Albert Norström
@albertnorstrm.bsky.social
Science Director @theearthcommission.bsky.social. Associate Professor @sthlmresilience.bsky.social. Resilience, social-ecological systems, and sustainability science.
✈️ Off to COP30 in Belém.
Time to move from negotiation to delivery — and to treat 1.5 °C as a binding obligation, not an aspiration.
Two new court rulings (ICJ + IACtHR) now frame climate stability as a human right.
A legal + moral turning point.
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Time to move from negotiation to delivery — and to treat 1.5 °C as a binding obligation, not an aspiration.
Two new court rulings (ICJ + IACtHR) now frame climate stability as a human right.
A legal + moral turning point.
👉 lnkd.in/d8u7MGvc
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November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
✈️ Off to COP30 in Belém.
Time to move from negotiation to delivery — and to treat 1.5 °C as a binding obligation, not an aspiration.
Two new court rulings (ICJ + IACtHR) now frame climate stability as a human right.
A legal + moral turning point.
👉 lnkd.in/d8u7MGvc
Time to move from negotiation to delivery — and to treat 1.5 °C as a binding obligation, not an aspiration.
Two new court rulings (ICJ + IACtHR) now frame climate stability as a human right.
A legal + moral turning point.
👉 lnkd.in/d8u7MGvc
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“What happens in the ocean doesn’t stay in the ocean.” 🌊
Commission Science Director @albertnorstrm.bsky.social spoke to @svtnyheter.bsky.social on the urgent need to protect our oceans as rising emissions drive ocean acidification.
📺 Watch the story (in Swedish): www.svtplay.se/video/KqPy2m...
Commission Science Director @albertnorstrm.bsky.social spoke to @svtnyheter.bsky.social on the urgent need to protect our oceans as rising emissions drive ocean acidification.
📺 Watch the story (in Swedish): www.svtplay.se/video/KqPy2m...
September 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“What happens in the ocean doesn’t stay in the ocean.” 🌊
Commission Science Director @albertnorstrm.bsky.social spoke to @svtnyheter.bsky.social on the urgent need to protect our oceans as rising emissions drive ocean acidification.
📺 Watch the story (in Swedish): www.svtplay.se/video/KqPy2m...
Commission Science Director @albertnorstrm.bsky.social spoke to @svtnyheter.bsky.social on the urgent need to protect our oceans as rising emissions drive ocean acidification.
📺 Watch the story (in Swedish): www.svtplay.se/video/KqPy2m...
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“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
1,900 scientists accuse Trump of ‘wholesale assault’ on science. In an open letter, several National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine members warn that Trump’s overhaul of U.S. science has created a “climate of fear.” docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Public Statement on Supporting Science for the Benefit of All Citizens
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive acr...
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April 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
1,900 scientists accuse Trump of ‘wholesale assault’ on science. In an open letter, several National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine members warn that Trump’s overhaul of U.S. science has created a “climate of fear.” docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science
Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page blueprint. Nature read it so you don’t have to.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Orchestrated assault’: New tsunami of NIH grant cuts hits South Africa hard | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Orchestrated assault’: New tsunami of NIH grant cuts hits South Africa hard
Agency moves to terminate nearly 1000 awards, including programs involving “DEI”
www.science.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
‘Orchestrated assault’: New tsunami of NIH grant cuts hits South Africa hard | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Albert Norström
The new U.S. government is at war with science and knowledge.
Read this post carefully and support your local scientists in these terrifying times.
Read this post carefully and support your local scientists in these terrifying times.
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The new U.S. government is at war with science and knowledge.
Read this post carefully and support your local scientists in these terrifying times.
Read this post carefully and support your local scientists in these terrifying times.
Tropical Andean glaciers are likely smaller now than at any point in the last 11,700 years (Holocene), an unprecedented retreat due to recent warming. This makes the tropics a key region for understanding climate change impacts on ice!!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Recent tropical Andean glacier retreat is unprecedented in the Holocene
Tropical glaciers have retreated over recent decades, but whether the magnitude of this retreat exceeds the bounds of Holocene fluctuations is unclear. We measured cosmogenic beryllium-10 and carbon-1...
www.science.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tropical Andean glaciers are likely smaller now than at any point in the last 11,700 years (Holocene), an unprecedented retreat due to recent warming. This makes the tropics a key region for understanding climate change impacts on ice!!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts.
