” Via @jessicagarrison.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comFarmworkers keep dying from heat illness, 20 years after California vowed to protect themAgricultural workers are toiling in the state's worst heat wave this year, amid questions about the state's commitment to ensure their safety. 0126
Reposted by Somini SenguptaScott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Our friend @alecluhn.bsky.social is missing in Norway's Folgefonna National Park after a backpacking trip to the glacier there. Please share if you're in the area or know people who might be. Come home safe, buddy www.facebook.com/share/p/18xA... 46958
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 28/07/2025EU’s von der Leyen confirmed that Europe will buy $750 billion worth of American energy over three years. She also clarified the logic behind the time frame: “during his term.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...nytimes.comTrump Administration Live Updates: Preliminary E.U. Trade Deal Reached After Months of Tense Talks 000
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 27/07/2025This explains something about today's beard boom: "Beards emerged as legible emblems of male virility and authority just as women began demanding the vote." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comThe First Time America Went Beard CrazyA sweeping new history explores facial hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion. 020
Reposted by Somini SenguptaSarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social · 23/07/2025"I used to chase the truth. Now I chase calories.” www.cjr.org/news/journal...cjr.orgJournalists Are Starving in Gaza“I used to chase the truth. Now I chase calories.” 186
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Chinese carmakers are changing how the world drives. Their latest venture: Latin America. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/c...nytimes.comChinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent 79124
Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Dinosaur song. 🦤 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/s...nytimes.comThis Dinosaur Probably Tweeted More Than It Roared 010
Reposted by Somini SenguptaNPR @npr.org · 29/06/2025Protesters denounced the three-day celebrations for the wedding between Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos as a symbol of rising inequality and disregard for the city's residents.n.pr'Kisses yes, Bezos No,' protesters say, as Bezos wedding stirs controversy in VeniceProtesters denounced the three-day celebrations for the wedding between Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos as a symbol of rising inequality and disregard for the city's residents. 1963497
Reposted by Somini SenguptaThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/06/2025Protests have sprung up in response to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's Venice wedding, including a variety of life-size mannequins placed throughout the city. The satirical project is protesting the billionaire's wedding as a symbol of unchecked wealth inequality. wapo.st/3I1z8hU 541314373
Reposted by Somini SenguptaJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Pretty remarkable! Here's a look at some of the cities that broke or tied for their hottest June day on record Tuesday! #heatwave2025 #heatwave 44315