Me to all of my senior male “colleagues” in my sub-field.😕

The Iran War has once again led to a bout of what @isabelschnabel.bsky.social memorably dubbed 'fossilflation'. It's en vouge to talk about the solution as some massively complex undertaking. It really isn't. Get off fossil fuels faster. My latest just out @nature.com rdcu.be/fdxig

NSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.

A final thought: the most important, efficacious, & sizeable faction on the left is plain old normie Dems, "wine moms," "resistance libs," whatever condescending term you prefer. They're the ones doing the actual work. But they are largely ignored by media, because they're organized & led by women.

No kings

The best time to have invested in renewables, walkable cities and transit to avoid the oil crisis shock was twenty years ago. The second best time is today.

Just in: UCAR has filed a lawsuit against NSF, the Commerce Dept, NOAA, and OMB to prevent the dismantling of NCAR, alleging "violations of the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act."

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

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...

While others are stepping back on climate, Project Drawdown is stepping up! We’re proud to announce the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support U.S.-based Ph.D.-level scientists & engineers focused on climate solutions for the public good. drawdown.org/news/project...

Happy birthday, Chuck. Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it

My friend sent me this earlier today

There are no penguins in Greenland you absolute moron.

Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...

Go away, Susan Collins. We need NCAR to remain

@AGU.ORG STATEMENT ON US WITHDRAWAL FROM CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TREATIES news.agu.org/press-releas...

The Trump administration is closing a NASA research library in Greenbelt, Maryland. The facility houses countless books and records that are unlikely to be digitized. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

Senate g House Approps are out with FY26 Interior, EPA, Commerce, Science, Energy and Water Development text after four months of the fiscal year have already lapsed.

Turns out people still actually link climate change to stuff happening in their actual lives and care about action being taken on it, despite the now widespread idea that we need to stop mentioning it to be successful www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/

#AGU25 folks, there is a rapid- response town hall TODAY on the #NCAR dismantling at 1 pm, La Nouvelle Orleans ballroom C (per an AGU media advisory)

A point I haven’t seen mentioned in these articles is that the Mesa Lab is (most days) open to the public, and the ground floor is a mini science museum that educates tons of people each year about the science of weather forecasting. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...

There’s a lot going on these days - don’t forget to consider applying to SPEC School 2026 and/or sharing with the grad students and postdocs you know!

It's like on the eve of WWII we decided to stop funding R&D into weapons systems to develop advanced aircraft, ships, and tanks. Climate change is going to kick our butts if we lose NCAR (and NOAA) at a time when climate change is increasing extreme weather events capable of crashing the economy.

Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center Any such plan "would set back our nation’s ability to predict, prepare for, and respond to severe weather and other natural disasters,” said Antonio Busalacchi, who oversees the center: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Another insane move from the Trump regime. One of NCAR's contributions to climate science is the development of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), which is used by researchers worldwide. Here's a simulation of air-sea CO₂ fluxes from CESM.

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...

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

Time to repurpose #AGU25 as a mass mobilization in support of NCAR, NSF, NOAA, NASA, USGS, DOE BER, and the Congressional power of the purse.

It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

NSF - Forced reorg - POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements) - Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …) I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing. “Details matter” 🙃

I was part of this program in 2023 and would highly recommend it for anyone interested in remote sensing and ecology. Happy to chat about it too if you want more info!

Applications are open for the Spectral Ecology Summer School (www.specschool.org) a program introducing graduate students and postdocs to hyperspectral and lidar remote sensing using NEON data. This year's application and info is here: forms.gle/ohkeGYvmGQ9C... Applications close December 23, 2025.

I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit this should not be controversial 🫠

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Voters across the country have chosen freedom over fascism - and sent a critical blow to this regime of the bullies, for the billionaires. May these wins strengthen our resolve, power our resistance, and turbo charge our defiance.

Zohran Mamdani wins! He ran on an unabashedly pro-transgender platform, stood up for the most vulnerable, as so many have pushed for the Democratic Party to abandon trans people in order to win. Major win for trans New Yorkers - he has vowed for intense resistance to anti-trans Trump policies.

There are more of us than there are of them.

Turns out the tent was "FUCK NAZIS" all along

Bad news abounds - www.space.com/space-explor...

I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]

It's day 15 of the shutdown and our first missed paycheck. For feds 👇 🍽️Too good to go app (surplus food from local eateries/stores at a ⬇️ prices) 🗺️https://myfedbenefitshelp.com/shutdown-assistance-map/ 💵https://www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-for-federal-workers/ 🧑‍🏫https://wearewellfed.com/

Two open faculty positions at CSU! Topic areas: 1) climate dynamics and 2) applications of AI to atmospheric science. Deadline: 1 December 2025.

Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏

Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