24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.
6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.
>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...
24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.
6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.
>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...
March 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts.
24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.
6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.
>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...
24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.
6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.
>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...
Reposted by Albert Norström
Land of the free ...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Land of the free ...
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”Measures to help attract US-based researchers are also being considered by the European Commission. Ekaterina Zaharieva, the commissioner responsible for research and innovation, told the same meeting of MEPs that she was considering the creation of “a special passport” for science.”
Europe could be a ‘haven’ for US researchers, says ERC (European Research Council) president Maria Leptin
#AcademicSky
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#AcademicSky
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Europe could be a ‘haven’ for US researchers, says ERC president
The EU’s research funding bodies are thinking of ways to welcome US scientists and European ex-patriots who might be looking for a more sympathetic place to work now that Donald Trump is in the White ...
sciencebusiness.net
March 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
”Measures to help attract US-based researchers are also being considered by the European Commission. Ekaterina Zaharieva, the commissioner responsible for research and innovation, told the same meeting of MEPs that she was considering the creation of “a special passport” for science.”
Tackling plastic pollution is critical for food security. New study estimates that microplastics could lead to annual losses of up to 360.87M MT in crops and 24.33M MT in seafood, putting them on par with climate change impacts. bit.ly/3DzhZdw
#Microplastics #FoodSecurity
#Microplastics #FoodSecurity
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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March 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Tackling plastic pollution is critical for food security. New study estimates that microplastics could lead to annual losses of up to 360.87M MT in crops and 24.33M MT in seafood, putting them on par with climate change impacts. bit.ly/3DzhZdw
#Microplastics #FoodSecurity
#Microplastics #FoodSecurity
Brazil, as host of COP30 in November 2025, lays out its vision for the summit. With the climate crisis at a critical point, Brazil emphasizes mutirão (collective action) and just transitions as key to push global climate governance into a new era. #COP30 #ClimateAction #Amazon
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March 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Brazil, as host of COP30 in November 2025, lays out its vision for the summit. With the climate crisis at a critical point, Brazil emphasizes mutirão (collective action) and just transitions as key to push global climate governance into a new era. #COP30 #ClimateAction #Amazon
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
We’re looking for two research assistants to join our team! If you're interested in contributing to research on making Swedish and global food systems more sustainable, resilient, and healthy, make sure to apply by 16 February! 🌱🍽️
Learn more: https://buff.ly/2Lu3mgn
We’re looking for two research assistants to join our team! If you're interested in contributing to research on making Swedish and global food systems more sustainable, resilient, and healthy, make sure to apply by 16 February! 🌱🍽️
Learn more: https://buff.ly/2Lu3mgn
February 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨
We’re looking for two research assistants to join our team! If you're interested in contributing to research on making Swedish and global food systems more sustainable, resilient, and healthy, make sure to apply by 16 February! 🌱🍽️
Learn more: https://buff.ly/2Lu3mgn
We’re looking for two research assistants to join our team! If you're interested in contributing to research on making Swedish and global food systems more sustainable, resilient, and healthy, make sure to apply by 16 February! 🌱🍽️
Learn more: https://buff.ly/2Lu3mgn
Globalization lets countries outsource environmental costs like biodiversity loss. New research shows that deforestation driven by developed nations' consumption significantly impacts species ranges globally. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global biodiversity loss from outsourced deforestation - Nature
An analysis of global deforestation linked to consumption of products in the supply chains of large economies finds greater losses for vertebrate species’ ranges outside these countries than in them.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Globalization lets countries outsource environmental costs like biodiversity loss. New research shows that deforestation driven by developed nations' consumption significantly impacts species ranges globally. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Albert Norström
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Uncertainty and restrictions hit @noaa.gov impacting forecasts & climate research. Oversight on scientists' emails & meetings, plus potential budget/staff cuts, raise concerns. "Crackdown on climate" predicted. Could limit data access globally. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Noaa imposes limits on scientists, sparking concerns over global forecasts
‘Crackdown on climate’ predicted as oversight enacted over agency staffers’ email and meetings with foreign nationals
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Uncertainty and restrictions hit @noaa.gov impacting forecasts & climate research. Oversight on scientists' emails & meetings, plus potential budget/staff cuts, raise concerns. "Crackdown on climate" predicted. Could limit data access globally. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@thelancet.bsky.social editorial "American Chaos...Donald Trump's actions domestically and globally are not a measured reappraisal of US priorities. They are a sweeping and damaging attack on the health of the American people and those dependent on US foreign assistance."
