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Andra Garner

@andrajgarner.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Rowan University | Coastal Hazards researcher, including tropical cyclones and sea-level rise in a warming climate | Climate communicator | she/her | Opinions my own

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 25/08/2026
New paper led by @rowanuniversity.bsky.social’s Andra Garner looks at the history of sea level projections published from 1982-2025
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Evolution of Global Sea‐Level Rise Projections and Their Uncertainty
95% of all global-mean sea level projections have been produced in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, or Australia Less than 25% of global mean sea-level projections exceed high-e...
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Our updated database and analysis of global sea-level rise projections made from 1982-2025 was published in @agu.org's Earth's Future today: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... Key findings below (🧵 1/6):
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Evolution of Global Sea‐Level Rise Projections and Their Uncertainty
95% of all global-mean sea level projections have been produced in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, or Australia Less than 25% of global mean sea-level projections exceed high-e...
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
As a reminder, @agu.org abstracts are due Wed., 5 August. If your research relates to coastal climate change, we hope you'll submit an abstract to our interdisciplinary session on "Dynamic Coastlines amidst Changing Sea Levels." Please also consider sharing this post to help us get the word out!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Reposting: if you're a coastal climate scientist attending the 2026 @agu.org fall meeting, we hope you'll submit an abstract to our session on Dynamic Coastlines! We've has great conversations in years past at this session, and look forward to more exciting science in San Francisco this year!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Jennifer Walker, Isabel Hong, and I will once again be convening our "Dynamic Coastlines Amidst Changing Sea Levels" session at the 2026 @agu.org meeting. If you work in the coastal climate change space, we hope you'll consider submitting an abstract to the session! agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...
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Dynamic Coastlines amidst Changing Sea Levels: Advancements in Understanding of Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Impacts
Changes along our coastlines threaten growing populations, economic resources, infrastructure investments, and natural ecosystem functioning. Coastal communities and environments are subject to hazard...
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Climate.us @climate.us · 23/06/2026
Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"... the agency appears to be defying a congressional directive..." The lack of oversight gets more infuriating every day. NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say | Science | AAAS share.google/32bwdI41HScf...
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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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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The @agu.org Chapman Conference on Updating Usable Projections of Future Sea Level in Montreal last week was a great meeting! I was glad to be able to attend, share a talk on my work looking at the evolution of global sea level projections, and hear from so many other talented experts in the field.
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Had a great week at the International Summer School organized in Venice last week! It was the perfect place for discussions on coastal climate change. I delivered a keynote lecture focused on my work with sea level projections, and had great conversations with the other participants.
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Mann Research Group @mannresearch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Cuts to federal science funding means we’ll be more vulnerable to hurricanes and nor’easters here in the Mid-Atlantic.
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If allowed to go through, this will be catastrophic for science in the U.S., and by extension, the global community, given the vital role that the U.S. has played in the scientific community for decades.
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
When we cut critical Federal funds for science, we all pay the price. The impacts of this loss of scientific innovation will be felt especially acutely in our coastal communities. Check out my latest op-ed, published today in The Philadelphia Inquirer, to learn more! share.inquirer.com/iC6tHv
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Cuts to science funding will create a flood of challenges in our coastal communities | Opinion
Progress toward supporting safer, more affordable coastal communities in the face of climate change is at risk from a storm of cuts to U.S. scientific funding.
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Kenny Smith @kennysmith.org · 20/05/2026
My colleague, environmental scientist @andrajgarner.bsky.social, has a paper out about the variability and inconsistency of spring weather being a climate change concern. Tomorrow the forecast calls for a 40° change in temperature. (Never mind a third consecutive day of 90+ in May.)
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Today, the University of Maine's Vice Chancellor for Finance and Strategic AI Integration (who made $243,000 last year) sent UMaine campuses an announcement that we have partnered with OpenAI with a contract for ChatGPT Edu. I sent him the following questions:
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Excited to share our latest work, published today in Eos! The U.S. has led and helped to fund about a third of all global sea level projections ever produced. Now, attacks on science in the U.S. have left the field at a precipice.
