Reposted by Lily DoveCarlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 16h🌊 Terribly sorry to hear about the passing of Laurie Padman. I first met him while working as a graduate student in the Southern Ocean GLOBEC program more than 20 years ago. Laurie's contributions to Antarctic science were extensive. I always find reading his work illuminating. Rest in peace. 052
Reposted by Lily DoveKelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Tapio Schneider is one of the scientists I look to most to distinguish AI-useful from AI-hype in climate science world. His thoughtful post on the Navier-Stokes blowup is a great example - AI is useful when experimental verification and data density can substitute for physical understanding... 1/2clima.caltech.eduHeadlines and inside stories: understanding and trust in AI for mathematics, science, and engineering - CliMA[This post was prompted by the recent discussions about the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem and is cross-posted from Terry Tao’s blog. It lays out the reasoning behind how we use AI at CliMA.] ... 1315
Reposted by Lily DoveRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thank you student journalists/editors.cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 17794192
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Feeling proud (and also short?) in the company of these two awesome undergrad researchers who are presenting at Georgia Tech Space Week! 🛰️ Jerry and Kaelyn are both using NASA satellite data to investigate how ocean dynamics shape distributions of ocean biology. 080
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Happy Fat Bear Week to all who celebrate! 🐻 Polls are open now for the first matchups. explore.org/fat-bear-week 050
Reposted by Lily DoveGlobal Ocean Biogeochemistry Array @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NSF has funded over 80% of the world's BGC-Argo floats via GO-BGC, which ends in October 2026, so the global array will start shrinking. NSF is asking US researchers to weigh in on future ocean observing priorities: www.go-bgc.org/nsf/nsf-requ... 03230
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Walked through the OpenAI Navier Stokes breakthrough in my graduate-level Ocean Dynamics class today and ended on this slide. We had a super thought-provoking and respectful conversation with a huge range of opinions. Georgia Tech students rock! 🐝 0101
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026🌊 Ocean science community: NSF requests input on ocean observing priorities by 9/30/26. Importantly, this is not just about the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)! This request for input also includes GO-SHIP (repeat hydrography) and BGC-Argo. Your input matters. www.nsf.gov/funding/info...nsf.govRequest for Input on Future Ocean Observing Priorities 042
Reposted by Lily DoveDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.nature.comExclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decadesThe US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project. 14761478
Reposted by Lily DoveCIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 18/08/2026"What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic." Twila Moon, a senior research scientist at NSIDC and CIRES, spoke with PBS News Hour about the importance of the Arctic Report Card. www.thirteen.org/programs/pbs...thirteen.orgTrump administration ends funding for Arctic climate reportThe Trump administration said it would stop funding the Arctic Report Card, the longstanding effort to collect research on how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing. It's the latest in a series of moves by the administration to curtail scientific research into the impacts of climate change. William Brangham discussed more with glaciologist Twila Moon, the Arctic Report Card's editor. 2147
Reposted by Lily DoveZack Colman @zcolman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026SCOOP: Trump is ending federal support for NOAA's Arctic Report Card, a major annual update shedding light on the effect climate change has on the Arctic. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...subscriber.politicopro.comPOLITICO Pro: NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change reportThe authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region. 14319239
Reposted by Lily DoveProf Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026🌊 Read our new analysis of how climatic changes are reshaping Southern Ocean phytoplankton, and will in future, with major consequences for Southern Ocean ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...annualreviews.orgFrom White to Green to Blue? Trajectories of Phytoplankton Communities in a Warming Southern OceanThe Southern Ocean is experiencing warming, melting of ice, and increasing wind. Predictions of increasing phytoplankton biomass associated with warming and declining glacial and sea ice are supported... 2149
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Soundtrack for the day re: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.youtube.comSee It While You Can (National Parks Song) - Mason ViaYouTube video by Mason Via 011
