Ben Riddell-Young
@benryoung.bsky.social
Ice cores, climate, GHGs. Postdoctoral Associate at CIRES working with NOAA GML. Earth Scientist/Enthusiast. Views are my own.
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Abrupt changes in biomass burning during the last glacial period - Nature
An increase in wildfire extent and related greenhouse gas emissions can be linked to abrupt climatic changes during the last glacial period.
www.nature.com
I'm thrilled to share our new @nature.com paper! We present ice core methane isotope data revealing that past abrupt climate changes likely triggered surges in wildfires, simultaneously driving rapid methane—and possibly CO2—rises 🌎🔥
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I just signed - consider signing if you work or have worked in Greenland “We hope many U.S.-based researchers in Greenland …will join us in signing this letter to… call upon our elected representatives to vocally support Greenland’s right to self-governance”. forms.gle/csef7uCnU11y...
STATEMENT FROM U.S. SCIENTISTS IN SOLIDARITY WITH GREENLAND
We are U.S.-based scientists who have conducted research in Kalaallit Nunaat / Greenland, and we write to express our solidarity and gratitude to Greenland’s people for years of friendship and partner...
forms.gle
January 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I just signed - consider signing if you work or have worked in Greenland “We hope many U.S.-based researchers in Greenland …will join us in signing this letter to… call upon our elected representatives to vocally support Greenland’s right to self-governance”. forms.gle/csef7uCnU11y...
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"Science Under Siege -- the NCAR Development" | My new commentary: michaelmann.net/science-unde...
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Science Under Siege -- The NCAR development | Michael E. Mann
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has played a key role developing the science of climate modeling and the measurement of climate observations going back […]
michaelmann.net
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Science Under Siege -- the NCAR Development" | My new commentary: michaelmann.net/science-unde...
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
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Congrats to @benryoung.bsky.social and team for a new publication on methane emissions. They found: 1) The fossil fuel industry is getting better at increasing production but not emissions, and...
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Congrats to @benryoung.bsky.social and team for a new publication on methane emissions. They found: 1) The fossil fuel industry is getting better at increasing production but not emissions, and...
Excited to share our new PNAS paper!
We find that recent methane growth was driven by agriculture/waste and wetland emissions, while fossil fuel emissions have remained stable despite growth in production, highlighting recent progress and further mitigation potential.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
We find that recent methane growth was driven by agriculture/waste and wetland emissions, while fossil fuel emissions have remained stable despite growth in production, highlighting recent progress and further mitigation potential.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Excited to share our new PNAS paper!
We find that recent methane growth was driven by agriculture/waste and wetland emissions, while fossil fuel emissions have remained stable despite growth in production, highlighting recent progress and further mitigation potential.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
We find that recent methane growth was driven by agriculture/waste and wetland emissions, while fossil fuel emissions have remained stable despite growth in production, highlighting recent progress and further mitigation potential.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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The order is the latest move by the Trump administration to assert control over US science
go.nature.com/3H6IxVr
go.nature.com/3H6IxVr
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.
go.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The order is the latest move by the Trump administration to assert control over US science
go.nature.com/3H6IxVr
go.nature.com/3H6IxVr
So now, regardless of the scientific merit of your grant proposal, a Trump appointee with no specified qualifications gets to decide whether to fund it or not based entirely on how it aligns with the Trump administrations policy goals…seems real bad.
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So now, regardless of the scientific merit of your grant proposal, a Trump appointee with no specified qualifications gets to decide whether to fund it or not based entirely on how it aligns with the Trump administrations policy goals…seems real bad.
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"A climate nonprofit is planning to revive a key federal database tracking billion-dollar weather disasters that the Trump administration formally stopped updating in May.
The database - which was produced by NOAA - is set to return this fall as a product of @climatecentral.org."
The database - which was produced by NOAA - is set to return this fall as a product of @climatecentral.org."
Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed
Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.
www.bloomberg.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"A climate nonprofit is planning to revive a key federal database tracking billion-dollar weather disasters that the Trump administration formally stopped updating in May.
The database - which was produced by NOAA - is set to return this fall as a product of @climatecentral.org."
The database - which was produced by NOAA - is set to return this fall as a product of @climatecentral.org."
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Breaking: US shortage of cherries since so many were picked for the DOE ‘critical’ review of climate science.
July 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Breaking: US shortage of cherries since so many were picked for the DOE ‘critical’ review of climate science.
