Seth Campbell
@alpinesciences.bsky.social
Associate Professor, School of Earth & Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute, University of Maine;
Director of Research, Juneau Icefield Research Program. Lover of climbing, mountains, glaciers, physics, & nature
Director of Research, Juneau Icefield Research Program. Lover of climbing, mountains, glaciers, physics, & nature
Thanks @katebgr.bsky.social for having me join the podcast! Great fun as always, talking with you!
I loved talking with @alpinesciences.bsky.social and learning more about his background and work. Be inspired and learn about some cool multidisciplinary science - listen now!
New Maine Science Podcast out! A conversation with @alpinesciences.bsky.social from the @umaine.bsky.social. Seth was part of The Warming Sea world premiere (www.thewarmingse.me); listen to hear more about his glacial & climate change work.
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May 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thanks @katebgr.bsky.social for having me join the podcast! Great fun as always, talking with you!
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EPA knew it wrongfully canceled dozens of environmental grants, documents show
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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EPA knew it wrongfully canceled dozens of environmental grants, documents show
According to an internal email, EPA officials knew they had no contractual right to cancel some grants. They did it anyway.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
EPA knew it wrongfully canceled dozens of environmental grants, documents show
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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“essentially closing research operations in my group” = no new experiments save 1 recently funded grant. Spending freezes limit our ability to order supplies and reagents. We need to focus remaining funding on maintaining personnel + analyzing existing samples w whatever’s left in the cabinet
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“essentially closing research operations in my group” = no new experiments save 1 recently funded grant. Spending freezes limit our ability to order supplies and reagents. We need to focus remaining funding on maintaining personnel + analyzing existing samples w whatever’s left in the cabinet
Scary to do, but absolutely critical to be vocal about supporting public science and public education 🧪 www.pressherald.com/2025/03/10/c...
Climate change is impacting how we enjoy the outdoors
Hunting, fishing, trapping and many other activities are being negatively impacted and it will continue to get worse without action.
www.pressherald.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Scary to do, but absolutely critical to be vocal about supporting public science and public education 🧪 www.pressherald.com/2025/03/10/c...
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The Trump Administration is eliminating the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA.
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
NASA to eliminate chief scientist position
Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction
www.science.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Trump Administration is eliminating the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA.
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...
Being silent won't protect you.
Being silent won't protect you.
Doug was a NSF program officer for a few of my projects before stepping into his role below. His loss is an example of the many negative impacts. I speak often on the value of collaboration and cost sharing to get the most bang for our buck. Losses like Doug’s work affect everyone in the U.S. 🧪
February 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Doug was a NSF program officer for a few of my projects before stepping into his role below. His loss is an example of the many negative impacts. I speak often on the value of collaboration and cost sharing to get the most bang for our buck. Losses like Doug’s work affect everyone in the U.S. 🧪
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Did you know that in southwestern #BritishColumbia, tectonic plates are moving at about the same speed your fingernails grow and that we get 3 types of #earthquakes here? Every day, small earthquakes are recorded (1000+/year).
For details, see:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/pprs-pprp/pu...
⚒️🧪
For details, see:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/pprs-pprp/pu...
⚒️🧪
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Did you know that in southwestern #BritishColumbia, tectonic plates are moving at about the same speed your fingernails grow and that we get 3 types of #earthquakes here? Every day, small earthquakes are recorded (1000+/year).
For details, see:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/pprs-pprp/pu...
⚒️🧪
For details, see:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/pprs-pprp/pu...
⚒️🧪
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We can have a similar special programme in the EU as well. We already had (a small) one during Trump's first term 🧪🇪🇺
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
February 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We can have a similar special programme in the EU as well. We already had (a small) one during Trump's first term 🧪🇪🇺
Please repost this government led survey to get this into every fired government employees hands! 🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
February 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Please repost this government led survey to get this into every fired government employees hands! 🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Disgusting decisions being made at this point. 🧪
February 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Disgusting decisions being made at this point. 🧪
Please share this REAL impact! AK colleagues tell me 17 of 20 ppl were terminated from Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center (MGVC) in AK. I’ve worked w/ this professional and wonderful group serving the public & they have a display in their museum about the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP). 🧪
February 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Please share this REAL impact! AK colleagues tell me 17 of 20 ppl were terminated from Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center (MGVC) in AK. I’ve worked w/ this professional and wonderful group serving the public & they have a display in their museum about the Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP). 🧪
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“But despair is not an option,” writes Gretchen Goldman in Nature. “It is important to remember that notable gains have been made in federal scientific-integrity protections in the past two decades.” 🧪
‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research
Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public.
