"There's no democracy without journalism." Scott Pelley is the best of us. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

I like tides. Here's a thread by others about tidal variations on a little-known 18.6 year "lunar node tide" cycle, that has surprisingly large impacts ranging from coastal flooding risks to Arctic coastal air temperatures to Antarctic dense water formation.

To see how important US science is, consider measurements of changes in ocean heat content. US data are ~53% of the total. Over half! But removing the US data is worse than randomly removing 80% of the total data, because unlike other countries, the US makes measurements everywhere. 🧪🌊

Or, anybody got a non-horrendously-depressing take on the rapid dismantling of what was once a world-leading climate scientific apparatus? Anyone?

What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ

Calling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

📢 Job Alert; open-ended post!! We are seeking an observational oceanographer, with a keen interest in instrumentation and fieldwork in the polar regions. Please share and help connect us with the right candidate! fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

I realize this is obvious to most but allow me to rant: At the core of Trump's base love for him is a simmering resentment over their mediocrity and gratitude for him making it permissible to be arrogant whilst mediocre. Everything in this cult can be traced back to that. (thread)

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

Emperor penguins officially listed as endangered 💔🐧 “further changes in sea-ice will continue to affect their breeding, feeding and moulting habitat.” www.newscientist.com/article/2522...

Wouldn't it be cool to invest trillions of dollars into a technology that would actually make society better? Maybe we can call it “HI” — Human Intelligence. Instead of “data centers”, we could fund “schools”. Instead of *stealing* art, literature, and science, we help people *create* it. Crazy!

Reminder: A23 is over 40 years old! But never got to tour Antarctica; too busy staying at home on Berkner Bank 😔

Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱

Pleased to have been involved in this study. I'm always keen to see how tides affect ice, and it still surprises me that moving kilometer-thick ice up and down by just a meter or so can affect grounded ice flow tens of kilometers inland.

It's been a really tough start to 2026, and no sign it'll get better. Gotta get out to enjoy the sunny days. A Hooded Merganser couple at our local pond.

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.

Trump administration plans to break up NCAR. Stated reason: "It's a center for climate alarmism" and "studying offshore wind turbines". But later in the article they suggest its retribution for CO gov not releasing Tina Peters www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

I’m not a confrontational person but if I saw him in person, I would absolutely tell him to go fuck himself.

I'm not going to AGU but this is a good reason not to. Decades ago, AGU stopped using NO for Ocean Sciences to protest David Duke. Here it's the Feds, not Louisiana, that's the problem, but you want Red states to check the Feds out of self-interest

Proud to be a scientist at ESR, since 1997 !

Specially designed bricks that provide safe nesting spaces for swifts are being installed on properties around Shirebrook Valley as part of a council-funded environmental scheme.

I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania. All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below) 1/n

Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

No matter what good things they’ve done in their lives, every Republican member of congress should be judge by how they continue to put Trump over their country.

Egret at sunrise, Finley Wildlife Refuge in mid-Willamette Valley

A friend in Corvallis, Oregon sent me this one 🤣 #NoKings

Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

US to retire its only icebreaker, stranding polar research - new article posted today by @cuboulder. The icebreaker is critical for researchers who study the changes on the edges of Antarctic glaciers and how they relate to climate change and sea level rise. buff.ly/oMAElHY #antarctica #glaciers

We need to talk about geoengineering ⚠️ In a rapidly warming world with looming net zero due dates, there's growing polarised debate about whether we should intervene in Earth’s natural systems. This is a thread about the state of polar geoengineering, and how we should be talking about it ⬇️ 🧵 1/6

Is Venezuela an analog for the US? Frogs in a warming pot www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Polar geoengineering dismissed as ‘unimaginably expensive’ and ‘dangerous’

How much more of the future do we want to let them destroy?

Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself . These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/

Many western scientific networks are overly centered on the US. In previous decades it could be claimed that this was because the US represented a Gold Standard in scientific research. But the world has changed, and this is no longer the case. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

I loved my time in the Antarctic ice, decades ago, often on the N. B. Palmer. Seagoing capacity is still critical for researching Antarctica's threat to global sea level and climate, but the US appears to be about to surrender that. Tragic and foolish. www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...

Fancy a job as a journal editor? I noticed that Nature Reviews Earth and Environment are looking for someone in climate and weather. ❄️🌊⛏️🧪 www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Great video on the Pelto's science and art of North Cascades glacier monitoring.

Good to find Paul Waldman again

So much bad news. Here's some backyard birds fighting over the bird bath on a hot day

The US-French SWOT satellite is amazing!

What's it going to take? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: Extraordinary footage has emerged of the huge tsunami that hit Russia’s remote Kamchatka peninsula after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on July 30th. (🎥 Doni Nikz)

About time someone seriously reported on Trump's cognitive state. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations" cpb.org/pressroom/Co...