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Nat Geo would kill for legit science-driven adventure like they found in “For Winter,” over content less credibly grounded in pursuit of knowledge +humans pushing limits. Instead they’ve (Disney?) gotten cold feet & deeply disrespected my colleague Ali & her family. defector.com/why-did-nati...
Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
defector.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Nat Geo would kill for legit science-driven adventure like they found in “For Winter,” over content less credibly grounded in pursuit of knowledge +humans pushing limits. Instead they’ve (Disney?) gotten cold feet & deeply disrespected my colleague Ali & her family. defector.com/why-did-nati...
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See interviews from lab alum Ben Riddell-Young and PI Ed Brook in this Mother Jones article on the future of ice core research.
The critical research that unlocks our climate's past and future may be on thin ice
“There’s questions that we don’t know we should be asking yet.”
www.motherjones.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
See interviews from lab alum Ben Riddell-Young and PI Ed Brook in this Mother Jones article on the future of ice core research.
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🚨The Trump Administration is proposing devastating cuts to key national agencies in Colorado that play a vital role in protecting our country, including through cutting-edge research on wildfires, droughts, and more.
Senator Bennet and I are fighting back against the attacks on NOAA, CIRES & CIRA 👇🏾
Senator Bennet and I are fighting back against the attacks on NOAA, CIRES & CIRA 👇🏾
July 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
🚨The Trump Administration is proposing devastating cuts to key national agencies in Colorado that play a vital role in protecting our country, including through cutting-edge research on wildfires, droughts, and more.
Senator Bennet and I are fighting back against the attacks on NOAA, CIRES & CIRA 👇🏾
Senator Bennet and I are fighting back against the attacks on NOAA, CIRES & CIRA 👇🏾
Problems don’t exist if you don’t see them! 😐
The poor "Sea Ice Index" nsidc.org/data/seaice_... 😢
See thread for more on this tragic data loss: bsky.app/profile/zack...
See thread for more on this tragic data loss: bsky.app/profile/zack...
June 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Problems don’t exist if you don’t see them! 😐
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Funding for ice core research is at risk. Ben Riddell-Young, a CIRES postdoctoral researcher in NOAA GML, shares why ice core research is important for understanding past and future climate change. “There’s questions that we don’t know we should be asking yet.”
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The critical research that unlocks our climate's past and future may be on thin ice
“There’s questions that we don’t know we should be asking yet.”
www.motherjones.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Funding for ice core research is at risk. Ben Riddell-Young, a CIRES postdoctoral researcher in NOAA GML, shares why ice core research is important for understanding past and future climate change. “There’s questions that we don’t know we should be asking yet.”
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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About 20 years ago, researchers drilled a 3,260-meter ice core in East Antarctica. Now, scientists are using it to uncover new insights. 🧪🌊
When Ice Ages End, Ocean Circulation Fine-Tunes Ocean Heat - Eos
New Antarctic ice core data bolster model predictions of ocean heat content during glacials and interglacials.
eos.org
April 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
About 20 years ago, researchers drilled a 3,260-meter ice core in East Antarctica. Now, scientists are using it to uncover new insights. 🧪🌊
@noaa.gov just released the 2024 CO2 growth rate and it doesn’t look good. It is more important than ever to continue monitoring how and researching why GHGs are changing and what these changes mean for our climate system.
@climate.noaa.gov
@climate.noaa.gov
April 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@noaa.gov just released the 2024 CO2 growth rate and it doesn’t look good. It is more important than ever to continue monitoring how and researching why GHGs are changing and what these changes mean for our climate system.
@climate.noaa.gov
@climate.noaa.gov
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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My friend from the NOAA lab that brings you the Keeling Curve wants that world to know that things are horrible inside NOAA.
April 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My friend from the NOAA lab that brings you the Keeling Curve wants that world to know that things are horrible inside NOAA.
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We have an exciting opportunity for postdoc to join our group at @bas.ac.uk and take part in two big ice core projects: www.beyondepica.eu and @fetch4.bsky.social.
Package includes: mugs, stickers, maps, trips to Copenhagen, Grenoble and (maybe) Greenland.
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
Package includes: mugs, stickers, maps, trips to Copenhagen, Grenoble and (maybe) Greenland.
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
February 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We have an exciting opportunity for postdoc to join our group at @bas.ac.uk and take part in two big ice core projects: www.beyondepica.eu and @fetch4.bsky.social.
Package includes: mugs, stickers, maps, trips to Copenhagen, Grenoble and (maybe) Greenland.
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
Package includes: mugs, stickers, maps, trips to Copenhagen, Grenoble and (maybe) Greenland.
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
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Having fun with new lecture on:
Wendt et al., 2024, Southern Ocean drives multidecadal atmospheric CO₂ rise during Heinrich Stadials | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Riddell-Young et al., 2025, Abrupt changes in biomass burning during the last glacial period | Nature doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Wendt et al., 2024, Southern Ocean drives multidecadal atmospheric CO₂ rise during Heinrich Stadials | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Riddell-Young et al., 2025, Abrupt changes in biomass burning during the last glacial period | Nature doi.org/10.1038/s415...
February 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Having fun with new lecture on:
Wendt et al., 2024, Southern Ocean drives multidecadal atmospheric CO₂ rise during Heinrich Stadials | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Riddell-Young et al., 2025, Abrupt changes in biomass burning during the last glacial period | Nature doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Wendt et al., 2024, Southern Ocean drives multidecadal atmospheric CO₂ rise during Heinrich Stadials | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Riddell-Young et al., 2025, Abrupt changes in biomass burning during the last glacial period | Nature doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Happening at the NOAA/NIST entrance in Boulder, CO today. Spread the word!
February 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Happening at the NOAA/NIST entrance in Boulder, CO today. Spread the word!
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New lab account! Please share this post to help us connect with our network.
We are a lab at Oregon State University headed by Dr. Ed Brook and Dr. Christo Buizert using ice samples to study past climate. See coldex.org for info on our search for old ice. #science #coldex #oregonstateuniversity
We are a lab at Oregon State University headed by Dr. Ed Brook and Dr. Christo Buizert using ice samples to study past climate. See coldex.org for info on our search for old ice. #science #coldex #oregonstateuniversity
January 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
New lab account! Please share this post to help us connect with our network.
We are a lab at Oregon State University headed by Dr. Ed Brook and Dr. Christo Buizert using ice samples to study past climate. See coldex.org for info on our search for old ice. #science #coldex #oregonstateuniversity
We are a lab at Oregon State University headed by Dr. Ed Brook and Dr. Christo Buizert using ice samples to study past climate. See coldex.org for info on our search for old ice. #science #coldex #oregonstateuniversity
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Important paper in Nature today about collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. There is a positive isotope anomaly at Skytrain Ice Rise during the last interglacial, consistent with what we found in our high-resolution water-isotope simulations when WAIS collapses.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Ronne Ice Shelf survived the last interglacial - Nature
Sea salt data from an ice core record show that Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf survived the last interglacial, the last period of enhanced and sustained global warmth about 125,000 years ago.
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Important paper in Nature today about collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. There is a positive isotope anomaly at Skytrain Ice Rise during the last interglacial, consistent with what we found in our high-resolution water-isotope simulations when WAIS collapses.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I'm thrilled to share our new @nature.com paper! We present ice core methane isotope data revealing that past abrupt climate changes likely triggered surges in wildfires, simultaneously driving rapid methane—and possibly CO2—rises 🌎🔥
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Abrupt changes in biomass burning during the last glacial period - Nature
An increase in wildfire extent and related greenhouse gas emissions can be linked to abrupt climatic changes during the last glacial period.
www.nature.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm thrilled to share our new @nature.com paper! We present ice core methane isotope data revealing that past abrupt climate changes likely triggered surges in wildfires, simultaneously driving rapid methane—and possibly CO2—rises 🌎🔥
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 New paleoclimate paper published in Nature investigates ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice.
⬇️ Learn about the wide-ranging results from CIRES & Oregon State below.
👏🏽 Congrats to Ben Riddell-Young & his team, which includes REID CLARK from INSTAAR's Stable Isotope Lab
⬇️ Learn about the wide-ranging results from CIRES & Oregon State below.
👏🏽 Congrats to Ben Riddell-Young & his team, which includes REID CLARK from INSTAAR's Stable Isotope Lab
During the last glacial period, rapid, repeating shifts in temperature & rainfall continually altered environments around the world. A new study led by CIRES' @benryoung.bsky.social finds past wildfire activity tracked these abrupt changes.
https://buff.ly/40nA6eY
https://buff.ly/40nA6eY
January 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🚨 New paleoclimate paper published in Nature investigates ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice.
⬇️ Learn about the wide-ranging results from CIRES & Oregon State below.
👏🏽 Congrats to Ben Riddell-Young & his team, which includes REID CLARK from INSTAAR's Stable Isotope Lab
⬇️ Learn about the wide-ranging results from CIRES & Oregon State below.
👏🏽 Congrats to Ben Riddell-Young & his team, which includes REID CLARK from INSTAAR's Stable Isotope Lab