Laurie Padman

@lpadman.bsky.social

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Polar oceans and ice for work; photography, hiking, gardening and cooking for play

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Nov 17

I spend a fair amount of time on models of tides around Antarctica (and the Arctic). Here's a movie of tides for Ross Ice Shelf. Grey is grounded ice, green is ice shelf, blue is ocean (often sea-ice-covered, and tan color is seabed

Reposted by Laurie Padman, Trevon D. Logan, Ann Bartow

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

190. SNAP WTF?

A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next

open.substack.com

Reposted by Laurie Padman

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16d

No matter what good things they’ve done in their lives, every Republican member of congress should be judge by how they continue to put Trump over their country.

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 21d

Egret at sunrise, Finley Wildlife Refuge in mid-Willamette Valley

Silhouette of Great White Heron in early morning light

Reposted by Laurie Padman, Iain Davidson, Anne Norton

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23d

A friend in Corvallis, Oregon sent me this one 🤣 #NoKings

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Oct 9

"terroir": the complete natural environment in which a particular wine is produced, including factors such as the soil, topography, and climate.

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Oct 3

Thousands of armed chickens hiding in the fog

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Oct 3

Changed your mind on the term, @helen-amanda.bsky.social ?

Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Archon Fung, Will Jennings , and 8 more Timothy Snyder, Archon Fung, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Laurie Padman, Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Brian Keegan, Greg Linden, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Jesse R. Lasky

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Sep 25

Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people—those with the resources, platform, and power to stand up to the president, including, initially, the leaders of ABC—have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves. One by one, American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals when menaced by the Trump administration. These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up. Defending democracy requires a collective refusal to acquiesce to lawless behavior from many different sectors of society. All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks on constitutional government, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility.

Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Laurie Padman

CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Sep 18

US to retire its only icebreaker, stranding polar research - new article posted today by @cuboulder. The icebreaker is critical for researchers who study the changes on the edges of Antarctic glaciers and how they relate to climate change and sea level rise. buff.ly/oMAElHY #antarctica #glaciers

A ship with a red hull used for icebreaking in the Arctic. Blue sea with icebergs, glaciers, and mountains.

Reposted by Laurie Padman

British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Sep 10

We need to talk about geoengineering ⚠️

In a rapidly warming world with looming net zero due dates, there's growing polarised debate about whether we should intervene in Earth’s natural systems.

This is a thread about the state of polar geoengineering, and how we should be talking about it ⬇️

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Is Venezuela an analog for the US? Frogs in a warming pot

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t

Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.

www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Laurie Padman

Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · Sep 9

Polar geoengineering dismissed as ‘unimaginably expensive’ and ‘dangerous’

Underwater curtains and artificial ice thickening divert attention from cutting fossil fuel use, says group of climate scientists

www.theguardian.com

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Less than 50% of the popular vote. So, no

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Is this Melbourne? Lucky the rain isn't sideways

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 24

"Balkanisation". But CA to Washington will be a strong team.

Unfortunately seems like in the short term it'd follow the India-Pakistan partitioning nightmare

Reposted by Laurie Padman, Christopher Wright

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 23

How much more of the future do we want to let them destroy?

Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built

www.nytimes.com

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 21

Good article. Sadly, the first thing I thought of was These authors are brave"

Reposted by Laurie Padman

Mark Hopwood @markinchina.bsky.social · Aug 21

Many western scientific networks are overly centered on the US. In previous decades it could be claimed that this was because the US represented a Gold Standard in scientific research. But the world has changed, and this is no longer the case.

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America

This EO is an unconstitutional attempt to censor and punish U.S. scientists for publishing science that doesn't fit a political agenda This misleading and false misrepresentation of U.S. scientif...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Laurie Padman, Sharon A. Robinson

Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · Aug 20

Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself .
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/

From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them

The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.

theconversation.com

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 20

I loved my time in the Antarctic ice, decades ago, often on the N. B. Palmer. Seagoing capacity is still critical for researching Antarctica's threat to global sea level and climate, but the US appears to be about to surrender that. Tragic and foolish.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...

U.S. Researchers May Never Probe Deep into Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Again Without This Ship

The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research

www.scientificamerican.com

Reposted by Laurie Padman

Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Fancy a job as a journal editor? I noticed that Nature Reviews Earth and Environment are looking for someone in climate and weather. ❄️🌊⛏️🧪

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - New York City, New York (US) job with Springer Nature Ltd | 12842276

Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Organization: Nature Portfolio Locations: New York or Shanghai -Hybrid Workin...

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 17

Congrats to both of you! (And the 9-month-old trainee!)

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 17

Great video on the Pelto's science and art of North Cascades glacier monitoring.

Mauri Pelto @mauri-pelto.bsky.social · Aug 17

CBS Sunday morning feature on the work of @jillpelto.bsky.social and I

www.cbsnews.com/video/captur...

Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art

For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring the shrinking glaciers in the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist...

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Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 1 more Katharine Hayhoe, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Laurie Padman

Mauri Pelto @mauri-pelto.bsky.social · Aug 17

CBS Sunday morning feature on the work of @jillpelto.bsky.social and I

www.cbsnews.com/video/captur...

Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art

www.cbsnews.com

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 16

Yeah, not necessary. I'd cheer if he tumbled down, but getting up steep steps at 79 isn't a critical skill. A better president could be jacked up to AF1 in a wheelchair and it wouldn't bother me.

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 12

Good to find Paul Waldman again

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · Aug 12

Reading this piece I cannot help but think of the Access Hollywood tape, so many years ago now. How incredibly disappointed I was, at the time a lifelong committed Southern Baptist, at the lack of condemnation from the evangelical world. And now here we are.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-miso...