Andreas Schmittner
@andreasschmittner.bsky.social
Climate scientist, ocean, ice, biogeochemistry, paleo, modeling 🌦️🌎🌊❄️🌡️🥼🔬💻🦖
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Introduction to Climate Science
Introduction to climate science is for college students of both science and non-science majors and for everybody interested in the topic.
open.oregonstate.education
Check out the new version of my climate science textbook. Free, accessible and online. Let me know what you think. open.oregonstate.education/climatescien...
Amazon paid $28 Million to Melania for filming her for 20 days. So corrupt!
‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
Opinion | ‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Amazon paid $28 Million to Melania for filming her for 20 days. So corrupt!
‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/o...
Deep Inside an Antarctic Glacier, a Mission Collapses at Its Final Step www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/c...
Deep Inside an Antarctic Glacier, a Mission Collapses at Its Final Step
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Deep Inside an Antarctic Glacier, a Mission Collapses at Its Final Step www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/c...
The Real Reason Silicon Valley Won’t Stand Up to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Opinion | The Real Reason Silicon Valley Won’t Stand Up to Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
The Real Reason Silicon Valley Won’t Stand Up to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Let’s save the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the prime climate research lab in the US. ✊
@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
#SaveNCAR
#SaveNCAR
Share your comments on NCAR with NSF
Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March
agu.quorum.us
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Let’s save the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the prime climate research lab in the US. ✊
Let’s try to save the country’s prime climate research lab. ✊
@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
#SaveNCAR
#SaveNCAR
Share your comments on NCAR with NSF
Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March
agu.quorum.us
January 30, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Let’s try to save the country’s prime climate research lab. ✊
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After the #AMS2026 emergency town hall regarding NCAR, it is ***imperative*** that folks contact their senators and representatives. IN PARTICULAR:
Maine: Susan Collins (Chair - Senate Approps.)
Oklahoma: Tom Cole (Chair - House Approps.)
Colorado: John Hickenlooper and Joe Neguse
#SaveNCAR
Maine: Susan Collins (Chair - Senate Approps.)
Oklahoma: Tom Cole (Chair - House Approps.)
Colorado: John Hickenlooper and Joe Neguse
#SaveNCAR
January 29, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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I was sad to learn of Michael Parenti’s passing. He wrote an introduction for the 2008 issue of To Topos — a poetry journal I edited and produced. The special issue focused on the theme of Poverty and Poetry.
Reflections on Poverty and Wealth
By Michael Parenti
mepoet.medium.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 AM
I was sad to learn of Michael Parenti’s passing. He wrote an introduction for the 2008 issue of To Topos — a poetry journal I edited and produced. The special issue focused on the theme of Poverty and Poetry.
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A reminder that The Trace has been tracking shootings connected to Trump's immigration crackdowns — Renee Good and Alex Pretti, unfortunately, are not alone: www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...
How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.
www.thetrace.org
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A reminder that The Trace has been tracking shootings connected to Trump's immigration crackdowns — Renee Good and Alex Pretti, unfortunately, are not alone: www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...
Check out the new version of my climate science textbook. Free, accessible and online. Let me know what you think. open.oregonstate.education/climatescien...
Introduction to Climate Science
Introduction to climate science is for college students of both science and non-science majors and for everybody interested in the topic.
open.oregonstate.education
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Check out the new version of my climate science textbook. Free, accessible and online. Let me know what you think. open.oregonstate.education/climatescien...
Corruption reigns: How Much Can One Man Make From Being President? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Corruption reigns: How Much Can One Man Make From Being President? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Surprise, surprise: ocean heat content breaks new record. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Last year, the oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat — equivalent to 12 Hiroshima bombs exploding every second
In 2025, the ocean absorbed an extra 23 zettajoules of heat energy in 2025, breaking the ocean heat content record for the ninth consecutive year.
www.livescience.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Surprise, surprise: ocean heat content breaks new record. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Interesting news report on research expedition to Thwaits glacier. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
On board the voyage to Antarctica to learn why a massive glacier is melting
Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's...
www.pbs.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Interesting news report on research expedition to Thwaits glacier. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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1/ New Kiel Institute study on 2025 tariffs. The headline finding won't shock anyone who studied 2018-19 tariffs: near-complete pass-through to US importers. Foreign exporters absorbed ~4% of burden; Americans paid ~96%.
