Kim Cobb
@kimcobb.bsky.social
40% Climate Scientist, 40% Mom, and 20% Indiana Jones. Unapologetically obsessed with carbon. Lawrence & Barbara Margolis Director, http://ibes.brown.edu. She/her. Views my own
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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IBES Director @kimcobb.bsky.social joined LA's AirTalk radio show to discuss Bill Gates's recent memo on climate change — in which he expresses concerns on how the climate crisis is being framed and addressed — and how should we talk about climate moving forward. laist.com/news/la-city...
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
IBES Director @kimcobb.bsky.social joined LA's AirTalk radio show to discuss Bill Gates's recent memo on climate change — in which he expresses concerns on how the climate crisis is being framed and addressed — and how should we talk about climate moving forward. laist.com/news/la-city...
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I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A sobering take on what a slew of new reports say about how the world will look under 2-3°C+ of warming. W/ @laurapaddison.bsky.social & insights from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, @kimcobb.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social & others. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/c... (For CNN subscribers.)
New reports paint picture of an ‘extremely dangerous’ future with warming expected to blow past key limit | CNN
Melting ice sheets. Massive flooding. Dead coral reefs. Humanity is careening toward an untenable future as global temperatures rise, scientists warn
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November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A sobering take on what a slew of new reports say about how the world will look under 2-3°C+ of warming. W/ @laurapaddison.bsky.social & insights from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, @kimcobb.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social & others. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/c... (For CNN subscribers.)
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IBES is hiring! We seek a Visiting Asst Professor for the 2026-27 & 2027-28 academic years with the possibility of renewal. Scholars with expertise in energy, sustainable design, the built environment, and/or environmental justice are particularly encouraged to apply. apply.interfolio.com/176395
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Join us! Reviews begin 12/15. DM me with questions.
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Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
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Confused or curious about the Bill Gates climate memo? I've got you covered! TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, I'm talking with 4 great scientists. Sign up for an important convo w/ @katharinehayhoe.com @kimcobb.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social: coveringclimatenow.org/event/the-bi...
The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency — Covering Climate Now
Ahead of this month’s COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise” and that effort to reducing emissions a...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Confused or curious about the Bill Gates climate memo? I've got you covered! TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, I'm talking with 4 great scientists. Sign up for an important convo w/ @katharinehayhoe.com @kimcobb.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social: coveringclimatenow.org/event/the-bi...
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I just donated to the Footprint Project, sending solar/battery/LED setups to Jamaica. Usually in the wake of a disaster you get noisy, polluting diesel generators that also need fuel. These microgrid setups will be useful and provide clean energy for years. www.footprintproject.org/rapid-disast...
Rapid Disaster Response Without All the Carbon — Footprint Project
We deploy mobile solar generators and related off-grid equipment to power rapid disaster response for communities in need.
www.footprintproject.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I just donated to the Footprint Project, sending solar/battery/LED setups to Jamaica. Usually in the wake of a disaster you get noisy, polluting diesel generators that also need fuel. These microgrid setups will be useful and provide clean energy for years. www.footprintproject.org/rapid-disast...
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We're hiring! We have an open search for an Assistant Professor in physics of the ocean and/or atmosphere in Columbia's Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Please circulate this information to good candidates, and apply yourself if you are one! Ad & link to apply: apply.interfolio.com/173819
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September 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're hiring! We have an open search for an Assistant Professor in physics of the ocean and/or atmosphere in Columbia's Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Please circulate this information to good candidates, and apply yourself if you are one! Ad & link to apply: apply.interfolio.com/173819
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Last month the Department of the Interior stopped construction on a Rhode Island wind farm that was 80% complete. This week on Possibly we break down what the order means for Rhode Islanders: our clean energy, jobs, and utility bills.
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What does the stop-work order on Revolution Wind mean for Rhode Islanders? - TPR: The Public's Radio
Last month the Department of the Interior stopped construction on a Rhode Island wind farm that was 80% complete. This week on Possibly we break down what the order means clean energy, jobs, and your ...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Last month the Department of the Interior stopped construction on a Rhode Island wind farm that was 80% complete. This week on Possibly we break down what the order means for Rhode Islanders: our clean energy, jobs, and utility bills.
thepublicsradio.org/possibly-pod...
thepublicsradio.org/possibly-pod...
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In the 1st half of 2025, @climate.noaa.gov 's staff were terminated, shutting down daily operations.
Now, former members have joined w/ nonprofit partners to launch Climate.us, where climate info can be safeguarded from politics.
Check out our website and join the effort today.
Now, former members have joined w/ nonprofit partners to launch Climate.us, where climate info can be safeguarded from politics.
Check out our website and join the effort today.
September 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In the 1st half of 2025, @climate.noaa.gov 's staff were terminated, shutting down daily operations.
Now, former members have joined w/ nonprofit partners to launch Climate.us, where climate info can be safeguarded from politics.
Check out our website and join the effort today.
Now, former members have joined w/ nonprofit partners to launch Climate.us, where climate info can be safeguarded from politics.
Check out our website and join the effort today.
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The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
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@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"At stake in the tumultuous century to come is how fast and how completely we will have to exchange the new for the beloved." Words to live by, thanks @brdemuth.bsky.social.
Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social on the future of sled dogs in the Yukon River valley
Where the Dogs Run | Bathsheba Demuth
The best days to work a salmon net are dry and bright. Bankside willows tilt from summer green to autumn gold. Light wind, no longer warm, riffles the
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August 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"At stake in the tumultuous century to come is how fast and how completely we will have to exchange the new for the beloved." Words to live by, thanks @brdemuth.bsky.social.
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Climate scientists are actively compiling comments on the DOE climate report - communicators you can sign up here to get more info on what we are producing!
🚨 REPORTERS: Join Our DOE Climate Report Media List 🚨
If you're a reporter or communicator, sign up for updates on comments regarding the DOE climate report. We will share embargoed releases, background materials, and follow-up opportunities with you.
If you're a reporter or communicator, sign up for updates on comments regarding the DOE climate report. We will share embargoed releases, background materials, and follow-up opportunities with you.
Join Our DOE Climate Report Media List
We're building a list of reporters and communicators who want timely updates on our comments regarding the DOE climate report. This will help us share embargoed releases, background materials, and follow-up opportunities with you.
If you have any further questions, feel free to email me.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Climate scientists are actively compiling comments on the DOE climate report - communicators you can sign up here to get more info on what we are producing!
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🌊🧪 1/ Job Alert! Are you a world-leading researcher in climate change solutions? UVic’s Canada Excellence Research Chair offers 8 years of support for groundbreaking research. Join our interdisciplinary team @seos-uvic.bsky.social Learn more & apply by Aug 29: www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Why work at UVic? - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Get information on the working environment at the University of Victoria.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🌊🧪 1/ Job Alert! Are you a world-leading researcher in climate change solutions? UVic’s Canada Excellence Research Chair offers 8 years of support for groundbreaking research. Join our interdisciplinary team @seos-uvic.bsky.social Learn more & apply by Aug 29: www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Not my kids’ school assigning @ayanaeliza.bsky.social’s book “What If We Get It Right” for summer reading! You love to see it.
June 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Not my kids’ school assigning @ayanaeliza.bsky.social’s book “What If We Get It Right” for summer reading! You love to see it.
Honored to be in such company!
Announcing our 2025 Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet award recipients! These awards are presented annually to a select few whose efforts to support NCSE and advance its goal of defending the teaching of evolution and climate science have been truly outstanding. ncse.ngo/friend-darwi...
June 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Honored to be in such company!
I'm proud to join this lineup of amazing colleagues with a talk on Saturday, May 31st at 6:30pm ET. Full schedule through Sunday talks by @drshepherd2013.bsky.social and @zacklabe.com here: wclivestream.com/schedule/
May 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm proud to join this lineup of amazing colleagues with a talk on Saturday, May 31st at 6:30pm ET. Full schedule through Sunday talks by @drshepherd2013.bsky.social and @zacklabe.com here: wclivestream.com/schedule/
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There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
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After the Trump admin dismissed the scientists working on the key National Climate Assessment, two major science societies are picking up where they left off: www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/c...
Earth science societies take on US climate report after Trump administration dismisses researchers | CNN
The new research will be published in a special collection across 29 peer-reviewed research journals.
www.cnn.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
After the Trump admin dismissed the scientists working on the key National Climate Assessment, two major science societies are picking up where they left off: www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/c...
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Policy change starts with scientists like you.
Join #AGUDaysofAction Summer Congressional Visits in Washington, D.C. this 3–4 June for two days of training, networking, and direct meetings with lawmakers.
Apply by 9 May.
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Join #AGUDaysofAction Summer Congressional Visits in Washington, D.C. this 3–4 June for two days of training, networking, and direct meetings with lawmakers.
Apply by 9 May.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Policy change starts with scientists like you.
Join #AGUDaysofAction Summer Congressional Visits in Washington, D.C. this 3–4 June for two days of training, networking, and direct meetings with lawmakers.
Apply by 9 May.
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Join #AGUDaysofAction Summer Congressional Visits in Washington, D.C. this 3–4 June for two days of training, networking, and direct meetings with lawmakers.
Apply by 9 May.
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“The answer to rising levels of climate anxiety is to meet the moment with robust and durable evidence-based solutions,” said @kimcobb.bsky.social. “It’s not to stick our heads in the sand.”
w/ @byscottdance.com
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
w/ @byscottdance.com
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Trump’s new reason for canceling grants: ‘Climate anxiety’
The decision coincided with cuts to another federal climate initiative, a move that could imperil a key report detailing the escalating effects of climate change in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“The answer to rising levels of climate anxiety is to meet the moment with robust and durable evidence-based solutions,” said @kimcobb.bsky.social. “It’s not to stick our heads in the sand.”
w/ @byscottdance.com
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
w/ @byscottdance.com
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Today and every day we see you and we celebrate you.
Happy Trans Visibility Day from AGU & @queeragu.bsky.social !
#TransDayofVisibility #TransVisibilityDay
Happy Trans Visibility Day from AGU & @queeragu.bsky.social !
#TransDayofVisibility #TransVisibilityDay
March 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today and every day we see you and we celebrate you.
Happy Trans Visibility Day from AGU & @queeragu.bsky.social !
#TransDayofVisibility #TransVisibilityDay
Happy Trans Visibility Day from AGU & @queeragu.bsky.social !
#TransDayofVisibility #TransVisibilityDay