Abigail Swann, PhD
@ecoclimatelab.bsky.social
I study how climate works differently because of plants. Professor at @Univ. of Washington, views are my own. She/her
Reckless destruction of climate science won’t stop climate change from happening.
my editor told us to try to keep our "best of" lists to five or less, but i found a workaround...
the climate story of the year, imo, was attacks on science
the climate story of the year, imo, was attacks on science
Reflecting on a year of attacks on climate science (and three other stories)
One of the defining themes of the past 11 months, and certainly one most pertinent to the climate beat, was “attacks on science and expertise,” which seem likely to continue into 2026.
thebulletin.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Reckless destruction of climate science won’t stop climate change from happening.
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NCAR has been the magic sauce that has made weather/climate studies and advances in US and the world over great. madison.com/news/local/e... www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
Trump’s closure of national weather center may imperil UW-Madison research
The planned closure of the National Center for Atmospheric Research would endanger decades of research at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, scientists say.
madison.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
NCAR has been the magic sauce that has made weather/climate studies and advances in US and the world over great. madison.com/news/local/e... www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
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NOAA has started terminating grants to UCAR under the UCAR/NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program (CAMP).
December 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
NOAA has started terminating grants to UCAR under the UCAR/NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program (CAMP).
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Some reflections after returning back from a conference at which I and 20,000 colleagues learned that the Trump administration intends to dismantle #NCAR. This outrage should not happen. deepconvection.substack.com/p/save-ncar
Save NCAR
Field notes from New Orleans, where I and 20,000 colleagues learned that Trump intends to destroy the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
deepconvection.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Some reflections after returning back from a conference at which I and 20,000 colleagues learned that the Trump administration intends to dismantle #NCAR. This outrage should not happen. deepconvection.substack.com/p/save-ncar
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““Everybody on that floor knows what an excellent job [it] does,” he said, pointing to the Senate floor.”
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Trump move to dismantle climate agency blows up Senate funding deal
A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded tha…
thehill.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
““Everybody on that floor knows what an excellent job [it] does,” he said, pointing to the Senate floor.”
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Grateful to Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper for taking this critical action.
We’ll continue to support their efforts every step of the way!
We’ll continue to support their efforts every step of the way!
President Trump thinks he can intimidate Colorado by shuttering NCAR.
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Grateful to Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper for taking this critical action.
We’ll continue to support their efforts every step of the way!
We’ll continue to support their efforts every step of the way!
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The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous.
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous.
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
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🚨 Calling all geoscientists 🚨 If you or anyone you know is attending #AGU25, please join us and spread the word to #SaveNCAR.
More info at: wclivestream.com/ncar_at_agu/
More info at: wclivestream.com/ncar_at_agu/
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
🚨 Calling all geoscientists 🚨 If you or anyone you know is attending #AGU25, please join us and spread the word to #SaveNCAR.
More info at: wclivestream.com/ncar_at_agu/
More info at: wclivestream.com/ncar_at_agu/
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Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science
Much of the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s non-climate portfolio will be dispersed, the White House says.
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social.
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 #AGU25 #climate
12:15 Thursday at AGU for those attending
If you're at #AGU2025, come out tomorrow to join @wclivestream.bsky.social and show your support for the critical work that NCAR does, and that is now under attack:
wclivestream.com/ncar_at_agu/
wclivestream.com/ncar_at_agu/
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December 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
12:15 Thursday at AGU for those attending
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Threatening to dismantle NCAR, our premier weather and climate research institute (apparently) because Colorado refuses to pardon someone accused of tampering with voting machines is a sad example of our current kakistocracy in action… www.nytimes.com/2025...
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Threatening to dismantle NCAR, our premier weather and climate research institute (apparently) because Colorado refuses to pardon someone accused of tampering with voting machines is a sad example of our current kakistocracy in action… www.nytimes.com/2025...
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Gonna keep posting about this. Dismantling NCAR is stupid and dangerous; doing it as payback to the governor of Colorado is idiotic.
Trump admin targets Boulder-based National Center for Atmospheric Research for dismantling
The Trump administration is seeking to dismantle the Boulder-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
www.denver7.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gonna keep posting about this. Dismantling NCAR is stupid and dangerous; doing it as payback to the governor of Colorado is idiotic.
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AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
agu.quorum.us
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
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NCAR’s Mesa Lab is literally a science castle dedicated to understanding our planet in an open and collaborative way, and leading the world in that effort. We cannot let this happen.
