Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026lol looking forward to seeing you in a couple weeks 010
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 25/06/2026omg gods speed and head home at lunch before it gets boiling! 110
Reposted by Heather FordTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This is the reality. Any politics or politician or movement that isn’t saying this plainly is a false god, inviting you to your own destruction. America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance 1479123
Reposted by Heather FordGavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026People have asked me what I think, so... Scenarios, schmenarios… www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...realclimate.orgRealClimate: Scenarios, schmenarios…RealClimate: The fantasy version of the normal updating of scenarios for a new round of CMIP simulations doing the rounds is bad faith BS. As climate folk will know, the community is currently embarki... 511843
Reposted by Heather FordErica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 17/05/2026she’s in oakland, someone tell interpol 142105151619
Reposted by Heather FordThomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 12/05/2026If anyone in government has a few minutes to run the country in between plotting leadership challenges, could they please cast their eye over the devastation of Higher Education in the UK. www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comThousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancyInstitution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts 2267132
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Oh jezz. This is terrible news Patrick. I hope everyone is safe and I'm so sorry. 020
Reposted by Heather FordHarry Grosvenor @harryjgrosvenor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Great to see work completed with @hl-ford.bsky.social, Chris Brierley and @charliejrwill.bsky.social getting a shout out! Had fun putting the paper together quantifying ocean heat content and its patterns under simulated Pliocene conditions and relevance for future 🌊🌊 #AGUPubs #Paleoclimate #Oceans 152
Reposted by Heather FordAGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 28/04/2026In Geophysical Research Letters, scientists use climate simulations aimed at recreating mid-Pliocene conditions to quantify global ocean heat content (OHC), or the total heat stored in the top 700 meters of global oceans.🌊 🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2025... #AGUPubs #Pliocene #Paleoclimate 084
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Great work by @harryjgrosvenor.bsky.social looking at ocean heat content during the mid-Pliocene/Piacenzian warm period. Happy to have such awesome collegues @charliejrwill.bsky.social and Chris Brierley 032
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I had breast cancer during COVID. My long awaited reconstruction surgery was abruptly cancelled this February. My surgeon lost their regular theatre booking to prioritize other surgeries. This is shameful. 000
Reposted by Heather FordDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Dear 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...drawdown.orgClimate Science Serving America FellowshipOur mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible. 1202185
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Homies On Donkeys in Leytonstone has good tacos (with vegan options). Giovanna’s Deli & Wine in Forest Gate has great pizza and cocktails. 000
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026These are not bagels in the New York sense. They are delightful though. I get bagels from Rinkoffs Bakery in Whitechapel or Costco. 110
Reposted by Heather FordBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 01/03/2026One year in the federal assault on climate science — a review and prospectivenewrepublic.comTrump Is Attacking Climate Science. Scientists Are Fighting Back.It’s easy, looking at the past year, to see the damage the administration has done. But researchers are also stepping up, trying to fill the gaps. 4203104
Reposted by Heather FordFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 23/02/2026If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times. I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy !Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!! 586263124354
Reposted by Heather FordAndrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 13/02/2026New: Trump admin moves to pull supercomputing center out of top weather and climate research center (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. Part of its effort to "break up" the lab. www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...cnn.comTrump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNNA leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation. 16176123
Reposted by Heather FordAllison Crimmins @acrimmins.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare 22710
Reposted by Heather FordAnders @derzquist.net · 25/01/2026One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone." 102833678
Reposted by Heather FordDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/... 6499415
Reposted by Heather FordKerry Cook @kerrycook.bsky.social · 20/12/2025From @AGU.org: Senators are working on legislation to save NCAR, but we need extra support for these 8 states. Your Senators in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming need to hear from you. 27554
Reposted by Heather FordBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 17/12/2025AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:agu.quorum.usSave NCAR from being dismantled today!The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation. 0130101
Reposted by Heather FordKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 17/12/2025NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.usatoday.comTrump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in ColoradoThe Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs. 5822031125
Reposted by Heather FordPeter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth 25264582119
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 16/12/2025When I read that this morning I was like that's a weird escalation... and omg did none of these people look at a fucking map 010
Reposted by Heather FordHL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)science.orgNSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientistsMemo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities 48558
