Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 29/08/202520-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina today 😔 remembering and thinking of all those affected, along with the beautiful, resilient, and forever changed city I am privileged to now call home ⚜️ 020
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 23/05/20255 things emails (finally) ending with a request to "improve DoD" by providing "one idea that will improve the Department’s efficiency or root out waste"... My one-sentence idea is going to have a *lot* of semicolons... 010
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Heartbreaking to see these wonderful NCEI datasets being decommissioned: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume... I sent comments about the impacts of the loss of these data to ncei.info@noaa.gov and encourage anyone who uses NCEI data to do the same. 🧪nesdis.noaa.govNotice of ChangesNotices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products. 030
Reposted by Dr. Maureen WaltonKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/03/2025I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.huffingtonpost.co.ukCDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization PersonnelIt’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists. 412129484562
Reposted by Dr. Maureen WaltonKaren James @kejames.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I’m thinking we should spread this news about the firings at NOAA as far and wide as possible. Like cancer research, weather forecasting seems likely to be broadly popular across the political spectrum. apnews.com/article/nati...apnews.comHundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cutsFederal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S. 12320191
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Very efficient, Elon. 😒 (Already been waiting >10 minutes... And of course there's no public transit options 🫠) 060
Reposted by Dr. Maureen WaltonBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Lol holy shit 65310
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The cuts are coming for DoD. At least they are taking their time to review things "smartly" 🫠 www.defense.gov/News/Release...defense.govDoD Probationary Workforce StatementThe Defense Department is re-evaluating the probationary workforce, consistent with the president's initiative to reform the federal workforce to maximize efficiency and productivity. 121
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Allhands today discussing probie layoffs. The director of my lab just broke down after a question. He's not the only one. This is simply cruel. 0110
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Great time to check in with your Fed friends and colleagues. Times are tough for all of us right now. 051
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Thankfully, I finished my 3-year probationary employee at my current agency last October, but I've been a Federal employee and a government researcher for 9 years next month. Just some context as far as who they are firing right now. 🧪 3403
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 13/02/2025@nytimes.com "The Morning" email subject today: "Can Trump do that?" followed by some analysis about all the unconstitutional stuff he's doing. Suggested subject fix: "Trump can't do that" See how easy that was? Do better. 010
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Yesterday my Division head had an allhands. He's great, and it was very professional. But reading between the lines, all I heard was "malicious compliance". 🫡 121
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025More of this, please! And by "this" I mean, "law following" 031
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025@nytimes.com email this morning, "Remaking the government" "We're covering the overhaul of the federal government." "All of this news can seem chaotic and unpredictable. But beneath it all, Trump has a vision." "Much of what [he's] doing might be illegal." ...MIGHT?? Y'all HAVE TO DO BETTER. 141
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025At this point I am waiting for an EO like "Requiring professional office attire" that requires all women to wear skirts. 040
Reposted by Dr. Maureen WaltonKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/01/2025It 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 directivesabcnews.go.comTrump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal expertsThe 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. 849374789871
Reposted by Dr. Maureen WaltonKiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 30/01/2025We've got 80 awesome geo women+ on this list now. I know there are more who should be on here! Please tag them or comment if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe #gischat 2712851
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025What a wild time to be a Fed. Hold the line y'all. 020
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 06/11/2024One thing that we *consistently* underestimate as a country is misogyny. 000
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 05/11/2024Happy Steve Kornacki day for those who celebrate 130
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 31/07/2024Happy AGU Fall Meeting abstract submission day! If you're using AI/ML to understand marine geoscience processes, consider submitting to this great session led by my NRL colleagues: agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/pr... 🧪agu.confex.comPhysics Informed and Data-Driven Machine Learning methods for Modeling Marine Geoscience ProcessesThis session focuses on physics-informed and data-driven machine learning (ML) methods for a wide range of marine geoscience applications. We focus on spatial/temporal data interpolation/extrapolation... 020
Reposted by Dr. Maureen WaltonMBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 21/05/2024🧪🌊 New research on a field of pockmarks—large, circular depressions on the seafloor—offshore of Central California has revealed that powerful sediment flows, not methane gas eruptions, maintain these prehistoric formations. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/new-res...mbari.orgNew research reveals that prehistoric seafloor pockmarks off the California coast are maintained by powerful sediment flows • MBARIData from MBARI’s advanced underwater robots point to erosion during intermittent sediment flows as the mechanism maintaining these circular depressions for hundreds of thousands of years. 061
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 22/05/2024New 🧪 paper out on pockmarks offshore central CA! I collected/processed some of the cores used in the study, which was led by Eve Lundsten and MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social. We found turbidites in the pockmarks suggesting they are maintained by sediment flows. More: www.mbari.org/news/new-res...mbari.orgNew research reveals that prehistoric seafloor pockmarks off the California coast are maintained by powerful sediment flows • MBARIData from MBARI’s advanced underwater robots point to erosion during intermittent sediment flows as the mechanism maintaining these circular depressions for hundreds of thousands of years. 021
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 10/04/2024Ok, this is very fun. Clearly I've spent too much time with the Queen Charlotte fault 🤣 make your own research cloud based on Google Scholar here: scholargoggler.com 🧪 051
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 10/04/2024I thought I'd make my first science 🧪 post about about the recent NJ eq in light of some conversations I had about it afterward, and some not-quite-right takes I saw. My info is based partly on stats from the USGS page: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... which is always a great spot to start. (1/n) 161
Dr. Maureen Walton @marinemaureen.bsky.social · 09/04/2024👋🏼 Hi Bluesky! I'm Dr. Maureen Walton, finally here from Twitter (@marine_maureen). Heard this is where the scientists hang out now. Follow me to hear about marine geophysics and geohazards research! #science #womeninSTEM #geology #geophysics #nola 99815