If you want to be cheered up after a rough week, offer old mineral samples to some geology students.

Check out these community college models for engaging students in local climate problem solving on Thursday, September 25th. They are also informative to applied internships & research broadly at many campuses. We need the ecosystem. web.cvent.com/event/9d372b...

Whatcom Community College Pavilion Room 201 September 25th 5:30pm - 7:00pm Join as the Salish Sea Institute screens Jessica Plumb's newest films. We will be showing Call of the Orcas, Managed To Extinction and Shared Waters Shared Crisis, followed by a conversation with the Filmmaker Jessica Plumb.

Forget about AI, where San Francisco is really innovating is heat pump deployment! ☑️ $50/mo bill credit for 2-3 years for replacing gas water heater with heat pump ☑️ free HPWHs for disadvantaged communities ☑️ expanding all-electric requirements to major remodels www.cleanpowersf.org/waterheater

As I sit in my beach-facing hotel in the Galapagos- I’m anxiously awaiting word about Hawaii and feeling the reality of the US focused issues of warnings… and glad my hotel room is not on the ground floor.

For everyone paying attention to earthquake & tsunami info, a lot of funding for tsunami & earthquake monitoring comes from NOAA, but the fed gov is cutting their funding. Call your legislators, tell them to fund NOAA & USGS, who in turn funds regional network operators, like AK Earthquake Center

Also critically important - duration for potential unusual near shore currents / wave activity… (tsunami duration) Although the main event may pass, enhanced rip currents and unusual wave activity may persist hours later, be especially cautious in these zones. #CAwx 7/29/2025

Due to mass confusion, clarifying again: Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by. Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely. Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.

Please share as wide as possible, don’t just ‘like’ this message. Lives depend on making sure as many get this as possible. #Tsunami #Pacific #Earthquake #DemVoice1 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I’m not going to retweet that NOAA propaganda post about deep sea mining. Instead, I’ll tell you that I don’t know a single NOAA scientist who would promote deep sea mining in this way, because the available science we have does not justify exploitation of deep sea habitats for minerals.

As someone who has spent more than 12 years on weather and climate services: I have never seen a fully private service work economically. All effective, affordable services are built on public data. If NWS is privatized, you’ll be paying more for less effective forecasts.

It's not real. It's not us. It's not bad. It's too hard to fix. It's too late. Just about every climate denial argument I've ever heard is a variant of one of these five categories, and each one is as bad as the next. Why? Because they all have the same goal: prevent action as long as possible.

Time to use Amazon like they used to use brick-and-mortar book stores!

Needing more attention (IMO) is the impact to NWS and NOS systems maintenance. Radars, ASOS, upper air, ocean buoys, tide gauges and a myriad of other data collection efforts require frequent work just to stay functional. Outages and extended downtime will accumulate with cascading impacts. #NOAA

Maine Sea Grant generates $15 in income for every dollar spent. And that’s what the “treat government like a business” people never seem to want to admit. The ROI of federal funding is beyond anything any corporation could ever dream of. It just doesn’t end up in their pockets.

The people in power intend to completely annihilate scientific infrastructure, capacity, & research in the US. No institution will be spared if its mission is to advance science. Everyone is already a target, whether you speak up or not. So, institutions, consider speaking up.

hi! are you cis? did you see this? the senate wants to move the president’s anti-trans sports ban closer to being a law monday. democratic senators need to know fucking NYT opinion writers don’t speak for you & you think trans people’s civil rights *matter.* tap the quoted thread. please call.

Note to self for the 2025-2026 flu season... abcnews.go.com/US/fda-cance...

Keep calling your reps, folks. I actually spoke to a real person today to voice my opposition to NOAA cuts and the Andrew Tate shitshow. I focused on how the cuts to NOAA are likely going to directly impact services to his constituents with regards to modeling and resource management.

You know what to do

no money moves tomorrow. cash at your local small businesses only!

The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Apropos of everything, I keep a very frequently (these days) updated list of internships/jobs across the wx-climate enterprise here: wx.erau.edu/about/opport.... Open to anyone, not just our students. I will start including higher-level positions than I normally do (normally focus on entry-level).

This. Is. The. Purge. It's here. It's not hyperbole. It's happening.

Call your congressional reps today about this one if they are on this committee! (Follow link for list of members)

Call to Action: STAND UP FOR SCIENCE rally and protest. Washington DC and nationwide, March 7. If you are a scientist or value science, create your own events in addition to this. Form a science coalition. #3E #EndAutogenocide #standupforscience2025 #Mar7

T-minus 2 days! Gas up the car, buy groceries now

Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it. Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps! #EduSky #STEMEd

Just some amazing signs up in a congressional office building. Whoever did this… hero(es).

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

The most deadly hurricane in US history was the one they had no warning of - the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. So this is good news from @drjeffmasters.bsky.social. Warnings save lives!

Hey @npr.org I'm begging you to do a more thorough job. Musk's threat that federal employees risk losing our jobs if we don't comply with his demands was in a tweet - and not in the email from OPM. His twitter posts have no standing over anyone. Don't give him power that he doesn't have.

Yuck! The first linked story on the EPA website is Breitbart news, funded by the fossil billionaires, & calling for us to step back from climate action, or rather to let industry guide this. We were creating jobs, leading change & reducing emissions with the Inflation Reduction Act. www.epa.gov

"Multiple kidneys had to be thrown out because of transport delays — couriers not picking them up in time or airlines misplacing them. One was accidentally left on an airport luggage trolley." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I commented on all three of the proposed passport rules with a version of the below. I am not saying this is the correct comment but I am sharing in case it’s helpful. Please comment in opposition of these changes and when you’re done, comment on the proposed FAFSA changes too.

Accessible version:

🚨 WANT TO HELP US STAND UP FOR SCIENCE? 🚨 Here's a little update on where we're currently at with the planning process! Is your state red or grey & you want to see an event happen? Fill out our volunteer form or share with a friend! airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #standupforscience2025

Hey Washington folks: please take two seconds to contact your state legislators to oppose HB 1038, which would ban gender-affirming care for kids in Washington. Gender-affirming care saves lives. Stand up for trans kids!

I emailed university faculty/staff/administrators a roadmap to support DEI through legal challenges, collective resistance, and institutional protections for faculty. The question isn’t whether institutions will comply—it’s who will fight back, and how! greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/how-universi...

Gathering of humans resisting through joy in the rain was cup filling. #transrightsarehumanrights

yes to this potent wisdom 🌱🌱🌱

Hey there VA, MD, DC! Some of these start in a few and some are probably still rocking

Maybe only a small act, still good to show broad concern - union of concerned scientists is seeking signatures on a letter urging congress and administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk

This is a great idea. I won't buy ANYTHING on Feb. 28. Anyone else in? 👇

not looking at something doesn't make it go away. that's object permanence. something children typically develop by the age of two. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Canada can not rely on Starlink. What is the status of the deal in Ontario?