For those who use sedimentary charcoal records to reconstruct past fire histories, good news! Phil Higuera has just released a CharAnalysis 2.0 #paleofire #fire #paleoecology github.com/phiguera/Cha...
We are hiring! Interested in doing a PhD and excited about forest management, ecosystem services, simulation modeling and beta diversity? Come work with us @edfm-tum.bsky.social at @tum.de, full job ad here: cloud.edfm.ls.tum.de/index.php/s/...
The CESM workshop -is- happening in June in Boulder :) Details to be found here: www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/works...
The Trump administration is attempting to dismantle the U.S. Forest Service. The goal is to cause constant chaos so you can’t follow what’s happening day to day. Here is what’s going on.
BREAKING: The administration just announced a sweeping restructuring and it’s as bad as it sounds.
Not only will you work on birds, but also bats, skinks, geckos & frogs. This research would come up with conservation strategies & a climate change extinction risk atlas for #NewZealand. Applications close 27th April 🦜🦇🦎🐸
Chart of relative energy costs since 2010 shows a steady decline in wind and solar vs wild oscillations in the price of oil due to geopolitical events like the current war in Iran.
An economist friend passes along this graph of energy costs. He says, "Given this history, it is more than a little ironic that renewable energy is derided by fossil-fuel proponents as 'unreliable.'”
We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
Trump is trying to shut down one of the world's premier climate & weather research labs. Why?
A petty beef with a Colorado official who didn't support his effort to steal the election. That's it.
This one little episode is such a horrendous tragedy, such an absolute body blow to our knowledge & reputation, for such petty, grossly corrupt reasons, it deserves weeks of coverage, investigations, & outrage.
It will get nothing. There are a dozen others just as bad happening at the same time.
In memory of Paul Ehrlich
legal-planet.org/2026/03/19/p...
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
33% of European voters are “conditionals” on climate policy: not opponents, not automatic supporters
Their backing depends on the specific policy and perceived costs/benefits
Winning climate policy may rely less on ideology and more on persuading this middle group
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
wow if you're looking for a new podcast on all things climate, sustainability, clean energy and beyond, here is a HUGE NEW LIST!
I'm going to recommend starting with @climateconnections.bsky.social - each episode is only a minute & a half long.
Which is your fav?
DOE climate report 'demonstrably incorrect', say scientists in new analysis
phys.org/news/2026-02...
My latest:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Next column will address needed guardrails for private funding of science, esp. in light of #Epstein/ #Summers etc.
As a rare climate scientist working in Silicon Valley, I've been drinking from the AI firehose a lot more than my peers. I thought it would be helpful to lay out my experiences of both the promise and pitfalls of using AI to accelerate scientific research:
Richard Bambach on his first day in his office at the National Museum of Natural History in 2005.
Obituary for a great paleobiologist Richard Karl Bambach (18 May 1934–20 June 2025) who infused the large-scale functional approaches to paleobiology and paleoecology.
doi.org/10.1017/pab....
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio
Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
*The computing center, which is slated to be turned over to an unspecified third party..."
The vampires want their GPUs
A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 across NSF. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
While Zillow is removing its climate risk data from public view, the first truly open climate risk database.
Kudos, @carbonplan.org
The energy transition is happening, faster than many realize. This week, I look at how clean energy is surging, where we can get it wrong, why silence on climate is spreading, and what we can do. Read the full edition for the data, the stories, and practical ways to keep the conversation going:
Whether it’s right wing billionaires turning America’s most important media institutions into outlets for right wing propaganda or the Oberlin student council condemning the use of racial slurs, both sides seem to have lost interest in free speech.
Madison is out and loud at the capitol
The @agu.org has a nice tool to help you write and submit a comment to NSF about why it's essential for the nation to keep NCAR intact. They have guidance on how to write a good comment and the specific questions NSF seeks comment on. Deadline is Mar. 13.
agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
This is beyond concerning. You won't see the damage right away, but the foundation of future US science has been badly weakened - and rebuilding could take decades, if it happens at all.
#ScienceMatters #StandUpForScience #ResearchSky #AcademicSky #STEM
Are you a paleoecologist & ECR active on social media? Interested in a leadership role at Neotoma DB? Apply to be Neotoma’s Social Media Manager!
Contact Nick Hoffman (hoffmanick@gmail.com) by Feb 28 with interest (<500 words) + a strategy proposal (<1000 words).
