Sam Wheeler, Ph.D.

Fmr NCSTA Pres #PAEMST; Albert Einstein Fellow (DOE); #AEF ; NASA NEAT; Physics Instrctr #space, Kenan Fellow, fighting #climatechange; my opinions , #exploring

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

82 years ago Today, the largest amphibious invasion in history began along the coast of Normandy, known as D-Day.

Real footage in color.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

These are real images of exoplanets.

Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away.

These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark.

And we can see them.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Thanks to ticks and mosquitoes, disease will become a more familiar part of our lives; thanks to the shifting seasonal patterns, we can expect more animals to go extinct."

https://t.co/kpDtC2UNHO

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

The orphaned baby goat rejected by its own herd after a wolf killed its mother now sneaks in every night to sleep safely among the shepherd dogs. ❤️❤️

[Gaurav kochar @gaurav_kochar]

🚨🌊 THIS IS STARTING TO LOOK VERY SERIOUS.

We now have +5°C ocean temperature anomalies showing up off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador.

That is the birthplace of the world's strongest El Niño events.

The Pacific is heating up at a pace that should have everyone's attention.

🔥 Massive amounts of heat are building in the eastern Pacific
🌊 Warm water continues surging eastward
🌍 Global weather patterns are beginning to respond

If this trend continues:

🌡️ Historic heatwaves could spread across multiple continents
🌾 Crop failures and agricultural stress could intensify
📈 Food prices could surge globally
💧 Droughts and water shortages could worsen
🌧️ Flooding risks could increase in vulnerable regions

The atmosphere hasn't fully coupled with the ocean yet.

That's the scary part.

The Pacific is still loading energy into the system.

And if a full-blown Super El Niño emerges, the second half of 2026 could become one of the most extreme weather periods of the modern era.

Buckle up fellers...

IT'S SHOWTIME. 🌊🔥

#ElNiño #SuperElNino #Climate #Weather #Heatwave #FoodCrisis #Drought #Floods #GlobalWeather

[Peter D Carter @PCarterClimate]

PERMAFROST TIPPING POINT BY 2°C, TIBETAN PLATEAU EXPERIMENT
2026 paper Permafrost Tipping Point Triggered By Warming-Driven Loss Of Old Carbon. Experimental warming on the Tibetan Plateau reveals a permafrost tipping point at 2 –4 °C. The largest increase in carbon release occurs at 2°C. https://t.co/lyowWk93Ke
#climatechange #globalwarming

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"Build back better" blah blah blah.
"Green economy" blah blah blah.
"Net zero by 2050" blah blah blah.
"Net zero" blah blah blah.
"Climate neutral" blah blah blah.

https://t.co/Zvy9lrokou

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Mount Vesuvius appears through a nearly perfect opening in the clouds in this impressive image captured by the Landsat 8 satellite.

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

Don't harm opossums! They’re harmless and actually really useful. They keep pests in check (eating ticks, roaches, rats, and scorpions), clean up dead animals, and help spread seeds. Basically, they’re nature’s cleanup crew

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

The latest CERES data for March just dropped and the planet is now at its fastest rate of heating since January, 2024.

Over the last 12 months Earth warmed at a rate of about 13.16 Hiroshimas per second, or about 1.14 million Hiroshimas per day.

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

At a time when ocean temperatures are smashing records and scientists are still trying to understand how fast the system is shifting under climate change, they are talking about scrapping a 368 million dollar early warning network that has ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR by tax payers.

This is not just a few sensors in the sea. It is a network of ~900 instruments measuring temperature, currents, carbon, chemistry and ecosystem change. It was designed to deliver long term data over decades.

This would effectively end key long running records and that matters because ocean data only becomes powerful over time. You cannot rebuild a continuous climate record once it is interrupted.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Here's another look at the progression of the global surface temperature anomaly for the month of May, 1940 - 2026.

Do you see that spike in 1998? It was the result of the massive 97/98 El Nino. That (and more) could happen in 2027. Stay tuned!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Rescuers save a baby elephant and mom trapped in mud.

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Waves grow steeper and taller as they approach the shore, as the front slows down due to friction with the seabed, but the energy behind it continues to push forward, causing the crest to curl over and release the wave's energy.

📽: Conor Hegyi

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Everyone's out here waiting for aliens to arrive.

WE are the aliens.

A camera we built is orbiting mars right now, staring into a crater no living thing has ever seen. crossed the void, showed up unannounced, peeked inside.

In this story we're the visitors from another world.

and honestly? kinda iconic of us 🪐

[Matt Devitt @MattDevittWX]

SAHARAN DUST 🏜️🐪 It's that time of the year again! Plumes of dust will be heading west from Africa over the next 2 weeks...some of which could head aloft into the United States. Helps to suppress tropical activity in impacted areas and can lead to an extra vibrant glow at sunrise & sunset. Here's the latest model:

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

A mother pig and her children rescued from factory farming see the outdoors, sky grass and fresh air…for the first time

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

An osprey captured mid-dive just moments before hitting the water.

Photographer Chen Chengguang documented the bird’s precise hunting sequence as it folded its wings and extended its talons seconds before catching its prey.

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

The evolution of a giant solar vortex over two days

To capture this timelapse, astrophotographer Miguel Claro recorded 3 terabytes of data.