That's a wrap on Climate Week and on the NYC-to-DC walk series! 🧵 250 miles, 14 interviews, and 300+ letters from weather and climate scientists delivered to the Capitol. Full website: www.sylfoisy.com/walk.html
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50 hours for our future starting June 1st, 2026. Working to #SaveAmericasForecasts through sharing the importance of weather and climate science. [Photo: NYTimes] Learn more: wclivestream.com/
Clips from the final three interviews (#12, #13, and #14) of our 250 mile NYC-to-DC walk! Learn more about the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 2023-2024 record warmth, and how aerosols shape our climate. #ClimateWeek #NYC #DC #scicomm
Snippets from interviews #9, #10, and #11 of our 250 mile NYC-to-DC walk! 🧵 Learn more about hurricane intensification, what's changing in the Arctic Ocean, and why wetlands matter for climate. #ClimateWeek #NYC #DC #scicomm
Clips from interviews #6, #7, and #8 of our 250 mile NYC-to-DC walk! 🧵 Learn more about how weather forecasts are made today, how they were made in the past, and the Antarctic ice sheet. #ClimateWeek #NYC #DC #scicomm
Snippets from interviews #4 and #5 of our 250 mile NYC-to-DC walk! 🧵 Stay tuned for the rest of the interviews as we celebrate Climate Week. #ClimateWeek #NYC #DC #scicomm
Snippets from the first three weather and climate expert interviews on the 250 mile NYC-to-DC walk! View full videos here: www.sylfoisy.com/scientists.h... #ClimateWeek
See my short interview as part of Walking 250 miles from NYC to DC www.sylfoisy.com/z_blog_alan.... | @wclivestream
Walking 250 miles from NYC to DC
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This spring, Weather & Climate Livestream co-organizer Syl Foisy walked 250 miles from Central Park to the Capitol, interviewing 14 weather and climate experts along the way. 🌎 Each interview is packed with cutting-edge science! Link here: www.sylfoisy.com/scientists.h... #ClimateWeek
To kick off Climate Week, we're thrilled to share a full recap video of Syl Foisy's walk from NYC to DC in support of weather and climate research! Check out the full video here: youtu.be/4Jzs7vJYQNs #weather #climate #walkforscience #NYC #DC
Stand by for "Updates from the NSF Directorate for Geosciences" Webinar.... Where we find out more 'bout our Doom.
Calling all Earth scientists - the NSF GEO virtual office hours are happening shortly, at 1pm Eastern! If you have a moment, tune in and show your support for our field.
Liz Hearn@liz-hearn.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you care about Earth science in the US, please sign up for the NSF GEO virtual office hour Sept 15 with GEO directorate head Joydip Kundu! NSF leadership needs to hear directly that people care and are concerned about GEO. Maxxing out their Zoom tier sends a message. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-g...
🚨OSTP, on behalf of USGCRP, seeks public comment on proposed amendment that would clarify the interpretation and Federal use of NCA5 results that rely on RCP8.5 Are you a scientist with expertise? TODAY is your last chance to submit a comment here: spklr.io/63329ErWUS
United States Global Change Research Program; Availability for Public Comment on the Proposed Amendment to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5)
OSTP, on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), announces the availability of a proposed amendment and clarification to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) for public comment. The proposed amendment addresses the interpretation and Federal use of NCA5 results that...
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‼️🌎 Submit your comment by MIDNIGHT to stop the politicization of the NSF! 🌍‼️ New rules would require all grants and grantees to pass ideological tests. You deserve the truth about the weather and climate of your world, uncensored. Read more and submit your comment here: www.aps.org/initiatives/...
Proposed changes to NSF proposals
Share your feedback about concerning, proposed, updated changes to National Science Foundation funding guidance. The comment period will close on Aug. 24, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
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It's deadline day for the OMB rules! Submit your comment by 11:59PM EST (you can be anonymous): www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... Need inspiration? Tune in at 7PM EST - we're having an impromptu livestream, with 🎶 piano music 🎵 to help you write, performed by Solon Gordon: wclivestream.com/watch
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⏰ Today is the deadline to comment on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed rule. Act now by submitting a public comment by 13 July at 11:59 p.m. ET: spklr.io/63325EPrk5 AGU President Brandon Jones spells out why it's more important than ever to make your voice heard.
Who should decide what science gets funded: scientists or political appointees? Right now, it's scientists. A new OMB rule would hand that power to political appointees instead. Comment by July 13 to stop it. ⬇️ www.planetary.org/ombgrantrules
Advocacy Action Center
The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.
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Today AMS submitted a response to OMB's proposed new federal grantmaking rules. Read AMS’s comments and submit your own by the deadline, Monday 13 July: https://bit.ly/44TYFBF
AMS Expanded Comments on the Office of Management and Budget Proposed Rule on Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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@zentouro.info has a great new video up on the catastrophic proposed rules for federal funding: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGnS... Your comments help challenge these rules down the line. Anyone can submit a comment, and comments can be anonymous. Comment by Monday! www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...
