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My thoughts to the staff at NOAA going through it -- and my fellow reporters on the story late. I'm getting two kiddos to bed. But if you're former or current NOAA who wants to talk about the implications to met and climate science with @science.org, please reach out. I'm at Signal at voosen.01.

submitted 3 hours ago • 5 comments

NOAA's #GreatLakes Environmental Research Lab will be taking an "indefinite hiatus" from communications due to staff cuts. GLERL communicates critical weekly updates about the extent of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie - like the one that left my hometown of Toledo without drinking water in 2014

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Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

submitted 5 hours ago • 235 comments

i was a part of the probationary employee firings at the national weather service today. being a part of the environmental modeling center is all i have ever known in my career. it is where i always wanted to be.

submitted 5 hours ago • 138 comments

One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.

submitted 5 hours ago • 106 comments

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Mbr of Senate Commerce Cmte, says "at least 880 NOAA workers were laid off". cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-r... Snip:

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Staff fired at the Tsunami Warning Center

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Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats. After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.

submitted 6 hours ago • 403 comments

Welp, I too was one of the NWS probationary folks that got terminated today. 8 years as an AWIPS contractor previously, I finally got the Fed job I had been wanting. Worked on implementing the next generation of capabilities for AWIPS. A lot of promising stuff coming that is now up in the air...

submitted 7 hours ago • 37 comments

Reps Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ranking Member on House SS&T, and Gabe Amo (D-RI), RM on its Environment Sbcmt, just put out this stmt about the firings at NOAA that began this afternoon.

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Firings of probationary workers at NOAA thoughout the agency -- climate offices, yes, but also meteorologists at the National Weather Service.

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

I just got fired from NWS . This email is all I know. Read if you want.

submitted 8 hours ago • 277 comments

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

submitted 8 hours ago • 734 comments

It might be useful to add some clarity on recent media reports related to the US and the IPCC. Govts. nominate (but so can others) chairs, authors etc. but it is IPCC that chooses who serves. AFAICT there is no change in who is serving.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

NEW: Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, has uncharacteristically disappeared from public view since 20 January—and is said to be a reclusive figure at the agency’s headquarters. This and more on the Trump Tracker. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Building off @afreedma.bsky.social's scoop, I had word yesterday that NASA killed the IPCC WG3 TSU contract. (Story below.) NASA now says it was stopped to be "consistent with guidance issued to agencies from the General Services Administration to eliminate non-essential consulting contracts."

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

SPA sample return out (b/c Endurance-A); Titan Orbiter and VISE out (programmatic balance). Everyone else in.

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My latest: An inside look at EastGRIP, which drilled through the heart of Greenland's largest and most enigmatic ice stream. Featuring the amazing photography of Lukasz Larsson Warzecha.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Federal scientist taking the Trump buyout offer? Feel free to reach out, directly to me or via Science's news tip options. We're curious about what led to your decision and what/who your department or agency may be losing. Tips on other topics welcome too! www.science.org/content/page...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I find it odd that certain big popular climate accounts here haven't corrected their posts and still have them up about this 24 hours later. A good reminder to be careful about our information consumption on social media, especially in the current environment.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Some very counter programming: Take a dive into the mid-mantle with me, won't you, where researchers are teasing out why some plumes and subducting slabs sputter and flatten.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

A new entry in my favorite field of paleoclimatology: Using wine records to study medieval European climate swings! This one uses production from Luxembourg to get at volcanic impacts, finding them to be stronger than some tree ring records suggest.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Nice scoop! Jacobs in general was well-received during his first tenure at NOAA and is qualified for the job. A big caveat: Rather than resigning when Commerce pushed for the infamous SharpieGate reprimand, Jacobs collaborated. A recap of that affair: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Just putting it out there. @science.org has lots of fabulous writers covering many fields. 🧪🔭 bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments

Confirmed, you can also see this on the NOAA website: www.noaa.gov/our-people/l... Noble demoted Craig McLean from his role as acting chief scientist during the first Trump admin and brought in Ryan Maue. As far as we know, Vice Admiral Nancy Hann, a civil servant, remains acting NOAA admin.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Last year, a paper in Science argued that there is a detectable ~2-hour-long period of slow slip before large earthquakes. In short: we might be able to provide short-term warnings before large earthquakes! But our analysis of the paper, published on our Substack, showed otherwise. 1/

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles. EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.

submitted 27 days ago • 35 comments

Until recently, NASA frequently touted its Here To Observe program, which brought undergrads from underrepresented groups up close to NASA science missions. Now the program is falling apart, with contracts ended prematurely and uncertainty if it will continue in any form.

submitted 27 days ago • 6 comments

The USAID-led Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNet) is "currently unavailable." This is the preeminent global early warning tool for acute food insecurity and has traditionally had bipartisan support in Congress. static.fews.net

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

New observations suggest an asteroid, roughly 130 to 300 feet wide, has a slightly more than 1% chance to strike Earth in 2032. That's roughly the size of the Tunguska impactor -- it would be regionally devastating, like an A-bomb. But again, 1% chance. Gird yourself for crazy coverage.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

@science.org is looking for its next 6-month science writing intern! Details here: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Part of the confusion around the OMB funding freeze lay in the spreadsheet that was circulated with it: It named about 2,600 federal programs, a virtual copy-and-paste of how the U.S. government spends money. We translated it more legibly here... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

Earth, climate, and planetary scientists: If you have an expected upcoming NASA/NSF/NOAA/DOE grant payment in the next couple weeks that, if not received, will have a real impact on your lab and staff, please let us know about it @science.org. You can reach me at [email protected].

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Hey earth, climate, and planetary scientists (with admin experience), @agu.org is looking for a new CEO/executive director. An important job at a time when AGU's voice is sorely needed. (Also well compensated, it appears.)

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

All - @science.org now has a @bsky.app share button! Enjoy!

submitted 36 days ago • 13 comments

A great idea for a politics newsletter from my bud @patrickcreis.bsky.social. Logoff -- but stay informed.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Heads up for the Weather Community! You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!

submitted 37 days ago • 128 comments

While this isn’t good news, it is not a tipping point, nor does it presage a dramatic increase in climate feedbacks.

submitted 37 days ago • 23 comments

There's a new study in Science detecting increased multiyear droughts from 1980 to 2018. I didn't cover, but did see that their underlying precip data came from a downscaled weather reanalysis. Genuine Q: How much faith would you put in these trends given that origin? (It gave me pause.)

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

Very exciting: Rumor has it that Dick Kerr, Science's earth and planetary science reporter for more than 35 years (!) until a decade ago, will be stopping by the office for a colleague's retirement. He's the guy I'm always trying to live up to.

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Over 200 JPLers have lost everything in the LA fires. Every single project I work on includes at least one, most multiple. Everyone at JPL is affected, everyone is utterly heartbroken for our community. Ways you can help: giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open source Instagram competitor that has had skyrocketing signups in recent days: www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...

submitted 45 days ago • 222 comments