Benjamin Sulman
@bsulman.bsky.social
Ecosystem scientist and computational modeler. Living in Knoxville, TN, formerly of Madison, WI
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Benjamin Sulman
@bsulman.bsky.social
· Jul 3
After all these years I finally built a flux tower! Well, @sciencebails.bsky.social and
Geoff Schwaner did most of the work 😁 Salt marsh near Port Arthur, TX
Geoff Schwaner did most of the work 😁 Salt marsh near Port Arthur, TX
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📢 New paper!
Improving how models represent Arctic veg ⬆️ ability to simulate C dynamics. Using obs from towers/chambers/drones/aircraft, we found better rep of heterogeneity=better predictions, bringing models closer to obs and highlighting key gaps for scaling (shrubs!)
🔗: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Improving how models represent Arctic veg ⬆️ ability to simulate C dynamics. Using obs from towers/chambers/drones/aircraft, we found better rep of heterogeneity=better predictions, bringing models closer to obs and highlighting key gaps for scaling (shrubs!)
🔗: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Integrating Characteristic Arctic Vegetation in a Land Surface Model Improves Representation of Carbon Dynamics Across a Tundra Landscape
Refined Arctic plant functional types in simulations improved landscape-level fluxes, but carbon allocation parameters need further review Incorporating representative tundra vegetation increased...
doi.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
📢 New paper!
Improving how models represent Arctic veg ⬆️ ability to simulate C dynamics. Using obs from towers/chambers/drones/aircraft, we found better rep of heterogeneity=better predictions, bringing models closer to obs and highlighting key gaps for scaling (shrubs!)
🔗: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Improving how models represent Arctic veg ⬆️ ability to simulate C dynamics. Using obs from towers/chambers/drones/aircraft, we found better rep of heterogeneity=better predictions, bringing models closer to obs and highlighting key gaps for scaling (shrubs!)
🔗: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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University of Nebraska is eliminating a key climate research department
University of Nebraska is eliminating a key climate research department
As Nebraska's weather intensifies, farmers are losing a critical resource to understand it.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Today only, Automatic Noodle e-books are on sale for $2.99 on all platforms! Grab one while they're still hot and chewy! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today only, Automatic Noodle e-books are on sale for $2.99 on all platforms! Grab one while they're still hot and chewy! bookshop.org/p/books/auto...
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![Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig43e2u4zzpifhq6fbf2iwplmva2lt5rokfg5uws5dysbe55up6wa@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Woodworking: beloved by geophysicists
A funny thing about the #AGU25 American Geophysical Union conference last week was how many scientists and other environmental scholars I talked to, who, when the conversation turned to what we were reading for pleasure, started raving about how great @emilystjams.bsky.social's _Woodworking_ is.
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Woodworking: beloved by geophysicists
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A funny thing about the #AGU25 American Geophysical Union conference last week was how many scientists and other environmental scholars I talked to, who, when the conversation turned to what we were reading for pleasure, started raving about how great @emilystjams.bsky.social's _Woodworking_ is.
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A funny thing about the #AGU25 American Geophysical Union conference last week was how many scientists and other environmental scholars I talked to, who, when the conversation turned to what we were reading for pleasure, started raving about how great @emilystjams.bsky.social's _Woodworking_ is.
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A Christmas present for you soccer fans.
At the @ametsoc.org Annual Meeting next month, I'll be presenting a FIFA World Cup lightning risk assessment.
To do this, I've taken NLDN/GLD360 lightning data during the World Cup period 2016-2025. Here are the pretty maps.
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At the @ametsoc.org Annual Meeting next month, I'll be presenting a FIFA World Cup lightning risk assessment.
To do this, I've taken NLDN/GLD360 lightning data during the World Cup period 2016-2025. Here are the pretty maps.
⚽🧪
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December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A Christmas present for you soccer fans.
At the @ametsoc.org Annual Meeting next month, I'll be presenting a FIFA World Cup lightning risk assessment.
To do this, I've taken NLDN/GLD360 lightning data during the World Cup period 2016-2025. Here are the pretty maps.
⚽🧪
(1/6)
At the @ametsoc.org Annual Meeting next month, I'll be presenting a FIFA World Cup lightning risk assessment.
To do this, I've taken NLDN/GLD360 lightning data during the World Cup period 2016-2025. Here are the pretty maps.
⚽🧪
(1/6)
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) Soil organic matter dynamics under changing precipitation regimes
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@teamrat.bsky.social @aaberhe.com
(🧵 1/6) Soil organic matter dynamics under changing precipitation regimes
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@teamrat.bsky.social @aaberhe.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) Soil organic matter dynamics under changing precipitation regimes
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@teamrat.bsky.social @aaberhe.com
(🧵 1/6) Soil organic matter dynamics under changing precipitation regimes
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@teamrat.bsky.social @aaberhe.com
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Job alert: #postdoc in Redox Biogeochemistry of Coastal Soils, University of Lausanne (CH). Apply by 5 Jan 2026 or position open until filled. More info: buff.ly/GEtpyAG
December 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Job alert: #postdoc in Redox Biogeochemistry of Coastal Soils, University of Lausanne (CH). Apply by 5 Jan 2026 or position open until filled. More info: buff.ly/GEtpyAG
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Of course you don't need AI. You can just crunch the numbers in excel.
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December 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Of course you don't need AI. You can just crunch the numbers in excel.
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I have had the great privilege of being a visitor at NCAR for the past ~3 yrs & can tell you that the people there care deeply about making community-driven & useful tools and providing climate & weather info needed for US and global decision-makers, and are just genuinely good & caring people.
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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 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I have had the great privilege of being a visitor at NCAR for the past ~3 yrs & can tell you that the people there care deeply about making community-driven & useful tools and providing climate & weather info needed for US and global decision-makers, and are just genuinely good & caring people.
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This looks like a cool job... www.researchgate.net/job/1034278_...
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN ECOSYSTEM MODELLING at Aarhus University in Århus, DENMARK
Dec 17, 2025 | Are you experienced in integrating field data and remote sensing data with numerical modelling to quantify interactions within ecosystems? Then... | NEW JOB
www.researchgate.net
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This looks like a cool job... www.researchgate.net/job/1034278_...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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@ncar-ral.bsky.social President Dr Antonio Busalacchi is giving an emergency press briefing at #AGU25
Says he has really seen outpouring support from community today at AGU
NCAR is the "jewel in the crown" of efforts to predict the Earth as a coupled system, he tells journalists
Says he has really seen outpouring support from community today at AGU
NCAR is the "jewel in the crown" of efforts to predict the Earth as a coupled system, he tells journalists
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
@ncar-ral.bsky.social President Dr Antonio Busalacchi is giving an emergency press briefing at #AGU25
Says he has really seen outpouring support from community today at AGU
NCAR is the "jewel in the crown" of efforts to predict the Earth as a coupled system, he tells journalists
Says he has really seen outpouring support from community today at AGU
NCAR is the "jewel in the crown" of efforts to predict the Earth as a coupled system, he tells journalists
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Job Alert 🚨 : Two-year Postdoc in Redox Biogeochemistry of Coastal Soils available. Focus on oxygen, metal and carbon cycling in the rhizosphere.
shorturl.at/NybzX
Start date: April 1st 2026, or upon mutual agreement.
Salary: ~82 000 CHF/yr
Deadline: Jan 5
shorturl.at/NybzX
Start date: April 1st 2026, or upon mutual agreement.
Salary: ~82 000 CHF/yr
Deadline: Jan 5
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Job Alert 🚨 : Two-year Postdoc in Redox Biogeochemistry of Coastal Soils available. Focus on oxygen, metal and carbon cycling in the rhizosphere.
shorturl.at/NybzX
Start date: April 1st 2026, or upon mutual agreement.
Salary: ~82 000 CHF/yr
Deadline: Jan 5
shorturl.at/NybzX
Start date: April 1st 2026, or upon mutual agreement.
Salary: ~82 000 CHF/yr
Deadline: Jan 5
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The comments on this are typical.
Not all AI/ML is bad!
Not all AI/ML is bad!
Today, we're rolling out a new suite of AI-driven global weather models, including a "first of its kind" hybrid ensemble system! Want to get geeky with us? Come check it out:
www.noaa.gov/news-release...
www.noaa.gov/news-release...
This AIGFS forecast in the form of a map, for December 10, 2025, shows the heavy precipitation from an atmospheric river hitting the U.S. Pacific Northwest. AI weather models like this one will protect life and property by improving forecast accuracy and timeliness for events such as the catastrophic flooding that impacted the Northwest.
www.noaa.gov
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The comments on this are typical.
Not all AI/ML is bad!
Not all AI/ML is bad!
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It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
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 12:15 PM
It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
This would be devastating
The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen.
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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.
eu.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This would be devastating
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More of what I'm up to at #AGU25! Stop by our Tuesday AM poster session to talk wireless data networking: how can we get increasingly large data volumes from remote field sites to the computing resources & people who need them, at the speed the science needs?
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December 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
More of what I'm up to at #AGU25! Stop by our Tuesday AM poster session to talk wireless data networking: how can we get increasingly large data volumes from remote field sites to the computing resources & people who need them, at the speed the science needs?
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We're excited for #AGU25!
Early Career folks DM or tag us with details about your posters and talks so we can share!
Early Career folks DM or tag us with details about your posters and talks so we can share!
Always inspiring to see the sheer size of the poster hall at #AGU25! I'll be at spot 1618 this afternoon talking about running the E3SM Land Model in arctic tundra!
December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We're excited for #AGU25!
Early Career folks DM or tag us with details about your posters and talks so we can share!
Early Career folks DM or tag us with details about your posters and talks so we can share!
Always inspiring to see the sheer size of the poster hall at #AGU25! I'll be at spot 1618 this afternoon talking about running the E3SM Land Model in arctic tundra!
December 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Always inspiring to see the sheer size of the poster hall at #AGU25! I'll be at spot 1618 this afternoon talking about running the E3SM Land Model in arctic tundra!