🌊 Our CMIP7 Ocean & Sea Ice theme paper is now out in GMD. Led by @baylorfk.bsky.social, this international effort defines the ocean & sea ice datasets underpinning next-generation Earth System Models. Honoured to contribute gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/... @wcrp-cmip.org @egu.eu #NTUSG #EOS_SG

CMIP7 data request: ocean and sea ice priorities and opportunities

Abstract. The ocean and sea ice are central to Earth's climate system, influencing global heat and carbon cycles, weather patterns, and sea level rise. Recent decades have seen rapid advances in Earth...

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Baylor Fox-Kemper@baylorfk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The official add for the position will be available soon. We seek a start date in Fall 2026 this year. Please feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested in the opportunity. Interested Applicants can reach out to me (Momme Hell: mhell@whoi.edu).

We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in coupled atmosphere–ocean–wave modeling at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The focus of the position is to advance a new Julia based wave mode, establish better coupling methods, and apply those in regional setups.

A plea to submit comments on the new proposed OMB rule that would put all U.S. science funding totally at the whim of political appointees, framed by a recap of the Weather and Climate Livestream a couple weeks ago. deepconvection.substack.com/p/speak-out-...

Speak out against the proposed OMB rule attacking U.S. science

A call to action following the Weather and Climate Livestream.

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Don't delay! That's bumping up against the AR7 submission deadline...

Arvind Singh@arvindocean.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm proposing a special issue on mCDR across AGU journals. If you expect to have a suitable manuscript ready by Mar-27, please DM me the title, author list, and target AGU journal. I'm also looking for colleagues interested in serving as co-organizers—let me know if you'd like to be involved.

Sea otters North Pacific Ocean Smallest marine mammal adapted to ocean life can live entirely in the water, eating sleeping, giving birth while floating on their back. Fast swimmers, amazing diving skills among the best parents in the animal world.

The IBES-led Equitable Climate Futures initiative has announced its new awardees! Projects range from food equity to Indigenous climate action: https://ecf.brown.edu/news/2026-05-11/ecf-2026-awards Brown University Department of Education Brown University School of Public Health Brown Anthropology

Here is where to comment: www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2...

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is one of the most insane things I’ve seen from this regime. Please read this excellent summary and comment in the federal registry. 🧪🌊

If you don't agree, I encourage you to get involved in the process. There are frequently open calls to participate. One for "Fresh Eyes on CMIP" just came out: wcrp-cmip.org/news/

Gavin Schmidt@climateofgavin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is a quick summary of the latest CMIP process. It is a complex beast and a consensus project so there are always things that you’ll agree with and those that you might not. 1/

This one was really fun to do. Lots of new ideas discovered in there!

Jacob Wenegrat@roguewave.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New preprint looking at the question of how the interaction between fronts (~1 kilometer) and turbulence (~10s of meters) affects the exchange of properties between the ocean mixed-layer and interior. Work by Zhihua Zheng along with @baylorfk.bsky.social, Tomas Chor, and Jay Brett. 1/n

No idea who said this first, but it’s good. #DunningKruger

Just over a week away! Join us in person or online for IBES' 2026 Commencement Forum, "Ocean Health, Our Health," ft. @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social @usoceanprotection.bsky.social, @baylorfk.bsky.social, @rebecca-altman.bsky.social, and @kimcobb.bsky.social. events.brown.edu/ibes/event/3...

Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES)@brown-ibes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join IBES on May 23 for "Ocean Health, Our Health," ft. National Ocean Protection Coalition (NOPC)'s Miriam Goldstein'03, DEEPS Prof Baylor Fox-Kemper, writer Rebecca Altman, PhD'08, & IBES Director Kim Cobb. https://events.brown.edu/ibes/event/329892-ibes-commencement-forum-ocean-health-our-health

In retrospect, forcing the entire campus to move from our locally hosted, open source LMS to a commercial, single point of failure LMS that also happens to be owned by a company that wants to turn all our labor into AI training data may not have been a good idea.

The 2026 US elections will impact science issues from water quality to climate mitigation to disaster preparedness. AGU’s Science Votes the Future provides information for informed voting.

Science Votes the Future

Elections happen every year in the U.S., but this year is especially important. Across the country in 2026, you will be voting to elect 435 Members of the House of Representatives, 35 Senators…

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I make my own AI slop from and for my lectures, thank you very much. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

AInimations!! - YouTube

Baylor is experimenting with AI-generated scripts and animations... Let me know in the comments if you like them!

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David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Omg

Don’t miss this week’s entry in the AICE Speaker Series! @baylorfk.bsky.social, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University, joins us to present ‘Emulators and Parameterizations: Indirect Tools for Climate Science’ on Wednesday, April 29th

Discover two approaches to Earth system models that offer opportunities to accelerate progress and deepen understanding at tomorrow’s entry in the AICE Speaker Series! Featuring @baylorfk.bsky.social, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University

Report: Every Place On Earth Has Wrong Amount Of Water https://theonion.com/report-every-place-on-earth-has-wrong-amount-of-water-1851544516/

Our recent paper on using thermal imagery from geostationary satellites to infer surface currents was published! We call the method GOFLOW 🧪🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The approach could help scientists better understand how the ocean transports heat, carbon, and nutrients around the planet, while improving forecasting, search-and-rescue efforts, and tracking of marine debris and oil spills. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/UtC9VQM 🌊 @nickpizzooceans.bsky.social

New satellite-based AI approach reveals ocean currents in unprecedented detail

KINGSTON, R.I. – April 20, 2026 – A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience describes an artificial intelligence-powered technique that can measure ocean surface currents over broad areas...

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🌊 A team of researchers, including #URIGSO's @nickpizzooceans.bsky.social, has developed a new AI-powered way to study ocean currents. #GOFLOW uses thermal images from weather satellites already in orbit to map ocean surface currents in unprecedented detail, with no new hardware required. 🧪

Join us for the next entry in the AICE Speaker Series on Wednesday, April 29th! Featuring @baylorfk.bsky.social, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University, on ‘Emulators and Parameterizations: Indirect Tools for Climate Science’

Dear Friends, Please send this to your networks. Project Drawdown is offering full-time, paid (with benefits) fellowships to scientists and engineers working on climate solutions in the public interest. Deadline is April 17. drawdown.org/careers/clim...

Climate Science Serving America Fellowship

Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.

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Work with me! Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University invites applications for a Doherty Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ocean Sciences. This competitive postdoctoral fellowship will be awarded for a one-year period, + 2nd year possible. Please see apply.interfolio.com/183855!

Finally!!

Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES)@brown-ibes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Revolution Wind has started delivering electricity to the New England grid, @browndailyherald.bsky.social reports, with commentary from IBES faculty affiliates @jeffcolgan.bsky.social & @bradmarston.bsky.social: @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @climatesollab.bsky.social @brownphysics.bsky.social

“Vice President JD Vance thinks aliens are visiting earth and that they are Demons” is the most “I wish Carl Sagan were alive” moment I’ve had in a while.

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

It is getting harder and harder to think things will be ok again soon.

Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.

It's #WomensHistoryMonth! Learn about the history of women lighthouse keepers, 5 of whom worked in RI. Using the example of Ida Lewis, this lesson discusses 19th c gender ideals and how some women came to become lighthouse keepers. Visit shiphistory.org/2023/10/19/i.... #MaritimeHistory

Ida Lewis Lighthouse Keeper - Steamship Historical Society

Learn about women lighthouse keepers of the 19th century including Rhode Island local Ida Lewis, the bravest woman in America.

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Ugh.

Jessica McKenzie@jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For better or worse, I dug into that paper that claimed to upend everything we know about the oceans taking up most of the heat from global warming. It's a perfect example of how AI makes it easy to produce science-y papers that amount to climate disinformation.