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs? - Kiel Institute
www.kielinstitut.de
January 19, 2026 at 11:09 PM
1/ New Kiel Institute study on 2025 tariffs. The headline finding won't shock anyone who studied 2018-19 tariffs: near-complete pass-through to US importers. Foreign exporters absorbed ~4% of burden; Americans paid ~96%.
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
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Last night's Aurora Borealis over Greenland.
January 18, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Last night's Aurora Borealis over Greenland.
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Snowpack in Washington and Oregon is so bad that a normal February and March would result in a recovery to just the ~10th percentile of historical years. More in the CZ blog...
theconvergencezone.com/2026/01/19/p...
theconvergencezone.com/2026/01/19/p...
PNW snowpack approaches record lows
As we approach the halfway point of mountain snow season, snowpack remains in poor condition across much of the PNW. The state of the snowpack as measured by SNOTEL stations is often displayed as a…
theconvergencezone.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Snowpack in Washington and Oregon is so bad that a normal February and March would result in a recovery to just the ~10th percentile of historical years. More in the CZ blog...
theconvergencezone.com/2026/01/19/p...
theconvergencezone.com/2026/01/19/p...
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A new preprint article based on the 20-year record of SCOTIA observing array indicates that the subpolar AMOC is holding steady: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/19/a...
A 20-Year Record of the Subpolar AMOC: Key Findings from the SCOTIA Program
This blog post and the “Deep Dive” podcast, created by NotebookLM, are based on “The Scotland-Canada overturning array (SCOTIA): twenty years of meridional overturning in the subpolar North Atlanti…
ocean2climate.org
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 PM
A new preprint article based on the 20-year record of SCOTIA observing array indicates that the subpolar AMOC is holding steady: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/19/a...
2025 was second or third hottest year on record.
www.oregonlive.com/weather/2026...
www.oregonlive.com/weather/2026...
Climate scientists have a dire warning: 2025 was nearly the hottest year on record
NASA and NOAA officials say 770 million people experienced record heat waves in 2025.
www.oregonlive.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
2025 was second or third hottest year on record.
www.oregonlive.com/weather/2026...
www.oregonlive.com/weather/2026...
MLK on capitalism open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...
Martin Luther King Jr. on Capitalism
On this Martin Luther King Jr.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
MLK on capitalism open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...
Spot on.
AOC: They gut your healthcare to pay ICE Thugs to shoot Moms in the street.
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Spot on.
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ICYMI: I sat down with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in our information environment and its roots in social identity.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
www.volts.wtf
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
ICYMI: I sat down with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in our information environment and its roots in social identity.
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Bossons Glacier
2022 | 2025
One of Europe's most impressive glaciated landscape is collapsing right before our eyes! 🧊🔥
Since 2022, the level of melting has reached unknown territories 📈
📷 Via Meteo Valle d'Aosta
2022 | 2025
One of Europe's most impressive glaciated landscape is collapsing right before our eyes! 🧊🔥
Since 2022, the level of melting has reached unknown territories 📈
📷 Via Meteo Valle d'Aosta
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Bossons Glacier
2022 | 2025
One of Europe's most impressive glaciated landscape is collapsing right before our eyes! 🧊🔥
Since 2022, the level of melting has reached unknown territories 📈
📷 Via Meteo Valle d'Aosta
2022 | 2025
One of Europe's most impressive glaciated landscape is collapsing right before our eyes! 🧊🔥
Since 2022, the level of melting has reached unknown territories 📈
📷 Via Meteo Valle d'Aosta
I've asked Google AI "What is the best textbook on climate science?". Here's what it came up with: There's no single "best" climate science textbook, as it depends on your background, but top choices for a strong foundation include Marshall & Plumb's "Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics" for ...
January 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I've asked Google AI "What is the best textbook on climate science?". Here's what it came up with: There's no single "best" climate science textbook, as it depends on your background, but top choices for a strong foundation include Marshall & Plumb's "Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics" for ...
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- 1 day until we release the Global Climate Highlights 2025. Get ready to explore critical data on last year's global and regional temperatures, sea ice extent and more.
#CopernicusClimate #CopernicusAtmosphere #GCH2025
#CopernicusClimate #CopernicusAtmosphere #GCH2025
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
- 1 day until we release the Global Climate Highlights 2025. Get ready to explore critical data on last year's global and regional temperatures, sea ice extent and more.
#CopernicusClimate #CopernicusAtmosphere #GCH2025
#CopernicusClimate #CopernicusAtmosphere #GCH2025
Good discussion: Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’ www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’
The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force are meant to send.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Good discussion: Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’ www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...