Craig Welch
@craigwelch.bsky.social
Writer tracking climate and more. Mediocre trail runner. Soccer nut. Priors: senior staff writer at National Geographic. Also: Seattle Times, Jackson Hole News. https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-welch/
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Craig Welch
@craigwelch.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Rising Seas Are Wiping Out Some Older Americans’ Futures
As more older Americans move to the coasts, rising seas are wiping out their homes — and retirement dreams.
www.aarp.org
I met Martha Shaw, 84, a year after she lost everything in a hurricane.
That was 3 hurricanes ago.
When editors ask if you’d report/write a lengthy narrative to help 38 *million* readers better understand #climatechange you do it.
My special project for AARP magazine www.aarp.org/home-family/...
That was 3 hurricanes ago.
When editors ask if you’d report/write a lengthy narrative to help 38 *million* readers better understand #climatechange you do it.
My special project for AARP magazine www.aarp.org/home-family/...
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His "long life in the wild came to symbolize the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers."
He died at 54, of natural causes.
via @apnews.com
He died at 54, of natural causes.
via @apnews.com
Conservationists in Kenya pay tribute to beloved 'super tusker' elephant Craig, who died at age 54
Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant named Craig. He lived in Amboseli National Park and symbolized Kenya's efforts to protect elephants from poachers.
apnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
His "long life in the wild came to symbolize the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers."
He died at 54, of natural causes.
via @apnews.com
He died at 54, of natural causes.
via @apnews.com
Your moment of zen
The deepest confirmed fish observation occurred at ~8,300 m. I know the shape behind it is another fish’s tail, but my brain insists it looks like the foreground fish is wearing a party hat. #deepsea #marinelife
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
January 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Your moment of zen
Hard not to think today about the best single line of television dialogue I heard in 2025:
“So good of you to join me in this pickle, free from the burden of a solution.”
“So good of you to join me in this pickle, free from the burden of a solution.”
January 4, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Hard not to think today about the best single line of television dialogue I heard in 2025:
“So good of you to join me in this pickle, free from the burden of a solution.”
“So good of you to join me in this pickle, free from the burden of a solution.”
Reposted by Craig Welch
Cuomo warned us
January 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Cuomo warned us
Junkies, Scoobs! Our rescue mutt in snow framed by brake lights.
December 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Junkies, Scoobs! Our rescue mutt in snow framed by brake lights.
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“This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide…in 2004, it took a year to install 1 gigawatt of solar. Today, twice that amount goes online EACH DAY.”
In 2024, China installed the equivalent of 100 nuclear plants in solar and wind power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
In 2024, China installed the equivalent of 100 nuclear plants in solar and wind power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide…in 2004, it took a year to install 1 gigawatt of solar. Today, twice that amount goes online EACH DAY.”
In 2024, China installed the equivalent of 100 nuclear plants in solar and wind power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
In 2024, China installed the equivalent of 100 nuclear plants in solar and wind power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
“This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide…in 2004, it took a year to install 1 gigawatt of solar. Today, twice that amount goes online EACH DAY.”
In 2024, China installed the equivalent of 100 nuclear plants in solar and wind power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
In 2024, China installed the equivalent of 100 nuclear plants in solar and wind power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide…in 2004, it took a year to install 1 gigawatt of solar. Today, twice that amount goes online EACH DAY.”
In 2024, China installed the equivalent of 100 nuclear plants in solar and wind power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
In 2024, China installed the equivalent of 100 nuclear plants in solar and wind power.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Long before WA’s floods, my state had secured $182 million to “elevate houses, move people away from flood-prone areas and protect homes with new levees.” Then Trump tried to cancel FEMA funding.
It is ALWAYS cheaper to try preventing disaster than pay to rebuild. www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...?
It is ALWAYS cheaper to try preventing disaster than pay to rebuild. www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...?
Federal grants for flood mitigation work sat on hold as storms inundated Washington state
State officials say the recent deluge highlighted the need for projects to protect communities from floods. The Trump administration has attempted to cut funding for some of them.
www.nbcnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Long before WA’s floods, my state had secured $182 million to “elevate houses, move people away from flood-prone areas and protect homes with new levees.” Then Trump tried to cancel FEMA funding.
It is ALWAYS cheaper to try preventing disaster than pay to rebuild. www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...?
It is ALWAYS cheaper to try preventing disaster than pay to rebuild. www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...?
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
More details about the book and series, including that Jess will be a producer
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...?
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...?
December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
More details about the book and series, including that Jess will be a producer
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...?
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...?
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Thrilled to see @jesswalter.bsky.social land a Netflix deal for his new book. If you don’t know his work, run don’t walk to your nearest book seller. If you do, then you’re probably as excited about this as I am. (Also: the main character’s an ex-enviro reporter! 😂) deadline.com/2025/12/so-f...
Netflix Lands ‘So Far Gone’ Drama With Straight-To-Series Order From Mark Bomback, Tomorrow Studios & Story Syndicate
Netflix has landed 'So Far Gone' drama with straight-to-series order from Mark Bomback, Tomorrow Studios and Story Syndicate.
deadline.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thrilled to see @jesswalter.bsky.social land a Netflix deal for his new book. If you don’t know his work, run don’t walk to your nearest book seller. If you do, then you’re probably as excited about this as I am. (Also: the main character’s an ex-enviro reporter! 😂) deadline.com/2025/12/so-f...
Thrilled to see @jesswalter.bsky.social land a Netflix deal for his new book. If you don’t know his work, run don’t walk to your nearest book seller. If you do, then you’re probably as excited about this as I am. (Also: the main character’s an ex-enviro reporter! 😂) deadline.com/2025/12/so-f...
Netflix Lands ‘So Far Gone’ Drama With Straight-To-Series Order From Mark Bomback, Tomorrow Studios & Story Syndicate
Netflix has landed 'So Far Gone' drama with straight-to-series order from Mark Bomback, Tomorrow Studios and Story Syndicate.
deadline.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thrilled to see @jesswalter.bsky.social land a Netflix deal for his new book. If you don’t know his work, run don’t walk to your nearest book seller. If you do, then you’re probably as excited about this as I am. (Also: the main character’s an ex-enviro reporter! 😂) deadline.com/2025/12/so-f...
Another GOP retirement—this one from one of the last two (of 10) Republicans in Congress who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6 riots.
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Another GOP retirement—this one from one of the last two (of 10) Republicans in Congress who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6 riots.
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Much has been written about Holiday's hospital stay, lots contradictory. My mother only recalls nurses jockeying to care for her. Mom saw her once or twice. She recalled a guard by her door and musicians and Harlem visitors, but didn't recognize them. Mom didn't see Sinatra, who may have visited.
Much has been written about Holiday's hospital stay, lots contradictory. My mother only recalls nurses jockeying to care for her. Mom saw her once or twice. She recalled a guard by her door and musicians and Harlem visitors, but didn't recognize them. Mom didn't see Sinatra, who may have visited.
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Much has been written about Holiday's hospital stay, lots contradictory. My mother only recalls nurses jockeying to care for her. Mom saw her once or twice. She recalled a guard by her door and musicians and Harlem visitors, but didn't recognize them. Mom didn't see Sinatra, who may have visited.
Much has been written about Holiday's hospital stay, lots contradictory. My mother only recalls nurses jockeying to care for her. Mom saw her once or twice. She recalled a guard by her door and musicians and Harlem visitors, but didn't recognize them. Mom didn't see Sinatra, who may have visited.
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Holiday, broken, suffering from cirrhosis and heart disease and years of heroin abuse, had collapsed at home. She was in bad shape. She may have been in a coma.
She was also hounded by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, overseen by a notorious racist. At some point she was handcuffed to a gurney.
Holiday, broken, suffering from cirrhosis and heart disease and years of heroin abuse, had collapsed at home. She was in bad shape. She may have been in a coma.
She was also hounded by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, overseen by a notorious racist. At some point she was handcuffed to a gurney.
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Holiday, broken, suffering from cirrhosis and heart disease and years of heroin abuse, had collapsed at home. She was in bad shape. She may have been in a coma.
She was also hounded by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, overseen by a notorious racist. At some point she was handcuffed to a gurney.
