Chris Colose
@ccolose.bsky.social
Climate scientist. Interested in past, present, and future Earth and planetary climates.
How to start papers:
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
How to start papers:
High ocean heat lies below the ocean?
not sure this is the right way to phrase it, WaPo
Gift link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Gift link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
High ocean heat lies below the ocean?
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
Authoriatrians usually don't care about the citizens
apnews.com/article/snap...
apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of 'catastrophic impact'
President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders. The U.S.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Authoriatrians usually don't care about the citizens
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apnews.com/article/snap...
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Exactly! Which makes the real climate shift way scarier. Like shown by the data from svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Exactly! Which makes the real climate shift way scarier. Like shown by the data from svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
Early stages of the Kessler Syndrome
What a nightmare! Chinese astronauts can’t come home because space debris hit their return craft.
The rapidly increasing amount of stuff we launch into space is something everyone should be aware of.
The rapidly increasing amount of stuff we launch into space is something everyone should be aware of.
China Delays Return of Astronauts After Debris May Have Hit Spacecraft
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Early stages of the Kessler Syndrome
Indeed, and what's more, the entire "we want debate" charade is just that...none of these people will talk with anyone who knows what they're talking about.
It’s really remarkable how thin the bench of climate change deniers is and how deep the poverty of their arguments. They haven’t come up with anything new in decades and can only fall back on conspiracies to explain their lack of success.
Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Indeed, and what's more, the entire "we want debate" charade is just that...none of these people will talk with anyone who knows what they're talking about.
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Cool use of a clumped isotopologue in wood! - Isotopic evidence for elevated photorespiration during the last glacial period www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Isotopic evidence for elevated photorespiration during the last glacial period - Nature Geoscience
Low carbon dioxide levels during the last glacial period enhanced photorespiration in trees across North America, indicating a decline in land plant productivity, according to measurements of clumped ...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Cool use of a clumped isotopologue in wood! - Isotopic evidence for elevated photorespiration during the last glacial period www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Took a while to rule out Colonel Mustard
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Took a while to rule out Colonel Mustard
Reminder that we still need scientists despite AI tools, mad almost-trillionaires, and other ideological wars.
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Reminder that we still need scientists despite AI tools, mad almost-trillionaires, and other ideological wars.
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The new UNEP report is out with the latest estimates of 2100 warming outcomes under current policies, NDCs, and net-zero targets. Here is how it compares to both the IPCC scenarios and other estimates (CAT and IEA, who will release their own updates soon!).
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The new UNEP report is out with the latest estimates of 2100 warming outcomes under current policies, NDCs, and net-zero targets. Here is how it compares to both the IPCC scenarios and other estimates (CAT and IEA, who will release their own updates soon!).
Maybe it is a lost battle after all, if after the first modeling in the 1960s, or Hansen's testimony in the 1980s, or six iterations of IPCC reports, "it's not the apocalypse" is seen as a coherent standard or a worthy point of attention.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
Opinion | Bill Gates Has a Point
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Maybe it is a lost battle after all, if after the first modeling in the 1960s, or Hansen's testimony in the 1980s, or six iterations of IPCC reports, "it's not the apocalypse" is seen as a coherent standard or a worthy point of attention.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
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My new essay on the future of life in space just appeared in Noema magazine! Kudos to Satwika Kresna for the lovely artwork.
“If building space habitats is hard & machine technology is gradually developing more life-like capabilities, does this mean we humans might as well remain Earth-bound forever?”
— @rdword.bsky.social
#spacetravel #spaceexploration #rovers
— @rdword.bsky.social
#spacetravel #spaceexploration #rovers
The Future Of Space Is More Than Human | NOEMA
The time has come to expand our visions of life beyond Earth.
www.noemamag.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My new essay on the future of life in space just appeared in Noema magazine! Kudos to Satwika Kresna for the lovely artwork.
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A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A personal reflection on the destructive erosion of ethics, norms and respect for law at NASA:
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Too Cruel Too Soon
How Republicans messed up on Project 2025
paulkrugman.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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“.. You’ve got to really hate Halloween ‒ and children ‒ to pull that kind of crap.”
@usatoday.com @rexhuppke.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“.. You’ve got to really hate Halloween ‒ and children ‒ to pull that kind of crap.”
@usatoday.com @rexhuppke.bsky.social
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How about the winner gets 120% of previous year federal funds?
www.ibtimes.co.uk/3i-atlas-ala...
www.ibtimes.co.uk/3i-atlas-ala...
October 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
How about the winner gets 120% of previous year federal funds?
www.ibtimes.co.uk/3i-atlas-ala...
www.ibtimes.co.uk/3i-atlas-ala...
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For the record, I don't think it likely that global warming alone could cause extinction of the human species, unless we got to the levels of CO2 that caused the End-Permian mass extinction -- and that would require tapping into a lot of low grade fossil carbon that is currently
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For the record, I don't think it likely that global warming alone could cause extinction of the human species, unless we got to the levels of CO2 that caused the End-Permian mass extinction -- and that would require tapping into a lot of low grade fossil carbon that is currently
I think most people would trade 0.1 deg for ending world diseases in this made up zero sum world. That’s not how problem solving actually works.
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abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering
Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but he thinks scientific innovation will curb it
abcnews.go.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I think most people would trade 0.1 deg for ending world diseases in this made up zero sum world. That’s not how problem solving actually works.
abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
abcnews.go.com/Technology/w...
As if SRM wasn’t bad enough, what could go wrong with any random private company deploying their own favorite black box geoengineering method, eventually all at the same time in geo-competition?
The source of funding here covered in reporting of Stardust's public press release pretty much guarantees this project will end up somewhere between 'ineffective' and 'harmful', in the same way anxious and impatient silicon valley VC has hurt carbon removal
Global cooling startup raises $60M to test sun-reflecting technology
The fundraising haul marks strong enthusiasm for experiments aimed at lowering temperatures, said the company. But it also raises questions about commercializing technologies with potentially damaging...
www.politico.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
As if SRM wasn’t bad enough, what could go wrong with any random private company deploying their own favorite black box geoengineering method, eventually all at the same time in geo-competition?
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Stupid is as stupid does: AI2ES, an NSF research institute to explore the use of artificial intelligence in the earth sciences, was terminated by OMB because it “wasted taxpayer funds to place climate change hysteria in AI models.” Alan's take: "it strikes me as completely insane."
NPR ran a story last night about NSF terminating funding for AI focused meteorology research & the (IMO) insane explanation they got from OMB. I shared my perspective on this and our continued insistence to shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to scientific R&D. tinyurl.com/2kzujwz8
Trump Administration confirms that NSF AI meteorology institute funding cut because of "climate hysteria"
Ending of NOAA billion dollar climate disaster tracking another example of us becoming less prepared for a future affected by climate change.
tinyurl.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Stupid is as stupid does: AI2ES, an NSF research institute to explore the use of artificial intelligence in the earth sciences, was terminated by OMB because it “wasted taxpayer funds to place climate change hysteria in AI models.” Alan's take: "it strikes me as completely insane."
Learned today you can put “-ai” after a google search for no AI result.
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Learned today you can put “-ai” after a google search for no AI result.
Will they ever get someone new? I’m a few minutes in and it’s the usual nonsense, but surprised that Lindzen doesn’t even know that the no-feedback climate sensitivity is over a degree, not 0.5 degrees.
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Will they ever get someone new? I’m a few minutes in and it’s the usual nonsense, but surprised that Lindzen doesn’t even know that the no-feedback climate sensitivity is over a degree, not 0.5 degrees.