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Margaret Garcia

@garciamargarete.bsky.social
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Assoc. Prof @SSEBEatASU | Researching water resources infrastructure, sustainability and adaptation 🏳️‍🌈 she/her

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 22/09/2026
Communities can't wait for the next National Climate Assessment to understand their climate risk. With leadership by Melissa Kenney, @bobkopp.net & I were lucky to work with 175 climate researchers to outline assessment priorities that folks can work on now: headlines.ametsoc.org/2026/09/22/f...
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First Paper Published in the U.S. Climate Collection
The U.S. Climate Collection has published its first paper, with 175 authors outlining research priorities for future U.S.-focused climate assessments.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
3yo did feed the dog and she did like it
Tan dog smiling at being served play food cheese
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
CO River record of decision and 2-year operating guidelines just dropped www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRive...
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Decision Documents | Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Reclamation - Managing water and power in the West
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AAUP @aaup.org · 08/08/2026
Trump’s Compact 2.0 announced by Linda McMahon this week should be placed in the context of their failed 2025 “loyalty oath” compact that was defeated by students & faculty at every institution they offered it to. Organizing & collective pressure works. 1 🧵 www.aaup.org/issue/winter...
Trump's Compact 2.0
Universities should not be made answerable to the political program of a particular administration.
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Joan Meiners, PhD @joanmeiners.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
As of this week, Arizona no longer has rules guiding electric energy efficiency at regulated utilities. In March, state officials (2 of 5 are up for reelection this fall) also did away with longstanding rules for renewable energy generation. Details & context here: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Arizona utility regulators gut energy efficiency standards
Since 2011, the statewide standards have saved ratepayers an estimated $1.7 billion on electricity costs, while preventing pollution and grid strain.
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Deb Krol @debkrol.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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California farmer in line to lead water agency as river crisis worsens
With critical decisions looming over the Colorado River, a California farmer will likely take over the Bureau of Reclamation.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I've got to say that I'm really disappointed in the recent discourse surrounding the RCP8.5 scenario. The lack of context and understanding is something I expected from the usual suspects, but it's frustrating to see such bad takes from people and outlets who should know better.
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I was today years old when I learned our house still had original 1916 sewer pipe in our bathroom but if all goes to plan it won’t by end of tomorrow. Any museums out there looking for some antique pipe?
Impressively intact 110 year old sewer vent pipe covered in what is surely lead paint The problem pipe crumbling after 110 years of valient service
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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
What a world we live in! As I read this Onion article I really cdnt say this isn’t real. I could easily imagine this finding and how to get there. Sure, technical quibbles wd abound, but damn I wish I’d thought to do or organize it. The Onion isn’t entirely wrong. theonion.com/report-every...
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Report: Every Place On Earth Has Wrong Amount Of Water
RESTON, VA—A new global report released Monday by the U.S. Geological Survey revealed that every place on earth currently has the wrong amount of water. “New satellite data confirms that every corner ...
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Dear Friends, Please send this to your networks. Project Drawdown is offering full-time, paid (with benefits) fellowships to scientists and engineers working on climate solutions in the public interest. Deadline is April 17. drawdown.org/careers/clim...
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Climate Science Serving America Fellowship
Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
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Joeri Rogelj @joerirogelj.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Are you a young academic working on climate and feel ready for a move? We are recruiting two Assistant/Associate Professors @granthamicl.bsky.social at Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (1/6)
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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This story has everything, a focus on desal that led to overlooking other water sources, a city manager making $400K/yr saying don’t panic, a former water system manager saying residents should absolutely panic, and magical thinking: “The last hope to avert disaster was a 20- to 30-inch rainfall.”
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Mythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
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Matt Henry @menrywy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S. This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below. gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 30/06/2025
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
1) Fuck ICE, and 2) in our ongoing pursuit of a more just, more dignified, more joyful, and better future, @jlappen1.bsky.social and I are really proud of our new piece in Science on managing fossil fuel phase-out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Fossil energy minimum viable scale
Unseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy systems are phased out
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Amanda Fencl (she/they) @alfencl.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Hoping to cast a wide net to find the right candidates for a Science Fellow (2 yr position) @ucs.org . Looking for PhD with expertise and interest in working on just land transitions and grid resilience, in California and beyond. job posting: apply.workable.com/j/41E7503CD5...
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Science Fellow (Grant Funded) - Union of Concerned Scientists
Science Fellow (Grant Funded)TERM: Max 2 YearsWestern StatesUnion of Concerned ScientistsRemoteBargaining Unit Position: Yes Our organization The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is an independent ...