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Not gonna lie. This e-bike has been life changing. And the dogs like it too. 070
Reposted by Heather FordDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 21/10/2025I blinked several times reading this post. Then I read the article and blinked a million times more. Why is this allowed again? (This is a rhetorical question.) 011828
Reposted by Heather FordGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 02/10/2025IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM. 24672991984
Reposted by Heather FordAGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025A government shutdown stalls science, threaten jobs and weaken U.S. leadership. Call Congress today and tell them to to prevent RIFs, and work together to support science and end a government shutdown. 📲: agu.quorum.us/campaign/143... 055
Reposted by Heather FordKate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 28/09/2025my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump" 812482441
Reposted by Heather FordDr. G @drlauraguertin.bsky.social · 22/08/2025The latest #TalesFromTheDeep episode on the StoryCorps Archive is from Carl Brenner, director of the U.S. Science Support Program for scientific ocean drilling. Take a listen to Carl's background -you might be surprised at what he majored in at college- and his leadership role in this community. 🌊⚒️archive.storycorps.org"What scientific ocean drilling has done for the nation and globally is yielded a staggering amount of information about Earth history"“The breadth of the science that is done in this program is pretty exciting and you don't have to be a trained marine geologist to appreciate that.” This quote comes from Carl Brenner, the director of... 094
Reposted by Heather FordEos @eos.org · 19/08/2025@agu.org's own Elizabeth Landau is next up. “I am testifying on behalf of AGU and its scientists, who affirm that climate change, which is unequivocally driven by human activities that increase greenhouse gas emissions, is endangering human health and welfare in the US and globally,” she said. 1187
Reposted by Heather FordSuki Wessling @babblery.substack.com · 23/07/2025NEW on the Babblery: Dr. Heather Ford explains how the job of scientist is now a global one, how her work adds to human knowledge about climate, and how climate change affects all of us, whether we believe in it or not. babblery.com/2025/07/scie... @ksqdfm.bsky.social @hl-ford.bsky.social 111
Reposted by Heather FordGavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 05/07/2025For a bit of context w.r.t. the Texas floods, the intensity of rainfall in this region has likely already increased in the 21st Century and will likely continue to do so: 33811
Reposted by Heather FordAGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025a little late to the party, but AGU Science Policy is on BlueSky! Follow us for science policy news and opportunities #SciencePolicy @agu.orgmedia.tenor.coma close up of an astronaut 's helmet and space suit against a black background .ALT: a close up of an astronaut 's helmet and space suit against a black background . 0248
Reposted by Heather FordIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do. So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around. 139192882
Reposted by Heather FordDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 07/06/2025For some perspective, the federal government funds *over half* of all scientific research and development conducted by the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social -- and UC is collectively responsible, in turn, for over 8% of all academic research conducted in the United States. 16638284
Reposted by Heather Fordmjfgates @mjfgates.bsky.social · 31/05/2025It's just one tax cut! What can it cost, a quarter of a million scientists? 11912
Reposted by Heather FordMagdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Women make up only 16% of corresponding authors who submit to Nature, a new Springer Nature analysis revealed. This is not enough - there are 30-40% #womeninSTEM We want to change it, through targeted editorial policies & outreach. But change will take everyone! 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comGender equality in research publishing is a responsibility for everyoneA concerted effort is needed to support women in their choice of journal when submitting their manuscript. 519671
Reposted by Heather FordThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/05/2025Some of the citations in the White House’s sweeping “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated using artificial intelligence, resulting in numerous garbled scientific references and invented studies, AI experts said Thursday.washingtonpost.comWhite House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts sayThe report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy. 43405157
Heather Ford @hl-ford.bsky.social · 22/05/2025I lived right by GISS and Tom's Restuarant on 112th during my time at @lamont.columbia.edu. My experience in NYC fostered my scientific development and made me the scientist I am today. Cutting funding and facilities doens't make climate change go away. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGodfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’Over breakfast at Tom’s Restaurant, right below the historic Giss lab, James Hansen calls Doge’s decision a ‘big mistake’ 040
Reposted by Heather FordValérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Full sympathy for brillant climate scientists at NASA/GISS, literally expelled from their building. I still remember the depth of stimulating scientific discussions during my 1997 visit. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com 110742
Reposted by Heather FordSusana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 22/05/2025There are only 14,393 comments submitted as of this moment! That's waaaay too few, considering the number of people who are affected by or rely on NIH/NSF funding. 23541
Reposted by Heather FordChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/05/2025🚨 EASY-TO-TAKE ACTION ALERT! 🚨 Want to do something to protect the integrity of the federal civil service? Submit a public comment! Not sure how to do that and what to say? I have a comment you can submit! 🧪🔭⚛️ Details here: news.chanda.science/archive/urge...news.chanda.scienceUrgent: Take Action to Protect Public ServicesPhoto by Katie Rodriguez on Unsplash I have something you can do in five minutes or less that can help salvage the integrity of the federal civil service,... 12313227
