"I won’t say I’m trying to do more with less. I’m trying to do a little less with a lot less," said CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati. Read about how losses in federal funding is impacting CU Boulder research & how the university is pivoting to find new funding opportunities.
CU Boulder’s $60-Million Pivot
Federal money built this research powerhouse. Can private industry sustain it?
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One of the climate modeling preprints that I cited in my feature, finding that AMOC was resilient and reversible to realistic Greenland melt, is out now in Science Advances. Not shockingly, it hasn't gotten broad coverage.
Limited impact of Greenland meltwater on abruptness and reversibility of future Atlantic overturning changes
Climate model simulations show the Atlantic overturning circulation can recover even from strong future Greenland ice sheet melt.
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and remember: we don't get excited about ten day forecasts and we certainly don't get excited about 12+ day forecasts.
Indeed few people realise this: It will only get worse…
yes, northern europeans should accept that their climate is changing and commit to installing mini splits for everyone. great for winter too!
François Primeau, a UC Irvine professor, developed mathematical and computational ocean models that helped us understand the ocean's role in global climate. He was killed on his bike by someone driving a car. 🌊
Orange County bicyclist fatally struck by hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana
It happened at around 6:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Standard Avenue and Warner Avenue, Santa Ana Police Department officers said in a news release shared on social media.
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Happy Midwinter to all Antarctic folks. A year ago today, I was at Elephant Island, where Shackleton and his men were marooned for months before the amazing journey to South Georgia and ultimate rescue. Elephant Island is just outside the Antarctic Circle, so we did see a sunrise, albeit briefly.
Our new perspective @nature.com led by @fsmccormack.bsky.social with @fpattyn.bsky.social @mathieu-ice.bsky.social Helene Seroussi 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Emergent decadal predictability in Antarctic contribution to sea-level rise - Nature
Although Antarctic ice loss projections diverge widely by 2100, this Perspective shows that present-day rates robustly predict mid-century sea level rise, providing a firm basis for near-term planning...
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"new ways to circumvent the will of Congress and starve American science" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org @holdenthorp.bsky.social
Another red alert for American science
Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...
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Ontwikkeling gemiddelde temperatuur centraal Nederland vanaf 1706, voor steeds periode van 30 jaar (gemiddelde over alle maanden 15 jaar voor en 15 jaar na het punt op de grafiek). #Klimaat
Scoop: NSF has been quietly blocking new funds and grants to four top universities: Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Dozens of proposals from PIs at these universities—and their collaborators—have been stuck at the Office of Award Management awaiting finalization for months.
Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold
US science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions.
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As far as I know, NASA has never put the contract to run the Jet Propulsion Laboratory out for competitive bid. Caltech has run the Lab since the 1930s. In the "up-is-down" times we live in, I'm VERY concerned for the Lab's future. This could go sideways, fast. www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management - NASA
NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in
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Earth science has been archived: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF)
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sometimes you move to europe and you're like hang on, the easter bunny does not deliver a basket of radioactive colored candy that the kids have to sweep the premises for here?
Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.
UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers
A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.
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Spring is arriving across much of the West more than 20 days earlier than average when looking at when plants first leaf-out - even reaching almost to Canada! I'd expect significant ecological impacts from the heat this March. Graphic/data from @usa-npn.bsky.social: www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp...
Are you a grad student, postdoc, or early career researcher interested in sea-level science? Apply to the WHOI+NASA Summer School in Sea-Level Science, taking place May 17-30 in Woods Hole! Applications accepted until March 20. 📲Learn more at more whoi.edu/summer-school or email ssisls@whoi.edu
The largest payment eliminated by DOGE was $38,468,659 to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences for transition support services to adulthood for disabled children served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The missles in this video cost more than that.
Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 5mo agoCrazy video of 20 Tomahawks flying through the Iraqi Kurdish mountains near Sulaymaniyah (filmed by someone standing *above* them), seemingly fired from Navy vessels in the Mediterranean
happy Saturday! My first piece of academic work is out. What can tidal flexure tell us about ice in grounding zones? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Estimating effective elasticity in grounding zones of the Ross Ice Shelf with tidal flexure from ICESat-2 | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge Core
Estimating effective elasticity in grounding zones of the Ross Ice Shelf with tidal flexure from ICESat-2 - Volume 72
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This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
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