Abigail Swann, PhD

@ecoclimatelab.bsky.social

I study how climate works differently because of plants. Professor at @Univ. of Washington, views are my own. She/her

Does anyone have a link to an official source that shows the deadline to submit papers so they can be included in IPCC AR7 WGI? Web search gives me March 2027 for submission and October 2027 for acceptance but not from an official source.

Pro-wrestling executive Linda McMahon issued a letter today (in her role as US Secretary of Education) demanding that universities justify their existence and explain policies to the Trump administration by the end of 2026. Not sure what the endgame is, but it sure feels like a trap.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Issues National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a national call to action to university presidents and governing boards, urging them to reaffirm higher education’s foundational commitments to ...

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It is the 5 yr anniversary of the 2021 PNW heat wave, where Seattle reached locally unheard of temperatures of 108F/42.2C. Like most people here my family didn’t have AC for relief. I spent this week in the UK, where another major heatwave exposed how unprepared we are to manage our altered climate.

I am hiring! My former postdocs have all gone on to great ongoing roles, so I am now looking for 2 new postdocs in dynamic vegetation modelling: Modelling vegetation-fire interactions in Australia Modelling Australian vegetation distributions Details linked below - please share!

The land carbon cycle, and its fate in a warming world is clearly one of the big "known unknowns" in our climate future. It is particularly crucial to know what happens to the land carbon budget after we achieve net zero. All that carbon we have stocked so far is very vulnerable, being present

Kevin Anchukaitis@thirstygecko.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'by assuming tight coupling between photosynthesis and woody biomass, current earth system models may overestimate long-term carbon sequestration in forests' www.science.org/doi/full/10....

The Livestream is in its second of 2 days, it has been amazing! Tune in to a continuous science-a-thon with great talks by brilliant scientists, hosted by other brilliant scientists. Plenty of audience Q&A. It's a really unique thing, actually. It'll be a document for history books.

The Weather & Climate Livestream@wclivestream.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're starting in 20 minutes! Our opening lineup includes: @adamsobel.bsky.social Jen Kay (UC Boulder) @zacklabe.com @ametsoc.org @drjeffmasters.bsky.social @solilyquy.bsky.social Nadir Jeevanjee (NOAA GFDL) Abby Swann (UW) Join us here: wclivestream.com/watch

The Weather and Climate Livestream starts today at 4pm ET, and I am the first speaker, at 4:20! I'm going to talk about my own career, how it was enabled by many great people, federal agencies, and intellectual traditions, and the public benefits of the whole enterprise. wclivestream.com

The Weather & Climate Livestream

For 50 hours from June 1st to June 3rd 2026, scientists and science support staff from across the US will share their work and answer your questions, all with the goal of saving America's forecasts to...

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It's been a banner week for rejections around here. And with the review process for both papers and grants taking seemingly so much longer than it used to it makes it especially frustrating to have to start the process again.