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40% Climate Scientist, 40% Mom, and 20% Indiana Jones. Unapologetically obsessed with carbon. Director, ibes.brown.edu. She/her
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The scientists who switched focus to fight climate change
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The American Meteorological Society (), the world's preeminent professional meteorological organization, has just issued a special statement regarding climate change. You can read the entire text of the statement here: . bit.ly/3uM0FdJ?utm_so
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I wouldn’t be a scientist without my abortion
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New GEO-wide competition: Paleo Perspectives on Present and Projected Climate (P4CLIMATE) tinyurl.com/mr37wf72. This replaces former P2C2 (ended in 2022). 2 Research themes: 1) Past Regional and Seasonal Climate; 2) Past Climate Forcing, Sensitivity, And Feedbacks.
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The Drawdown Georgia Climate Solutions & Equity Grant is an exciting new grant opportunity that aims to support efforts that advance climate solutions and prioritize equity in Georgia. For more information, visit drawdownga.org/grants.
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Did y'all see this paper by about the relative advantage gained by white, able-bodied heterosexual men in STEM? If not, you should, not least because it also examines relative privilage between groups spanning multiple identities
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POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY! The Smithsonian is launching two new fellowship programs: Smithsonian Climate Change Fellowship and Smithsonian Environmental Justice Fellowship. Application deadline is August 31. Please share!
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New in the Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences from and - 'Reckoning with the Rocky Relationship Between Eruption Size and Climate Response: Toward a Volcano-Climate Index'
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Hurricane Agatha made landfall in Mexico this afternoon as a high-end Cat. 2 storm, with 105 mph winds. This makes it the strongest such storm to hit land in the eastern Pacific during the month of May.
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Powerful remarks...
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Sen. Chris Murphy delivers remarks on Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting: “What are we doing? What are we doing?…This only happens in this country and nowhere else. Nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking that they might be shot that day." abcn.ws/3sVDH2F
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This is kind of amazing. Imagine if all research teams followed their lead to low-carbon practices for 21st century science.
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Sooo glad to share the statement recently adopted by our @Mesurs_lab regarding our carbon footprint 
Well, that’s in 
, but I detail the main points below and tell you how we got there 
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The University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Sciences, is currently hiring six lectureships/Associate Professorships in any area of Climate Science. The application deadline is June 6 (contrary to the May 23 deadline in the ad).
nature.com/naturecareers/
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Today may be Prof Chris Jackson’s last day in academia, but his legendary legacy will never be forgotten. Soon his portrait will hang on the walls of , reminding everyone to keep fighting for a better world. Thanks for inspiring so many of us, 😍.
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❤️ I will miss my family so very much, and am grateful for the decades of support, inspiration, and friendship. ❤️ Thank you.
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After nearly two decades of extraordinary work @GeorgiaTechEAS and beyond, climate scientist and professor Kim Cobb will soon lead @BrownEnvt, an academic hub for scholars exploring the interactions between natural, human, and social systems. Congratulations, @coralsncaves 
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This is a HUGE loss for the state of Georgia and Georgia Tech but so happy for my friend and colleague ...We made a difference on climate, and proud to have worked with her. Congratulations Kim and Brown
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Kim Cobb, an award-winning climate scientist whose research focuses on building capacity for climate solutions, has been appointed director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, effective Friday, July 1. @BrownEnvt
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Kim Cobb, an award-winning climate scientist whose research focuses on building capacity for climate solutions, has been appointed director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, effective Friday, July 1. @BrownEnvt
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It is an incredible honor for me to be nominated, and now confirmed by the U.S. Senate, to serve as Director of at . I thank and for trusting me to help lead the next chapter in the great scientific success story of .