Holiday, broken, suffering from cirrhosis and heart disease and years of heroin abuse, had collapsed at home. She was in bad shape. She may have been in a coma.
She was also hounded by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, overseen by a notorious racist. At some point she was handcuffed to a gurney.
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My mother attended nursing school in the Adirondacks near Vermont. The school required that nurses train for a time in at big city hospital.
So in summer 1959, she worked as a junior nurse at NYC's Metropolitan Hospital in Harlem.
And in May, Holiday was admitted. She would never leave.
My mother attended nursing school in the Adirondacks near Vermont. The school required that nurses train for a time in at big city hospital.
So in summer 1959, she worked as a junior nurse at NYC's Metropolitan Hospital in Harlem.
And in May, Holiday was admitted. She would never leave.
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
3
My mother attended nursing school in the Adirondacks near Vermont. The school required that nurses train for a time in at big city hospital.
So in summer 1959, she worked as a junior nurse at NYC's Metropolitan Hospital in Harlem.
And in May, Holiday was admitted. She would never leave.
My mother attended nursing school in the Adirondacks near Vermont. The school required that nurses train for a time in at big city hospital.
So in summer 1959, she worked as a junior nurse at NYC's Metropolitan Hospital in Harlem.
And in May, Holiday was admitted. She would never leave.
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I was driving my quite elderly mother around this wkd and put on one of my fav songs: Gil Scott-Heron’s “Lady Day and John Coltrane.”
“What’s this about?” she asked
“How greats like Billie Holiday can transport you."
"I saw her, you know," mom said. "At the end."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRN...
I was driving my quite elderly mother around this wkd and put on one of my fav songs: Gil Scott-Heron’s “Lady Day and John Coltrane.”
“What’s this about?” she asked
“How greats like Billie Holiday can transport you."
"I saw her, you know," mom said. "At the end."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRN...
Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day And John Coltrane (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Ace Records
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🧵
I was driving my quite elderly mother around this wkd and put on one of my fav songs: Gil Scott-Heron’s “Lady Day and John Coltrane.”
“What’s this about?” she asked
“How greats like Billie Holiday can transport you."
"I saw her, you know," mom said. "At the end."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRN...
I was driving my quite elderly mother around this wkd and put on one of my fav songs: Gil Scott-Heron’s “Lady Day and John Coltrane.”
“What’s this about?” she asked
“How greats like Billie Holiday can transport you."
"I saw her, you know," mom said. "At the end."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRN...
I know this is news to absolutely no one, me included.
It just hits different up close.
My daughter, a high school senior, just got offered a $35,000 scholarship to a university. Super proud! But we just realized that *reduced* the cost to $60,000 a year.
The cost of college is bananas!!
It just hits different up close.
My daughter, a high school senior, just got offered a $35,000 scholarship to a university. Super proud! But we just realized that *reduced* the cost to $60,000 a year.
The cost of college is bananas!!
December 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I know this is news to absolutely no one, me included.
It just hits different up close.
My daughter, a high school senior, just got offered a $35,000 scholarship to a university. Super proud! But we just realized that *reduced* the cost to $60,000 a year.
The cost of college is bananas!!
It just hits different up close.
My daughter, a high school senior, just got offered a $35,000 scholarship to a university. Super proud! But we just realized that *reduced* the cost to $60,000 a year.
The cost of college is bananas!!
Would love to see this. But sharing for a single gobsmacking factoid in paragraph 8:
Caro's "The Power Broker" remains so popular a book that it sold 40,000 copies...LAST YEAR!
Every author alive knows how astonishing a number that is for a 50-yr-old title
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
Caro's "The Power Broker" remains so popular a book that it sold 40,000 copies...LAST YEAR!
Every author alive knows how astonishing a number that is for a 50-yr-old title
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
Netflix Is Interested in Matthew Rhys’ ‘The Power Broker’ Passion Project
Rhys, who would play Robert Moses in any adaptation of Robert Caro's biography, revealed the news on fellow Caro enthusiast Conan O'Brien's podcast.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Would love to see this. But sharing for a single gobsmacking factoid in paragraph 8:
Caro's "The Power Broker" remains so popular a book that it sold 40,000 copies...LAST YEAR!
Every author alive knows how astonishing a number that is for a 50-yr-old title
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
Caro's "The Power Broker" remains so popular a book that it sold 40,000 copies...LAST YEAR!
Every author alive knows how astonishing a number that is for a 50-yr-old title
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/n...
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Excited to be going on @thedailyshow.com tonight to discuss climate change, my new book, and the general state of the planet.
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Excited to be going on @thedailyshow.com tonight to discuss climate change, my new book, and the general state of the planet.
Happy anniversary to the Antarctic Treaty, signed Dec 1, 1959, as nations set aside the White Continent for scientific research and “peaceful purposes only.”
Look at the big stuff humanity can do when it, you know, tries!
(Video of slipping, sliding Adelie penguins off storied Paulet Island.)
Look at the big stuff humanity can do when it, you know, tries!
(Video of slipping, sliding Adelie penguins off storied Paulet Island.)
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Happy anniversary to the Antarctic Treaty, signed Dec 1, 1959, as nations set aside the White Continent for scientific research and “peaceful purposes only.”
Look at the big stuff humanity can do when it, you know, tries!
(Video of slipping, sliding Adelie penguins off storied Paulet Island.)
Look at the big stuff humanity can do when it, you know, tries!
(Video of slipping, sliding Adelie penguins off storied Paulet Island.)
Great list of the year’s 10 best science books.
Special shout to Washington State’s Drew Harrell, star (so to speak) of my @biographic.bsky.social story this year about unraveling the riddle of what is killing billions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Special shout to Washington State’s Drew Harrell, star (so to speak) of my @biographic.bsky.social story this year about unraveling the riddle of what is killing billions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Spineless creatures, possibly the world’s oldest beer receipt and more: 2025’s best Books in brief
Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Great list of the year’s 10 best science books.
Special shout to Washington State’s Drew Harrell, star (so to speak) of my @biographic.bsky.social story this year about unraveling the riddle of what is killing billions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Special shout to Washington State’s Drew Harrell, star (so to speak) of my @biographic.bsky.social story this year about unraveling the riddle of what is killing billions of sea stars along the U.S. West Coast.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Watching LAFC lose to Vancouver after seeing @soundersfc.com go down earlier this month in shootouts…
Seems like some @mls.bsky.social stars might want to spend the offseason dialing in their penalty kicks.
The number of high-pressure
PK misses from great players is rather stunning ..
Seems like some @mls.bsky.social stars might want to spend the offseason dialing in their penalty kicks.
The number of high-pressure
PK misses from great players is rather stunning ..
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Watching LAFC lose to Vancouver after seeing @soundersfc.com go down earlier this month in shootouts…
Seems like some @mls.bsky.social stars might want to spend the offseason dialing in their penalty kicks.
The number of high-pressure
PK misses from great players is rather stunning ..
Seems like some @mls.bsky.social stars might want to spend the offseason dialing in their penalty kicks.
The number of high-pressure
PK misses from great players is rather stunning ..
Despite what you may have heard, Mount Rainier is NOT about to blow and smother 3.3 million people in ash—not this holiday season, at least.
GeekWire's @kurt-slosh.bsky.social blows the lid on the Daily Mail's junk science (and garbage journalism).
www.geekwire.com/2025/mount-r...
GeekWire's @kurt-slosh.bsky.social blows the lid on the Daily Mail's junk science (and garbage journalism).
www.geekwire.com/2025/mount-r...
Mount Rainier is not ready to erupt: Earthquake experts debunk report of increased seismic activity
Scientists at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network might blow their stacks over having to respond to a rumor about increased tremor activity at the Washington state volcano.
www.geekwire.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Despite what you may have heard, Mount Rainier is NOT about to blow and smother 3.3 million people in ash—not this holiday season, at least.
GeekWire's @kurt-slosh.bsky.social blows the lid on the Daily Mail's junk science (and garbage journalism).
www.geekwire.com/2025/mount-r...
GeekWire's @kurt-slosh.bsky.social blows the lid on the Daily Mail's junk science (and garbage journalism).
www.geekwire.com/2025/mount-r...
On the way to a 6 am ferry two years ago today. I sure do love this city.
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On the way to a 6 am ferry two years ago today. I sure do love this city.