Paul Bierman
@paul-bierman.bsky.social
Geoscientist, environmental historian, professor, author who cares deeply about our planet. Obsessed with snow, ice sheets, climate, and science as a way of knowing. Passionate about teaching, equality, and explaining Earth. https://www.paulbierman.net
And I thought this was an ONION parody but no it’s the Trump admin reality. www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...
Trump Administration Investigating Smith College for ‘Admitting Men’
The administration says enrolling transgender women violates Title IX.
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Trump's affordability. Happy to be driving 2 EVs these days. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/b...
U.S. Gas Prices Hit Highest Level Since Beginning of War in Iran
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Hardwick VT turns out for No Kings. Cold sunny and ready for change
Not what I pay taxes for. Sad to see Vermonters attacking Vermonters. www.sevendaysvt.com/news/questio...
Questions Raised Over Local and State Police Actions at ICE Raid | Seven Days
ICE was roundly criticized for its conduct in South Burlington this week. Some are also questioning what Burlington and state police did on the scene.
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ICE has come to Vermont just as our ice is melting. But WTF are our State Police helping them? Awful. We are better than this. www.sevendaysvt.com/news/dozens-...
Chaos Breaks Out at Scene of ICE Arrests in South Burlington | Seven Days
Federal agents surrounded a home in which a man they sought had allegedly taken cover after fleeing a car crash. People responded to protect the man.
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Guess what. Glaciers aren't as good at eroding the landscape as we might have thought. New paper with collaborators from Quebec, France, and across the US. Internationalism lives on at least in science! gchron.copernicus.org/articles/8/1... ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #UVMresearch #science 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
In situ cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al reveal the complex exposure and erosion history of the landscape once covered by the Quebec-Labrador Ice Dome
Abstract. The rate at which ice sheets erode rock and produce sediment is poorly known. Here, we use paired cosmogenic nuclides in both deglacial and modern sediment to understand better the efficacy ...
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Hard to think about science and ice sheets when our president is waging a war of choice but new paper out from our group on glacial erosion in eastern Canada. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #UVMresearch #science 🌎 🔬 ⚒️ #geosky #ClimateHealth #ClimateAction gchron.copernicus.org/articles/8/1...
In situ cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al reveal the complex exposure and erosion history of the landscape once covered by the Quebec-Labrador Ice Dome
Abstract. The rate at which ice sheets erode rock and produce sediment is poorly known. Here, we use paired cosmogenic nuclides in both deglacial and modern sediment to understand better the efficacy ...
gchron.copernicus.org
Makes changing US energy policy under Trump all the more risky. 🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science 🌎 🔬 ⚒️ #geosky #ClimateHealth #ClimateAction Earth’s Climate May Go from Greenhouse to Hothouse eos.org/articles/ear...
Earth’s Climate May Go from Greenhouse to Hothouse - Eos
Uncertainty in climate models could mean Earth systems are perilously close to their tipping points, scientists warn.
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self reflection perhaps? he doesn't look well...shaking?
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 6mo agoRFK can diagnosis mitochondrial diseases by walking past them
www.sevendaysvt.com/news/ice-out... Vermont stands up
'ICE Out' Rally Draws Huge Crowd in Burlington | Seven Days
“If we want to stop ICE’s reign of terror, we need to shut it down!” one speaker said outside of City Hall on Church Street, where protesters waved signs and chanted on Friday.
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fascist press suppression plain and simple www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
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Cold blooded murder of an American citizen. These aren't police. These are an occupying force. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
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Gotta laugh...and we all need a laugh. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science God Punishes Trump by Turning US into Greenland open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
God Punishes Trump by Turning US into Greenland
The Almighty declared, “Prayers answered, jerkwad.”
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exactly... Trump has no idea why the arctic matters to everyone on Earth or its real value ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6mo agoDon’t believe Trump’s absurd lies that the U.S. needs to own Greenland for “national security” reasons. The real reason is to enrich his donors and allies. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/23/greenland-data-center-trump-greenmet.html
Doing my best to speak up and take action while I still can. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
The Get More Smarter Podcast 🧠🏔️@getmoresmarter.com · 7mo agoImportant perspective from Greenland.
Trump has no idea why the arctic matters to everyone on Earth. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov · 7mo agoImagine if Joe Biden threatened attacking Greenland and then in front of a world audience confused Greenland and Iceland. Mental competence questions would rage.
Trump has no idea why the arctic matters to everyone on Earth. And those Nuuk penguins...priceless. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 6mo agoThere are many serious governments in the world. The US is not one of them. (There are no penguins in Greenland.)
Trump has no idea why the arctic matters to everyone on Earth. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
The Onion@theonion.com · 7mo agoTrump To Europe: ‘Getting Greenland Was Mr. Dilbert’s Final Wish’
Trump has no idea why the arctic matters to everyone on Earth. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7mo agoI have an update on Greenland.
Trump has no idea why the arctic matters to everyone on Earth. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7mo agoIceland, Greenland. Greenland, Iceland.
oh. that damn wiggly jet stream strikes again...this is one of the oldest climate denial tropes out there...weather isn't climate. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #UVMresearch #science
Ellen Hopkins@ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis is apparently real. People who voted for him must've wanted someone stupider than they are. I'm sorry, but he's a " low-IQ individual," to quote the Low-IQ Individual in Chief.
Trump's got it all wrong. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
Greenland isn't something Trump can buy. It belongs to the Greenlandic people. Must read at @grist.org ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science grist.org/global-indig...
Greenland is a global model for Indigenous self-governance. Trump’s demands for the island threaten that.
Historians say underpinning Trump's talk of national security lies a longstanding pattern of American entitlement to Native land.
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Trump the imperialist....treating countries like he treats women. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #science thebulletin.org/2026/01/gree...
'Greenland belongs to its people': The US scientists speaking out against Trump's imperial aggression
At least 225 US scientists who conduct research in Greenland have signed a Statement in Solidarity with Greenland this month.
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Some hard truths about Greenland and climate change and Trump's nonsensical landgrab. My take on the last couple weeks of insanity. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #UVMresearch #science theconversation.com/what-a-us-mi...
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance
Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.
theconversation.com
and to think since 1941...we worked together theconversation.com/us-military-...
US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
History also shows that many of the fanciful engineering ideas for Greenland failed because they misjudged the island’s harsh climate and dynamic ice sheet.
theconversation.com
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 7mo agoThe Danish military gears up to defend Greenland www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
what a change from 70 years of history theconversation.com/us-military-...
US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
History also shows that many of the fanciful engineering ideas for Greenland failed because they misjudged the island’s harsh climate and dynamic ice sheet.
theconversation.com
Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe UK has declined a US request to help invade Greenland. UK officials have instead met with their counterparts from Germany and France to begin preparations for deploying a defensive force in Greenland. The goal is to protect Greenland from invasion or attacks.
here's the history: theconversation.com/us-military-...
US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
History also shows that many of the fanciful engineering ideas for Greenland failed because they misjudged the island’s harsh climate and dynamic ice sheet.
theconversation.com