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I’m grateful to the Senate for confirming Dr. Asmeret Berhe as @ENERGY’s new Director for @doescience. Dr. Berhe's been ahead of the curve throughout her career as a biogeochemist, and we need her leadership in scientific collaboration and climate science.energy.gov/articles/state
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Hope blossoms in the experts toiling in the most gloomy of fields: climate change, Alzheimer's, COVID-19. Their optimism, pro tips show how others can deal with a scary world. apnews.com/article/climat
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Hey folks! Check out our new article below describing our Seawater Oxygen Isotope Database project that’s underway, funded by . We’re still recovering hidden d18Osw datasets to add to the database, so please get the word out to your friends and colleagues!
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Fantastic article on a great friend, the inimitable
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Just in time for this week's Ocean Studies Board meeting, final published version available of:
NASEM 2022: A Research Strategy for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi.org/10.17226/26278
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Climate scientists up to 6 faculty positions . Broad Climate Science specialisms including atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and/or earth systems; future and/or palaeo; observation, modelling, and/or theory. Level equiv to US Assist/Assoc. Prof.
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Happy #EarthDay! Here is a thread of Black people in climate that you should be following beginning with @Leahtomm who authored the must-read bestseller Intersectional Environmentalist. A thread/
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BIG announcement! 📢Project Drawdown is hiring a “dream team” of 4-5 leading scientists—plus a Chief Scientist—to conduct top-quality research and provide world-leading insights on #climate solutions and strategies. Please share far and wide!
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Geoengineering is often framed as a tool for climate justice. Today, our new study in challenges that idea, showing that solar geoengineering would create regional tradeoffs and potentially increases in malaria risk worldwide. (1/4)
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Private & public funders of ocean-based CDR R&D should consider carefully the call for a Research Code of Conduct with genuine public engagement prior to new field trials as in report & other reports such from
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Wise words. ⬇️ Climate scientists, you have a role to play here, working in partnership towards solutions.
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“There is a change that’s coming. We can accept it or not. But we are not going to fix tomorrows problems with yesterday’s thinking [in emergency management].” -Director Stallings @GeorgiaEMAHS #EMAG2022
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These two undergraduate researchers took 1st and 2nd place overall at the *GRADUATE* student symposium! What an honor to mentor Madeleine Hardt and Manlin Xu on their science journeys.
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Enrollment is now open for our summer course: EAS 2801! Earn course credit, collect data & learn from experts on the team during 1-hour online discussions co-taught by instructors at , , , , & !
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Atlantic seasonal #hurricane forecast from calls for above-average season: 19 named storms, 9 hurricanes & 4 major hurricanes. Reasons for above-average forecast include predicted lack of #ElNino and warmer than normal subtropical Atlantic
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No obituary for planet Earth. Climate outlook bleak, but not hopeless. Several scientists, officials fight against doomism.
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Join the summer #Carbon Reduction Challenge & win up to $2000! This flexible, part-time summer challenge is open to all #students, and is a great addition to resumes. Work with a major organization to reduce #CarbonEmissions & costs, & build a business case for #sustainability.
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Save the date for the Spring #Carbon Reduction Challenge Student Spotlights! Visit the @KendedaBuilding from 3-5pm on April 29th to learn how students are building a business case for #sustainability. Students everywhere can join the Summer challenge via carbonreductionchallenge.org
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PALEO FOLKS: Know a PhD student who recently published an impressive paper in paleoclimate/ paleoceanography? Nominate them (by Apr 15) for 's Elderfield Student Paper Award 🏆
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Back in December, reached out to me about doing a piece on the difference between a 1.5C and 2C world.
4 months & tons of reporting later, that piece is now feature package, out today online & on newsstands, and I am so proud of it.
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Here to support, celebrate, and advocate for the transgender and non-binary community, today and every day. #TransDayOfVisibility
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Extra, extra, read all about it! Our new report is out on energy efficiency lending's strong performance and how it can speed up the clean energy transition—delivering clean, affordable energy to Americans. We are all in for #EnergyEfficiency bit.ly/3iUUxcS #SaveOnEnergy
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On the problem with overshoot.
"Even if we develop significant carbon removal capacity, climate feedback emissions could make trying to remove carbon from the atmosphere feel like trying to shovel the walkway in the middle of a blizzard."
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