This looks like so much fun! Grad students take a look!

I know we have a problem of reviewers not responding quickly enough and not agreeing to review manuscripts. But I have had three requests today already and it's not even 9am. That's on top of the ~one/day I haven been getting over the last two weeks. I can't even keep up with responding!

I started working on leaves and climate in 2012...still at it with some new tools (plant hydraulics - the plumping of the terrestrial biosphere) to try and predict interannual variation. Response to drought suggests an adaptive acclimate to leaf shedding. eos.org/editor-highl...

UW has a new climate related Postdoc fellowship, application due April 15! Please reach out if you are interested in working with me!

The upcoming SW USA heat dome is predicted to be so anomalous that the 500 hPa heights over the entire region will exceed every historical daily max (1990-2025) from now until JUNE. This may be a short lived event, but the consequences for snowpack, water supply, and drought will be felt all year.

The California heat wave says summer, the trees say spring, and the snow storm in Seattle says winter. #confusedseasons

NCAR is the backbone of Earth system science in the US and a global leader in open climate research. It directly supports our mission. Alongside a wide range of peers in the scientific research community, we submitted a letter to NSF strongly opposing any efforts to dismantle or restructure NCAR.

Today is the deadline to respond to NSF's Dear Colleague Letter about restructuring NCAR -- there is still time to submit comments by emailing [email protected]! www.nsf.gov/funding/info...

In summary, more happiness. Less war. Ride a bike.

I'd love to talk to prospective postdocs who are thinking about the role of land in the climate system about applying! If that's you please reach out!

Postdoc Fellowship opportunity! UW Program on Climate Change has a new for a Postdoctoral Scholar program for fellows to develop and conduct novel climate science research that benefits from collaborations at UW. Apply by April 15th! pcc.uw.edu/research/fun...

The Land Model and Biogeochemistry working groups at NCAR have their meetings Tu-Th this week, and you can join virtually! Register (free) to get the link to join and find the agenda of talks here: www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/worki...

Someone without a science degree or any science research experience nominated to be in charge of NSF.

Need more industries to speak up against the attacks on NCAR. www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...

Last December, weather and climate scientists sat down with us to tell us why they loved the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and why it benefits us all. Last night, the NSF began dismantling it. Listen to what they have to say, and why it's urgent that we #SaveNCAR wclivestream.com/act

The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center was created to protect us against extreme weather and climate change. Now it's being transferred to an unknown "third party": www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/c... Tell Congress and the NSF to stop the transfer and #SaveNCAR wclivestream.com/act youtu.be/pT8dCoZgH_M

The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide. "Uncertainty carries a positive cost." www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...

Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...

I've seen several Big Climate Accounts™ post about how the recent winter storm was made worse by climate change. It's a convenient narrative. s But what is "worse"? Colder temperatures? More snow? More freezing rain? Is there any primary literature supporting the idea of worse snowstorms? 1/

@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154... #SaveNCAR

NSF has just put out a call for 'concepts' on how to evolve weather forecasting & computing related parts of NCAR. The word climate *does not appear* in this document, but it does ask for ideas on "Ownership of the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab building for private use" Call for input by March 13....

Know an awesome undergraduate student who would benefit from the opportunity to do research in the geosciences this summer? Applications are open for the Georgia Tech Broadening Participation REU (due February 15). 🌊 ☁️ 🌍 🧪

#SaveNCAR Update: CO Senators aren't backing down on NCAR protections, so now is the time to call your representatives and force the amendment to a vote: wclivestream.com/act/

On Tue, Jan. 13 at 2pm PT, I'll offer an update re: ongoing efforts to save the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research from dismantling. In so doing, I'll also reflect on the growing inseparability of weather and climate science and prediction.

Each Friday, I write a briefing on what is happening to American science & higher ed. 🧪 This was Year 2, Week 2: - science budgets avoid catastrophic cuts, but NOT okay - vaccination schedule hijacked & kids will suffer - university mergers in Oregon & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

So this is how they’ve chosen to mark the one year anniversary of the Los Angeles fires.

🚨Professorship at St Andrews🚨 We are recruiting a Professor in Earth Sci (incl atmos, oceans, climate) @earthscista.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Ideal candidate is a leading researcher with interests in impact/outreach. Deadline 23/3/26! www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

And Seattle!

Reckless destruction of climate science won’t stop climate change from happening.

NCAR has been the magic sauce that has made weather/climate studies and advances in US and the world over great. madison.com/news/local/e... www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...

NOAA has started terminating grants to UCAR under the UCAR/NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program (CAMP).

Some reflections after returning back from a conference at which I and 20,000 colleagues learned that the Trump administration intends to dismantle #NCAR. This outrage should not happen. deepconvection.substack.com/p/save-ncar

““Everybody on that floor knows what an excellent job [it] does,” he said, pointing to the Senate floor.” thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Grateful to Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper for taking this critical action. We’ll continue to support their efforts every step of the way!

The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous. It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe. We urge that this plan be abandoned. Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA

🚨 Calling all geoscientists 🚨 If you or anyone you know is attending #AGU25, please join us and spread the word to #SaveNCAR. More info at: wclivestream.com/ncar_at_agu/

Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AGU25 #climate

12:15 Thursday at AGU for those attending

Threatening to dismantle NCAR, our premier weather and climate research institute (apparently) because Colorado refuses to pardon someone accused of tampering with voting machines is a sad example of our current kakistocracy in action… www.nytimes.com/2025...

Gonna keep posting about this. Dismantling NCAR is stupid and dangerous; doing it as payback to the governor of Colorado is idiotic.

AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:

NCAR’s Mesa Lab is literally a science castle dedicated to understanding our planet in an open and collaborative way, and leading the world in that effort. We cannot let this happen.

Library of Alexandria level destruction

Friends at NCAR, we're with you. @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is a trailblazer in community modelling driven not by idealogy, but by open science. We share all our code, thoughts, ideas. These can't be shut down. We'll fight and find every mechanism to support the ongoing CESM community.

The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Earthquake! (yesterday, not near me right now) @gfun.earth earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

I'm not attending the AGU meeting this year but you can check out these collaborations with my group!

The NorESM community will (also!) be running a tutorial in January 14-16th, in Bergen, Oslo and online (for those who prefer their ESM tutorials in an Euro-timezone!). It is focused on NorESM2.3 but the workflow will be similar for the (in development) NorESM3. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happily, there will be a CESM tutorial again this year @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Also, much like learning a Scandinavian language, once you can run CESM, you can probably also run NorESM, CMCC and E3SM, so it's like a 4-in-1 deal... :) www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/tutor...

Good questions to be asking! I remember @profdesai.bsky.social had some really good advice for me on how to write these letters but it is lost to the ancient history of twitter.