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We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience
Hoping Utahns are safe from the explosive #CottonwoodFire. In addition to @weatherwest.bsky.social's fantastic coverage, if you're looking for background on why Western wildfires worsen in a warmer world, check out this excellent talk from @carospace.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrfC...
50 Hours to Save America’s Forecasts, Weather and Climate Livestream Part 4
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Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 4mo agoGenuinely extreme--and quite frankly explosive--fire behavior ongoing within #CottonwoodFire in SW Utah late this evening, with a persistent, deep, and apparently rotating *nocturnal* pyrocumulonimbus. This region had record low snowpack a following record warm winter. Yikes.
Your reps voted to maintain science funding, but instead the NSF is cutting many fields by 20-30%, and apparently using that money for "X-Labs." This great talk from @climateflavors.bsky.social on the 2026 Western US snow drought is the sort of science we could lose www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzOi...
50 Hours to Save America’s Forecasts, Weather and Climate Livestream Part 6
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Science Magazine@science.org · 4mo agoExclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm
🌡️ Extreme heat is likely coming to western Europe this week. This excellent talk by graduate student Haley Staudmyer looks at the impacts of extreme heat on daily life, how this changes across our lifespan, and how this all might change in a warmer world 🌎: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndgg...
50 Hours to Save America’s Forecasts, Weather and Climate Livestream Part 2
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Zack Labe@zacklabe.com · 4mo agoDangerous and potentially historic extreme heat is forecast to impact parts of western Europe this week. We already know that these temperatures are made at least 5x more likely due to human-caused climate change. Stay safe! Explore the attribution data at csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
🌡️ Hot weather can have a big effect on ecosystems! 🌿 Prof. Lucas Vargas Zeppetello joined us to talk about the complicated role that temperature plays in determining the growth of ecosystems, and the work that remains to understand future climate impacts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrfC...
50 Hours to Save America’s Forecasts, Weather and Climate Livestream Part 4
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NPR@npr.org · 4mo agoThe shallow, sunny waters of the reflecting pool are an ideal incubator for algae growth in the summertime. Experts say the recent renovation may have helped accelerate it.
🎉 Congress acted to protect the Ocean Observatories Initiative, which helps measure the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 🎉 To understand why this is so critical, check out graduate student Clark Zimmerman's excellent AMOC talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v64j... and keep calling your reps! ☎️
The 2026 Weather and Climate Livestream Part 1
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Eos@eos.org · 5mo agoNSF announcement is out: NSF "appreciates the concerns raised by the range of stakeholders that have informed us they rely on data from the [OOI.] Effective immediately, NSF will not proceed with further removal or descoping of equipment from the remaining arrays." www.nsf.gov/news/update-...
Got 10 minutes? Want to learn about how we model the risk posed by hurricanes? In honor of the first tropical storm of the Atlantic season, here's Dr. Sydney Kramer (@sydkramer12.bsky.social)'s excellent talk, hosted by her sister Dr. Samantha Kramer (& her cat)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-v...
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Here's the full script of my Capitol Hill speech in support of science (with alt text) Context: I was on the @wclivestream.bsky.social walk team supporting Syl Foisy as he walked from Central Park to Capitol Hill to deliver letters to lawmakers (I'm still working on that last line in the script)
![Screenshot 3 of my speech, showing the following text:
"We refused to stay still and watch the scientific superpowers of our country be stripped away when they are better than they’ve ever been and needed now more than ever. With more than 250 miles behind us, we and constituents from across the country ask our members of Congress: will you join us in taking extraordinary steps in support of American science and the American people?
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Now, after walking 250 miles from Central Park to Capitol Hill, I would like to invite Syl Foisy to walk just a few more yards. Syl, please come to the podium to officially conclude your walk for science.
[the enormous crowd goes wild]
[exit to live a life of riches and fame]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hrbcyzifs4efpv2c7c37myul/bafkreia6dq3jriekoy6ei6j5tvnpqnvl4lwkxjihe45vhw2zfysxux3pia)
〜 Kelvin waves 〜 are a beautiful phenomenon caused by the Earth's rotation. In this talk from the 2026 Livestream, Prof. Paul Roundy of @albany.edu shows how they can help give rise to El Niño - and shares the lovely temperature quilt hanging in his office: www.youtube.com/live/qX-v80D...
50 Hours to Save America’s Forecasts, Weather and Climate Livestream Part 3
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On June 3rd, Syl Foisy finished his NYC to DC walk by delivering your letters in support of weather & climate science to 7 representatives! Watch Syl, @andrewilwilliams.bsky.social, @vgwschutte.bsky.social, and @marc-alessi.bsky.social talk about this critical moment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMaE...
Press conference following the Weather & Climate Livestream walk to DC, June 3, 2026 on Capitol Hill
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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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NYTimes has coverage today of the end of funding for the AI and Weather institute led by @profamymcgovern.bsky.social We were so lucky to have her on the Livestream last year to speak about the institute, and the many ways it was helping forecasters (& turtles!): www.youtube.com/live/NMa7P6M...
The 100-Hour Weather & Climate Livestream, Part 4
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Amy McGovern@profamymcgovern.bsky.social · 5mo agoNY times covered our cut today (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...