Reposted by Shawn SerbinJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n 2719251089
Reposted by Shawn SerbinMichael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s... 447188336434
Reposted by Shawn SerbinNick Barber 🌋 @volcannick.bsky.social · 02/04/2026End of semester coming up. My hazards students will have the joy of discussing wildfires in the context of 1) the unprecedented west coast heat wave 2) dumb as fuck federal land management policy that’s going to super charge wildfire conditions morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...morethanjustparks.substack.comBREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest ServiceThe headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed. 052
Reposted by Shawn Serbinnasa-needs-help.bsky.social @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Go Artemis II!! We’re so proud of the astronauts and alllll the amazing talent of NASA and our partners that made this launch happen. This is what NASAneedshelp is fighting for: resources and funding to further push the limits of exploration and understanding in space. 042
Reposted by Shawn SerbinAFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 02/04/2026Good luck to our NASA siblings tonight who are making the Artemis II launch to the moon happen! They’re leading the charge in scientific research and discovery on Earth AND in orbit – and their @ifpte.bsky.social and AFGE union contracts should be restored. 🚀 129843
Reposted by Shawn SerbinBill Smith @wkolby.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Happy to share a new lab #AgrForMet paper, "Proximal measurements of microwave reflectance using GNSS-IR track semi-arid grassland vegetation dynamics during greening and browning phases," led by Dr. Charlie Devine authors.elsevier.com/c/1moi6cFXJs... 041
Reposted by Shawn SerbinZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 24/03/2026"To make matters worse, “this week is exacerbating conditions that were already bad,” Labe said." - via @heatmap.newsheatmap.newsA Once-in-a-4,433-Year Heat Wave Is Hitting the Western U.S.The consequences will linger well past the high temperatures. 25360161
Reposted by Shawn SerbinDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.whitehouse.govWithdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United StatesMEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United 10388117
Reposted by Shawn SerbinDr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 17/12/2025So the word from UCAR (NCAR’s managing entity) is, essentially, “This is news to us!” news.ucar.edu/133054/ucar-... 🤔news.ucar.eduUCAR statement on reports that NSF NCAR could be dismantled | NCAR & UCAR News 01811
Reposted by Shawn SerbinKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 16/12/2025It took a while for the centers, labs & groups bringing together scientists, researchers, and communicators on climate to realize Bluesky was a thing. But once they did, they arrived in droves. Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow! Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs. 515653
Reposted by Shawn SerbinZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 17/12/2025The annual Arctic Report Card is now out for 2025. It discusses recent changes in the #Arctic, extreme events, and broader human/environmental impacts. This is the 20th anniversary edition. 20 years of rapid change. + Report arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/... + Summary arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/... 26825
Reposted by Shawn SerbinAnnemiek Stegehuis @annemiekstegehuis.bsky.social · 17/12/2025We can now simulate the biomass of mangrove forests and its spatial distribution on a global scale agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comORCHIDEE‐MAN: Incorporating Mangrove Processes in the Global Vegetation Model of ORCHIDEEA new mangrove module related to carbon cycle was introduced into the land surface model Parameters related to mangrove carbon cycles were calibrated and optimized using the observations collecte... 0255
Reposted by Shawn SerbinBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 17/12/2025Time to repurpose #AGU25 as a mass mobilization in support of NCAR, NSF, NOAA, NASA, USGS, DOE BER, and the Congressional power of the purse. 621261
Shawn Serbin @doctorjackpine.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The same week as #AGU2025, Vought and his cronies come after one of the world’s premier weather and climate research institutions. Absolutely disgusting www.ucs.org/about/news/t...ucs.orgTrump Administration Threatens to Dismantle Leading Climate and Weather Research CenterThe Trump administration is threatening to dismantle one of the U.S.’ leading weather and climate research institutions. 010
Reposted by Shawn SerbinTerrestrial Ecology Research Group - TUM @terrecolgroup.bsky.social · 09/12/2025New paper out in @science.org from the LegacyNet. Functional plant diversity and fertilization impacts on yields were compared in a network of sites across the globe. Our colleague Sebastian Meyer hosted the Freising site, allowing us to follow it closely for many years. doi.org/10.1126/scie...doi.orgMultispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradientHigh-yielding forage grasslands frequently comprise low species diversity and receive high inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. To investigate multispecies mixtures as an alternative strategy, the 26-site i... 142
Reposted by Shawn SerbinAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said 😳gravityisgone.com'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something." 516554
Shawn Serbin @doctorjackpine.bsky.social · 09/11/2025www.change.org/p/stop-the-d...change.orgSign the PetitionStop the Dismantling of NASA Science Center at Goddard 1107
Reposted by Shawn Serbinnasa-needs-help.bsky.social @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Goddard Space Flight Center’s science center is slated to close due to the government cuts. Thank you Space.com for covering this. www.space.com/space-explor...space.comNASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…" 0123
