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"If the Supreme Court takes an aggressive stance in support of the oil industry, it will indicate something troubling about how the Supreme Court is thinking about its role in our constitutional system," said Chris Winter of the University of Colorado Law School.

Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':

🌊 Our CMIP7 Ocean & Sea Ice theme paper is now out in GMD. Led by @baylorfk.bsky.social, this international effort defines the ocean & sea ice datasets underpinning next-generation Earth System Models. Honoured to contribute gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/... @wcrp-cmip.org @egu.eu #NTUSG #EOS_SG

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A plea to submit comments on the new proposed OMB rule that would put all U.S. science funding totally at the whim of political appointees, framed by a recap of the Weather and Climate Livestream a couple weeks ago. deepconvection.substack.com/p/speak-out-...

Don't delay! That's bumping up against the AR7 submission deadline...

Sea otters North Pacific Ocean Smallest marine mammal adapted to ocean life can live entirely in the water, eating sleeping, giving birth while floating on their back. Fast swimmers, amazing diving skills among the best parents in the animal world.

The IBES-led Equitable Climate Futures initiative has announced its new awardees! Projects range from food equity to Indigenous climate action: https://ecf.brown.edu/news/2026-05-11/ecf-2026-awards Brown University Department of Education Brown University School of Public Health Brown Anthropology

Here is where to comment: www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2...

If you don't agree, I encourage you to get involved in the process. There are frequently open calls to participate. One for "Fresh Eyes on CMIP" just came out: wcrp-cmip.org/news/

This one was really fun to do. Lots of new ideas discovered in there!

No idea who said this first, but it’s good. #DunningKruger

Just over a week away! Join us in person or online for IBES' 2026 Commencement Forum, "Ocean Health, Our Health," ft. @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social @usoceanprotection.bsky.social, @baylorfk.bsky.social, @rebecca-altman.bsky.social, and @kimcobb.bsky.social. events.brown.edu/ibes/event/3...

In retrospect, forcing the entire campus to move from our locally hosted, open source LMS to a commercial, single point of failure LMS that also happens to be owned by a company that wants to turn all our labor into AI training data may not have been a good idea.

The 2026 US elections will impact science issues from water quality to climate mitigation to disaster preparedness. AGU’s Science Votes the Future provides information for informed voting.

I make my own AI slop from and for my lectures, thank you very much. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Don’t miss this week’s entry in the AICE Speaker Series! @baylorfk.bsky.social, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University, joins us to present ‘Emulators and Parameterizations: Indirect Tools for Climate Science’ on Wednesday, April 29th

Discover two approaches to Earth system models that offer opportunities to accelerate progress and deepen understanding at tomorrow’s entry in the AICE Speaker Series! Featuring @baylorfk.bsky.social, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University

Report: Every Place On Earth Has Wrong Amount Of Water https://theonion.com/report-every-place-on-earth-has-wrong-amount-of-water-1851544516/

Our recent paper on using thermal imagery from geostationary satellites to infer surface currents was published! We call the method GOFLOW 🧪🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The approach could help scientists better understand how the ocean transports heat, carbon, and nutrients around the planet, while improving forecasting, search-and-rescue efforts, and tracking of marine debris and oil spills. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/UtC9VQM 🌊 @nickpizzooceans.bsky.social

🌊 A team of researchers, including #URIGSO's @nickpizzooceans.bsky.social, has developed a new AI-powered way to study ocean currents. #GOFLOW uses thermal images from weather satellites already in orbit to map ocean surface currents in unprecedented detail, with no new hardware required. 🧪

Join us for the next entry in the AICE Speaker Series on Wednesday, April 29th! Featuring @baylorfk.bsky.social, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University, on ‘Emulators and Parameterizations: Indirect Tools for Climate Science’

Dear Friends, Please send this to your networks. Project Drawdown is offering full-time, paid (with benefits) fellowships to scientists and engineers working on climate solutions in the public interest. Deadline is April 17. drawdown.org/careers/clim...

Work with me! Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University invites applications for a Doherty Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ocean Sciences. This competitive postdoctoral fellowship will be awarded for a one-year period, + 2nd year possible. Please see apply.interfolio.com/183855!

Finally!!

“Vice President JD Vance thinks aliens are visiting earth and that they are Demons” is the most “I wish Carl Sagan were alive” moment I’ve had in a while.

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

It is getting harder and harder to think things will be ok again soon.

It's #WomensHistoryMonth! Learn about the history of women lighthouse keepers, 5 of whom worked in RI. Using the example of Ida Lewis, this lesson discusses 19th c gender ideals and how some women came to become lighthouse keepers. Visit shiphistory.org/2023/10/19/i.... #MaritimeHistory

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Welcome, Melissa!! Looking forward to working with you.

Another great job opportunity for an early career researcher to join us as a chapter scientist on our journey to pull together the best possible chapter on sustainable low-carbon futures for the @ipcc.bsky.social 7th assessment report! Details below 👇

Ørsted's 704MW Revolution Wind offshore wind project started delivering power to New England's electric grid yesterday: orsted.com/en/media/new... 🔌💡

Last night was a big night for offshore wind: Vineyard Wind finished construction and Revolution Wind began sending power to the grid @wbur.org #energysky www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

70 YEARS AGO. March 8, 1956: Roger Revelle testifies to Congress about "the greatest geophysical experiment in history”: “burning, as you know, quite a bit of coal and oil and natural gas” and “producing tremendous quantities of carbon dioxide” which could “cause a remarkable change in climate.”

Are you a young academic working on climate and feel ready for a move? We are recruiting two Assistant/Associate Professors @granthamicl.bsky.social at Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (1/6)

How many of you academics out there get credit for promotions from reviewing papers?

Jim Head is training astronauts again. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/23/m...

Excuse me but this is a perfect use of the internet. gradient.horse

I eagerly await lower prices for RI electricity!

New perspective paper on using accurate emulators (ML-based or toy-model-based) like dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI... and dx.doi.org/10.5194/egus... together with Earth System Models to get more out of both! rdcu.be/e1Kdr

New perspective paper on using accurate emulators (ML-based or toy-model-based) like dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI... and dx.doi.org/10.5194/egus... together with Earth System Models to get more out of both! rdcu.be/e1Kdr

Enormously interesting to work on this article. John Nicklas defends his PhD, including his contributions to this work and dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI... on Friday!

Some nice coverage of our new report on who's blocking action on climate in the Rhode Island legislature. This is a "blue state" with huge Democratic majorities. Yet 21 of 22 priority bills of statewide climate and environment organizations in 2025 died in committee. ecori.org/the-usual-su...

Find it here! www.npr.org/people/57654...

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