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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 22/03/2025

after reading this, I subscribed to @theverge.com we need to support outlets who are holding those in power to account www.theverge.com/policy/63339...

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We ran the wrong headline about Trump firing the FTC commissioners

Our readers have a point.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Skillful weather forecasting, along with the increased preparedness it allows, is a landmark achievement of not only the US but of the human race. There are few other fields in the sciences where skillful prediction has had such an immense impact on our society. www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

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RealClimate: We need NOAA now more than ever

RealClimate: Guest commentary by Robert Hart, Kerry Emanuel, & Lance Bosart The National Weather Service (NWS) and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA), deliver...

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The New York Times reports that American business leaders are surprised Trump is following through on tariffs. But he's expressed his love of tariffs for the last 40 years! I would dearly love to know: Are American business leaders greedy because they are stupid, or stupid because they are greedy?

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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Friendly reminder: if you are waiting on something from a US-based scientist/reviewer/editor, please realize that we're barely making it through each day putting out non-stop fires and trying not to collapse into tears. We're trying our best, but things will take longer right now. Give grace.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Yes, but you are not giong to pretend that eating organic granola will solve the problem.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Prediction: Other countries are going to require US citizens to have proof of various vaccinations which are currently not required because the US has previously been certified as a measles-free (meaning very very low incidence) country by the WHO. That certification will expire, and not be renewed.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

"The US took nearly a century to craft its rich scientific ecosystem; if the unraveling that has taken place over the past month continues, Americans will feel the effects for decades to come." www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

technologyreview.com

The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled

Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

That's a wierd title. NOAA *scientists* most certainly would not have "refused to kink warming weather to climate change." Trump-appointed non-scientists, yeah, I'm sure they did refuse.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

"The federal civilian worker payroll totaled $271 billion in 2022. The annual cost of extending Trump's tax cuts that primarily benefited the rich? $400 billion. Keep this in mind as Trump and Elon lay off thousands of federal workers." -- former United States Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Yes, yes it would. (The risk is, of course, that the Supreme Court would ulimately decide, and they sycophant are in the majority.)

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Was that a *directive* or a suggestion?

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Pity is the sentiment I feel most. My anger is reserved for the folks (e.g. each and every Republican senator, including the “moderates”) who could have ended this madness four years ago, and still could.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I've been encountering over the past few days the claim that the planet is warming twice as fast as predicted. This is entirely untruthful and unhelpful. The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action. The truth is bad enough!

Comparison of model-predicted and observed global surface temperatures by Zeke Hausfather

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Can refugees from the US, with 30+ years experience, apply?

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Not to suggest that any of this is okay, but I think that accuracy about what is happening is criticially important.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Broader Impacts, including efforts at diversifying the scientific workforce, are part of US Law governing the NSF. (I just learned this today). However, I think we're just speculating about which words will cause "offsense", and that grants will be "canceled" if they have the wrong words.

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Dr Joanne Johnson @geologicaljo.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

🔥New paper alert! 🔥🧪❄️🥼 Ever wondered what to consider when drilling through an ice sheet into rock? We take you through how we chose a drill site in West #Antarctica using field observations, samples, radar survey, modelling & satellite imagery. tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/... @bas.ac.uk 🧵1/n

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Assessing the suitability of sites near Pine Island Glacier for subglacial bedrock drilling aimed at detecting Holocene retreat–readvance

Abstract. Unambiguous identification of past episodes of ice sheet thinning below the modern surface and grounding line retreat inboard of present requires recovery and exposure dating of subglacial b...

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/01/2025

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

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Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts

The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

There are no "natural" disasters.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Of course. But it doesn't change the fact that the way that corporations and educational institutions have approached "DEI" contributed in a non-neglibable way to Trump's win. Exclusionary and coercive politics under the guise of "expertise" doesn't work.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Important paper in Nature today about collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. There is a positive isotope anomaly at Skytrain Ice Rise during the last interglacial, consistent with what we found in our high-resolution water-isotope simulations when WAIS collapses. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Ronne Ice Shelf survived the last interglacial - Nature

Sea salt data from an ice core record show that Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf survived the last interglacial, the last period of enhanced and sustained global warmth about 125,000 years ago.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Derek Muir! A leader in showing the world about organic pollutants in the Arctic.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

OK, OK, I might give it another chance. But my comment didn't reflect that I don't see things that interest me -- I do. It's that I would love to avoid the finding the toxicity of Twitter, yet it's very easy to find here too.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Well, I, for one, have largely given up. I think Blue Sky is rapidly becoming much like Twitter, and I don't see a lot of benefit to me or to my community. I will still use it for important announcements, but that's about it.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Just one quick thought.... not to take away from any of your thoughts, but ... it's much more than "young men". 62% of white women voted for Trump and nearly 50% of all women.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Just a quick note to say I'm not using X or Bsky much, and probably won't. If you are interested in the Hercules Dome project, note that we have a workshop planned for May in Minneapolis. See herculesdome.org and consider joining our mailing list.

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Over the next several years, a group of U.S. researchers will drill a deep ice core from Hercules Dome, Antarctica to help provide fundamental information about Earth’s climate and to learn more about...

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 26/06/2024

We are hiring. Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, has a new assistant professor position in Geomorphology. apply.interfolio.com/147791

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 13/04/2024

Grateful to the Guggenheim foundation for supporting my work. www.gf.org/announcements/

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

Oops, I was thinking of another paper in my initial response, which I have now deleted to avoid confusing anyone that might be reading this. I'll take a look!

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

Oops, apologies, I was getting so many questions about that other paper I thought it was that one. I'll delete my response to avoid confusing people. And I'll read this one!

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Congratulations and thank you on behalf of the entire scientific community (not to mention the planet).

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Yup, my great uncle. The first edition of that book (originally called The Bad Island, later The Rotten Island) is dedicated to my bro' and me.

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Daniel @danielrembrandt.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Go give a warm Bluesky follow to @ericsteig.bsky.social This article titled: “Deep ice samples extracted from the glacier could help explain the string of climate-related events buffeting Western Canada” is about Eric’s work over the last 20 years Worth a follow: @ericsteig.bsky.social

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 02/01/2024

Calls/emails from reporters asking for a comment on last's years temperature are coming earlier than normal this year. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Superb interview. Thanks Mike - you continue to inspire, and Worricker asks very good questions.

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Here's the 2nd of 3 Globe and Mail articles about our work. This one focuses on Brian Menounos's work on the fate of BC's glaciers. I don't believe Brian is on BSKY yet. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Thank you. Note that this has been very much a collaborative effort with Brian Menounos (UNBC) and Peter Neff (UMn). Peter has been our fearless leader these last few years. We all started the project together when Peter was my student, back in the early 21st C!

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Nice article about my work over the last 20 years on Mt. Waddington, British Columbia, with colleagues @icy_pete Peter Neff (ESS alumn at UMN) and Brian Menounos (UNBC). www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Eric Steig @ericsteig.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Yes! Professor of Earth and space Sciences. Adjunct professor of Atmospheric Sciences. University of Washington.

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