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Daniel Rothberg @danielrothberg.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The U.S. government released its draft environmental review of options for new Colorado River rules to replace current operating guidelines that expire this year. Sounds dry but very important for a watershed that supports 40 million people in the Southwest. coloradosun.com/2026/01/09/c...
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Feds release draft report outlining management plans for Colorado River’s future
The Bureau of Reclamation on Friday released a draft of options for how to manage the Colorado River water supply for years to come.
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Same 😩
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Deb Krol @debkrol.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
By me: Tribes are running out of patience with #coloradoriver negotiations www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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Tribes say they've been left out of Colorado River talks, want a say in any final deal
As western water leaders prepare to gather in Las Vegas, tribal leaders say they want a say in a final agreement.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Every mass shooting is a horrific, preventable loss and a reminder that we have traded the rights of the many for the rights of a few. University or school shootings are especially gutting, not just because of their nearness (I’m a professor) but because it feels like such a violation of the sacred.
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I’m sorry to be self promoting but I a) have never been seduced by a fascist with a brain worm b) am capable of crafting a decent sentence and c) wrote a book that did not earn me a fawning profile in the newspaper but is still pretty good bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
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Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet
Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes: www.aurorasaurus.org
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Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up
Friends, see my real-time #aurora report on the aurorasaurus.org map! Follow us on www.facebook.com/aurorasaurus.org. Reporting #northernlights and #citizenscience from the ground up since 2012!
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Wishing we were just a little bit further north tonight but loving all the aurora photos!
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David Hsu @dhsu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
WHATEVER your goals for the energy system are, rising energy bills are going to stoke more anger towards incumbents. Every incumbent needs a plan to deal with this issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
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In an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgia’s Utility Board
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Of course this is what Sinema is doing now. We didn’t even get a chance to miss her.
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Greg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Reminder that @agu.org's Water Resources Research still has a special call for papers on Equity and Justice. Call open until May 2026. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
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Water Resources Research Call for Papers Equity and Justice in Sustainable Water Resources Management
<em>Water Resources Research</em> is an AGU hydrology journal publishing original research articles and commentaries on hydrology, water resources, and the social sciences of water.
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Greg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Amazing work by friends @kbdobbin.bsky.social, @alfencl.bsky.social and Justin McBride (@uclaurbanplanning.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Linking variation in water democracy to system performance on the human right to water
Nature Water - Access to safe, affordable and accessible drinking water is influenced by various socioeconomic factors. A survey of a large number of California water systems shows how different...
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Maven's Notebook @mavensnotebook.com · 19/09/2025
Axed Colorado River nominee alleges interference: ‘Never seen this kind of vitriol’ #cawater #westwater #ColoradoRiver www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...
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Axed Colorado River nominee alleges interference: ‘Never seen this kind of vitriol’
Colorado River talks to save Lake Mead may go on without a permanent commissioner.
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Earth Journalism Network @earthjournalism.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
📣Help us make heat risk visible! We're looking for original photos of the impacts of extreme heat around the world, and the ways people are responding to it. Learn more and enter by August 29: loom.ly/Fz8N4Og
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Just a grandma ruthlessly breaking the speed limit and her grandson yelling weee! What hooligans!
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
So, my support for trans rights means I can’t get the grant to do the water resource engineering research even when I’m the best one for the job. And I thought they were all about ‘merit’ and ‘efficiency’… 🧐
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Among the many things that bum me out about anti-vaccine nonsense is that every rich person knows vaccines work. Bezos could dedicate a great metropolitan newspaper to saying so. The LA Times is owned by a biotech billionaire. But saying so could affect their personal bottom line now, so.
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 29/07/2025
SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:
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Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them
New AI regulations suggested by the White House mirror changes to environmental permitting suggested by Meta and a lobbying group representing firms like Google and Amazon Web Services.
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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Looking for a speaker? I am contractually obligated to give a few “high level” talks each fiscal year and given the chaos, I’ve got a space open for 2025-26. Send me a note if you want to talk science/research/climate communication, water/wildfire/disaster, community engagement. I hear I do okay!
