voosen.me
Dad of two. Earth, climate, and planetary science reporter @Science.org magazine. Mistrusts narratives; still writes them.
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My related story from last year. In vino, clima.
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Just to note, NSF has resumed payments, at least for now, citing the restraining order issued by a federal court on Friday.
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H2O was supposed to fund part of my salary to help run outreach in partnership with a HBCU. My work contract is up in two months anyway, but I’m really upset that the students may not get to participate and benefit from the program!
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Yeah -- @alexwitze.bsky.social noted that too, of course! If it had been the opposite, I probably would have jumped on it. Though our reporting resources are stretched thin right now.
Any speculation on why we would see left-handedness in the meteorites but not Bennu?
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Also little mention that 12 (I think) of the protein-coding amino acids have also been seen in meteorites, along with nucleobases/sugars (by many folks on this team, of course).
Great work, but these were reasons we didn't cover right now. (Here's hoping more surprises lurk in the sample.)
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Thanks Flavio, that's helpful! The challenge of precip in those parts of the world has been lodged in my brain ever since I learned just how drastically weather station coverage (and precip especially) dropped over Africa since the 1980s.
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It's a great read for climate reporters today, as it gets into the early foundations of climate modeling, detection and attribution, and also gives a sense of where the scientific community really was on understanding global warming.
(Obviously, Hansen was right about that warming signal.)
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My favorite story of Dick's to recommend: His dishy profile/workshop report from 1989, with James Hansen's colleagues complaining about his outspokenness and supporting evidence (while also agreeing on the long-term warming threat).