This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.

'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News

Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.

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Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

More terrible news for science in the US: NSF slashing physical sciences funding by 30% and halting all pending awards — www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪 🔭 ⚛️

Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say

Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year

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GLACIMONTIS brings you reconstructions of mountain glaciers during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Augusto Lima and @suzetteflantua.bsky.social from @unibergen.bsky.social and the Bjerknes Centre explain why reconstructing ancient glaciers matter. 🧪

Mapping the world’s vanished glaciers

A global reconstruction of Ice Age mountain glaciers opens new doors for climate and ecosystem research.

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Think of CO₂ removal like a time machine. How far back does planting 100 million trees take us? One mature tree takes up ~25 kg of CO₂/year, so 100 million trees will take up 2.5 MtCO₂. That's a time machine that takes us back ~33 minutes in a year. Nature will not save us from fossil fuel CO₂.

DeLorean Time Travel: Back To The Future

Alt: DeLorean Time Travel: Back To The Future

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🌊 If the AMOC collapses, the ocean could flip from a carbon sink → carbon source. Mechanism: ↓ NADW formation ↓ Carbon sequestration efficiency ↑ Atmospheric CO2 Net effect: a shift toward ocean-driven carbon release and enhanced warming (positive feedback) www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation would lead to substantial oceanic carbon release and additional global warming - Communications Earth & Environment

The collapse of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation would result in increase of 47-83 ppm of global mean atmospheric carbon dioxide and 0. 2 °C of additional global warming at higher carb...

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OCEAN CORE Academy is back for summer 2026! If you're an undergraduate interested in ocean science and geology, apply by April 19. 🗓️ Program dates: June 25 - July 2, 2026 📍Location: Gulf Coast Repository, College Station, TX 🖊️ Learn more and apply: form.jotform.com/260815946879173

PhD Position in Methane Seepage & Deep-Sea Exploration at @tamu.bsky.social 🌊 I'm looking for a new team member for an NSF-funded project investigating the dynamics of methane seepage along the US Atlantic Margin. Full details and application process available here: risingfluids.org/phd-usam-adv-1

Cherry Hill is one of 13 South Jersey school districts that is set to receive a reduction in state funding for the 2026-27 school year under Gov. Mikie Sherill's proposed budget.

Cherry Hill schools weighing $14.5 million in cuts and layoffs to close budget gap for 2026-27

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My point is that if we lose talented young scientists now, it’s going to be a multigenerational gap. It’ll take the US a very long time to recover from this wanton destruction (if ever).

30+ years ago, I learned an analytical technique as a summer intern that set the course of my career. Now, I'm the only scientist in the world still using it. The scientists we don't train today because of funding and program cuts from the Trump regime are the scientists we won't have in the future.

Check out this open PhD student position to work with Dr. Davide Oppo on some exciting methane seep questions! risingfluids.org/phd-usam-adv-1

PhD-USAM — Risingfluids

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The report highlights the grim state of freshwater ecosystems, degraded marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and the risk of extinction for many species. But it also emphasizes the potential for improvement through conservation, restoration, and renewed connections between people and nature.

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

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New paper out! We sat down and compiled all viral work in marine sediments. The water column has been getting a second look for viral interactions, its time for sediment to have the same! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Viruses in marine sediments: a review of their effect on biogeochemistry and microbial interactions | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

In the ocean, viruses are known to mediate the carbon cycle, keeping dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the microbial loop and preventing its movement into secondary consumers (1). However, few direct ...

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SODCO is hiring a Science Program Officer based at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. If you’re a scientist with excellent organizational skills and excited to advance the next phase in U.S. scientific ocean drilling, check it out: academic.careers.columbia.edu#!/177103

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory@lamont.columbia.edu · 5mo ago

Job alert! Marine/Large Programs division of @lamont.columbia.edu seeks research scientist to serve as Science Program Officer for @us-sciod.bsky.social Coordination Office to conduct research, data collection/analysis, and outreach. Please share! ➡️ https://academic.careers.columbia.edu/#!/177103

🚨If you're working on a US scientific ocean drilling proposal @us-sciod.bsky.social just added several info pages on: The Operational Planning Process Vessels and Platforms Coring and Downhole Measurements Containerized Laboratories sodco.org#proposals

Meanwhile, many of us have to think about how we wind down our lab operations in the next month, while proposals languish in purgatory. For what?

