This passage of Cosmos came to mind while I was watching Pete Hegseth strut across the stage at the Pentagon yesterday.

On The Climate Brink, @hausfath.bsky.social writes about the trends of spending on clean energy vs. national defense: When will clean energy spending exceed military spending? www.theclimatebrink.com/p/when-will-...

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

Excellent article by @bobkopp.net describing the attacks on climate science by the Trump administration and calling for the research community to find a better strategy to respond. Articles like this are a critical to letting people know the full scope of what's being done to science.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

When academia's stars mistreat people, they're "punished" with relief from teaching, mentoring, and service responsibilities. This frees them to spend more time on the more valued work of research. And dumps less valued responsibilities onto colleagues, making it harder for them to become stars.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

If you have personal testimonials about how @ncar-ucar.bsky.social has benefited your career, submit your story to @ametsoc.org via this web form. #SaveNCAR docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sometimes I wonder what my motivation is at this stage in my career. And it's this. Making sure small-minded men die mad about my inclusion. And propping the door open for as many smart and kind people as I can.

The National Science Foundation’s entire budget is $10 billion.

Federal officials now project that Lake Powell will "most probably" drop below power pool level — meaning Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate hydropower — before the end of this year: www.landdesk.org/p/the-colora... via @landdesk.bsky.social

This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.

$1,005,000 That is the amount of federal funding that was already funded and withdrawn, plus the funds recommended by peer review and would have been awarded to my research group if the status quo were in place at NSF, NOAA, DOE.

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...

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

Congress may have appropriated the funds, but it appears the regime isn't letting agencies like NSF use it

Today from my professional society, the @ametsoc.org: "The repeal of the [EPA] Endangerment Finding does not alter the central unambiguous scientific conclusion: The climate change that people are causing threatens human lives and well-being." Full statement: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.

We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege

Oh hey, flat funding science agencies doesn’t mean flat funding actual science

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...

This a word cloud from the titles of ~1100 terminated NSF grants. It is hard not to see these grant terminations as an attack on the training of the future United States scientific workforce.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A Dry, Warm January Leaves the West With the Worst Snowpack in Decades www.drought.gov/drought-stat...

We’re all back from Houston, but the application for the 2026 AMS Early Career Leadership Academy is STILL OPEN! You have 8 days to get your application, so don’t miss your chance! #AMSECLA2026

The western U.S. faces its lowest snowpack on record despite average or above-average rainfall. Warmer temperatures mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, and will worsen droughts in areas like the Pacific Northwest and the Colorado River Basin. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...

For 40+ years, Storm Peak Lab in Colorado has allowed scientists to have their “head in the clouds" to explore atmospheric chemistry and processes like mixed-phase cloud microphysics. Learn more about this high-altitude research station on AMS Headlines: https://bit.ly/3OdCql2

A federal proposal to dismantle NCAR, one of the world's premier climate and weather research centers, shocked climate scientists when it was announced in December. Alan Seals, president of the @ametsoc.org, joins us to discuss the latest updates. bigpicturescience.org/episodes/col...

THE CORRUPTION IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE

Excellent Toolkit by @agu.org on responding to the NSF Dear Colleague Letter regarding NCAR. #SaveNCAR. Please Share!

NCAR represents what is possible when a nation chooses to invest in science as a public good, writes @carlonimbus.bsky.social of @ucs.org. #SaveNCAR eos.org/opinions/wha...

14% of all U.S. government STEM Ph.D.s have left the workforce since Dec. 2024, a huge brain drain. New hires replaced only about 9% of the departures (at 14 of the agencies studied).

The National Science Foundation has just released its Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) regarding NCAR and it is gut-wrenching. The deadline to submit comments to the DCL is March 13th. I urge folks to please share and inform NSF on the critical importance of NCAR. www.nsf.gov/funding/info...

Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.

Don't miss out on our amazing events coming up at the @ametsoc.org Annual Meeting in Houston! Use the link below (also in our profile bio) to access our events in the online meeting program. The links will also take you to the event pages in the app if you have it downloaded! linktr.ee/amswomen

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

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See below for opportunities to learn about the awesome research we are doing in my group and learn more about the Atmospheric Science program at the University of Utah at #AMS2026 I’ll be there Saturday-Thursday if you’d like to connect 😄

The application for the 2026 AMS Early Career Leadership Academy is now open! ECLA brings together early-career individuals to develop leadership skills and create a network of peers and mentors. Learn more and apply by 10 February: https://bit.ly/3Na0l4y #AMSECLA26

The National Weather Service is now hiring for both entry-level and seasoned meteorologist positions. Apply by January 29! The entry-level positions are available in: ▪️ Houston, TX ▪️ Ft. Worth, TX ▪️ Hastings, NE ▪️ Great Falls, MT ▪️ Marquette, MI Apply: www.usajobs.gov/job/854675700

The challenge is that due to various quirks of American governance, there's no guarantee that congressionally appropriated funds are actually allocated as per legislation. Most "cuts" in 2025 stemmed not from funding decreases but non-disbursement of extant funds for partisan political reasons.[1/2]

‘It’s the continued existence of the normative state that lulls a population to sleep. It makes you discount the warnings of others. “Surely,” you say to yourself, “things aren’t that bad. My life is pretty much what it was.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

NSF needs to hear from you. Among other points, I suggested: keep politics out of science; stop using the threat of cancelling scientific grants to try to control universities; increase NSF funding for fundamental research. Pls send around. Deadline is January 27. Thanks www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...

Although we need everyone to call their representatives, the most important voices to reach are Senators from Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming who have voiced support for weather and climate research in the past. 3/

The entire region experienced much above average (top 10%) to record-warm #temperatures in December. For weather monitoring sites with at least 50 years of data, 50 of 60 sites in Utah had a record-warm December, 31 of 75 sites had records in Colorado, and 34 of 46 sites had records in Wyoming. #wx

Just got 3 review requests in the span of 30 minutes 🙃

Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average. climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...