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Claire Rubbelke
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paleoclimate researcher and organic biogeochemist, dog lover, podcast listener | Postdoc at the University of Notre Dame
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New Science Advances paper on Plio-Pleistocene northern African hydroclimate! Tl;dr the wet summer monsoon = summer insolation & the dry winter monsoon = global ice volume

Paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...), Brown press release here (www.brown.edu/news/2025-06...)
Fundamentally unchanged northwestern African rainfall regimes across the Plio-Pleistocene transition
The northern African summer monsoon was unaffected by global cooling at the end of the Pliocene 3 million years ago.
www.science.org
June 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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'By incorporating observational constraints, we conclude that the AMOC will experience limited weakening of about 3–6 Sv (about 18–43%) by the end of this century, regardless of emissions scenario.' www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Observational constraints imply limited future Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakening - Nature Geoscience
Observational constraints, along with a better understanding of climate model behaviour, suggest that the projected weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the twenty-first cen...
www.nature.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!

Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!

wclivestream.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Claire Rubbelke
say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposted by Claire Rubbelke
US weather and climate scientists are gearing up to run a continuous FIVE-day livestream at month's end in protest of the Trump administration's research cuts.

It will consist of speakers giving 25-min talks on their science. There's an open call to join.

wcstreamathon.netlify.app
The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
wcstreamathon.netlify.app
May 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by Claire Rubbelke
A @natgeosci.nature.com Research Briefing about our publication: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌊
May 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This work has just been featured in the Editor's Highlights page! 🌍 www.nature.com/collections/...
April 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Very proud to announce that our new paper is out in Nature Communications! rdcu.be/ehvip

Special thank you to my coauthors: @triptychphrases.bsky.social @hl-ford.bsky.social @erinmcclimate.bsky.social Paul Valdes and Alex Farnsworth
Southern Hemisphere subtropical front impacts on Southern African hydroclimate across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition
Nature Communications - Leaf wax isotopes and climate modeling show that Southern African rainfall and vegetation zones shifted in response to a stronger Meridional Temperature Gradient during the...
rdcu.be
April 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM