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Modern academic publishing means I don’t have access to the published version of my own paper. 🥲

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For accuracy, white supremacists should be the villains in more American movies.

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My favorite sign at the Westerly, RI, #NoKings protest was this one held by a former Marine.

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Impressive turnout for the No Kings! protest in rainy Westerly, Rhode Island.

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With apologies to Tom Gauld,, this is now the life of an American scientist.

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is implementing a 15% overhead cap for current and future grants to universities. The destruction of American science continues. https://www.cogr.edu/sites/default/files/DoD%20Implementation%20of%20SECDEF%20Indirect%20Cost%20Cap%20Memo%20-%202025-06-12.pdf

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Read this preprint from Manon Berger, Lester Kwiatkowski, Laurent Bopp, and me about how if you consider iron limitation, growing seaweed doesn’t work as a CO₂ removal (CDR) technique. https://cdrxiv.org/preprint/385

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How can we scale CO₂ removal (CDR) and ensure we don't delay decarbonization and CO₂ emission reduction? Find out in our comment in Nature Reviews Clean Technologies. https://rdcu.be/eqQFw

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The excitement in the neighborhood today is the grand opening of Tian Tian Market, an Asian supermarket. It’s not as good as Tang Frères in Paris but it’s great to have one so close.

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“Two people deeply familiar with the Charleston 787 plant told the Prospect they had particularly acute quality concerns over planes that were delivered to Air India.” 😱 https://prospect.org/economy/2025-06-12-dreamliner-gave-boeing-manager-nightmares-just-crashed-air-india/

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As climate scientists, we can only tell you why climate change is happening and how severe the consequences will be. It takes voters to choose politicians who will listen and enact policies to avoid the worst possible outcomes.

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@clequere always gives very clear talks. If you want to know something about the global carbon cycle, the role of the ocean, and implications for carbon dioxide removal, you should watch this. https://youtu.be/MtxgnI5iB6Y?si=S_ZTFb6eYQL-DCFL&t=4582

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“The American people are facing one of the great challenges of the 21st century, as great as that confronting the French in 1940, when they had to decide whether to join the Resistance or not.” […]

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“Trump’s second term in office has been remarkable, in part, for the frequency with which false and misleading statements by the president go unchecked by a majority of Republicans on Capitol Hill…” https://wapo.st/4kFGgyV

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I sometimes think about how the common ancestor of whales and humans crawled out of the ocean ~400 million years ago; but then ~50 million years ago, the whale ancestor said “screw this, we’re going back”.

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Climate.gov, a major US government website supporting public education on climate science, will likely shut down after almost all of its staff were fired. What would be worse is if the website were co-opted to publish climate denial content […]

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It's really hard to recommend that anyone visit the US these days. https://wapo.st/43DKuRC

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The direct air capture industry, once seen as a promising solution to combat climate change, has faced significant setbacks under the Trump administration. The Energy Department canceled 24 awards worth $3.7 billion, primarily earmarked for carbon removal projects, and applications for new […]

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When tomatoes hang out with peppers too much…

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@sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, a @ucl.ac.uk chemistry professor, has returned his 2014 Michael Faraday Prize to protest the @royalsociety.org's failure to take more decisive (or any) action against Elon Musk for his attack on science. 👏

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If you think climate change has gotten worse during your lifetime, you're right and there's a good reason. If you're Gen X like me, more than 3/4 of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions have occurred in your lifetime. Even if you're a Millennial, it's at least half. 📊: @neilrkaye

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Psst…the only way to stop climate change is to stop burning fossil fuels. Pass it on.

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The media needs to stop referring to RFK Jr. as a "vaccine skeptic." He is a conspiracy theorist and a vaccine denier.

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Does anyone remember when the Marines were deployed to Los Angeles during the 1992 riots? In response to a domestic violence call, they fired more than 200 bullets into a house… https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/limiting-militarys-role-law-enforcement

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If you've never heard of marine heat waves, now is the time to start paying attention. Driven by climate change, these increasingly frequent and extreme ocean temperature events, like “the Blob” in the North Pacific, are devastating marine life, disrupting fisheries, and impacting weather […]

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We were warned seven months ago. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/25/opinion/what-trump-says.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk8.ZMvW.w4iHMaEojZLC&smid=url-share

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It's everywhere! No, I just want to have a video call. Why does it need AI?

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I just want to keep track of references. Why does it need AI? 😭

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How many steps is it from sending the military into an American city to cancelling elections? Asking for a democracy.

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It’s amazing. Here you have the world’s rarest goose, and everyone is instead gawking at the ducks, other geese, etc., and ignoring the nēnē. Because they’re so friendly and curious, they’ll walk right up to people and people are just walking and wheeling their strollers right through them. 🫠

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F that

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Some nice protected bike lanes in Nice.

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For #WorldEnvironmentDay, let's remember that the ocean is the heart of our life support system, an essential part of Earth's hydrological and global biogeochemical cycles, and a place of endless wonder.

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Nice indeed

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In 2023, a record-breaking marine heatwave in the North Atlantic Ocean, driven by exceptionally weak winds and a shallow surface mixed layer, led to severe weather events across Europe and beyond. The heatwave, exacerbated by long-term climate change and reduced sulfate emissions from ships […]

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The Republican tax and spending bill, recently passed by the House, includes hundreds of provisions. It extends and expands tax cuts for the rich, partly offset by cuts to Medicaid, climate-related spending, food benefits, and other essential programs. The bill would add nearly $3 trillion to […]

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In conjunction with the release of the report highlighting the critical role of governments in developing marine CO₂ removal (mCDR), we held a panel to discuss some of the details at #OOSC in Nice, France. Get the report here […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

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Nothing to see here. Good thing the US health care system is in good hands. https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/05/27/nb181-covid-variant-vaccine-test-booster/83876443007/

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Unless you’re a Nobel laureate, the brain drain will be away from science and not to other countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/trump-federal-spending-grants-scientists-leaving.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.sh9q.qy7jX0S1ZrBa&smid=url-share

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Maybe having to consider shareholders in decisions about people’s lives is the problem. https://reut.rs/3ZLswtM

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Maybe having to consider shareholders in decisions about people’s lives is the problem. https://reut.rs/3ZLswtM

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Robotics has advanced further than I thought. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/politics/trump-biden-conspiracy-theory.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L08.F9NL.Ch_1e-V-oisK&smid=bs-share

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Whenever the media reports on anything Trump says about illegal drugs in the US, it should mention that Trump has pardoned some of the worst drug kingpins serving multiple life sentences. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5415939/trump-pardons-drug-kingpins-even-as-he-escalates-the-u-s-drug-war

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A synopsis of the latest episode of Rare Earth with @helenczerski and @tomheapmedia. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cq4z

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Catriona Hurd gave a great talk at #LiegeOcean25 showing why ocean afforestation with seaweed for CO₂ removal (CDR) is bullshit.

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Moving NASA/GISS out of its current location is idiotic. What about Columbia graduate students who have their offices there? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-goddard-institute-for-space-studies-faces-eviction-under-trump-plan/

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