Amelia Shevenell
@ashevenell.bsky.social
Paleoceanographer, sedimentologist, scientific ocean drilling evangelist, Antarctic ice historian, Professor, Mom of human and Labradors, potter, unapologetic Swiftie, doer of many things. These are my personal views.
When it “feels like 27 F” in Florida and the sleeves aren’t finished 😡
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
When it “feels like 27 F” in Florida and the sleeves aren’t finished 😡
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Any deal that counts on GOP being good faith partners in governance misunderstands the modern Republican Party. Idiotic and out of touch!
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Any deal that counts on GOP being good faith partners in governance misunderstands the modern Republican Party. Idiotic and out of touch!
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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🧊 New research reveals an overlooked Antarctic process that may skew sea level rise projections.
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections - ACEAS
New research into how East Antarctica’s ice shelves melt reveals future global sea-level rise predictions could be significantly underestimated.
antarctic.org.au
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🧊 New research reveals an overlooked Antarctic process that may skew sea level rise projections.
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
☀️ A team led by Dr @fabiobdias.bsky.social (ACEAS/UNSW) found East Antarctica ice shelves melt in summer bursts as sea ice retreats and warm water flows underneath.
🔗 antarctic.org.au/overlooked-m...
I gotta say, watching US news roll in from a remote South Pacific island is surreal and it makes everyone capitulating to King Toddler look totally idiotic. And literally no one I’ve run into can believe this is happening or understand why no one is stopping him.
October 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I gotta say, watching US news roll in from a remote South Pacific island is surreal and it makes everyone capitulating to King Toddler look totally idiotic. And literally no one I’ve run into can believe this is happening or understand why no one is stopping him.
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Hello! we have a new paper out today in @science.org reviewing Calcifying Plankton : from Biomineralization to Global change 🌊🧪🐚
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Calcifying plankton: From biomineralization to global change
The cycling of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the ocean is closely linked to seawater alkalinity and the regulation of atmospheric CO2. In the modern pelagic ocean, almost all CaCO3 is produced by three...
www.science.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hello! we have a new paper out today in @science.org reviewing Calcifying Plankton : from Biomineralization to Global change 🌊🧪🐚
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The thing that always gets me is that Tolkien obviously would have hated Silicon Valley generally, and these particular guys specifically.
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The thing that always gets me is that Tolkien obviously would have hated Silicon Valley generally, and these particular guys specifically.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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🌊🌊JOB ALERT!! Are you an ice sheet modeler looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding? Come join our research team at University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the physical and human dynamics of sea-level rise. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
Job ad for postdoctoral research in ice sheet modeling | Andrea Dutton
🌊 🌊 JOB ALERT!! Looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding?? Looking to live in a city that is routinely ranked as one of the best cities to live in across the entire U.S.? Come jo...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🌊🌊JOB ALERT!! Are you an ice sheet modeler looking for a postdoc that does not rely on federal funding? Come join our research team at University of Wisconsin-Madison to study the physical and human dynamics of sea-level rise. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...
My super awesome colleague @oceanandclimate published a great paper in science this week. And, he helped do my intended day late and a $ short publicity. So, my summary is read it! Good stuff!
Today, we published a study long in the making on how upper and subsurface tropical Pacific waters responded (and maybe will adjust) to warmer global climate. Here’s the story of how we got here after 15 years. many authors but shout out @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Persistent eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean upwelling since the warm Pliocene
Upwelling generates a nutrient-rich “cold tongue” in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (EEP), with impacts on global climate, oceanic biological productivity, and the carbon cycle. The cold tongue ...
www.science.org
October 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My super awesome colleague @oceanandclimate published a great paper in science this week. And, he helped do my intended day late and a $ short publicity. So, my summary is read it! Good stuff!
Wondering what my better half has been up to? Well, wonder no more! stpetecatalyst.com/st-pete-rese...
St. Pete researchers unveil new ocean mapping robot
The Center for Mapping and Innovative Technologies has also launched a crowdsourcing initiative.
stpetecatalyst.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Wondering what my better half has been up to? Well, wonder no more! stpetecatalyst.com/st-pete-rese...
I have achieved the impossible and got my COVID booster in Florida. The CVS pharmacist said “we have tons, and we can’t give them to anyone.” She also said that doctors are super frustrated and asking if they can call in one script for all of their patients, but the CVS system can’t handle that…
September 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I have achieved the impossible and got my COVID booster in Florida. The CVS pharmacist said “we have tons, and we can’t give them to anyone.” She also said that doctors are super frustrated and asking if they can call in one script for all of their patients, but the CVS system can’t handle that…
@willerstorfi.bsky.social does it again. Nice work all! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Southern Ocean CO2 outgassing and nutrient load reduced by a well-ventilated glacial North Pacific - Nature Communications
A better-ventilated North Pacific could have reduced the carbon of water upwelled in the Southern Ocean, reducing outgassing and revealing a remote influence on Southern Ocean biogeochemistry in glaci...
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
@willerstorfi.bsky.social does it again. Nice work all! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kennett had his party shirt on for his 85th…
September 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Kennett had his party shirt on for his 85th…
Carl… ❤️
The latest #TalesFromTheDeep episode on the StoryCorps Archive is from Carl Brenner, director of the U.S. Science Support Program for scientific ocean drilling. Take a listen to Carl's background -you might be surprised at what he majored in at college- and his leadership role in this community. 🌊⚒️
"What scientific ocean drilling has done for the nation and globally is yielded a staggering amount of information about Earth history"
“The breadth of the science that is done in this program is pretty exciting and you don't have to be a trained marine geologist to appreciate that.” This quote comes from Carl Brenner, the director of...
archive.storycorps.org
August 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Carl… ❤️
We are giving up global leadership. Are we great yet? What can you do? Call your representatives. Ask why Russia and China are building more ice breakers. Why risk national and economic security by ignoring sea level rise?
Trump’s Cuts May Spell the End for America’s Only Antarctic Research Ship
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are giving up global leadership. Are we great yet? What can you do? Call your representatives. Ask why Russia and China are building more ice breakers. Why risk national and economic security by ignoring sea level rise?
I have so many angry and unkind thoughts about the decisions made by the head of OCE and then the GEO directorate more recently. First the JR and then this. For what? My two science platforms are gone and with them my hopes of new science. I’m glad Mike is talking to journalists. He was a great PO.
The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
U.S. Researchers May Never Probe Deep into Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Again Without This Ship
The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
www.scientificamerican.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I have so many angry and unkind thoughts about the decisions made by the head of OCE and then the GEO directorate more recently. First the JR and then this. For what? My two science platforms are gone and with them my hopes of new science. I’m glad Mike is talking to journalists. He was a great PO.
Excited to enter “descendant of religious nutcases who came over on the Mayflower”. Maybe it will help me during my proposal’s gold standard political review. Of course I’ve got gender working against me so I probably won’t ever get funded… with that, is everyone excited about Taylor’s new album?
Huh. I don't remember the federal government asking me what flavor of "white" I am before. This list of what are I think meant to be ethnicities also seems really arbitrary, and doesn't map out onto ethnicities per se. (This is for an NSF annual personnel report for a graduate training program.)
August 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Excited to enter “descendant of religious nutcases who came over on the Mayflower”. Maybe it will help me during my proposal’s gold standard political review. Of course I’ve got gender working against me so I probably won’t ever get funded… with that, is everyone excited about Taylor’s new album?
I wonder if Murkowski’s bribe for voting for the BBB was that Alaska would be given back to Russia.
August 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I wonder if Murkowski’s bribe for voting for the BBB was that Alaska would be given back to Russia.
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The Trump administration’s pressure on universities echoes past authoritarian efforts in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
A comparative and international education expert explains: buff.ly/zSTmtwz By @isilova.bsky.social, Arizona State 🗃️ #highered #edusky
A comparative and international education expert explains: buff.ly/zSTmtwz By @isilova.bsky.social, Arizona State 🗃️ #highered #edusky
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.
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August 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Trump administration’s pressure on universities echoes past authoritarian efforts in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
A comparative and international education expert explains: buff.ly/zSTmtwz By @isilova.bsky.social, Arizona State 🗃️ #highered #edusky
A comparative and international education expert explains: buff.ly/zSTmtwz By @isilova.bsky.social, Arizona State 🗃️ #highered #edusky
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Once again, my fellow nerds, I am begging you to remember that giving into bullies only guarantees they'll be back.
You've got to punch Biff Tannen in the face, McFly, or he'll rule over you forever.
You've got to punch Biff Tannen in the face, McFly, or he'll rule over you forever.
LA Times: "'It backfired,' said one senior administrator at UCLA, reflecting the sense of whiplash. .... 'Within hours of announcing our settlement, the DOJ was on our back.'
WHO COULD'VE SEEN THIS COMING
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WHO COULD'VE SEEN THIS COMING
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August 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Once again, my fellow nerds, I am begging you to remember that giving into bullies only guarantees they'll be back.
You've got to punch Biff Tannen in the face, McFly, or he'll rule over you forever.
You've got to punch Biff Tannen in the face, McFly, or he'll rule over you forever.
News from a failing nation …
My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
www.science.org
July 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
News from a failing nation …
Devastating for US Antarctic researchers. US abdicating multiple global leadership roles in marine science. USAP people, we need a professional lobbyist-large sections of both senate and house bills dedicated to drilling and nothing about the NBP. Community led push needed and a comms strategy.
🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:
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)
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)
July 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Devastating for US Antarctic researchers. US abdicating multiple global leadership roles in marine science. USAP people, we need a professional lobbyist-large sections of both senate and house bills dedicated to drilling and nothing about the NBP. Community led push needed and a comms strategy.
Vacation mode activated
July 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Vacation mode activated