The Trump administration is planning to terminate the missions of some of the U.S.' premier climate and Earth-observing satellites, possibly starting as soon as Oct. depending on congressional budget negotiations (1/3)

Nice piece in CNN this morning: www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/c... Why has the Southeast U.S. warmed less than the rest of the country, and what does that mean for public perception of climate change? Includes recent findings from our group and a brief quote from me!

President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country. Whatever changes this action brings, NPR’s commitment to reporting the news – without fear or favor – will never change.

“86% of global deforestation occurring between 2001 and 2022 can be attributed to crop and cattle production” #Climate #Food 🧪

A reminder that NSF is explicitly breaking the law if/when they attempt to cancel grants that focus on promoting participation in science by underrepresented groups on that basis, incl women in science programs like NSF ADVANCE. Congress expressly directs the NSF to grant funds for this purpose. 🧪

We need some accountability here. Who are the administrators within the NSF who did this and under what instructions? I believe federal FOIA regulations would applied to general communications leading up to this action if not to individual personnel decisions.

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

This is quite literally decimation of our scientific infrastructure. Shameful, cruel, and shortsighted.

NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.

Any other remote sensing folks concerned about data access? If they removing health data, climate data could be next? Are we at risk of losing access to data on the DAACS? www.npr.org/sections/sho...

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Previous research showed tree growth to be temporally decoupled from GPP, but what about biomass? Here we find that the fraction of GPP allocated each year to woody biomass widely varies across sites and years, notably as a function of climate. Shout out to Steve Kannenberg for leading this work!

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

New Tansley review paper from Zoe Pierrat & friends in @newphyt.bsky.social linking proximal remote sensing with ecosystem fluxes! Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Happy to share a new paper, "Effects of Hot Versus Dry Vapor Pressure Deficit on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Fluxes," led by the amazing Miriam Johnston w/ @mallorybarnes.bsky.social and others agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Post-doc with the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute (ERI) to work w/a team of natural and social scientists on adaptation in the Midwest in sectors that relate to the intersection of urban green infrastructure with wildlife conservation and natural resource management.

All surface temperature products for 2024 are now live. All show 2024 is the warmest year (very clearly). The estimates of the change since the pre-industrial (1850-1900) are more uncertain but range from 1.46 to 1.62ºC. It is therefore *likely* this was the first year that exceeded 1.5ºC.

Check out the “very cool” coverage of our new research in the guardian! 🌳 Discover how reforestation contributed to the EUS “warming hole” and what that means for the climate crisis.

I was just forwarded communications from Duke admins that this is true: one of the largest and most active herbaria in the United States is being closed in the middle of an extinction crisis, because Duke leadership does not wish to support the infrastructure costs.

Duke’s endowment is around $11 billion. Pass it on.

🌳 🌡️ For my first post here, I'm thrilled to share our latest research! We show how extensive reforestation in the SE US contributed to regional cooling in the 20th century. We also highlight the potential benefits of temperate zone reforestation for local & regional climate adaptation. 🌎 💚

New article by Mallory Barnes et al: "A Century of Reforestation Reduced Anthropogenic Warming in the Eastern United States". It would've warmed even more last century in the eastern USA, especially during summer days, if the region's forests hadn't been regrowing.