Roger Creel
@rogercreel.bsky.social
Climate geophysicist at WHOI || Assistant Professor at Texas A&M starting fall 2025 || sea level + ice sheets + permafrost || PhD Columbia / BA Amherst || rogercreel.com || Views my own.
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There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
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That's just one of many instances of distortion and misinformation in the US Department of Energy "Critical Review on the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions".
Which in fact is a fossil fuel propaganda scam.
Let's hope Americans are not that easily fooled.
tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...
Which in fact is a fossil fuel propaganda scam.
Let's hope Americans are not that easily fooled.
tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...
Sea Level Mis-information from DOE
Here in the USA, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a report titled “A Critical Review of the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.” It is a product of the …
tamino.wordpress.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
That's just one of many instances of distortion and misinformation in the US Department of Energy "Critical Review on the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions".
Which in fact is a fossil fuel propaganda scam.
Let's hope Americans are not that easily fooled.
tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...
Which in fact is a fossil fuel propaganda scam.
Let's hope Americans are not that easily fooled.
tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...
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"Reducing our dependence on whales as an energy source will send us sliding down the slippery, spermaceti-lubricated slope to socialism. If we give up whaling, what will those lackwits come for next? Will I have to surrender my peg leg for a titanium prosthetic?"
I’m Captain Ahab and I Say We Must Never Transition Away from a Whale-Based Energy Industry
When I heard that the globalist oligarchs and fat cats in the Washington marshland were conspiring to invest in alternative, non-whale-based energy...
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Reducing our dependence on whales as an energy source will send us sliding down the slippery, spermaceti-lubricated slope to socialism. If we give up whaling, what will those lackwits come for next? Will I have to surrender my peg leg for a titanium prosthetic?"
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The appearance of large language models caused a drastic shift in the vocabulary of academic writing, according to an analysis in #ScienceAdvances of more than 15 million biomedical abstracts published from 2010 to 2024.
Learn more:
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Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary
Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can generate and revise text with human-level performance. These models come with clear limitations, can produce inaccurate information, and reinforce existing biases.
scim.ag
August 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The appearance of large language models caused a drastic shift in the vocabulary of academic writing, according to an analysis in #ScienceAdvances of more than 15 million biomedical abstracts published from 2010 to 2024.
Learn more:
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“A 1.5-foot-tall wave might not seem like much, but #tsunamis are waves that extend from the seafloor to the ocean’s surface,” said Ben Hamlington, an oceanographer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California." #NASA #JPL
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/us-fren...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/us-fren...
US-French SWOT Satellite Measures Tsunami After Massive Quake
Data provided by the water satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the French space agency, is helping to improve tsunami forecast models, benefitting coastal communities.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
August 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“A 1.5-foot-tall wave might not seem like much, but #tsunamis are waves that extend from the seafloor to the ocean’s surface,” said Ben Hamlington, an oceanographer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California." #NASA #JPL
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/us-fren...
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/us-fren...
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🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
July 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
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When it comes to rice and pasta, dieticians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.
There's a secret superfood in white rice and pasta: Here's how to unlock it
When it comes to rice and pasta, dietitians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When it comes to rice and pasta, dieticians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.
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Perspective: It has been argued that parts of the climate system can experience rapid changes and that such tipping can be anticipated by early warning signals. Here the authors discuss the limitations of such indicators and common pitfalls in their application rdcu.be/ejQfr
Ambiguity of early warning signals for climate tipping points
Nature Climate Change - It has been argued that parts of the climate system can experience rapid changes and that such tipping can be anticipated by early warning signals. Here the authors discuss...
rdcu.be
April 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Perspective: It has been argued that parts of the climate system can experience rapid changes and that such tipping can be anticipated by early warning signals. Here the authors discuss the limitations of such indicators and common pitfalls in their application rdcu.be/ejQfr
North American ice sheets may have persisted into past warm periods --- and this matters for projections of future ice sheet mass loss.
Check out our new preprint! eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
With @bobkopp.net , @drandreadutton.bsky.social , and co.
Check out our new preprint! eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
With @bobkopp.net , @drandreadutton.bsky.social , and co.
April 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
North American ice sheets may have persisted into past warm periods --- and this matters for projections of future ice sheet mass loss.
Check out our new preprint! eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
With @bobkopp.net , @drandreadutton.bsky.social , and co.
Check out our new preprint! eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
With @bobkopp.net , @drandreadutton.bsky.social , and co.
Excellent chance to increase the reach of sea level science -- consider submitting!
📢There is a call for papers to the @natureportfolio.nature.com collection on the topic of Past Sea Level and Ice Sheet Change. If you are interested, the deadline for submissions is 20 September 2025.
ℹ️ www.nature.com/collections/...
#paleoclimaterecord #pastsealevelchange
ℹ️ www.nature.com/collections/...
#paleoclimaterecord #pastsealevelchange
Past sea level and ice sheet change
This collection will include papers involving modeling and the paleoclimate record that pertain to the magnitude, rate, and drivers of sea level and ice sheet ...
www.nature.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Excellent chance to increase the reach of sea level science -- consider submitting!
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As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, it is important to keep in mind how temperatures are changing 🌡️
Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat
The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels
Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat
The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels
Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
April 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
As summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, it is important to keep in mind how temperatures are changing 🌡️
Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat
The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels
Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
Shifting distribution to the right ➡️ increasing societal risks from extreme heat
The driver? Humans... The burning of fossil fuels
Visualization created by NASA svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
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🧪 Whoa this @aaup.bsky.social guide for navigating NSF grant terminations looks amazing!! 👀
And quite timely: there's another EO deadline this Friday (3/28) to "terminate or modify...grants...to advance the policies of my administration."
PDF: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
And quite timely: there's another EO deadline this Friday (3/28) to "terminate or modify...grants...to advance the policies of my administration."
PDF: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
March 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🧪 Whoa this @aaup.bsky.social guide for navigating NSF grant terminations looks amazing!! 👀
And quite timely: there's another EO deadline this Friday (3/28) to "terminate or modify...grants...to advance the policies of my administration."
PDF: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
And quite timely: there's another EO deadline this Friday (3/28) to "terminate or modify...grants...to advance the policies of my administration."
PDF: www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
Parts of Alaska are losing 10+ meters of coastline yearly, and this loss may accelerate over the next century.
Thanks @pnas.org for highlighting our work!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQCd...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thanks @pnas.org for highlighting our work!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQCd...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
How Climate Change Could Accelerate Coastal Erosion in Alaska | Cozzarelli Prize-Winning Research
YouTube video by PNAS
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April 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Parts of Alaska are losing 10+ meters of coastline yearly, and this loss may accelerate over the next century.
Thanks @pnas.org for highlighting our work!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQCd...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Thanks @pnas.org for highlighting our work!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQCd...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Love it when GIA makes it into @nature.com!
Nice new paper on how glacial isostatic adjustment affects plate motion. There's been some denial that GIA affects geodetic estimates of plate motion and I hope this takes us beyond that
Plus, an interesting take on what caused 📈 Iceland eruption in the Holocene
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plus, an interesting take on what caused 📈 Iceland eruption in the Holocene
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Effects of glacial forcing on lithospheric motion and ridge spreading - Nature
Realistic-lithosphere numerical models suggest glacial forcing in the last glacial cycle notably affected plate motions and mid-ocean-ridge spreading rates near major ice sheets, with implications for...
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April 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Love it when GIA makes it into @nature.com!
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ROSES 2025 is now 69 days late. And counting.
April 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
ROSES 2025 is now 69 days late. And counting.
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New preprint on the persistence of North American ice sheets in past warm period and implications for constraining future ice sheet projections, led by @rogercreel.bsky.social
North American ice sheet persistence during past warm periods should inform future projections
doi.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
New preprint on the persistence of North American ice sheets in past warm period and implications for constraining future ice sheet projections, led by @rogercreel.bsky.social
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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Permafrost Dynamics Observatory: Remote Sensing Big Data for the Active Layer, Soil Moisture, and Greening and Browning
We analyze a big dataset of airborne L-band SAR data over permafrost in the Arctic-Boreal region
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Permafrost Dynamics Observatory: Remote Sensing Big Data for the Active Layer, Soil Moisture, and Greening and Browning
We analyze a big dataset of airborne L-band SAR data over permafrost in the Arctic-Boreal region
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Permafrost Dynamics Observatory: 3. Remote Sensing Big Data for the Active Layer, Soil Moisture, and Greening and Browning
Lower soil volumetric water content associated with deeper active layers suggests that Arctic soil may become drier as the climate warms Burned areas have higher soil water content than unburned ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Permafrost Dynamics Observatory: Remote Sensing Big Data for the Active Layer, Soil Moisture, and Greening and Browning
We analyze a big dataset of airborne L-band SAR data over permafrost in the Arctic-Boreal region
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Permafrost Dynamics Observatory: Remote Sensing Big Data for the Active Layer, Soil Moisture, and Greening and Browning
We analyze a big dataset of airborne L-band SAR data over permafrost in the Arctic-Boreal region
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique.
The animals revealing why human culture isn't as special as we thought
Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique
www.newscientist.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique.
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“A new review of 50 recent studies finds that protests tend to sway media coverage and public opinion toward the climate cause, without appearing to backfire, even when disruptive tactics are used”.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
April 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“A new review of 50 recent studies finds that protests tend to sway media coverage and public opinion toward the climate cause, without appearing to backfire, even when disruptive tactics are used”.
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
Did you know that from 2000 to 2020, retreat of marine-terminating glaciers exposed >2,400 km of new Arctic coastline?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations, @mettebendixen.bsky.social, @cpecz.bsky.social, Jan Kavan, Matt Strelecki, and co., on your excellent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations, @mettebendixen.bsky.social, @cpecz.bsky.social, Jan Kavan, Matt Strelecki, and co., on your excellent paper!
New coasts emerging from the retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers in the twenty-first century - Nature Climate Change
As marine-terminating glaciers retreat, they reveal new coastlines in many regions. Here the authors use satellite data to quantify these changes for the Northern Hemisphere, finding that between 2000...
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March 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Did you know that from 2000 to 2020, retreat of marine-terminating glaciers exposed >2,400 km of new Arctic coastline?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations, @mettebendixen.bsky.social, @cpecz.bsky.social, Jan Kavan, Matt Strelecki, and co., on your excellent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations, @mettebendixen.bsky.social, @cpecz.bsky.social, Jan Kavan, Matt Strelecki, and co., on your excellent paper!
Food for thought, mentoring friends.
Lower survival rate among trainees in labs with highly productive mentors raises important concerns about what we value in academia. Many interesting things to stew over with this paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Academic mentees thrive in big groups, but survive in small groups - Nature Human Behaviour
Using longitudinal genealogical data on mentor–mentee relations and their publications, the authors find that mentees trained in larger groups tend to exhibit superior academic performance compared wi...
www.nature.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Food for thought, mentoring friends.
Honored to announce that our paper on Alaskan permafrost received the 2024 Cozzarelli prize from @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/post/update/...
2024 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
The annual Cozzarelli Prize acknowledges papers that reflect scientific excellence and originality. The 2024 awardees will be recognized at an awards ceremony during the NAS Annual Meeting in April 20...
www.pnas.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Honored to announce that our paper on Alaskan permafrost received the 2024 Cozzarelli prize from @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/post/update/...
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New paper out today showing big latitudinal swings in the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies over the last 11,000 years
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Poleward displacement of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies in response to Early Holocene warming
Communications Earth & Environment - Southern Hemisphere Westerlies were poleward of their current position during the Early Holocene, as suggested by diatom-inferred sea salt aerosol and lake...
www.nature.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New paper out today showing big latitudinal swings in the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies over the last 11,000 years
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...