go.nature.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“But despair is not an option,” writes Gretchen Goldman in Nature. “It is important to remember that notable gains have been made in federal scientific-integrity protections in the past two decades.” 🧪
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Five former Treasury secretaries sound the alarm: "Not since the Nixon administration has [withholding of federal funds authorized by Congress] been contemplated. At that time, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the president did not have the power." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
Opinion | Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Janet Yellen: DOGE Is a Threat to U.S. Democracy.
Former Secretaries Rubin, Summers, Geithner, Lew and Yellen argue that DOGE is a threat to America.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Five former Treasury secretaries sound the alarm: "Not since the Nixon administration has [withholding of federal funds authorized by Congress] been contemplated. At that time, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the president did not have the power." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
Some people asked if I could list real impacts from some of the recent federal decisions. Here are SOME real impacts our team has faced already in 3 weeks:
1. Im quite certain 1 project (likely 2) I have that support low income high school students across the country, will be canceled. 🧪
1. Im quite certain 1 project (likely 2) I have that support low income high school students across the country, will be canceled. 🧪
February 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Some people asked if I could list real impacts from some of the recent federal decisions. Here are SOME real impacts our team has faced already in 3 weeks:
1. Im quite certain 1 project (likely 2) I have that support low income high school students across the country, will be canceled. 🧪
1. Im quite certain 1 project (likely 2) I have that support low income high school students across the country, will be canceled. 🧪
For U.S. science, I could not imagine much worse, but if history repeats itself, I suspect this is just the start. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
For U.S. science, I could not imagine much worse, but if history repeats itself, I suspect this is just the start. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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We collectively haven’t been taking the plans laid out by Project 2025 seriously enough. They want to destroy NOAA so people won’t know that climate change is happening. It sounds stupid and alarmist if you haven’t been paying attention.
Project 2025 plan calls for demolition of NOAA and National Weather Service
The call to dismantle the United States' vital weather department has raised the hackles of experts who say NOAA provides not only important free data but also life-saving information.
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We collectively haven’t been taking the plans laid out by Project 2025 seriously enough. They want to destroy NOAA so people won’t know that climate change is happening. It sounds stupid and alarmist if you haven’t been paying attention.
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Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer.
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
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February 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer.
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵
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If there’s anyone out there who might want to move to Canada and is a senior-level scientist working on marine ecosystems and global change, check out this research chair position at @seos-uvic.bsky.social 🧪⚒️ @jaytcullen.bsky.social www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
SEOS 270-146 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Department of Biology
www.uvic.ca
February 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If there’s anyone out there who might want to move to Canada and is a senior-level scientist working on marine ecosystems and global change, check out this research chair position at @seos-uvic.bsky.social 🧪⚒️ @jaytcullen.bsky.social www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Dreaming of ice filled chimneys to climb, beautiful scenery, and more relaxing times… sometimes it helps to remind yourself of some of the beauty in life too!
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dreaming of ice filled chimneys to climb, beautiful scenery, and more relaxing times… sometimes it helps to remind yourself of some of the beauty in life too!
Originally introduced in 2018 to congress, and reintroduced on Jan 31, 2025, the attempted termination of the U.S. Dept of Education. I would recommend scientists & educators share this one and bombard your representatives to make sure it doesn’t make it anywhere. 🧪
February 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Originally introduced in 2018 to congress, and reintroduced on Jan 31, 2025, the attempted termination of the U.S. Dept of Education. I would recommend scientists & educators share this one and bombard your representatives to make sure it doesn’t make it anywhere. 🧪
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"There were other worries looming as well — about American science falling behind, about the United States experiencing the sort of brain drain it had previously benefitted from. For many, though, the most immediate concern was getting paid. " 🧪 #AcademicSky
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"There were other worries looming as well — about American science falling behind, about the United States experiencing the sort of brain drain it had previously benefitted from. For many, though, the most immediate concern was getting paid. " 🧪 #AcademicSky
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...