Tessa Hill
@tessahill.bsky.social
Climate change, oceans, blue carbon and coastal communities. Professor, researcher, educator, author. 🌊
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Tessa Hill
@tessahill.bsky.social
· Nov 22
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If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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This is encouraging: we are making progress and we’re in a much better position than we would be without the action stimulated by COPs over the years.
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
The UN climate summits are working – just not in the way their critics think
Many say UN climate summits are pointless. They’re wrong.
theconversation.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is encouraging: we are making progress and we’re in a much better position than we would be without the action stimulated by COPs over the years.
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
theconversation.com/the-un-clima...
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The Bay Area is more than halfway toward its goal of restoring 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands, which are a natural buffer to floodwaters from future sea level rise.
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1998...
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1998...
Rising Tides Drive a Bay Area Push to Bring Back Vanished Marshlands | KQED
The region has restored nearly 58,000 acres of tidal wetlands, bringing new life to the Bay’s edge and fresh hope for flood protection.
www.kqed.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Bay Area is more than halfway toward its goal of restoring 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands, which are a natural buffer to floodwaters from future sea level rise.
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1998...
The region now boasts 57,800 acres of restored tidal marsh
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1998...
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Inexplicably, the pro-ballroom vote failed to materialize last night
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Inexplicably, the pro-ballroom vote failed to materialize last night
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If you want to know which chemical firms are employing hundreds of lobbyists to prevent forever chemicals from being banned. All the info here: share.google/mSa8IeNiwcAR...
The Forever Lobbying Project
The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.
share.google
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you want to know which chemical firms are employing hundreds of lobbyists to prevent forever chemicals from being banned. All the info here: share.google/mSa8IeNiwcAR...
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For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
It’s not too late! You can still join my students and I in reading Silent Spring, and exploring how this book, and Carson’s legacy, is as powerful today as ever. Use my posts as a reading guide! 📚 🌲 🦅
I’m behind on updates on my #RachelCarson course. We are in week 6 - if you are following along, we have read chapters 11&12, plus listened to podcasts about her life & the book this week.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It’s not too late! You can still join my students and I in reading Silent Spring, and exploring how this book, and Carson’s legacy, is as powerful today as ever. Use my posts as a reading guide! 📚 🌲 🦅
Bad news for ocean lovers, fisherman, the public: www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/31/f...
Fight over California coast and offshore oil drilling rekindled by leaked Trump administration plans
A recent Houston Chronicle story reveals Trump administration plans to open large swathes of the California coast to offshore drilling.
www.pressdemocrat.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Bad news for ocean lovers, fisherman, the public: www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/10/31/f...
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Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
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We've really, urgently, got to move past "mean state thinking"--and another (among many) ironies of the situation is that it's precisely the folks so bullish on rapid and transformational technological change that seemingly ignore the complexity and non-linearity of our Earth system.
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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For those of you dismayed by a certain Billionaire making statements that seem to not prioritize a habitable planet,
just want ya’ll to know that there’s a whole lot of us non billionaires that are working really hard on a future that prioritizes people, health, and planetary sustainability. 🌏
just want ya’ll to know that there’s a whole lot of us non billionaires that are working really hard on a future that prioritizes people, health, and planetary sustainability. 🌏
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For those of you dismayed by a certain Billionaire making statements that seem to not prioritize a habitable planet,
just want ya’ll to know that there’s a whole lot of us non billionaires that are working really hard on a future that prioritizes people, health, and planetary sustainability. 🌏
just want ya’ll to know that there’s a whole lot of us non billionaires that are working really hard on a future that prioritizes people, health, and planetary sustainability. 🌏
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Every 1/10th of a degree of warming we prevent is a profound gift to our children & grandchildren, and to their children & grandchildren. We should aim to prevent as much warming as possible AND improve the lives of everyone alive today through poverty alleviation & better health. Walk + chew gum.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Every 1/10th of a degree of warming we prevent is a profound gift to our children & grandchildren, and to their children & grandchildren. We should aim to prevent as much warming as possible AND improve the lives of everyone alive today through poverty alleviation & better health. Walk + chew gum.
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For this reason, the Gates memo presupposes a false dichotomy regarding climate outcomes: The choice we are faced with is not between "good for us" & "the end of the world," but instead how much harm we are willing to tolerate, and endure, in the years to come. [8/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For this reason, the Gates memo presupposes a false dichotomy regarding climate outcomes: The choice we are faced with is not between "good for us" & "the end of the world," but instead how much harm we are willing to tolerate, and endure, in the years to come. [8/n]
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But herein lies the problem: there's a whole hell of a lot of distance along the spectrum between "good for us" & literally "the end of civilization." Even if we can rule out both of those extreme outcomes, there are plenty of terrible things that can happen in between. [6/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
But herein lies the problem: there's a whole hell of a lot of distance along the spectrum between "good for us" & literally "the end of civilization." Even if we can rule out both of those extreme outcomes, there are plenty of terrible things that can happen in between. [6/n]
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"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com
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I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
October 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Agreed. The bar is higher folks.
I think we should aim for something better than "not extinct"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Agreed. The bar is higher folks.
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Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections
At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
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While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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The number of forecasts issued by @nws.noaa.gov Sacramento office, which watches for winter storms across the Northern Sierra, has plummeted. The forecasts contain critical information that doesn’t exist elsewhere, @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.edu tells @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social
The National Weather Service, grappling with staffing shortages, is cutting back on some forecasts in California. State officials fear flood forecasts could be impacted.
California weather offices brace for storms as short-staffing fears grow
The National Weather Service, grappling with staffing shortages, is cutting back on some forecasts in California. State officials fear flood forecasts could be impacted.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The number of forecasts issued by @nws.noaa.gov Sacramento office, which watches for winter storms across the Northern Sierra, has plummeted. The forecasts contain critical information that doesn’t exist elsewhere, @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.edu tells @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social
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november - thanksgiving break time. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
november - thanksgiving break time. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...