Reposted by Lily DoveEos @eos.org · 16/07/2026The loss of the United States’ contribution to the Global Ocean Observing System would significantly degrade researchers’ ability to track changes to ocean heat content, a critical variable in weather and climate predictions. eos.org/articles/cha...eos.orgChanges in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data - EosAn uncertain funding landscape threatens the longevity of an ocean observation system critical to projecting tropical storms, sea level rise, and more. 073
Reposted by Lily DoveAlex Robel @iceclimate.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Today is our 8th annual Summer Undergraduate Research Showcase in GT Polar. Stick around to read about some exciting early career scientists! 🐝 🧊 🐝 🧊 183
Reposted by Lily DoveKen Johnson @montereyken.bsky.social · 15/07/2026@soccomproject.bsky.social @bgc-argo.bsky.social @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social 🌊The commentary by Dove et al (bit.ly/4fd2whZ) on the future of Argo comes at a critical moment for US Argo. GO-BGC, the major US BGC-Argo project funded by NSF completes all float deployments in 3 months. 1/3 11514
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Our commentary comes at a time when the U.S. government is showing disregard for the importance of scientific, and specifically oceanographic and meteorological, data. We hope our commentary draws some attention to the many operational and societal arenas in which we rely on Argo data. 000
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026In our commentary, we argue that Argo is no longer a standalone scientific project but indispensable global infrastructure. Operating for 25 years, Argo data is now the bedrock of ocean observations and is a shining example of open access data to boot! 110
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I'm proud to announce a commentary from the Phenomena, Observations, and Synthesis panel of @usclivar.bsky.social about the necessity of the Argo program. 🌊 🧪 You can check it out here: doi.org/10.5670/ocea... 2156
Reposted by Lily DoveBGC_Argo @bgc-argo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026🌊 Every day, ~4,000 Argo floats observe the world’s oceans. They provide essential, open and freely available data that improve weather forecasts, early warnings systems, and climate predictions. Behind this network: more than 30 yrs of scientific effort. Thanks to all those who keep Argo alive! 02210
Reposted by Lily DoveAustralian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026🎢 Oceanographers have mapped currents with dramatic ups-and-downs like a rollercoaster, in a giant whirlpool spinning off the polar front in the Southern Ocean. These cyclonic eddies are important for the transport of heat, carbon, nutrients and oxygen. 🌊 aappartnership.org.au/rollercoaste...aappartnership.org.au‘Rollercoaster’ currents in Southern Ocean mapped by satellite and robot gliders - AAPPIntense vertical currents in cyclonic eddy stronger than previously thought 1148
Reposted by Lily DoveAlex Robel @iceclimate.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Our last Ice-T talk from postdoc Dr. Paul Summers 🥲 where he imparted sage wisdom to students and summarized his very successful two years of work with myself and Becca Jackson at Tufts. He is off to a position @sandialabs.bsky.social! 171
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I am an active learning fangirl and my husband is continually horrified by my creativity used to “torture my students”. Introducing Oceanography Bingo! Also known as how I’m going to get 15 students from 8 different universities to talk to each other for the first time. 🌊 0130
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Andy Thompson (@caltech.edu) led this work alongside members of the Fine-Scale Ocean Processes in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (FOCUS) program. 🛳️ Huge thanks to the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (@antarctic.bsky.social) for ship time and support. 000
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This is exciting because small-scale vertical velocities in the ocean are notoriously difficult to measure! 🔬 Our inferred velocities of > 100 m/day hint that the internal ocean may resemble a roller coaster, where fine-scale currents can rapidly lift and plunge water masses. 🎢 100
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026From this GEM atlas, we can infer the internal density field along SWOT swaths in the same region and further infer the vertical velocity using the QC-omega equation. 🌊 120
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Using data from the NASA Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite 🛰️ and in situ glider measurements, we create a local Gravest Empirical Mode (GEM) atlas, connecting sea surface height to vertical profiles of density. 🌊 120
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026🌊 New article: For the first time from space, we can infer vertical velocities at the ocean's fine scales! 🛰️ 🌀🎢 www.nature.com/articles/s43...nature.comThe three-dimensional structure of fine-scale, vertical velocities in the Southern Ocean inferred from space - Communications Earth & EnvironmentPersistent velocity cores in Southern Ocean narrow frontal zones extend to 1000 m depths with vertical velocities that frequently exceed 100 m/day, according to a vertical velocity reconstruction meth... 1123
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Watching Masterchef while writing proposals is dangerous because it leads to you repeatedly typing "dumplings" instead of "density" in your Very Serious Document. 🥟 060