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
In the airport with a 3+ hour delay and our toddler keeps yelling ‘I ready’. Me too buddy, me too 🤣
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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Are you from one of these states? Then we need your help to save American science! The Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the President's Budget Request for science on Wednesday. People have been saying the proposed cuts "decimated" US science, but that's wrong: they are apocalyptic
A map of the US with the states the republican senators are from marked in red and states the democratic senators are from marked in blue:
Senator Susan Collins (Republican - Maine)
Senator Mitch McConnell(Republican - Kentucky)
Senator Lisa Murkowski(Republican - Alaska)
Senator Lindsey Graham(Republican - South Carolina)
Senator Jerry Moran(Republican - Kansas)
Senator John Hoeven(Republican - North Dakota)
Senator John Boozman(Republican - Arkansas)
Senator Shelley Moore Capito(Republican - West Virginia)
Senator John Kennedy(Republican - Louisiana)
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith(Republican - Mississippi)
Senator Bill Hagerty(Republican - Tennessee)
Senator Katie Britt(Republican - Alabama)
Senator Markwayne Mullin(Republican - Oklahoma)
Senator Deb Fischer(Republican - Nebraska)
Senator Mike Rounds(Republican - South Dakota)
Patty Murray(Democrat - Washington)
Richard Durbin(Democrat - Illinois)
Jack Reed(Democrat - Rhode Island)
Jeanne Shaheen(Democrat - New Hampshire)
Jeff Merkley(Democrat - Oregon)
Christopher Coons(Democrat - Delaware)
Brian Schatz(Democrat - Hawaii)
Tammy Baldwin(Democrat - Wisconsin)
Chris Murphy(Democrat - Connecticut)
Chris Van Hollen(Democrat - Maryland)
Martin Heinrich(Democrat - New Mexico)
Gary Peters(Democrat - Michigan)
Kirsten Gillibrand(Democrat - New York)
Jon Ossoff(Democrat - Georgia)
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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Rural healthcare is already hanging on by a thread. With Medicaid cuts here in rural Arizona - which will affect several members of my nuclear family and half the population here, at least - I do not see how healthcare facilities will manage. The knock-on impacts are hard to even fathom.
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
As a life long Unitarian Universalist how will my religious principles including the ‘respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person’ be honored? Can I opt out of the homophobia?
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“and every June you’ll have to spend a day rapidly reloading the page to see how many of your rights have expired” -the Founders probably
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Melissa Sevigny @melissasevigny.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
A refreshing breakthrough on #ColoradoRiver negotiations: let's manage the river based on the actual water it has, not what was legally promised 100 years ago. (The fact that this idea is simultaneously "innovative" and...obvious...says a lot about western water policy) www.upr.org/mountain-wes...
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New Colorado River proposal breaks over year long negotiation deadlock
Colorado River states appear to be coalescing around the early makings of a new plan to share water in a way that accounts for climate change.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I can’t fucking believe we’re doing this.
Analysis: US strikes mark a stunning demonstration of military might and presidential power
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Manuela Brunner @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
We are looking for a #Postdoc in 'hydrological modelling and climate impact assessments of extreme events'. Are you excited about #flood modeling and working on an applied project in the Canton of Valais? Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1743/... @slfdavos.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social
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ashleymorrison.bsky.social @ashleymorrison.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Great turnout at Phoenix AZ #NOKINGS today! Made me proud to be an American!
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
🚨🚨 Friday night news drop from National Science Foundation!! 🧪 NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF... We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a **quarter million people** 🧵 on some highlights...
Senior Researchers 60,400 --> 16,900
Other Professionals 14,400  --> 4,100
Postdoctoral Associates 5,500  --> 1,000
Graduate Students 41,500  --> 12,400
Undergraduate Students 37,300  --> 8,000
PreK-12 Teachers 42,900  --> 8,200
PreK-12 Students 128,100  --> 39,400
Total Number of People 330,100  --> 90,000
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 12/05/2025
Effectively a full repeal of the largest climate bill in history. There’s no strategy for America’s future. We all get sicker and pay more in energy bills and suffer climate disasters, while some rich folks pay less in taxes. That’s it. Disgraceful.
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Lindsey Jurca @ellejurca.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
An excellent read by @amywestervelt.bsky.social on the potential climate upsides of US isolationism. We’ll no longer 'be the baby throwing food' at the table, and that just might make a difference. drilled.ghost.io/make-america...
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Make America Matter Less (MAML? Is this a thing?)
Last month I traveled to Phoenix for the Society of Environmental Journalists conference. Although I am an American citizen, I live in Latin America and so I was advised not to bring my phone or lapto...
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Margaret Garcia @garciamargarete.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
As an author on the Fifth National Climate Assessment I am sad and angry to read this. The NCAs are a massive, largely volunteer, effort to summarize the best available climate science in a form that’s useful to as many Americans as possible. It’s a big loss. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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Kate Leary @astoldbywater.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Any geoscience/hydrology-oriented scientific illustrators out there? I have funding to help me build water resources educational content for the citizens of New Mexico! DM me if interested!
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