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Somini Sengupta

@sominisengupta.bsky.social
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I write about people living on a hotter planet. Staff writer for The New York Times. Also book writer, flaneur, and personal chef to The Teenager.

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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Wilderness
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Warming. Sea level rise. Shipping lanes. What happens in Greenland doesn’t stay in Greenland. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
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Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World
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John Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Scientists 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...
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Northwest 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.
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The 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...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
NEW — 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:
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Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This is what you call a delicious reporting trip: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/c...
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Chocolate Grows Up in the Land of Its Birth: the Amazon
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Sarah Sax @sarahlsax.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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There’s a New Effort on the Runway to Raise Climate Funds
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Indigenous 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...
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Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
In 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/...
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Video: What the U.S. Absence at COP30 Tells Us
World 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.
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
10 years after the Paris climate pact, there's some good-ish news. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I'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”
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Central 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...
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Brazil Proposes a New Type of Fund to Protect Tropical Forests
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Jeff Brady @jeffbradynews.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Natural 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...
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Natural gas prices are low, but your monthly gas bill is up. Here's why
Gas 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.
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
H/t @rabihalameddine.bsky.social
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
excerpt from linked commentary
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
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How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/10/2025
Rob 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...
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
2X 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/
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Donald 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...
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As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
This is so very, very bad. And yes, climate change plays a role. bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2025/10/meli...
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Melissa becomes third Category 5 hurricane of the extraordinary 2025 season
Updates and summaries on tropical Atlantic activity... including easterly waves, tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes.
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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...
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Vegan Menu for Hosting Prince Leaves a Chef in the Amazon Fuming
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 21/10/2025
A 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.
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South Africa court halts natural gas power plant project, cites climate commitments
A 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…
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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...
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Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Smart look at public space by @annakode.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
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The Slow Death of the New York City Public Bench
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Global 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...
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U.S. Pressures Countries to Delay Fees to Clean Up Ship Pollution
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
What does the US-China trade row have to do with deforestation in Brazil? (Hint: pig farms) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...
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Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Means Trouble for a Vast Wilderness in Brazil
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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
A 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:
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Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal
The 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.
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Happy 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.org
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Homepage - Jim Fruchterman, Tech for Good Champion
Jim Fruchterman is a social entrepreneur, tech-for-good field leader, public speaker, and author of the book Technology for Good (MIT Press).
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Just an astonishing image www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...
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Smiles and Clasped Hands as Xi, Putin and Modi Try to Signal Unity
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Robert 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...
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Will the C.D.C. Survive?
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...
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A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Chinese solar exports to African countries are surging. With insights from @ember-energy.org and @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...
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China Finds Buyers for Surplus Solar: Africa’s Energy-Hungry Countries
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The Deadly Risks of Reporting in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/w...
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The Deadly Risks of Reporting in Gaza
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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Eunice 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 🧪🌎
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The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect
Eunice 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?
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Analysts: When will oil demand peak? Trump administration: Ssshh www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/c...
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Will Oil Demand Peak Soon? Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Hear It.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The 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...
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A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This is the caste system in America
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Stuart Leavenworth @sleavenworth.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Farmworkers 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...
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Farmworkers keep dying from heat illness, 20 years after California vowed to protect them
Agricultural workers are toiling in the state's worst heat wave this year, amid questions about the state's commitment to ensure their safety.
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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Our 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...
Facebook post with a photo of Alec and contact information: MISSING: Alec Luhn, last seen July 31st in the afternoon. Was headed from Odda, Norway on a solo backpacking trip to explore the glacier @folgefonnanasjonalpark. Planned to stay at DNT Holmaskjer and DNT Breidablikk and finish Monday morning at Årsnes Kai bus station. Red Cross search with volunteers and dogs and helicopters is underway in the area. PLEASE SHARE AND TAG AND REPOST THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. If anyone has seen him or has information please contact Drew Avanell Gaddis or Veronika Silchenko
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Very much worth reading 👇🏽
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
EU’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...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Preliminary E.U. Trade Deal Reached After Months of Tense Talks
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This 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...
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The First Time America Went Beard Crazy
A sweeping new history explores facial hair as a proving ground for notions about gender, race, and rebellion.
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"I used to chase the truth. Now I chase calories.” www.cjr.org/news/journal...
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Journalists Are Starving in Gaza
“I used to chase the truth. Now I chase calories.”
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Chinese carmakers are changing how the world drives. Their latest venture: Latin America. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/c...
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Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Dinosaur song. 🦤 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/s...
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This Dinosaur Probably Tweeted More Than It Roared
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Somini Sengupta @sominisengupta.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 29/06/2025
Protesters 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.
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'Kisses yes, Bezos No,' protesters say, as Bezos wedding stirs controversy in Venice
Protesters 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.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/06/2025
Protests 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
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Pretty remarkable! Here's a look at some of the cities that broke or tied for their hottest June day on record Tuesday! #heatwave2025 #heatwave
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