“Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers” by Chelsea Harvey, Lesley Clark and Corbin Hiar for @politico@flipboard.com:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/28/climate-science-conservative-documents-universities-01065669
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Michael E. Mann 
@MichaelEMann@fediscience.org
mastodon 4.6.9Scientist/Author; Presidential Distinguished Professor/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media, U. Penn; National Academy of Sciences; Royal Society; Tyler Prize
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"Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster" | My latest op-ed for The @guardian@flipboard.social https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/01/nepal-flooding-climate-disaster
"'Mind-blowing' El Niño stuns scientists. Why are they so concerned?" | Comprehensive, balanced piece by Dinah Voyles Pulver on the current El Niño event and what we're likely to see, via @USAToday@flipboard.com:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2026/07/25/el-nino-updates-data-impacts/91028072007/
My interview earlier this evening on @BBCNews@flipboard.com about the climate change-fueled wildfires currently ravaging Europe and the myths about them promoted by Trump
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Thanks so much folks for choosing "The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars" as one of your favorite climate books! Via Sara Peach of @YaleClimate@flipboard.com:
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/staff-picks-our-favorite-climate-books/
"This Isn't A Heat Wave" Top Scientist's Warning About What's Over East Coast -- Heat Dome" | My interview with the great @jimacosta@bird.makeup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTcZqetkEvk
BREAKING "This Isn't A Heat Wave" Top Scientist's Warning About What's Over East Coast | Heat Dome
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2027--which is likely to coincide with the mature phase of a major El Niño event--is likely to set a new global temperature record, for the reasons laid out in our #PNAS article from last month: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2600021123
So honored to share this award with my good friend and #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotez@bird.makeup. We will be speaking, along with our friend Bill Nye and numerous other luminaries, at #CSICon26 Friday Jun 12 in Buffalo NY, courtesy of @center4inquiry@bird.makeup:
“’Pressure’ shows why Eisenhower trusted scientists over blowhards —and why we should too” by Matthew Rozsa for #AlterNet:
“Trump’s wildfire blame game with Canada draws scientist backlash” by Saman Ali for #MinuteMirror:
https://minutemirror.com.pk/trumps-wildfire-blame-game-with-canada-draws-scientist-backlash-598075/
"Senate Rejects Canada Wildfire Sanctions as Scientists Point to Climate, Not Ottawa" by Earl Bensen for @techtimes_news@bird.makeup:
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322029/20260729/senate-rejects-canada-wildfire-sanctions-scientists-point-climate-not-ottawa.htm
“El Niño is back, and it will shape weather far beyond the Pacific” by Jason Klein for @uofpenn@bird.makeup @upennclimate@mastodon.social:
https://climate.upenn.edu/news/el-nino-is-back-and-it-will-shape-weather-far-beyond-the-pacific/
“Record-breaking high temperatures in 2024, a once-in-a-thousand-year event without global warming [actually, less than once in 40,000 years]” | Piece on our recent @PNASNews@fediscience.org article in #YonhapNews (translated from Korean):
The wildfires in Ontario and Minnesota are a direct consequence of the high temperatures and low rainfall resulting from a major July heat dome event.
A year ago we showed that these events have tripled in frequency due to human-caused warming: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/extreme-summer-weather-patterns-have-tripled-1950s
My comments on the new @thenasem@threads.net report on climate change & extreme weather attribution.
The TLDR statement: If anything, the academy understates the strength of the science linking increasingly extreme weather events to climate change:
https://michaelmann.net/comments-on-national-academy-of-sciences-report-on-climate-change-extreme-weather-event-attribution/
“Dropping worst-case climate scenario doesn’t reduce threat, scientists warn” | Article in #YeniSafak:
"Getting Murdoched: climategate" | Article by Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson for #PearlsAndIrritations:
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/07/472495-2/
“Sorry, climate change is still dangerous, no matter what nonsense Trump emits” | @DoctorVive@mastodon.energy & I discuss the latest fossil-fueled climate disinformation narrative platformed by Trump and other bad actors in #thebulletinoftheatomicscientists:
The Gap Index is a real-time climate accountability dashboard that continuously compares observed climate indicators against IPCC AR6 SSP2-4.5 projections. The project was created by independent researcher Shannon T. Wong. Learn more at the link here: https://www.gapindex.org
“Why are scientists worried about the new global methane rules and emission goals?” | Article by Basudha Das for #BusinessToday:
“Proving climate science right” | Piece by @uofpenn@bird.makeup #PennToday about our recent @PNASNews@fediscience.org article:
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-arts-sciencs-proving-climate-science-right
“What to know about the predictions for a potentially record-breaking El Niño” by Jennifer Mcdermott for the @apnews@c.im. The article provides some very helpful context, but I would take issue with the headline. It is entirely unclear we’re going to see a “record-breaking El Niño”. The current consensus forecast is for a Niño3.4 value of similar magnitude to 2023/2024 (~2.0C) & much smaller than 2015/2016 (~2.7C). The article closes with the key larger point (courtesy of yours truly).