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Excited to see our paper on springtime temperature variability get some coverage from @bloomberg.com! I was glad to contribute to this piece by @eroston.bsky.social
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Had a great time hosting "Chasing Ice" with students in my sea level course @rowancsm.bsky.social's Edelman Planetarium last night! We had a fantastic turnout, and the students did a great job discussing sea level rise impacts with our audience after the show!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Glad to provide comments for a piece in Le Monde newspaper discussing a new study about sea level adaptation pathways in Venice! This type of flexible adaptation pathway will be vital as our coastal communities look to become more resilient in an uncertain future. www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
As I've watched temperatures push toward the 90s this week in New Jersey, but see the forecast lows that will threaten a freeze by early next week, it brings to mind the paper that my colleague Dan Duran and I published two years ago. journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My resignation letter
screenshot of a resignation letter expressing sadness at leaving NASA
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This past week, I was in Washington, D.C., where I had the opportunity to join colleagues from @agu.org for visits to our legislative offices. Together, we advocated for continued support of Earth and space science. It was a busy week, but very energizing!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It's been a busy few weeks of travel, starting with the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland! We had lots of excellent talks and posters in the sessions we convened on Dynamic Coastlines in a Changing Climate. It was great to hear more about the exciting work being done in this area! #OSM2026
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Coming up at 2:00 pm at #OSM2026! We hope you'll join us for our session on Dynamic Coastlines Amidst Changing Sea Levels: Advancements in Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Hazards!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We had a great turn out at our Dynamic Coastlines poster session this afternoon! Looking forward to some excellent talks in our session tomorrow. If you're at #OSM2026, we hope you'll join us from 2:00-3:30 for more discussions on coastal climate impacts!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Hey #OSM2026! We hope you'll stop by the first of our "Dynamic Coastlines" sessions this afternoon in the poster hall. We're roughly between boards 815-863. Hope to see you there to talk about coastal climate change impacts!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Nice story in Science on important new research from Lauren Lewright and colleagues, exploring sea level fall around Greenland As Greenland loses ice, global sea levels will rise—and its own will fall | Science | AAAS share.google/fPwiWMjiCFkP...
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As Greenland loses ice, global sea levels will rise—and its own will fall
The island is rebounding from ice melt so fast that scientists are rethinking how Earth’s interior works
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We had a great turnout at for the first of our Dynamic Coastlines sessions yesterday—hope to see lots of you back for our posters today! #AGU2025
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Happening now at #AGU2025! Come out and join us for a great discussion on coastlines in a changing climate!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Coming up in about an hour, we'll be convening our session on Dynamic Coastlines amid Changing Sea Levels at #AGU2025! Please come by and join us—we've got a fantastic line up! share.google/5FeGmVVjw1vj...
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Dynamic Coastlines amid Changing Sea Levels: Advancements in Understanding of Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Impacts I Oral
Changes along our coastlines threaten growing populations, economic resources, infrastructure investments, and natural ecosystem functioning. Coastal communities and environments are subject to hazard...
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
If you care about understanding our atmosphere and the way that it impacts our daily lives—from extreme weather to climate change to air quality—you care about @ncar-ucar.bsky.social
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Great to catch up with colleagues at AGU in New Orleans!
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Excited to see our updated report on New Jersey's Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms get published! In addition to new sea level estimates, we highlight changes to coastal storms— including greater intensity and more precipitation—that amplify coastal hazards in NJ share.google/hn924C30ryP6...
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NJ Sea Level Rise Reports – New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center
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Mann Research Group @mannresearch.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🚨 Key highlights from the new publication by @mackenzieweaver.bsky.social, @andrajgarner.bsky.social, @dhrubasamanta.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social and Benjamin Horton 🔗 Article Link: www.nature.com/articles/s43... #TropicalCyclones #CoastalHazards #ClimateChange
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Mann Research Group @mannresearch.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🚨 New Publication in @commsearth.nature.com This new study led by MRG grad student @mackenzieweaver.bsky.social explores tropical cyclone genesis and landfall patterns in warming climates to understand seasonal storm patterns and impacts in Southeast Asia Article: doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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Seasonal variations of tropical cyclone genesis and landfall patterns impacting Southeast Asia in a warmer climate - Communications Earth & Environment
In Southeast Asia, tropical cyclone genesis is projected to shift northward with more seasonal activity and altered landfall patterns, according to analysis of seasonal-scale tropical cyclone genesis ...
