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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 18h

If water storage in the two major CO river dams gets to dead pool, not only will power generation cease, it will also prevent irrigation water from being moved through the infrastructure to reliably meet agricultural needs.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 18h

"Fallowing is a F word in Imperial County," says Tina Shields from IID at the Salton Sea Summit 2026. She adds 1/6 jobs in the county are agricultural jobs.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 19h

Slide of current CO river basin storage presented during Salton Sea Summit this morning.

Slide of CO River Basin H2O Storage from BLM presentation at the Salton Sea Summit today, showing that Lake Powell is 22% full and Lake Mead is 26% full.

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Yes. I have spoken to the toad's lawyer. Is a sentence I have typed to my editor. But when a country has the rights of nature in its constitution? Yes. Your toad DOES get a lawyer. And an ombudsperson! www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...

nationalgeographic.com

This Toad Is Fighting for Survival—and It Has a Lawyer

Ecuador’s constitution guarantees species existential rights—but what happens when those rights are pitted against human needs?

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Trump signed an agreement with Greenland and Denmark last month to strengthen Arctic security, but “It doesn’t grant the U.S. any special exploration rights, but does place some limits on investments by non-NATO countries in strategic sectors.”

apnews.com

Trump says oil, gas and mineral exploration in Greenland is set to begin. It's not that simple

U.S. President Donald Trump says “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in Greenland.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/10/2026

Oops. Little problem for Republicans: what’s driving the expanding home insurance crisis is climate change creating uninsurable risks, and their big fossil fuel donors forbid them to talk about that.

nytimes.com

The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices

Extreme weather is driving up insurance rates, impacting races from California to the nation’s central Tornado Alley.

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

BOG ALERT It’s official: Bogland is OUT IN THE US TODAY! I wrote a book about weird, wonderful, squelchy wetlands. There are mosses, mysteries, things preserved for thousands of years (people, butter). And now I get to share all this bog weirdness with you. Are you ready to get bogged down?

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Marcia Brown @marciabrown.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

NEW: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has stalled progress toward a vaccine to stop the ongoing spread of bird flu. Sources told us the delay is partly due to fears of backlash from RFK Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again movement. w/ Rachel Shin for @politico.com

politico.com

‘It's time to get a vaccine in place’: RFK Jr.’s views helped stall bird flu plan

USDA shelved strategy for inoculating birds after the Health secretary criticized the idea.

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Fancy a once-in-a-lifetime trip to #Egypt with me and some experts in Egyptian history? 🇪🇬 It so, the @newscientist.com are running this tour again next year! Although a bit spenny, it’s truly amazing!! 🤩 www.newscientist.com/tours/scient...

newscientist.com

Scientific pioneers of the ancient world, Cairo and Alexandria: Egypt

Embark on a captivating journey through Cairo and Alexandria, two of Egypt’s most iconic cities, from the majestic Pyramids of Giza to the historic streets of Alexandria.

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"It was not lost on me, even in reporting this piece, that every phone call, every email, is predicated on a faith in ordinary interactions that AI is fast eroding." www.cjr.org/analysis/fak...

cjr.org

Fake Caroline.

Editors are facing an influx of AI-written pitches, including at science publications like mine. What now?

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I will never forget your face when you spotted him!

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Traditionally, the CDC would be highly visible in a situation like this, but it hasn’t been this time… The U.S. public health agency has to be invited in by state officials, however, and Florida officials have not asked for CDC disease investigators to come in”.

apnews.com

Florida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades

Florida is experiencing its largest dengue outbreak in decades, with over 250 locally acquired cases reported this year.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks to #SciWri26 Pitch Slam panelist, @rachelcourtland.com, for putting together these helpful pitching tips! @sciencewriters.org

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“We cannot treat ourselves out of the chronic-disease burden" says @vrmlnroel.bsky.social. Meet the researchers who say exposomics is the key to precision medicine -and precision prevention- in this @nature.com story.

A screenshot of the Nature magazine feature titled: Everything, Everywhere All At Once. It is about exposomics researchers trying to quantify biomarkers that will link environmental exposures to disease risk.

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SCOOP: Valar Atomics is planning a massive nuclear powered data center on public lands in Utah. The 9,600 acre site would include 456 reactors, along with fuel fabrication and waste storage facilities. www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...

npr.org

A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah

Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.

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Amtrak Cascades @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov · 30/09/2026

Today's the day! Jump on Trains 503, 508, 516 and 519 to enjoy the new Amtrak Cascades trains. Super comfy seats. Tray tables in Triplicate - not even kidding! Adjustable cupholders. There is nothing like that new train smell.💚🤎🤍

A shiny new green, mocha and cream-colored train sits at a station on a sunny day.

A pair of comfy business class seats are on either side of a narrow table aboard a new Amtrak Cascades Train.

The interior of the cafe onboard the new Amtrak Cascade trains. Self-service options are visible, as is staff working behind the counter to provide hot food. The cafe is spacious and accessible.