Why dropping the worst-case climate scenario does not undermine the reality of global warming” by Audrey Garric for @lemonde@mastodon.social [paywalled]:
“Climate scientists say heatwave misinformation is fuelling online harassment” by Tamsin Paternoster for @euronews@flipboard.com:
“The record-breaking high temperatures of 2024, if natural, would be an extraordinary event occurring only once every 1,000 years [actually, less than once in 40,000 years]” | Piece on our recent @PNASNews@fediscience.org article in #Mainichikagaku (translated from Japanese):
“Former Vice President Al Gore speaks at climate reality conference, emphasizes youth education, engagement” by Margaret White for the #TheDailyBeacon:
2024 global temperature record is consistent with model predictions” | Piece by Brian McHugh about our new @PNASNews@fediscience.org article:
“2024 global temperature record is consistent with model-predicted warming” | Our new article in @PNASNews@fediscience.org (open access):
“Heating Up to Expectations” | Press release on our new @PNASNews@fediscience.org article (via #MichaelMannBlog):
“From hockey sticks to EV fires: The circular economy of climate disinformation” by Michael Barnard for @renew_economy@bird.makeup:
“Temperaturas récord coinciden con predicciones climáticas” [“Record temperatures coincide with climate predictions”] | Nice piece on our recent @PNASNews@fediscience.org article by Úrsula Pamela García for @Meteored@masto.es [in spanish]:
“Methane, federalism, and Earth’s fragile moment” | My commentary in @marylandmatters@bird.makeup with Vivian Thomson:
https://marylandmatters.org/2026/05/15/methane-federalism-and-earths-fragile-moment/
“Trump and Republicans Peddle False Claims About Wildfires” by Dana Drugmand for #SierraMagazine:
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump-and-republicans-peddle-false-claims-about-wildfires
“'We can halt warming – and we must': IPCC scientist on why Europe keeps choosing fossil fuels” by Beatrix Asboth, Angela Symons and Vizi Attila for @euronews@flipboard.com:
“Heartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’” by Rei Takver for @desmog@bird.makeup:
https://www.desmog.com/2026/05/05/heartland-institute-limiting-voting-rights-lee-zeldin/
“Dropping worst-case climate scenario does not lessen global warming threat: Report” by Ilayda Cakirtekin for #USMuslims:
“Methane, federalism and Earth’s fragile moment: Va. must take legislative action on climate change” | My commentary in the @VirginiaMercury@flipboard.com with Vivian Thomson:
“Lessons learned from Ida: Philadelphia must brace for next big storm, Penn researchers say” | Nice piece from @whyy@news.twtr.plus on our recent @uofpenn@bird.makeup study:
https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-flooding-hurricane-ida-lessons-climate/
With a a major El Niño now in full swing, global sea surface temperatures are approaching their previous record, set in March 2024
https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu/
"Penn Climate executive director discusses future of solar technology at Drexel film screening" by Can Doga Bolukbasi for the @dailypenn@bird.makeup:
https://www.thedp.com/article/2026/05/penn-climate-technology-solar-geoengineering-planet-drexel
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“Climate Change: New Data, New Debate” | Virtual Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists event w/ Alexandra Bell, Genevieve Guenther & yours truly, Monday June 22. Register here:
https://pages.thebulletin.org/20260622-Climate-Change-New-Data-New-Debate
“From record heat to floods and drought – what’s in store if a ‘super’ El Niño hits this year” by Liam Gilliver for @euronews@flipboard.com:
“Can AI Help Combat the Climate Crisis?” | Nice piece in @uofpenn@bird.makeup #OmniaMagazine featuring @uofpenn@bird.makeup student Anya Draves (w/ a kind shout-out for my @AnnenbergPenn@mastodon.social climate communication course with Kathleen Hall Jamieson):
https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/can-AI-help-combat-climate-crisis-anya-draves-alum
“2024 Record Heatwave Not an Unexpected Anomaly, Says US Research Team” by Kim Seungwook for #AsiaBusinessDaily:
“Heating Up to Expectations” | @uofpenn@bird.makeup #OmniaMagazine on our new study in @PNASNews@fediscience.org :
https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/heating-expectations-climate-models-michael-mann
“Top Climate Scientists Accuse the Livestock Industry of Pushing Fuzzy Math to Downplay its Climate Warming Emissions” by @georgina_gustin@bird.makeup for @insideclimatenews@journa.host:
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20052026/global-warming-potential-star-livestock-emissions/
“Canadian smoke, Texas floods, and record heat push the US into a ‘new abnormal’” by Ray Brennan for @TheCoolDown@flipboard.com:
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/climate-change-disasters-summer-smoke-floods-heat/
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Thanks to the rapidly developing major El Niño event, global surface air and sea surface temperatures are approaching new record values. Typically it is the year following the event that yields new global temperature record, but it's possible we could see this year.
Will be talking with @jaketapper later today (~6:30pm ET) on @CNN@flipboard.com 's #TheLead about the climate change-fueled wildfires currently ravaging Spain and France: https://www.cnn.com/shows/the-lead
“Trump Lashes Out at National Academies of Sciences Over Climate Guide For Judges” by Dennis Pillion for @insideclimatenews@journa.host:
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20072026/trump-national-academies-climate-manual/