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Well now you absolutely have to taste test and report back 🍞 220
Reposted by Lily DoveThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/06/2026The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate.nyti.msTrump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring SystemThe $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research. 59264209
Reposted by Lily DoveAlexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 01/06/2026NCAR just won in court! A US district judge in Colorado has prohibited NSF from taking #NCAR apart, specifically in spalling off its supercomputing center in Wyoming. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Our earlier story on this and why it matters: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪nature.comWorld-leading climate centre takes Trump administration to courtUniversities that run the National Center for Atmospheric Research want to keep it from being dismantled. 3351130
Reposted by Lily DoveDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This is one of the most insane things I’ve seen from this regime. Please read this excellent summary and comment in the federal registry. 🧪🌊 10276115
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Join me at prime time on Monday night for my keynote talk for the Weather & Climate Livestream...then stick around for 50 hours of amazing science enabled by U.S. federal investment! 🌊 🧪 ☁️ 🌴 @wclivestream.bsky.social 03010
Reposted by Lily DoveShiva Muruganandham @murushiv.bsky.social · 24/05/2026"This stance is based on an implicit belief that Indians are somehow more ‘adapted’ to air pollution. Such arguments are pervasive and have gained legitimacy from the political denial of the air pollution problem" ☠️ excellent reporting from @rishpardikar.bsky.social on the clean air crisis: 132
Reposted by Lily DoveProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 23/05/2026🌊 The ocean absorbs >90% of Earth’s excess heat, and our ability to track it depends on a fragile global network of floats, ships and sensors. New research warns that cuts to the Global Ocean Observing System could make climate signals indistinguishable from noise. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCritical dependence of global ocean heat monitoring on the ocean observing system - Nature Climate ChangeInternational collaboration has facilitated a global ocean observing system, providing data to measure ocean heat content at a resolution that enables the tracking of climate change. This study looks ... 4295164
Reposted by Lily DoveThe Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 08/05/2026🚨 The Weather and Climate Livestream is back, June 1st - 3rd 2026!! We're streaming 50 hours for our future in the face of a new round of proposed budget cuts and attacks on science. Want to speak at the event? wclivestream.com/volunteer/ 26336
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Do other scientists ever get a rush of "I have the coolest job ever" after a fun research meeting or an awesome presentation by a mentee? In this uneasy scientific environment, it's so wonderful to be reminded why we do this work. 🌊 🧪 1270
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I only had the honor of meeting Jorge once, at a SOCCOM meeting a few years ago. It was so fun to talk about great science with him! In just a few minutes, I realized his powerful skill of centering the scientists doing the science. 020
Reposted by Lily DoveEthan C. Campbell @ethan2sea.bsky.social · 16/05/2026"In the 1980s, Sarmiento [was] one of the first... to discover the importance of the Southern Ocean in controlling the atmosphere's CO2 levels." 🌊 "[He] mentored an extraordinarily large number of young scientists, who thrived under his mentorship..." RIP, Jorge. www.princeton.edu/news/2026/05...princeton.eduRemembering Jorge Sarmiento, a ‘giant’ in climate studiesClimate scientist Jorge Sarmiento was Princeton's George J. Magee Professor of Geoscience and Geological Engineering, Emeritus, and a professor of geosciences, emeritus. 1233
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I’ve long been looking for a Hawk so we can write a Hawk & Dove paper. Potentially on diplomatic policies. 150
Reposted by Lily DoveMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026By the way, if somebody tries to tell you climate change is only a concern of "educated and affluent" liberals, you can show them this map. At least half the people in *every* US state, even the deep red ones, worry about it 35520
Reposted by Lily DoveMaggi Brisbin @margaretbrisbin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026For those who reached out asking how to help: This gofundme is specifically for graduate students who lost personal items, computers, tablets, etc. in the fire. We were told that these items are not retrievable or reimbursable -an added burden for students during a devastating time. Plz share 🌊💙 02220
Lily Dove @solilyquy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026🌊 New paper alert! For the first time from space, two NASA missions enable us to observe plankton community composition alongside the physical processes that structure it. 🛰️ 🦠 🌀 Check it out from @tosoceanography.bsky.social: doi.org/10.5670/ocea... 02610