A look down the aisle of coach class, which includes accessible seating areas for passengers using wheelchairs. The seats are gray and the room around them is spacious.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“If one does not address lifestyle factors, diet, medications, environmental exposures and other factors, care is not personalized," says Gary Miller, #exposomics researcher. My latest @nature.com feature highlights the mammoth task of tallying environmental exposures.

nature.com

Is exposomics the key to making personalized medicine a reality?

Scientists say tailored disease treatments require a comprehensive assessment of a person’s lifelong environmental exposures.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I keep hearing from sources about these but had no idea it was THIS many. of course these are also the orgs that squawk about the importance of "academic freedom" www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

politico.com

Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Smart textiles are taking off--for wound healing, climate adaptation, and even smart underwear for reproductive health. “Women want insights into their bodies.” My latest for @jmirpub.bsky.social news.

jmir.org

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The Ferrari Lab @theferrarilab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I know I shouldn't get pulled in. But aside from absurdity of how this idea must have even gotten started, the actual safety and regulatory process to necessary to make this happen would take decades and billions of dollars.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 18/09/2026

It’s difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment than Trump banning news outlets from the People’s House for criticizing the government. These outrageous attacks only show how scared he is of an informed public. Our statement:

freedom.press

FPF comments on Trump’s media ban announcement

The president’s latest attempt to punish the press is unconstitutional and just plain dumb

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just gonna put this here: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, & to petition the Gov’t for a redress of grievances.”

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Jordan Gass-Pooré @jgasspoore.hazardpodcast.com · 17/09/2026

In summer 2025, Black New Yorkers died from heat-related illness at 3X the rate of white New Yorkers. Latino residents died at 2X the rate. My latest investigation examines why New Yorkers are struggling to access cooling assistance as the city's heat becomes increasingly deadly.

The Margin's new feature, "Overheating at Home." More New Yorkers now die from summer heat than winter cold, but city and state funding lags behind the changing climate. By Jordan Gass-Poore'and Helina Selemon.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Want to understand why journalists and politicians get so excited about AI doomsday predictions but mostly ignore climate change? It's called *information pollution.* Thank you to @amywestervelt.bsky.social for coining this important new term and writing a book about it, and explaining it to me!

climatecoloredgoggles.com

Artificial insanity

A conversation with investigative journalist Amy Westervelt that is NOT about AI killing us all.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"[TEMPO] is a game changer," says @uwmad-aos.bsky.social's Tracey Holloway. My @knowablemag.bsky.social story highlights how the geostationary satellite is helping researchers, air quality specialists and communities track pollution dynamics from space. Tagging @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social

knowablemagazine.org

NASA’s TEMPO satellite enables better monitoring of bad air days

From 22,000 miles above, the new instrument lets researchers and regulators track airborne health threats in near real time, on a continental scale

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My latest @nature.com Q&A is with @bmedlab.bsky.social's Yoah Sui on the ethics of employing consumer wearables in research. The 2 biggest concerns: data privacy (what data are used by the AI-based algorithms in these devices) and data security (who can potentially access those data).

nature.com

Is it safe to use consumer wearable devices for research?

Wearable technology is a boon for studying health behaviours, but it comes with some thorny ethical concerns, says researcher Wuyoh Sui.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"H.R. 9436 [“Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026”.] disregards the best available science & would stall collaboration among the fishing community, scientists, agencies& conservation organizations to develop practical solutions that would help this at-risk population."

neaq.org

New England Aquarium warns passage of House bill threatens survival of North Atlantic right whales - New England Aquarium

Protecting the blue planet

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

As the first significant rain falls in Portland, I'm breathing a sigh of relief. Across the US, the number and acreage of #wildfires 🔥 have been the worst in a decade. www.nifc.gov/fire-informa...

The 2026 fire season stats: 52,626 fires spanned 8,265,751 acres. Far higher than any other year this decade.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said. Both were unvaccinated. These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years, it reports

abcnews.com

2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A departure from my normal posts but check out @teeniney.bsky.social’s new video 💫

youtu.be

super 8: poem for all seasons

YouTube video by amy harrington

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AcademicSky @nature.com

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“This fading industry desperately attempts to tighten its grip on the world economy even as clean energy grows cheaper & faster to deploy than anything they can offer. Follow the $ & you will find the truth behind his war on CA’s climate policies: this is a White House run for Big Oil, by Big Oil.”

nytimes.com

How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Climate Policies

At least a half-dozen federal agencies have taken action against the state that has led the nation in environmental protections.

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NSWA - Northwest Science Writers @nswa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NSWA members: Who wants $$ to further your journalism career? Apply for the @nswa.bsky.social Career Development Awards by September 10! *You could use the dough to attend the @sciencewriters.org 2026 meeting in Corvallis, Oregon:)

nwscience.org

2025 Career Development Awards | Northwest Science Writers Association

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Today's cartoon by Nick Anderson. "The federal debt has doubled since Trump first took office in 2017, and he’s added more to it than Biden..."

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"NSF plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions. That money would be withdrawn from three of the NSF’s eight main areas, or directorates: engineering; computer and information science and engineering; and mathematical and physical science."

nature.com

NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative

A proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency struggles with a squeezed budget and a backlog of grant applications.

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