February 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
@thelancet.bsky.social editorial "American Chaos...Donald Trump's actions domestically and globally are not a measured reappraisal of US priorities. They are a sweeping and damaging attack on the health of the American people and those dependent on US foreign assistance."
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"...bombshells hit the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) this week. The first ... Prepare for the possible layoff of half of your 1600-member staff ... The second ... President Donald Trump may ask Congress to cut your $9 billion budget by two-thirds."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘My boss was crying.’ NSF confronts potentially massive layoffs and budget cuts
Trump could propose slashing agency’s budget by two-thirds
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"...bombshells hit the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) this week. The first ... Prepare for the possible layoff of half of your 1600-member staff ... The second ... President Donald Trump may ask Congress to cut your $9 billion budget by two-thirds."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Ocean surface temperatures are showing increased persistence in anomalies since 1982. This suggests the ocean's ability to absorb excess heat is weakening, with relevance to longer, more intense marine heatwaves. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Observed multi-decadal increase in the surface ocean’s thermal inertia - Nature Climate Change
Analysis of 42 years of daily sea surface temperature data shows increasing persistence of anomalies. These changes, which are attributed to deepening of the mixed layer, reduced oceanic forcing and r...
www.nature.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ocean surface temperatures are showing increased persistence in anomalies since 1982. This suggests the ocean's ability to absorb excess heat is weakening, with relevance to longer, more intense marine heatwaves. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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It's a sad day today with the formal canceling of the US NNA1 last night. As part of the leadership group, we will find a way to get this important and impactful work out. Do not despair!
The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed.
A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...
A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...
www.globalchange.gov
January 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's a sad day today with the formal canceling of the US NNA1 last night. As part of the leadership group, we will find a way to get this important and impactful work out. Do not despair!
A massive meta-analysis of 30+ years of research shows that within-population genetic diversity is declining, and impacted by human activities. This has significant implications for the resilience of populations and ecosystems
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature
A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...
www.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A massive meta-analysis of 30+ years of research shows that within-population genetic diversity is declining, and impacted by human activities. This has significant implications for the resilience of populations and ecosystems
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Albert Norström
"Chaos erupts in US science as Trump’s team declares freeze on federal grants: The freeze’s effect on research is still unclear, but scientists fear ‘incalculable’ damage"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Chaos erupts in US science as Trump’s team declares freeze on federal grants
The freeze’s effect on research is still unclear, but scientists fear ‘incalculable’ damage.
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Chaos erupts in US science as Trump’s team declares freeze on federal grants: The freeze’s effect on research is still unclear, but scientists fear ‘incalculable’ damage"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
On February 9, the Swiss will vote on the "environmental responsibility" initiative. The text requires the economy to respect the planet's limits. The initiative builds on research from @sthlmresilience.bsky.social and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, among others. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
Should the Swiss economy be forced to respect the limits of nature?
On February 9, the Swiss will vote on the "environmental responsibility" initiative. The text requires the economy to respect the planet's limits.
www.swissinfo.ch
January 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
On February 9, the Swiss will vote on the "environmental responsibility" initiative. The text requires the economy to respect the planet's limits. The initiative builds on research from @sthlmresilience.bsky.social and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, among others. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
We are "grossly underestimating risk due to climate change and nature-related crises.” Colleagues from @exeter.ac.uk and @theearthcommission.bsky.social in new analysis saying that global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP unless immediate climate action is taken now www.forbes.com/sites/jamieh...
Global GDP Faces 50% Loss Without Climate Change Action, Study Finds
Dr. Jesse Abrams from the University of Exeter said we are “grossly underestimating risk due to climate change and nature-related crises” in an interview.
www.forbes.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We are "grossly underestimating risk due to climate change and nature-related crises.” Colleagues from @exeter.ac.uk and @theearthcommission.bsky.social in new analysis saying that global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP unless immediate climate action is taken now www.forbes.com/sites/jamieh...