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abeba.bsky.social
The surge of AI slop, deceptive synthetic videos & images flooding our feeds, is driven in large part by Agentic AI Accounts (AAAs). aiforensics.org/work/agentic...

Key findings:
-Over 43,000 mostly AI-made posts generated 4.5 billion views
-More than 65% of accounts were created in early 2025

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aiforensics.org
December 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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nichkaie.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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zacklabe.com
October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...

#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
Climate Viz of the Month
October 2025 Hi everyone! Instead of designing a new special feature visualization, this next ‘climate viz of the month’ blog will focus on briefly summarizing the recent extremes in th…
zacklabe.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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zacklabe.com
Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November...

Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Four polar stereographic maps showing Arctic near-surface air temperature anomalies for the month of November in 1985-1994, 1995-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-2024. Most all areas are observing long-term warming, which is largest along the Eurasian coast.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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anhkhoido.bsky.social
Les municipalités québécoises boudent le catalogue de logements de la Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement (SCHL) même si ce catalogue est adapté à l'urbanisme et au climat de plusieurs villes du Québec.
Crise du logement | Les villes québécoises boudent le catalogue fédéral d’habitations
Le gouvernement fédéral a récemment dévoilé une initiative en matière de logement visant à accélérer la construction résidentielle. Curieusement, aucune municipalité de la province ne s’est engagée à…
www.lapresse.ca
November 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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zacklabe.com
Can’t read my own research publications (paywall). Can’t read the science news articles I’m interviewed for and quoted in (paywall). 🥹
September 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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zacklabe.com
"It’s getting hotter, longer, more humid and more dangerous. Yet averages elide a complex reality: The country’s experience of hotter summers — and thus one of the most visceral aspects of climate change itself — is fractured along geographic lines."

More on the Central U.S. warming hole ⬇️
The strange divide in how Americans experience summer temperatures | CNN
Average temperatures elide a complex reality: The country’s experience of hotter summers — and thus one of the most visceral aspects of climate change itself — is fractured along geographic lines.
www.cnn.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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laydgeur.bsky.social
Vous avez sûrement déjà lu que la climatisation aggrave les canicules car l’air chaud rejeté à l’extérieur augmenterait la température des villes de 2 à 3°C.

Vérifions ce que disent vraiment les études scientifiques à ce sujet 🧑‍🔬

(lisez jusqu’au bout, car vous allez être 🤯🤯 à la fin)

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Carte de Paris simulation îlot de chaleur
August 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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abeba.bsky.social
they want fascist "AI"
July 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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bb27000.fr
Quel est la durée de vie d'un train?
10 ans? 20 ans? 40 ans?
Comment un vieux train peut redevenir un train tout neuf?

Thread technique ⤵️⤵️⤵️
July 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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zacklabe.com
Aiming to add one new U.S. climate indicator per day to zacklabe.com/united-state..., this one was pretty grim... changes in the net mass of ice for 4 reference glaciers ☹️
Line graph time series of the cumulative change in mass of selected U.S. glaciers relative to 1965. There is a long-term decline in each glacier with significant ice loss. Data provided by EPA, USGS, and WMO WGMS.
July 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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zacklabe.com
The latest summary from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)... 😔

"With budget cuts from NASA for Sea Ice Today, we will no longer write mid-month analyses in the months leading up to the Arctic sea ice minimum." - @nsidc.bsky.social
SSMIS sunsets AMSR2 rises | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Arctic sea ice extent tracked at near-record low levels through much of June, hitting daily record low levels from June 20 to 26. Antarctic sea ice averaged third lowest for the month of June. There h...
nsidc.org
July 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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zacklabe.com
Please follow/support actual scientists and trusted messengers.

NOT these random anonymous accounts and “alt” whatevers.
kebrightbill.bsky.social Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · Jul 5
The "Alt NOAA" account is currently spreading misinformation about weather alerts and claiming that cell phone alerts don't exist and you have to have a weather radio. Cell phone alerts absolutely do exist, check your settings to make sure you didn't turn them off.

www.fcc.gov/public-safet...
www.fcc.gov
July 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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zacklabe.com
I just added a new graphic to my climate indicators page. It shows monthly global mean temperatures from 1950 to present, with shading corresponding to the approximate state of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). I hope it is useful.

