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Holy crap this is great! Really shows the stakes. Kudos to @johnmoralestv.bsky.social John: You’ll have to let us know if you got any angry messages.

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Thanks for sharing. With all the tumult in the world it is nice to start the day reading a classic poem, and about baseball, nonetheless.

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June 2, 2025

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Highly recommend reading this brief but critically important dose of reality about the role of vegetation in spreading -- or stopping! -- urban 🔥 written by @ucanr.bsky.social colleague Max Moritz. Major pending decisions depend on this knowledge getting out there www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Just released. My Nature piece: "Never before has the USA seen such an anti-intellectual, anti-science assault... History tells us that there are times when the dangers of inaction become sufficiently threatening to individuals or the planet that scientists... rdcu.be/eo3Hb

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I haven't seen any other members of Congress taking about ICE (and whoever else is helping ICE) wearing masks and removing badges to hide their identity. Call your Rep &. Senators! Ask them to talk about why ICE / DHS are hiding their identities! 🚨(202) 224-3121

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So tired, but so happy 🥲

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A must read! A historical context on today, past attempt at R led fascism and the need for Rs in Congress to be brave, stand up like Sen Margaret Chase Smith did in 1950 and repudiate maga

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🥵Did you feel the heat today? It was another hot one. Here's a sampling of temperatures the exceeded 100°F. #cawx https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1928948201236660252

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Thought-provoking quote from @atmostaj.bsky.social during the Weather and Climate Livestream about the role of "serendipity" in scientific discovery and the importance of having a broadly funded scientific enterprise that allows for it. wclivestream.com/watch/

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“It’s hard to think of a more anti-conservative figure than President Donald Trump or a more anti-conservative movement than MAGA,” writes Peter Wehner. “The Trump administration is a thugocracy, and the Republican Party he controls supports him”:

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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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Alarmed by Trump Cuts, Scientists Are Talking Science. For 100 Hours. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/c...

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I have really enjoyed many of the talks so far. If you tune in a half hour early for Prof Cobb's talk Saturday at 3 pm PDT, I will talk about the Breathing of the Biosphere and how it relates to Weather and Climate

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I was in a PhD orals defense and someone asked what happens when fertilizer is added to the farm fields?

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Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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The heat is coming. Starting Thursday, much of California will enter its first true heat event of the season. Not calling it a heat wave just yet. But it looks hot! #CAwx Friday highs: 🌡️ Sacramento could hit 105°F, ties May record 🌡️ Redding may push 110°F, breaking the May record. #CAwx

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How much carbon is exported to the deep sea in the Southern Ocean? A fleet of floating robots helped researchers from @imas-utas.bsky.social, @mbarinews.bsky.social, and elsewhere investigate. #AGUPubs eos.org/research-spo...

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Starting Wednesday 200 weather and climate experts will conduct a 100 hour marathon on Weather and Climate wclivestream.com Youtube page will be www.youtube.com/@wclivestream I plan to talk on Breathing of the Biosphere, next Saturday at 3 pm Pacific time.

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Respect!!! @harvard.edu 😍 The link to the FREE GOVERNMENT COURSES is ... pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

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Just 5 days left until the Weather & Climate Livestream! We're thrilled to announce two speakers: an AMA w/ @weatherwest.bsky.social (Sat. 12-1pm ET/9-10am PT) and a 💯th hour speech from @drshepherd2013.bsky.social during our final segment (Sun. 5-8pm PT/2-5pm). Join us at wclivestream.com/watch

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Please make a comment on this NOW (they are due tomorrow). We can't let NIH and NSF POs and division directors become political appointees--this will completely destroy science.

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California’s extraordinary tree die-off may finally be easing www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

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Snow is melting rapidly in parts of the West. Here’s why www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...

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This is extraordinary. The Secretary of Homeland Security doesn’t know what the right of habeas corpus is (the ancient right to go to court to challenge government detention) and offers an incoherent definition which suggests she thinks it’s a presidential power to deport people?

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Check it out. Just signed up. We need to defend NOAA, science and democracy. If chosen i will wear my NOAA shirt

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It is officially California farmer spring at casa/chez Lepoutre-Baldocchi @lamaquisarde.bsky.social First batch of strawberry jam. Apricots on Wed

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We have to say it loud, collectively and repeatedly so maga melts Courage is contagious. Plus The press has to stop covering for him..his dementia, corruption, fascist policies and destruction of our beloved democratic principles...The foundation of this nation In other words Basta cosi!

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Trump wants to let chain saws loose in California national forests. Here’s how it could go www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

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The UC Berkeley campus is calm these days, but faculty say they're concerned about what's coming next.

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Plus the need for good fog and heat stress warnings. This information affects lives

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The fix is to require real pollution reductions. This is not snark, these authors have been saying this for 15 years and they have been right the whole time.

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May 15, 2025

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Interesting essay by Mark Moldwin Senior Scientists Must Stand Up Against Attacks on Research and Education eos.org/opinions/sen...

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Some of the most wildfire-prone parts of California will no longer have 24/7 eyes on them headed into traditional wildfire season because of NWS staffing shortages:

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Got to hang out with several generations of the @biometlab.bsky.social at the @ametsoc.org conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology @jackiehmatthes.bsky.social @digitalforestlab.bsky.social @youngryel.bsky.social Plus Carlos Cove Elke Old friends Gil, Kyaw Tha and Larry Hipps

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These cuts will have dramatic implications on the next generation through the loss of climate change research and science education. @michaelemann.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @nsf-icedrilling.bsky.social

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Sonoma County was built on fruit trees. Now, the last cannery is leaving www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

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I took the train from Denver Airport to downtown yesterday. I was appalled to see the conductor dressed in full blown military commando tactical gear. This is our fascist reality. Not a nice way to greet guests to Denver. Wake up America

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Scientists in the Midwest and Great Plains were poised to start research to cut U.S. reliance on fertilizer imports, keep biofuel farming cost-competitive and t… www.wpr.org/news/trump-a...

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If you are a Bay Area Native i recommend Carl Nolte's weekly stories Where have S.F.’s historic ships gone? Not too far, actually www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nati...

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As someone who teaches a course on the Biosphere at Berkeley, I strongly advocate that we spend our energy, dollars and resources keeping Mother Earth, Gaia, healthy and happy. We must to sustain the 8 billion humans and the ecosystems they depend, to live peacefully with one another.

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The landscape if the City has changed so much over my 70 years. Nice article on More lost landmarks of the Bay Area that remain in our hearts. I remember driving into the City and see mudflats art, the Hamm's beer sign and smell of Folgers coffee www.sfchronicle.com/projects/los...

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New pub in @aguadvances.bsky.social: "A Soil Scientist Goes to Washington: Navigating the Path to National #ScienceLeadership" #STEM Sharing my journey as DOE Office of Science Director, the challenges faced, and why inclusive excellence in STEM matters now more than ever. Read: tinyurl.com/ms2nhr4f

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