Andra Garner

@andrajgarner.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Rowan University | Coastal Hazards researcher, including tropical cyclones and sea-level rise in a warming climate | Climate communicator | she/her | Opinions my own

As a reminder, @agu.org abstracts are due Wed., 5 August. If your research relates to coastal climate change, we hope you'll submit an abstract to our interdisciplinary session on "Dynamic Coastlines amidst Changing Sea Levels." Please also consider sharing this post to help us get the word out!

Andra Garner@andrajgarner.bsky.social · last mo.

Jennifer Walker, Isabel Hong, and I will once again be convening our "Dynamic Coastlines Amidst Changing Sea Levels" session at the 2026 @agu.org meeting. If you work in the coastal climate change space, we hope you'll consider submitting an abstract to the session! agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...

Reposting: if you're a coastal climate scientist attending the 2026 @agu.org fall meeting, we hope you'll submit an abstract to our session on Dynamic Coastlines! We've has great conversations in years past at this session, and look forward to more exciting science in San Francisco this year!

Andra Garner@andrajgarner.bsky.social · last mo.

Jennifer Walker, Isabel Hong, and I will once again be convening our "Dynamic Coastlines Amidst Changing Sea Levels" session at the 2026 @agu.org meeting. If you work in the coastal climate change space, we hope you'll consider submitting an abstract to the session! agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...

The @agu.org Chapman Conference on Updating Usable Projections of Future Sea Level in Montreal last week was a great meeting! I was glad to be able to attend, share a talk on my work looking at the evolution of global sea level projections, and hear from so many other talented experts in the field.

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Had a great week at the International Summer School organized in Venice last week! It was the perfect place for discussions on coastal climate change. I delivered a keynote lecture focused on my work with sea level projections, and had great conversations with the other participants.

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When we cut critical Federal funds for science, we all pay the price. The impacts of this loss of scientific innovation will be felt especially acutely in our coastal communities. Check out my latest op-ed, published today in The Philadelphia Inquirer, to learn more! share.inquirer.com/iC6tHv

Cuts to science funding will create a flood of challenges in our coastal communities | Opinion

Progress toward supporting safer, more affordable coastal communities in the face of climate change is at risk from a storm of cuts to U.S. scientific funding.

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My colleague, environmental scientist @andrajgarner.bsky.social, has a paper out about the variability and inconsistency of spring weather being a climate change concern. Tomorrow the forecast calls for a 40° change in temperature. (Never mind a third consecutive day of 90+ in May.)

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Today, the University of Maine's Vice Chancellor for Finance and Strategic AI Integration (who made $243,000 last year) sent UMaine campuses an announcement that we have partnered with OpenAI with a contract for ChatGPT Edu. I sent him the following questions:

Excited to share our latest work, published today in Eos! The U.S. has led and helped to fund about a third of all global sea level projections ever produced. Now, attacks on science in the U.S. have left the field at a precipice.

Eos@eos.org · 3mo ago

U.S. scientists and federal funding have been key contributors to global scientific sea level projection research. Those roles are now threatened, write @andrajgarner.bsky.social, @bobkopp.net, @gggarner121.bsky.social, Aimée B. A. Slangen, and Benjamin P. Horton. eos.org/opinions/the...

This past week, I was in Washington, D.C., where I had the opportunity to join colleagues from @agu.org for visits to our legislative offices. Together, we advocated for continued support of Earth and space science. It was a busy week, but very energizing!

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It's been a busy few weeks of travel, starting with the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland! We had lots of excellent talks and posters in the sessions we convened on Dynamic Coastlines in a Changing Climate. It was great to hear more about the exciting work being done in this area! #OSM2026

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We had a great turn out at our Dynamic Coastlines poster session this afternoon! Looking forward to some excellent talks in our session tomorrow. If you're at #OSM2026, we hope you'll join us from 2:00-3:30 for more discussions on coastal climate impacts!

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