Follow along at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... (updated monthly).
Bar graph showing global mean surface temperature anomalies from January 1950 through April 2025. There is a long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are relative to a pre-industrial baseline of 1850-1900. Bars are label whether it is a El Nino or La Nina month using a definition from the Nino 3.4 region with ERSSTv5 data.
July 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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zacklabe.com
The new redirect when you search ➡️ climate.gov

Yikes... ☹️
Screenshot that shows new message: "UPDATED: June 24, 2025. In compliance with Executive Order 14303 (“Restoring Gold Standard Science”), the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s June 23, 2025 Memorandum (“Agency Guidance for Implementing Gold Standard Science in the Conduct & Management of Scientific Activities”), 15 USC § 2904 (“National Climate Program”), 15 USC § 2934 (“National Global Change Research Plan”), and 33 USC § 893a (“NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Science Education Programs”), you have been redirected to NOAA.gov. Future research products previously housed under Climate.gov will be available at NOAA.gov/climate and its affiliate websites."
June 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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zacklabe.com
Looking across each latitude band, nearly all areas averaged temperatures on the warmer side for the last three months combined. Unsurprisingly, some of these larger temperature departures were over the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.

Data from data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
Bar graph showing zonal mean surface air temperature anomalies for the period of March to May 2025. Most all latitude bands observed above average temperature anomalies, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.
June 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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zacklabe.com
This is quite eye-opening to me anyways... temperatures averaged over land areas so far this year are statistically tied for the warmest on record!

Data from www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Line graph time series of global land mean surface temperature anomalies for each January-May period from 1850 through 2025. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly averaged for January-May 2025 was 2.05°C for global land areas. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. Data from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0.
June 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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zacklabe.com
What a hot mess.

Climate change dashboard updated through last month: zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
This graphic shows four line graph time series and each are monthly from January 1984 through May 2025. The first graph is a 12-month running mean of global mean surface temperature anomalies. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1991-2020 baseline using ERA5 data. The second graph is monthly carbon dioxide abundance. The CO2 graph is the Keeling Curve. Current levels are 431 ppm. The third graph is monthly global methane abundance. Current levels are 1934 ppb. The fourth graph is monthly global nitrous oxide abundance. Current levels are 339 ppb. The three greenhouse gases show seasonal cycles and long-term increasing trends using data from NOAA ESRL. The global mean surface temperature anomaly record also exhibits decadal variability and a long-term increasing trend. All graphs are rising and shown in four different colors, including white, yellow, orange, and pink.
June 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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zacklabe.com
See why we call it Arctic "amplification" 🫣

Graphic available at zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
Two line graphs showing Arctic surface temperature anomalies and global mean surface temperature anomalies from 1950 to 2024. The Arctic is warming faster than the global mean, but there is still interannual variability in both time series.
June 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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zacklabe.com
Finally… I’ve been waiting for someone to cover this story. So sad. Climate[dot]gov has always been one of my favorite go-to resources to share.
June 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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zacklabe.com
Methane (CH₄) is a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to human-caused climate warming. Here are the last monthly readings...

February 2025 - 1934 ppb
February 2024 - 1926 ppb

Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_.... Read more about the methane budget in doi.org/10.5194/essd....
Red colored line graph time series of global atmospheric methane abundance from January 1984 through February 2025. Methane abundance is measured in units of parts per billion. Current levels are 1935 ppb. A seasonal cycle is visible on the graph. There is also decadal variability and a long-term increasing trend.
June 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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zacklabe.com
🚨 New record high! Global ocean heat content now updated through March 2025... This is human-caused.

Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa... 🌊
Line graph time series of global ocean heat content for the 0-2000 m layer for 3 year averages, yearly averages, and five years averages from the late 1950s to 2025. There is a long-term warming trend.
June 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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zacklabe.com
The prominent areas of surface ocean warmth (relative to average) continue in the midlatitude basins of both hemispheres. Marine heatwave conditions have continued for quite a while now in the north-central Pacific. ENSO is neutral.

Data from @noaa.gov OISSTv2.1 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt...
Global map showing sea surface temperature anomalies in May 2025 relative to 1982 to 2010. Most areas are warmer than average. Red is shown for warmer sea surface temperatures, and blue is shown for colder sea surface temperatures. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1.
June 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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zacklabe.com
A look at the global mean sea surface temperature during the month of April for the last 150+ years. Heat is increasing both at the surface as well as deeper in our oceans.

Data here is from psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded... 🌊
Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each April period from 1900 through 2025. There is large interannual variability, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline.
May 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM