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shanecoffield.bsky.social
Science policy fellow. PhD in Earth System Science. Ecosystem ecologist studying climate, carbon, and wildfires 🌱🌲🔥🌎🏳️‍🌈 he/him 🏳️‍⚧️✊️
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Shutting down Mauna Loa CO₂ observations while atmospheric CO₂ keeps skyrocketing is like turning off a fire alarm because you don’t like the noise www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/c...

submitted 11 days ago • 30 comments

My turn! I wrote a piece for my hometown paper about the importance of federal science funding for southwestern PA. Easier than I expected. Thanks @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for the idea and guides www.observer-reporter.com/opinion/op-e...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

submitted 37 days ago • 46 comments

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

submitted 43 days ago • 299 comments

See the Stonewall protests against trans erasure www.out.com/activism... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

submitted 40 days ago • 3 comments

Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

"Others found the financial enticements to leave insulting. 'I don’t work here for the fucking money,' said one longtime agency employee who works on air pollution. 'I work here because I believe in it, and I want to serve the public.'"

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

"Just since Donald Trump’s election, Musk’s personal net worth has grown by far more than the entire annual budget of U.S.A.I.D., which in any case accounts for less than 1 percent of the federal budget."

submitted 49 days ago • 8 comments

There’s something unimaginably bleak about the world’s richest man unilaterally deciding to stop food aid and medicine going to the world’s poor ‘to save money’

submitted 50 days ago • 14 comments

NEW: I heard from federal employees across various agencies about the internal chaos they're experiencing because of Trump and how they feel going forward in their jobs. A clear theme? They are scared - and also pissed off and hunkering down to fight. "Fuck that." www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...

submitted 52 days ago • 82 comments

Hello! I'm proud to share a new wildfire paper in Environmental Research Letters - California had recent huge fires but tree loss rose much faster, relatively, than burned area. How much is the per-burned-area impact on tree cover losses rising, and why? Paper: doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad86cf 1/7

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

Hi, I'm new here (RIP science twitter) currently a AAAS S&T Policy Fellow supporting the EPA on greenhouse gas accounting 🌎 Here's some stuff I've worked on! LGBTQ+ inclusion in STEM: medium.com/scitech-fore...

submitted 159 days ago • 3 comments