Reposted by Shawn SerbinDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 31/10/2025There are more than 100 marine research institutions in the United States and they’re under threat from Trump’s attack on science funding. 🌊science.orgSaving science by the seaAs funding for science tightens across the United States, attention has turned to pressures faced by universities and biomedical research institutions. An often overlooked part of the nation’s science... 210338
Reposted by Shawn SerbinDr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025it’s essential that scientists, decisionmakers, & end users codevelop forecast tools & information. Close integration ...would focus scientific innovation on user-defined needs of what is useful and actionable, allowing scientists to build tools that meet those needs. eos.org/opinions/sci...eos.orgScientists Must Join Forces to Solve Forecasting’s Predictability Desert - EosTo strengthen societal resilience to worsening natural hazards, siloed Earth system science communities must collaborate to understand conditions that favor skillful subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasts. 074
Reposted by Shawn SerbinCopernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 31/10/2025New in the Climate Data Store (CDS): the ERA5-Drought dataset, with monthly meteorological drought indicators across accumulation windows from 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 & 48 months from 1940 to today. Supports both deterministic & ensemble products on a 0.25° grid. More info ⬇️ 1208
Reposted by Shawn SerbinWim Thiery @wimthiery.eu · 31/10/2025Future changes in irrigation will reduce dry-heat stress (without reversing GHG trend) and will substantially amplify moist-heat stress (strengthening GHG trend). New study @natcomms.nature.com led by Yi Yao @hydr-vub.bsky.social and @usyseth.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCompounding future escalation of emissions- and irrigation-induced increases in humid-heat stress - Nature CommunicationsThis study shows that future exposures to moist-heat increase more rapidly than those to dry-heat, and irrigation can further amplify moist-heat-related health risks. Improving irrigation efficiency a... 179
Reposted by Shawn SerbinJake Lahut @jakelahut.bsky.social · 01/10/2025An out of office email scoop with Hatch Act implications you're gonna want to read from @telliotter.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/govern...wired.comFederal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the ShutdownWorkers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies. 410329
Reposted by Shawn SerbinDan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...jobs.colostate.eduAssistant Professor Plant-Microbe InteractionsWe seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t... 074137
Shawn Serbin @doctorjackpine.bsky.social · 30/09/2025www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/9/new-d...commerce.senate.govNew Democratic Staff Report: Direct Evidence Trump Administration Has Been Illegally Imposing President’s Proposed Budget Cuts at NASA Since Early Summer—Threatening Safety, Mission, ScienceToday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, released a new staff report revealing that OMB Director Russell Vought has... 132
Reposted by Shawn SerbinBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 27/09/202543. Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) shutting down after budget cuts (Sept. 22, 2025)adn.comArctic research consortium closing down after Trump administration cuts fundingThe Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, established in 1988 and credited with helping scientists and Alaska communities, is closing this month. 46639
Reposted by Shawn SerbinTimo Conradi @timoconradi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Attribution of vegetation change to climate change: here we compared vegetation time series to simulations from a process model forced with observed and counterfactual (detrended) climate data. Trends in climate necessary for the model to emulate vegetation trends www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3nature.comShifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends - Nature GeoscienceAn analysis fusing satellite data with a process-based model of plant growth attributes changes in vegetation activity across terrestrial ecosystems to climatic changes. 32817
Reposted by Shawn SerbinChristian Elliott @christianelliott.me · 16/09/2025Speaking of, cool to see NASA listed as one of the Webby Awards most iconic companies in internet history today!webbyawards.comNASA | 30 Most Iconic Companies in Internet History | The Webby AwardsDiscover why NASA is one of The Webby Awards’ 30 Most Iconic Companies, making science shareable online from Mars rovers to Webb Telescope. 011
Reposted by Shawn SerbinJim Randerson @jimranderson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I'm happy to share a paper in Science Advances that makes the case for a weak land carbon sink, drawing upon JPL and Chloris biomass time series. To close the budget with a net land sink of 0.8 Pg C/y from 2000-2019, we propose increases in the ocean sink and decreases in fossil fuel emissions. 21313
Reposted by Shawn SerbinKristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · 09/09/2025🦋🌱 Most people care about #biodiversity, yet we often underestimate how concerned others are about its loss. This “pluralistic ignorance” can silence people, weaken action, and make ambitious policies seem less popular. In a new paper, we outline a research agenda to study and reduce this gap (1/2) 13419
Reposted by Shawn SerbinNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 09/09/2025Deforestation is responsible for nearly 75% of dry season rainfall reduction in the Amazon rainforest since 1985, according to a study in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/3I2xPzr ⚒️ 🧪 19045
Reposted by Shawn SerbinTommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Arthur Yambayamba's first PhD chapter is out today @biotropica.bsky.social 🍾 Using NFI data from Zambia we explore how climate and competition shape the crown allometries of Miombo woodlands 🌳📐 📜 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 0167
Reposted by Shawn SerbinEric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 08/09/2025🚨Hot off the press🔥 LIGHTS OUT How Trump's war on climate science is weakening the US A feature about the White House's "cluster-bomb approach" to dismantling the world's most sophisticated scientific apparatus. By @zhirji.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social and me 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...bloomberg.comTrump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous PaceThe White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk. 29952
Reposted by Shawn SerbinProf. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Here is a separate starter pack of the #IPCC scientists on bluesky involved in the SR Cities: go.bsky.app/FiBdsVT @dianaurge.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @peterthorne.bsky.social @sarahlynnburch.bsky.social @bmhayward.bsky.social @efesce.bsky.social (full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...)go.bsky.appIPCC SR Cities (AR7) Scientists on BlueskyJoin the conversation 2209
Reposted by Shawn SerbinProf. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 06/09/2025New starter pack with @ipcc.bsky.social #AR7 scientists (bureau, authors, REs)! Full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho... For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack! @dianaurge.bsky.social @sherilee.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social go.bsky.app/2FuXb3Y 417586
Reposted by Shawn SerbinTommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this! The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems 📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer! 1023978
Reposted by Shawn SerbinFLUXNET Early Career Network @fluxnetecn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Missed the workshop? “Bridging the Gap: Flux Data Meets Land Surface Models” No worries ! Now, everything you need is available in one place — this blog: fluxnet.org/bridging-the... The workshop materials (tutorials and lecture videos) can be found at the end of the blog post. Enjoy :)fluxnet.org 052
Reposted by Shawn SerbinMark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I'm very pleased on behalf of co-authors to be able to share this, just published, paper summarizing the @bburnedscience.bsky.social Fire Emissions Workshop in Nov 2023. MODIS has been critical to fire emission estimation for the past two decades & the paper reviews 9 widely used emissions datasets. 1265
Reposted by Shawn SerbinNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Incorporating responses of traits to changing climates into species distribution models: a path forward A Viewpoint by Peng, et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience 01812
Reposted by Shawn SerbinLucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....dx.doi.orgLocal Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest TreesWe tested whether tropical rainforest trees adjust their leaf traits and resulting leaf temperatures across their distributions within the Australian Wet Tropics. Using field measurements from across... 0238
Reposted by Shawn SerbinCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 03/09/2025Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar power ✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org 🎨 @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org @jjgoodman.bsky.social Tom Pearson Read here: buff.ly/47kIjiZ 04522
Reposted by Shawn SerbinBill Smith @wkolby.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Happy to share a new lab @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social paper: "Drought Response in Three Conifer Species Detected by Sap Flow and Proximal Thermal Remote Sensing" led by the amazing Daphna Uni w/ @mostafaj.bsky.social others @uarizona.bsky.social agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 0136
Reposted by Shawn SerbinUrban Agriculture Network @nationaluan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025If you kept meaning to let the USDA know what you think of their reorganization plan but never got a round tuit, here's one here. #usda subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...subscriber.politicopro.comPOLITICO Pro: USDA extends reorganization plan comment period to Sept. 30The department's proposal to spread workforce to five regional hubs has drawn bipartisan criticism. 113
Shawn Serbin @doctorjackpine.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Interested in a small home solar install but my god it’s like a feeding frenzy out there as soon as you show any interest and the DOE resources put a target on your back, resulting in constant phone calls and texts. There must be an easier way to connect with local reputable companies. #solar 000
Shawn Serbin @doctorjackpine.bsky.social · 31/08/2025spectrum.ieee.org/nasa-budget-...spectrum.ieee.orgWhere Will NASA's Departing Talent Land?NASA's workforce faces a crossroads as budget cuts and policy shifts reshape its future. What will happen to the thousands leaving the agency? 120
Reposted by Shawn SerbinKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/08/2025What are we even doing? 1302284511
Reposted by Shawn SerbinGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Tick tock. Tick tock. RFK Jr.'s time is running out. Today, Senators Cassidy and Sanders both challenge RFK Jr's reign of (t)error at HHS. Call your Senators and Representatives. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 6223100
Reposted by Shawn SerbinDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Because destroying the US is not enough, Trump is using tariffs, visa restrictions, and trade deals to pressure other countries to abandon climate goals and increase fossil fuel use, further destroying the world and the future.nytimes.comTrump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals 23307128