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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📣 Our latest IODP Expedition 361 paper: Southern Ocean carbon stratification across the MPT 🌊 What controlled ice-age CO2? Our new record reveals recurring deep carbon release — and a surprising decoupling after ~0.3 Ma. Check it out 👇 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Southern Ocean Vertical Carbon Stratification Across the Mid‐Pleistocene Transition

Breakdowns of Southern Ocean carbon isotope stratification occur at multiple glacial terminations back to at least 1.55 million years ago An increasingly efficient Southern Ocean biological pump ...

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Another day of repeating the mantra, there are no banned words, just words that will prevent an otherwise fundable application from being funded…

My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Next column will address needed guardrails for private funding of science, esp. in light of #Epstein/ #Summers etc.

Private money cannot replace public funding of science

Who should pay for American science? In the current political climate, many are looking to the private sector to compensate for cuts in public funding. At the Harvard School of Public Health—particula...

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Having a great time at #OSM26 discussing sediments, biological pump, mCDR, and plankton! Kicking off our sediment bgc model intercomparison effort, join us at www.us-ocb.org/sedmip/ 🌊

MEGAN KELLER WITH A DIRTY DRAG MOVE AND A GOLD MEDAL WINNING GOAL 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

We are hosting a scientific ocean drilling workshop here in Austin May 19-21 to develop a drilling proposal to investigate submarine slope failure dynamics and their relationship with gas, hydrates, and ocean currents around the Cape Fear Slide. Details here: usoceandiscovery.org/workshop-lan...

Workshop - Landslide dynamics, ocean currents, and carbon cycling on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margin - U.S. Science Support Program

The U.S. Science Support Program is pleased to announce a workshop aimed at training early and mid-career scientists who seek to write proposals to work on existing scientific ocean drilling samples a...

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Directorate for Geosciences 5/11

👏 Heroic effort to extract a H₂ record from ice cores 👏 The samples had to measured in the field immediately after drilling (i.e. fresh out the oven 🥮) to prevent the tiny H₂ molecules from leaking out. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Atmospheric H2 variability over the past 1,100 years - Nature

Analysis of the atmospheric H2 variability over the past millennium suggests that the sensitivity of H2 to climate change should be considered in estimates of the radiative consequences of rising...

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🧂 Pourquoi l’eau de mer est-elle salée ? Réponse en vidéo avec @france3bretagne.bsky.social 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SymxZ3PxcHo

It’s salty. It’s full of carbon. Its upwelling may have helped end the last ice age. It’s…the salty blob! eos.org/articles/how...

How the Rise of a Salty Blob Led to the Fall of the Last Ice Age - Eos

Scientists have long suspected that high salinity levels in the deep ocean were responsible for keeping carbon dioxide locked away during the last ice age. New research finds the strongest evidence ye...

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⚒️🧪Fiery Mud Volcano Eruption! The Daşmərdan (Dashmardan) mud volcano in Azerbaijan erupted ~16:50 on the 30th Jan 2026. The eruption lasted ~15 mins and was accompanied by a pillar of flame several hundred meters high. Daşmərdan had previous documented eruptions in 1866, 1954, 1976, 1986 and 2011.

Many programs (like ours) allow students to transition from MS to PhD after a year if everything is going well. This provides the student an opportunity to really "feel" the various aspects of grad school, to come to an informed decision. Ask prospective advisors if their program does that. 2/2

My advice to undergraduates: Do *not* sign on to a PhD just because it's a 'next step' and you don't know what else to do. A master's program is a much better option in that scenario. You can find out if you genuinely enjoy the endeavor and, if not, it's only 2 years and you get a great degree! 1/2