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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It’s the peak solar emission and also the atmosphere is transparent in those wavelengths so that radiation reaches the ground. I mention this when I teach about climate and biology for bio students, and also when I teach about the atmosphere for non bio students!

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Scott Doney @scottdoney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 MacArthur Fellows & in particular NCAR climate, ocean & cryosphere scientist Marika Holland @ncar-ucar.bsky.social 🌊 www.macfound.org/programs/awa...

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I regularly buy water bottles at thrift stores. Stick with a known brand name and you have the option of replacing the lid still for less than the original bottle.

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Natassa Romanou @aromanou.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello Physical Oceanographers! Columbia University in New York City is seeking candidates for tenure track Assistant Professor level position, with special interest for combined PhysO and AI expertise. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/194070

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Competing with EGU and their 30+ email day earlier this year.

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Gareth Funning @gfun.earth · 15/09/2026

NSF GEO webinar summary: we have reduced programs from 15 down to 3, we have no deadlines, we have no guidelines on project size, duration or budget, we have no money

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Washington folks, don’t sleep on WSDOT’s e-bike rebate program. My husband recently had his e-bike stolen outside the UW gym. He applied to the rebate program and was selected. It’s a lottery but almost 20% of those who apply get it. Rebate amount varies by income, from $300 to $1,200.

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E-bike rebate program | WSDOT

Learn about the WE-bike program and upcoming ways to try e-bikes.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Come join our team! The UW Climate Impacts Group is searching for a research scientist to support applied climate resilience projects in our water management portfolio. This is a fabulous opportunity for a scientist who enjoys collaborative work with real-world impact. Please share widely!

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We’re hiring a research scientist specializing in water management – apply by 9/27 | Climate Impacts Group

The UW Climate Impacts Group has an outstanding opportunity for a mid-career research scientist who specializes in water management systems to join our team and play a critical role in advancing clima...

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Looks like 27 in dc, 28 in San Diego, 29 in Chicago.

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Scott Doney @scottdoney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Digital Report Series: Public Release September 16, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT) www.nationalacademies.org/units/DELS-O...

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Overleaf has GitHub integration, so I use that to version control the writing docs, the code and figures have a separate GitHub that gets published to zenodo for the submitted versions. And I keep copies of the submitted pdfs separately labeled. I have no solution for managing the line numbers 😖.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We think that a much more systematic investigation of how process representation and parameter choices impact land carbon behavior is needed to understand these relationships and to adequately quantify the uncertainty in future land C. (6/6)

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One thing we *didn't* find is a clear relationship between process representation and land carbon behavior. ESMs with dynamic nutrients, fires, more complex soils, and dynamic vegetation aren't distinguishable from those that lack these processes. (5/6)

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The timing of vegetation C change is relatively consistent across ESMs, but they vary a lot in the timescale response of soil C. ESMs think that tropical carbon is the most vulnerable to loss, and this is despite the fact that they are missing many relevant ways that trees should die. (4/6)

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We looked across 10 emissions-driven ESMs and found that despite many differences there are coherent patterns of C gain and loss. C goes into vegetation first, mostly in the tropics. When emissions are zero or declining C is lost from the tropics, but keeps gaining in mid and high latitudes. (3/6)

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Most CMIP type simulations look at periods of positive emissions of CO2, and that means that atmospheric CO2 is rising and photosynthesis tends to be elevated. But what happens to land carbon under zero or declining emissions? (2/6)

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Scott Doney @scottdoney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Interested in ocean 🌊 hydrography, climate & biogeochemistry? Quantifying long-term trends in ocean heat & carbon uptake? U.S. GO-SHIP opportunity Co-Chief Scientist for upcoming 2027 P16C cruise, with applications due by Sept. 21, 2026. usgoship.ucsd.edu/2026/09/06/s...

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Also, the same emissions could result in a range of atm co2 (before we even amount for how atm co2 translates into temperature). This is why when we try to directly represent the carbon cycle we are going to see the range across models grow. Some discussion here www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how...

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Analysis: How ‘carbon-cycle feedbacks’ could make global warming worse - Carbon Brief

Yet climate change also depends on an under-appreciated factor known as “carbon-cycle feedbacks”. Accounting for uncertainties in carbon-cycle feedbacks means that the world could warm much more – or ...

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Not even my first guess of ASU professors.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’d argue that our uncertainty is not growing, we are just more fully characterizing the real uncertainty with emission driven runs.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yes, it’s bonkers! And since IAMs don’t adequately capture the non carbon aspects of forest cover change from changing evapotranspiration and albedo (and likely even the carbon uptake of planting forests) the impacts of BECCS are very poorly assessed.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ZEC is inherently time dependent and as you point out the carbon cycle responses span a range of timescales! It seems typical to evaluate ZEC at 50yrs, 100yrs, and equilibrium. I think it is very likely that the three time points have different relevant process.

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The Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

‼️🌎 Submit your comment by MIDNIGHT to stop the politicization of the NSF! 🌍‼️ New rules would require all grants and grantees to pass ideological tests. You deserve the truth about the weather and climate of your world, uncensored. Read more and submit your comment here: www.aps.org/initiatives/...

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Proposed changes to NSF proposals

Share your feedback about concerning, proposed, updated changes to National Science Foundation funding guidance. The comment period will close on Aug. 24, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

So basically CunCS = TCRE +ZECinfinity?

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In addition to much longer simulations to capture land and ocean carbon responses we also need to actually sample the uncertainly in (especially) land carbon sink! A single ESM can likely produce a wide race of land carbon sink, and zecmip and flat10mip only have order 10 ESMs each with a single run

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Northern Spain! Picos de Europa national park.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thanks for this! Do you have a link for the timeline?

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Total solar eclipse! It was amazing, would do it again!

Photo of a total solar eclipse over mountains

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I agree it is a huge pain but as a search committee it allows us to act faster without waiting for letters. As a letter writer I find the first letter for a candidate takes a lot of time but the subsequent letters are much faster. In other words I do see an argument for asking up front.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Showing off your mastery of the earth science dad joke genre.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Does anyone have a link to an official source that shows the deadline to submit papers so they can be included in IPCC AR7 WGI? Web search gives me March 2027 for submission and October 2027 for acceptance but not from an official source.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/08/2026

Pro-wrestling executive Linda McMahon issued a letter today (in her role as US Secretary of Education) demanding that universities justify their existence and explain policies to the Trump administration by the end of 2026. Not sure what the endgame is, but it sure feels like a trap.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Issues National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a national call to action to university presidents and governing boards, urging them to reaffirm higher education’s foundational commitments to ...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 02/08/2026

The application for the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship, which places scientists & engineers into roles in Congress and in the Executive Branch, opened today. This program is essential for building technical policy capacity in the US. If interested, apply: fellowshipapp.aaas.org/app/main

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STPF Application - AAAS

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Scott Doney @scottdoney.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And congratulations to the full suite of new AMS @ametsoc.org Honorary Members, Medalists and Awardees including my colleague Prof. Inez Fung @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It was a recurring problem for a while!! There was also a raccoon that would try to climb in the window the cats used to go in and out. Finally they built a cat door.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

There was a raccoon that learned to open the sliding glass door at my parents house and would raid the pantry. It would take granola bars to go and they would find wrappers out in the woods.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/07/2026

Applications for the @sfiscience.bsky.social Santa Fe Institute's amazing Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships, including the Omidyar Fellowships, are now open. The deadline for applications is September 30th.

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Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowship - Santa Fe Institute

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I still run my fan with the induction stove, especially when cooking at high heat. I’m much less worried than with gas, but my indoor purple air sensor confirms that this is a good practice!

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