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Dhruba Samanta @dhrubasamanta.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🌏 New study in @commsearth.nature.com! Led by Kenzie Weaver, our team explores how tropical cyclone genesis and landfall patterns in Southeast Asia are shifting seasonally under future warming. www.nature.com/articles/s43... @michaelemann.bsky.social @andrajgarner.bsky.social @NTUSingapore
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Seasonal variations of tropical cyclone genesis and landfall patterns impacting Southeast Asia in a warmer climate - Communications Earth & Environment
In Southeast Asia, tropical cyclone genesis is projected to shift northward with more seasonal activity and altered landfall patterns, according to analysis of seasonal-scale tropical cyclone genesis ...
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🚨New paper alert! 🚨 Delighted to share that our new research led by Kenzie Weaver, exploring seasonal variations in tropical cyclone genesis and landfall for Southeast Asia, has been published today in @natureportfolio.nature.com Communications Earth and Environment! share.google/D1LoDNSgmhs1...
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Seasonal variations of tropical cyclone genesis and landfall patterns impacting Southeast Asia in a warmer climate - Communications Earth & Environment
In Southeast Asia, tropical cyclone genesis is projected to shift northward with more seasonal activity and altered landfall patterns, according to analysis of seasonal-scale tropical cyclone genesis ...
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
i do not believe for a second that the hundreds of thousands of layoffs we’re seeing right now are bc ai is replacing them, seems much more likely that the economy is imploding along with corporate mismanagement
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Important piece covering the ways in which warm ocean waters--made more likely by human activity--contributed to the catastrophic impacts we're seeing from #Melissa.
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
892mb, 185mph. You can spend your career doing work that shows we should expect more dangerous storms in a warmer climate... But it never gets less mind-blowing or heartbreaking to watch something like this unfold.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Finally, an independent expert, political economist @blairfix.bsky.social, has actually taken a look under the hood, digging deep into the details of Roger's methodology, and it's not pretty. Blair's commentary speaks for itself: economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
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Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The human and social impacts of #Melissa are almost certain to be beyond devastating.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
In my 30 years being a professional meteorologist, I can't say I have ever seen a #Hurricane with better/ more textbook structure than #Melissa in the Atlantic. It's been a Cat 5 all day long with no signs of getting any weaker. That's a rare run! Here's more...
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Happy to have provided input for this well-written story by @laurenthal.bsky.social, highlighting some of the reasons to be concerned about #Melissa, and some of the ways that storms like this are becoming more dangerous in a warmer climate: share.google/96AvQEWmomwa...
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Storm Melissa's Slow Pace Is What Makes It Risky for Caribbean
The slowness of the storm means it is likely to increase rainfall, dumping several feet of water in some areas.
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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
For only the second time in recorded history, an Atlantic season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes... the previous year was 2005. This puts 2025 in an elite class of hurricane seasons. It also means that nearly 7% of all known Category 5 hurricanes have occurred just in this year. #Melissa
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Melissa becomes third Category 5 hurricane of the extraordinary 2025 season
Updates and summaries on tropical Atlantic activity... including easterly waves, tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes.
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Changes we expect to hurricanes in a warmer climate include more rapid strengthening, slower forward movement, and more torrential rainfall--all characteristics that describe the incredibly dangerous #Melissa. If you know anyone in Jamaica, please make sure they get to safety.
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Really glad to hear that @climatecentral.org has been working to revive and maintain the incredibly important "Billion Dollar Climate and Weather Disasters" dataset, as we continue to see human-caused warming making these disasters more costly and dangerous: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/c...
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In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes Escalated at a Record Pace
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Andra Garner @andrajgarner.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
One of the findings from our 2024 manuscript assessing changes in tropical cyclone tracks near Southeast Asia was that, in a warmer climate, it becomes more common for these kinds of storms to impact Alaskan coastlines: share.google/pko58Q42M0lZ...
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 04/09/2025
On The Climate Brink: More about the DOE Climate Working Group report. The Fix Is In: Without independent review editors, their “peer review” process is a sham. Science and humanity deserves better.
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The fix is in
Judy Curry unwittingly spills the beans
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Some energy/climate math for the late night crowd: Total Absorbed Solar Energy: 240 W/m2 Total human primary energy use in 2024: 186kTWh (from ourworldindata.org/energy-produ...) Converting: 186*10^15/5.1x10^14/3600= 0.1 W/m2 => total energy from solar is 2400 times what we use.
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Energy Production and Consumption
Explore data on how energy production and use varies across the world.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 02/09/2025
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out. Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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