I love seeing what random objects are left in seminar rooms to be used as pointers… a broken fishing rod? A toy arrow, a literal stick from a tree (still with bark)????

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We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.

If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated

🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.

This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

THE NSB (NSF Board) announced the existence and exploration of a pilot program to privatize the GRFP graduate fellowship (my wording). This includes branding opportunities for the companies sponsoring fellowships. This is short sighted and self-destructive, and threatens the mission of the NSF. 1/

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

1. After getting some further insight into changes at NSF (thanks to those who reached out), I deleted a previous post where I tried to make sense of Cheatham's memo as reported in the Science story below.

A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies.

TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.

I’m really uncertain what this means for future geoscience research funded by NSF.

NEWS: I just led 112 of my colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration on their funding freeze of the National Science Foundation.

Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.

I know it’s so frustrating… you’d think at a time like this they’d want to make the info publicly available

Friendly reminder before you share articles about what's going at NSF with other non-scientists in your life - check that they're not behind a pay wall!

Some of the articles put out by scientific journals are only available if you have institutional access and are inaccessible to most other people!

The President DOES NOT have the right to break laws by destroying agencies created by Congress. We need to challenge these actions in court and demand media and our representatives acknowledge the laws.

NSF Plans to Abolish Divisions - Eos The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) plans to abolish dozens of divisions across all eight of its directorates and reduce the number of programs within those divisions, according to Science. A s...

The National Science Foundation is planning to abolish dozens of divisions. eos.org/research-and...

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

Ask Your Legislators to Sign on to Letters in Support of NSF and NASA Use this opportunity to stop federal science cuts

Hey frens! @agu.org has these great template letters you can send your representaives to ask them to support funding to NSF and NASA. Make sure to quickly personalize it with your name! agu.quorum.us/campaign/121...

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation A Girl Looking at a Physics Model TAKE ACTION Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation. Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work. Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!

Has a take action toolkit with:

1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points

Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.

www.savensf.com

NCA6 Update April 28, 2025 Dear NCA6 Participants, Thank you for your participation in the 6th National Climate Assessment. At this time, the scope of the NCA6 is currently being reevaluated in accordance with the Global Change Research Act of 1990. We are now releasing all current assessment participants from their roles. As plans develop for the assessment, there may be future opportunities to contribute or engage. Thank you for your service.

Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles.

The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.

Document posted by National Science Foundation program director on LinkedIn says not only that grants are being terminated by DOGE but that they're being deleted from databases. Presumably to make it difficult or even impossible to undo DOGE's illegal actions.

Sen. Maria Cantwell on X: "The National Science Foundation 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE. This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its" / X The National Science Foundation 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE. This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its

Senator Maria Cantwell:

“[NSF’s] 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE.

This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its adversaries.”

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

Do you know if the data are being destroyed or is it just being removed from public access?

NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency

Holy shit.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has halted the awarding of previously approved proposals to ensure compliance with presidential directives following the arrival of DOGE at the science funding agency.

A person's finger points at a marine seismic profile showing the subsurface geology off Northwest Greenland. More specifically, they are pointing at a coring site where a 978 meter long sediment core was drilled during IODP Expedition 400 in 2023 aboard the RV JOIDES Resolution.

Anne Jennings in front of the JOIDES Resolution ship before they left for Greenland in August, 2023 (Credit: Philip Staudigel)

🚨 New ocean sediment drilling report
INSTAAR Fellow ANNE JENNINGS co-led IODP #Exp400, which collected cores off the NW Greenland glaciated margin in 2023... incl one 978m (3209ft) long! The team's (ongoing) work spans a lot of ice sheet & ocean history publications.iodp.org/proceedings/...

Outrage doesn’t convey how many of us feel anymore

NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.

People are running around looking for compost bags...Some scientists have bought their own soap and cleaning supplies.

A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:

www.propublica.org/article/noaa...

Women in Polar Research: A Brief History This article explores the history of women in research working in the Arctic/Antarctic, drawing connections to women in polar research today.

In honor of Women's History Month observed in March, please read about the history of Women in Polar Research: www.thearcticinstitute.org/women-polar-...

Important note about this breakthrough:

Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing.

Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.

Recent benthic foraminifera communities offshore of Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica: implications for interpretations of fossil assemblages Abstract. Benthic foraminiferal assemblages are useful tools for paleoenvironmental studies but rely on the calibration of live populations to modern environmental conditions to allow interpretation o...

Sharing some good news - my first, first-authored paper is out!
jm.copernicus.org/articles/44/...

There hasn't been a protest this year as large and widespread as the Women's March of early 2017, but there have been more protest events overall. And as this data shows, the margin compared to the start of Trump Term 1 appears to be growing.

Don't let anyone tell you no Americans are protesting.