Efforts to dissolve the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social, including closing the center’s headquarters in Boulder, will begin immediately, an official told @usatoday.com 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
eos.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NCAR’s Mesa Lab is literally a science castle dedicated to understanding our planet in an open and collaborative way, and leading the world in that effort. We cannot let this happen.
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Library of Alexandria level destruction
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Library of Alexandria level destruction
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Friends at NCAR, we're with you.
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social is a trailblazer in community modelling driven not by idealogy, but by open science. We share all our code, thoughts, ideas. These can't be shut down.
We'll fight and find every mechanism to support the ongoing CESM community.
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social is a trailblazer in community modelling driven not by idealogy, but by open science. We share all our code, thoughts, ideas. These can't be shut down.
We'll fight and find every mechanism to support the ongoing CESM community.
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 7:44 AM
Friends at NCAR, we're with you.
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social is a trailblazer in community modelling driven not by idealogy, but by open science. We share all our code, thoughts, ideas. These can't be shut down.
We'll fight and find every mechanism to support the ongoing CESM community.
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social is a trailblazer in community modelling driven not by idealogy, but by open science. We share all our code, thoughts, ideas. These can't be shut down.
We'll fight and find every mechanism to support the ongoing CESM community.
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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 7:39 AM
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...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I'm not attending the AGU meeting this year but you can check out these collaborations with my group!
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I'm not attending the AGU meeting this year but you can check out these collaborations with my group!
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The NorESM community will (also!) be running a tutorial in January 14-16th, in Bergen, Oslo and online (for those who prefer their ESM tutorials in an Euro-timezone!). It is focused on NorESM2.3 but the workflow will be similar for the (in development) NorESM3. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NorESM user workshop 2025 (jan. 2026)
Event Timing: January, 14 - 16, 2026
Deadline: Answer by Friday January 2nd
About NorESM
The Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM) is a coupled Earth System Model developed by the NorESM Climate mod...
docs.google.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The NorESM community will (also!) be running a tutorial in January 14-16th, in Bergen, Oslo and online (for those who prefer their ESM tutorials in an Euro-timezone!). It is focused on NorESM2.3 but the workflow will be similar for the (in development) NorESM3. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Happily, there will be a CESM tutorial again this year @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Also, much like learning a Scandinavian language, once you can run CESM, you can probably also run NorESM, CMCC and E3SM, so it's like a 4-in-1 deal... :) www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/tutor...
CESM Tutorial Application | Community Earth System Model
www.cesm.ucar.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Happily, there will be a CESM tutorial again this year @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Also, much like learning a Scandinavian language, once you can run CESM, you can probably also run NorESM, CMCC and E3SM, so it's like a 4-in-1 deal... :) www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/tutor...
Good questions to be asking! I remember @profdesai.bsky.social had some really good advice for me on how to write these letters but it is lost to the ancient history of twitter.
Dear senior profs who have written tenure letters.
Can you help demystify the process for some junior profs up for tenure soon?
What do you look for? How do you make your evaluation?
We are told that the letters are the most important part of the file, but not what letter writers look for.
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Can you help demystify the process for some junior profs up for tenure soon?
What do you look for? How do you make your evaluation?
We are told that the letters are the most important part of the file, but not what letter writers look for.
1/
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Good questions to be asking! I remember @profdesai.bsky.social had some really good advice for me on how to write these letters but it is lost to the ancient history of twitter.
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Oh interesting, whose fault is that?
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Oh interesting, whose fault is that?
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Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
New lab paper: How does photosynthesis respond to assumptions about stomatal functioning? We find that including atmospheric feedbacks reverses the direction of photosyn. response => stomatal cond. changes temp. & water stress. Led by Amy Liu, w/ many collaborators! doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Atmospheric Feedbacks Reverse the Sensitivity of Modeled Photosynthesis to Stomatal Function
Atmospheric feedbacks reverse the direction of photosynthesis sensitivity to stomatal function in the tropics and high latitudes
Stomatal function with higher water cost per carbon gain leads to ...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
New lab paper: How does photosynthesis respond to assumptions about stomatal functioning? We find that including atmospheric feedbacks reverses the direction of photosyn. response => stomatal cond. changes temp. & water stress. Led by Amy Liu, w/ many collaborators! doi.org/10.1029/2025...