Shawn Serbin
@doctorjackpine.bsky.social
Earth Scientist. Opinions my own.
#RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #GlobalChange #EarthScience #Ecology #Ecophysiology #CarbonCycle #OpenScience #R #Python
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The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.
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So the word from UCAR (NCAR’s managing entity) is, essentially, “This is news to us!” news.ucar.edu/133054/ucar-... 🤔
UCAR statement on reports that NSF NCAR could be dismantled | NCAR & UCAR News
news.ucar.edu
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
So the word from UCAR (NCAR’s managing entity) is, essentially, “This is news to us!” news.ucar.edu/133054/ucar-... 🤔
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It took a while for the centers, labs & groups bringing together scientists, researchers, and communicators on climate to realize Bluesky was a thing. But once they did, they arrived in droves.
Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow!
Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow!
Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It took a while for the centers, labs & groups bringing together scientists, researchers, and communicators on climate to realize Bluesky was a thing. But once they did, they arrived in droves.
Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow!
Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
Here are the first 100 early adopters. Give ’em a follow!
Day 6 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs.
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The annual Arctic Report Card is now out for 2025. It discusses recent changes in the #Arctic, extreme events, and broader human/environmental impacts.
This is the 20th anniversary edition. 20 years of rapid change.
+ Report arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
+ Summary arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
This is the 20th anniversary edition. 20 years of rapid change.
+ Report arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
+ Summary arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The annual Arctic Report Card is now out for 2025. It discusses recent changes in the #Arctic, extreme events, and broader human/environmental impacts.
This is the 20th anniversary edition. 20 years of rapid change.
+ Report arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
+ Summary arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
This is the 20th anniversary edition. 20 years of rapid change.
+ Report arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
+ Summary arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
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We can now simulate the biomass of mangrove forests and its spatial distribution on a global scale
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
ORCHIDEE‐MAN: Incorporating Mangrove Processes in the Global Vegetation Model of ORCHIDEE
A new mangrove module related to carbon cycle was introduced into the land surface model
Parameters related to mangrove carbon cycles were calibrated and optimized using the observations collecte...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We can now simulate the biomass of mangrove forests and its spatial distribution on a global scale
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Time to repurpose #AGU25 as a mass mobilization in support of NCAR, NSF, NOAA, NASA, USGS, DOE BER, and the Congressional power of the purse.
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Time to repurpose #AGU25 as a mass mobilization in support of NCAR, NSF, NOAA, NASA, USGS, DOE BER, and the Congressional power of the purse.
The same week as #AGU2025, Vought and his cronies come after one of the world’s premier weather and climate research institutions. Absolutely disgusting
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
Trump Administration Threatens to Dismantle Leading Climate and Weather Research Center
The Trump administration is threatening to dismantle one of the U.S.’ leading weather and climate research institutions.
www.ucs.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The same week as #AGU2025, Vought and his cronies come after one of the world’s premier weather and climate research institutions. Absolutely disgusting
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
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New paper out in @science.org from the LegacyNet. Functional plant diversity and fertilization impacts on yields were compared in a network of sites across the globe. Our colleague Sebastian Meyer hosted the Freising site, allowing us to follow it closely for many years.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Multispecies grasslands produce more yield from lower nitrogen inputs across a climatic gradient
High-yielding forage grasslands frequently comprise low species diversity and receive high inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. To investigate multispecies mixtures as an alternative strategy, the 26-site i...
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New paper out in @science.org from the LegacyNet. Functional plant diversity and fertilization impacts on yields were compared in a network of sites across the globe. Our colleague Sebastian Meyer hosted the Freising site, allowing us to follow it closely for many years.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said
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'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said
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Goddard Space Flight Center’s science center is slated to close due to the government cuts. Thank you Space.com for covering this. www.space.com/space-explor...
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Goddard Space Flight Center’s science center is slated to close due to the government cuts. Thank you Space.com for covering this. www.space.com/space-explor...
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There are more than 100 marine research institutions in the United States and they’re under threat from Trump’s attack on science funding. 🌊
Saving science by the sea
As funding for science tightens across the United States, attention has turned to pressures faced by universities and biomedical research institutions. An often overlooked part of the nation’s science...
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
There are more than 100 marine research institutions in the United States and they’re under threat from Trump’s attack on science funding. 🌊
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it’s essential that scientists, decisionmakers, & end users codevelop forecast tools & information. Close integration ...would focus scientific innovation on user-defined needs of what is useful and actionable, allowing scientists to build tools that meet those needs. eos.org/opinions/sci...
Scientists Must Join Forces to Solve Forecasting’s Predictability Desert - Eos
To strengthen societal resilience to worsening natural hazards, siloed Earth system science communities must collaborate to understand conditions that favor skillful subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasts.
eos.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
it’s essential that scientists, decisionmakers, & end users codevelop forecast tools & information. Close integration ...would focus scientific innovation on user-defined needs of what is useful and actionable, allowing scientists to build tools that meet those needs. eos.org/opinions/sci...
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New in the Climate Data Store (CDS): the ERA5-Drought dataset, with monthly meteorological drought indicators across accumulation windows from 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 & 48 months from 1940 to today. Supports both deterministic & ensemble products on a 0.25° grid.
More info ⬇️
More info ⬇️
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
New in the Climate Data Store (CDS): the ERA5-Drought dataset, with monthly meteorological drought indicators across accumulation windows from 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 & 48 months from 1940 to today. Supports both deterministic & ensemble products on a 0.25° grid.
More info ⬇️
More info ⬇️
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Future changes in irrigation will reduce dry-heat stress (without reversing GHG trend) and will substantially amplify moist-heat stress (strengthening GHG trend).
New study @natcomms.nature.com led by Yi Yao @hydr-vub.bsky.social and @usyseth.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New study @natcomms.nature.com led by Yi Yao @hydr-vub.bsky.social and @usyseth.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Compounding future escalation of emissions- and irrigation-induced increases in humid-heat stress - Nature Communications
This study shows that future exposures to moist-heat increase more rapidly than those to dry-heat, and irrigation can further amplify moist-heat-related health risks. Improving irrigation efficiency a...
www.nature.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Future changes in irrigation will reduce dry-heat stress (without reversing GHG trend) and will substantially amplify moist-heat stress (strengthening GHG trend).
New study @natcomms.nature.com led by Yi Yao @hydr-vub.bsky.social and @usyseth.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New study @natcomms.nature.com led by Yi Yao @hydr-vub.bsky.social and @usyseth.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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An out of office email scoop with Hatch Act implications you're gonna want to read from @telliotter.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/govern...
www.wired.com/story/govern...
Federal Workers Are Being Told to Blame Democrats for the Shutdown
Workers at one agency were given unhinged, partisan language to use when setting out-of-office replies.
www.wired.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An out of office email scoop with Hatch Act implications you're gonna want to read from @telliotter.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/govern...
www.wired.com/story/govern...
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The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
jobs.colostate.edu
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
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43. Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) shutting down after budget cuts (Sept. 22, 2025)
Arctic research consortium closing down after Trump administration cuts funding
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, established in 1988 and credited with helping scientists and Alaska communities, is closing this month.
www.adn.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
43. Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) shutting down after budget cuts (Sept. 22, 2025)
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Attribution of vegetation change to climate change: here we compared vegetation time series to simulations from a process model forced with observed and counterfactual (detrended) climate data. Trends in climate necessary for the model to emulate vegetation trends www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3
Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends - Nature Geoscience
An analysis fusing satellite data with a process-based model of plant growth attributes changes in vegetation activity across terrestrial ecosystems to climatic changes.
www.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Attribution of vegetation change to climate change: here we compared vegetation time series to simulations from a process model forced with observed and counterfactual (detrended) climate data. Trends in climate necessary for the model to emulate vegetation trends www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/3
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Speaking of, cool to see NASA listed as one of the Webby Awards most iconic companies in internet history today!
September 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Speaking of, cool to see NASA listed as one of the Webby Awards most iconic companies in internet history today!
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I'm happy to share a paper in Science Advances that makes the case for a weak land carbon sink, drawing upon JPL and Chloris biomass time series. To close the budget with a net land sink of 0.8 Pg C/y from 2000-2019, we propose increases in the ocean sink and decreases in fossil fuel emissions.
September 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm happy to share a paper in Science Advances that makes the case for a weak land carbon sink, drawing upon JPL and Chloris biomass time series. To close the budget with a net land sink of 0.8 Pg C/y from 2000-2019, we propose increases in the ocean sink and decreases in fossil fuel emissions.
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🦋🌱 Most people care about #biodiversity, yet we often underestimate how concerned others are about its loss. This “pluralistic ignorance” can silence people, weaken action, and make ambitious policies seem less popular.
In a new paper, we outline a research agenda to study and reduce this gap (1/2)
In a new paper, we outline a research agenda to study and reduce this gap (1/2)
September 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🦋🌱 Most people care about #biodiversity, yet we often underestimate how concerned others are about its loss. This “pluralistic ignorance” can silence people, weaken action, and make ambitious policies seem less popular.
In a new paper, we outline a research agenda to study and reduce this gap (1/2)
In a new paper, we outline a research agenda to study and reduce this gap (1/2)
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Deforestation is responsible for nearly 75% of dry season rainfall reduction in the Amazon rainforest since 1985, according to a study in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/3I2xPzr ⚒️ 🧪
September 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Deforestation is responsible for nearly 75% of dry season rainfall reduction in the Amazon rainforest since 1985, according to a study in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/3I2xPzr ⚒️ 🧪