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Opinions my own. Polar and planetary scientist. Kiwi in Texas.
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Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.

submitted 19 hours ago • 9 comments

The Antarctic part of the NSF/Office of Polar Programs was particularly exposed to the recent firings, due to a bunch of turnover during the last few years - ironically they were recovering from that by converting temporary rotators from academia to permanent staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/c...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

submitted 8 days ago • 68 comments

Apparently New Zealand has a new, somewhat misconceived, tourism logo. New Zealanders are making the most of it.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 20 days ago • 270 comments

A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates

submitted 20 days ago • 15 comments

1/ Here's my take on what's happening with DOGE. I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.

submitted 22 days ago • 28 comments

Bluetorial-A dream and a bit of a nightmare Serving as Editor-in-Chief at Science was fascinating. I greatly enjoyed working with talented and committed editorial, news, graphics, and production staff. But the inside look into scientific publishing and AAAS was also deeply disillusioning.

submitted 37 days ago • 19 comments

genuinely this just became one of my favorite jwst images ever. it looks like a cosmic painting!!! what a GREAT way to start 2025.

submitted 44 days ago • 52 comments

Our paper on "Hydroclimate volatility on a Warming Earth" is out in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. We assess existing scientific literature & conduct new analysis--concluding that "#HydroclimateWhiplash" is increasing due to #ClimateChange. [Thread] www.nature.com/artic...

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

Huge congratulations to the ‘Beyond EPICA’ team for pushing the ice-core reconstruction of Earth’s atmosphere back to 1,200,000 years at Little Dome C! 🥳👏 www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Throughout my career I’ve collected a nice set of Strong Opinions about relatively unimportant things. Here’s one: Don’t end your talk with a slide that just says “Thanks!” or “Questions?” The slide that remains up during audience questions should be a summary of your main points

submitted 76 days ago • 48 comments

First post! I’ll be attempting an “elightening“ presentation here at #agu2024 as part of the FAIR and CARE polar data session in theater 2 late this afternoon. Come for a chat about the Open Polar Rhadar project.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment