There were 23 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the US in 2025. And we only know this because @climatecentral.org hired the NOAA employee who led this vital tracking effort, which was decommissioned by the administration last spring.

Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · 7mo ago

Just in - "According to @climatecentral.org, 2025 ranks as the third-highest year (after 2023 and 2024) for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters..." + Interactive graphics/data: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv... + Climate Matters article: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

There will be a brain drain out of the US to Canada, Europe and other countries. And once we lose these top researchers we may never get them back. It‘s been a monumental mistake to attack science and higher education.

Brian Owens@scibri.com · 9mo ago

Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

Heat & very dry air that used to be rare, now very common in Spain & Portugal, putting huge strain on EU firefighting resources - at 1.3C global warming. Every additional ton of fossil fuels burnt will make European summers even more deadly & dangerous www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire...

We warmly welcome @keltonminor.bsky.social as a new Associate Professor in Planetary Behavioral Data Science, in a joint position with the Psychology Dept. Kelton's research examines how individuals and populations adapt to rapid global changes in the atmosphere, biosphere, and cybersphere.

Today I'm starting a new chapter as a tenured Associate Professor of Planetary Behavioral Data Science at the University of Copenhagen (@cphsodas.bsky.social & Department of Psychology)! It has been an Orwellian kind of year for scientists. But as history shows, science persists.

If you are having trouble finding National Climate Assessment reports, they are here. www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: National Climate Assessment links

RealClimate: For some reason, it has become hard to locate the various National Climate Assessments (NCAs) that have been produced by the USGCRP over the decades (and it's pretty hard to find the USGR...

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Glad this is getting some coverage. I've already had to send over 20 emails and several phones calls about this, with no resolution yet.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last yr.

Some former employees of the NOAA who were fired, rehired and fired again this spring say they have received debt notices from the federal government to pay it back for health care coverage. Those workers also say the notices are for coverage they never had.

Congratulations to Environmental Research: Climate @iopp-environment.bsky.social on receiving its first Impact Factor of 5.4! ERCL is non-profit, open access and has no article charges through 2025. Consider for your interdisciplinary climate research! iopscience.iop.org/journal/2752...

New research from Nick Obradovich, @estebanmoro.bsky.social l, @keltonminor.bsky.social shows that people post more on #socialmedia when bad weather hits, sometimes even more than during large social events in the U.S.

Worse Weather Pushes People to Social Media

New research shows that people post more on social media when bad weather hits, sometimes even more than during large social events in the United States.

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The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica. www.propublica.org/article/nih-...

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...

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If you had a grant cancelled, consider submitting info about your terminated grant using this Google Form [Contact Scott Delaney with Qs on Signal (sdelaney.84)] docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Also, see @scott-delaney.bsky.social 's post below for the database of cancelled grants #defendresearch

Cancelled NIH grant information submission form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

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Scott Delaney@scott-delaney.bsky.social · last yr.

Major update over the weekend to our spreadsheet tracking terminated NIH grants. 👇 Improvements include: - more grant metadata, including Congressional reps and their phone numbers - data from more sources to complement PI-submitted information - better data integrity and reproducibility 1/

New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words! If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance. www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...

Reviewer notes: That’s a very nice mediation analysis you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.

Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect an easy answer)” (Bullock et al., 2010), “What mediation analysis can (not) ...

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Mediation analysis or "three correlations in a trench coat"

Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · last yr.

New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words! If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance. www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...

“We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the federal government’s recent treatment of Columbia University.”

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · last yr.

"The government’s action therefore risks deterring and suppressing constitutionally protected speech—not just illegal discriminatory conduct... The administration’s failure to honor the Title VI safeguards creates a dangerous precedent for every recipient of federal financial assistance."

"The government’s action therefore risks deterring and suppressing constitutionally protected speech—not just illegal discriminatory conduct... The administration’s failure to honor the Title VI safeguards creates a dangerous precedent for every recipient of federal financial assistance."

Walter Olson@walterolson.bsky.social · last yr.

Twenty prominent law professors have joined a letter defending academic freedom and the First Amendment against the Trump Administration’s recent treatment of Columbia. Among those from right of center: Michael McConnell, Eugene Volokh, Keith Whittington, Steve Calabresi, and Richard Epstein.

PhD opening in Environmental Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

All scientists, regardless of their discipline or location, are potential targets for online hate. But there are things you can do to protect yourself, and resources that can help. Nature provides five steps to get started. #Academicsky 🧪

Stay safe from online hate with these five tips

In this era of anti-science activism, it‘s wise to take steps to protect your research and reputation in the digital realm.

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Thanks to the BBC World Service for having me on earlier today to talk about what’s happening at Columbia, and why we should care about what these funding cuts are actually doing to the science that keeps us safe. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

BBC World Service - Science In Action, Columbia Cuts and "Transgender Mice"

Individual stories of those affected by the Trump administration's upheaval of science.

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There are days in life that shake you. I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University & academic career... 1/🧵

New: A NOAA lab in Hawaii that is connected to the longest-running observation of global greenhouse gas concentrations is slated for closure in August, according to a list of lease terminations Democratic members of Congress shared with @washingtonpost.com.

Trump moves to close government lab that tracks planet-warming pollution

The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

washingtonpost.com

Columbia University's medical school froze hiring and spending last week, although they did not announce it publicly (the student newspaper did).

Columbia’s medical school pauses spending and hiring amid NIH cuts

The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is pausing hiring and spending in response to federal funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health, James McKiernan, interim dean of the college, an...

columbiaspectator.com

This is a really cool new paper👇👏

Kelton Minor@keltonminor.bsky.social · last yr.

Social media activity is consequential for individuals and societies. It is also remarkably sensitive to local weather 🌡️🌧️❄️ Our new research article is out in @psychscience.bsky.social, work together w/ Nick Obradovich & @estebanmoro.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0956... THREAD 🧵 1/7

Bad weather causes people to use social media more. Evidence in new psych science paper by @keltonminor.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social Nick Obradovich, including evidence within individuals overtime. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Social media activity is consequential for individuals and societies. It is also remarkably sensitive to local weather 🌡️🌧️❄️ Our new research article is out in @psychscience.bsky.social, work together w/ Nick Obradovich & @estebanmoro.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0956... THREAD 🧵 1/7

Science, I realized, gave us superpowers. We evolved sensory capabilities consistent with our physical scale and temporal experience. But with science, we can understand what happened in the femtoseconds after the Big Bang, the molecular basis of inheritance, a 4 billion-year story of life on earth.

Really nice data-driven explainer of recent causes of global warming from @hausfath.bsky.social www.theclimatebrink.com/p/exploring-...

Exploring the drivers of modern global warming

By using a simple climate model, we can disentangle greenhouse gases, aerosols, and natural forcings.

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Working in #Greenland as a scientist or social scientist or hoping to connect with the community? Then you should definitely participate in the #ArcticHubConnect deadline is 17th Jan. Can't emphasise enough how important this is for Greenland #science arctichub.gl/activities/a...

Arctic Hub Connect 2025

Let's connect on February 25th, 2025.

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