Roger Turner
@rogerturner.bsky.social
Museum curator, nature watcher, often intrigued. Likes three item lists.
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Absolutely delighted to announce that applications are now open for our 26-27 postdoc, dissertation, distinguished, and short-term fellowships at @sciencehistory.org! 📚 🎉
Details and application info on our website; questions welcome here!
www.sciencehistory.org/about/news/a...
Details and application info on our website; questions welcome here!
www.sciencehistory.org/about/news/a...
Applications for 2026–2027 Beckman Center Fellowships Now Open
Researchers can apply by January 15 for various long- and short-term programs, including two-year curatorial fellowships.
www.sciencehistory.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Absolutely delighted to announce that applications are now open for our 26-27 postdoc, dissertation, distinguished, and short-term fellowships at @sciencehistory.org! 📚 🎉
Details and application info on our website; questions welcome here!
www.sciencehistory.org/about/news/a...
Details and application info on our website; questions welcome here!
www.sciencehistory.org/about/news/a...
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"How AIP is Giving a Name to Mrs. Scientist" -> www.aip.org/mrs-scientist Excited to see this overview of some of the reparative description work that AIP's Niels Bohr Library and Archives team is doing with our photo collections.
How AIP is Giving a Name to Mrs. Scientist
Our librarians and archivists are working together to recognize more Faces of the Physical Sciences
www.aip.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"How AIP is Giving a Name to Mrs. Scientist" -> www.aip.org/mrs-scientist Excited to see this overview of some of the reparative description work that AIP's Niels Bohr Library and Archives team is doing with our photo collections.
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Deadline for comment on EPA endangerment finding extended to 22 Sept. Please send a comment. Here's a good piece with some ideas, and you don't have to be a scientist to comment.
blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...
blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...
The Endangerment Finding: The Local Perspective Matters Right Now (Template Comment Letter Linked) - Climate Law Blog
[Here and at the end of this post, a template comment letter is linked for local governments to adapt for their own comments in the Endangerment Finding rule making process.] On August 1, 2025, the U....
blogs.law.columbia.edu
September 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Deadline for comment on EPA endangerment finding extended to 22 Sept. Please send a comment. Here's a good piece with some ideas, and you don't have to be a scientist to comment.
blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...
blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...
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I know there's a lot of news rn but @eroston.bsky.social, @zhirji.bsky.social and I wrote a full accounting of the Trump administration's war on climate science and clean energy. Putting it all in one place was a lot!
Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace
The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.
www.bloomberg.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I know there's a lot of news rn but @eroston.bsky.social, @zhirji.bsky.social and I wrote a full accounting of the Trump administration's war on climate science and clean energy. Putting it all in one place was a lot!
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Here’s the @eandhwhp.bsky.social link on new plastic bag #envhist from Nils Johansson — develops R&D, early adoption of plastic carrier bags in Sweden, adding to the impt work from Johan Hagberg, Andrea Westermann
h/t @elsadevienne.bsky.social
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10....
h/t @elsadevienne.bsky.social
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10....
July 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Here’s the @eandhwhp.bsky.social link on new plastic bag #envhist from Nils Johansson — develops R&D, early adoption of plastic carrier bags in Sweden, adding to the impt work from Johan Hagberg, Andrea Westermann
h/t @elsadevienne.bsky.social
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10....
h/t @elsadevienne.bsky.social
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/epdf/10....
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And if you're looking for more on #envhist plastic bags, How to Read Plastic Bag from the @sciencehistory.org 's @rogerturner.bsky.social is fun: www.sciencehistory.org/visit/exhibi...
Is the Plastic Bag History?
This digital and outdoor exhibition explores the history of a familiar object from a surprising number of angles.
www.sciencehistory.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
And if you're looking for more on #envhist plastic bags, How to Read Plastic Bag from the @sciencehistory.org 's @rogerturner.bsky.social is fun: www.sciencehistory.org/visit/exhibi...
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The NOAA budget justification doc that finally was posted today didn't contain a lot of surprises - but as the first time all of the cuts were listed in their destructive detail, it is a depressing read. I tried to distill and explain the weather part, sad as it is.
substack.com/@balancedwea...
substack.com/@balancedwea...
BalancedWx Special: NOAA releases its FY26 budget justification document
It's still the OMB budget - but now with all the gory disastrous details
substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The NOAA budget justification doc that finally was posted today didn't contain a lot of surprises - but as the first time all of the cuts were listed in their destructive detail, it is a depressing read. I tried to distill and explain the weather part, sad as it is.
substack.com/@balancedwea...
substack.com/@balancedwea...
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USDA says it will return information about climate change to its webpages after the Trump administration took it down www.theverge.com/news/666150/...
Farmers win legal fight to bring climate resources back to federal websites
“It feels good to win one, right?”
www.theverge.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
USDA says it will return information about climate change to its webpages after the Trump administration took it down www.theverge.com/news/666150/...
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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If you are also worried about tariffs and supply chain shortages, and have the financial means to prepare, here is what I have stocked up on and plan to buy soon, plus what I would get if I had kids, a car or a larger home, based on reporting I've read or done myself in the last several months (🧵):
May 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you are also worried about tariffs and supply chain shortages, and have the financial means to prepare, here is what I have stocked up on and plan to buy soon, plus what I would get if I had kids, a car or a larger home, based on reporting I've read or done myself in the last several months (🧵):
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WSJ: After tech to manage air traffic failed several times in recent days, 20% of the FAA controllers at Newark Airport walked out.
Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!
Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!
United Airlines Cancels Newark Flights After FAA Staff Walks Out
United has been urging the government to limit the number of flights to what an airport can realistically manage based on staffing, CEO Scott Kirby said.
www.wsj.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
WSJ: After tech to manage air traffic failed several times in recent days, 20% of the FAA controllers at Newark Airport walked out.
Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!
Now, United has canceled 35 daily RT flights from Newark. FAA staffing at Newark is too low to handle the planes scheduled, United's CEO said. Gift link!
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My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.
NSF Award Search: Award # 2240343 - Constructing Credible Knowledge and Expertise in Air Pollution Regulation and Monitoring: The Problem of Quantification Lock
www.nsf.gov
April 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.
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I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten.
senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...
senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...
April 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten.
senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...
senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...
I found these insights helpful in guiding a colleague’s powerful but undirected need to do something in response to… everything.
Hey, it was so lovely to get the chance to write this. (And lovely to get help from my social movement historian friends to do so!)
Historian @emilypawley.bsky.social shows how social movements have already transformed our world—often more than we realize. That's the good news! The not-so-good news is that progress is often messy, imperfect, and fragile.
We can’t do this alone, but history proves that we CAN do it together.
We can’t do this alone, but history proves that we CAN do it together.
April 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I found these insights helpful in guiding a colleague’s powerful but undirected need to do something in response to… everything.
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The rush for renewable energy minerals has a dark side—environmental harm & human rights abuses. Clean energy’s path must be smarter & more responsible.
A Quick thread from our new mining series 🧵...
#Mining #Renewables #EV #Solar #Batteries #Climate
A Quick thread from our new mining series 🧵...
#Mining #Renewables #EV #Solar #Batteries #Climate
March 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The rush for renewable energy minerals has a dark side—environmental harm & human rights abuses. Clean energy’s path must be smarter & more responsible.
A Quick thread from our new mining series 🧵...
#Mining #Renewables #EV #Solar #Batteries #Climate
A Quick thread from our new mining series 🧵...
#Mining #Renewables #EV #Solar #Batteries #Climate
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This thread led me to this book. “The story of refugees from Nazi Europe has been told many times, but Laurel Leff’s focused, well-researched book sheds new light on part of it: how academic refugees struggled to find safety in the American university system.” www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/as-s...
Review | As scholars tried to flee the Nazis, U.S. universities closed their doors
Laurel Leff sets out to correct the myth of the “welcoming American academy.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This thread led me to this book. “The story of refugees from Nazi Europe has been told many times, but Laurel Leff’s focused, well-researched book sheds new light on part of it: how academic refugees struggled to find safety in the American university system.” www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/as-s...
Another example of the crucial public services provided by government that only government can plausibly do. So destructive to cut this, but will take a few years for the damage to manifest.
This cut is so short-sighted, as highlighted by this NIST blog post from just 5 days ago. www.nist.gov/blogs/taking...
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March 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Another example of the crucial public services provided by government that only government can plausibly do. So destructive to cut this, but will take a few years for the damage to manifest.
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Special Balanced Weather substack article about the announced reduction to NWS upper air weather balloon flights, h/t to @coweatherman.bsky.social and @stormscale.io for the info they shared today
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
Special BalancedWx Update: NWS announces reduction in upper air flights
Reduction is on top of previously announced cuts
open.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Special Balanced Weather substack article about the announced reduction to NWS upper air weather balloon flights, h/t to @coweatherman.bsky.social and @stormscale.io for the info they shared today
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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On the anniversary of my father's death, I usually try to donate to some people making trouble he would have liked.
I couldn't march today, but who should I donate to to push back on these attacks on science?
I couldn't march today, but who should I donate to to push back on these attacks on science?
March 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
On the anniversary of my father's death, I usually try to donate to some people making trouble he would have liked.
I couldn't march today, but who should I donate to to push back on these attacks on science?
I couldn't march today, but who should I donate to to push back on these attacks on science?
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The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.
Layoffs and potential closures of key facilities raise worries about NOAA's future
The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.
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Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting
Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions
www.science.org
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
The College Park building holds the Plume Prediction and Response Center, run by NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory. It's an emergence response node that goes into action when there's a nuclear accident or major atmospheric toxic release.
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
www.axios.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The College Park building holds the Plume Prediction and Response Center, run by NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory. It's an emergence response node that goes into action when there's a nuclear accident or major atmospheric toxic release.
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
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Sweeping layoffs of federal employees have struck the program responsible for controlling the invasive sea lamprey that threatens fish across the Great Lakes, the earth’s largest freshwater ecosystem.
Federal Firings Threaten Great Lakes’ $5 Billion Fishery - Inside Climate News
Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could unintentionally thwart efforts to control populations of the destructive sea lamprey.
insideclimatenews.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Sweeping layoffs of federal employees have struck the program responsible for controlling the invasive sea lamprey that threatens fish across the Great Lakes, the earth’s largest freshwater ecosystem.
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Yup.
The strain on air traffic controllers is getting attention for air safety. Deservedly.
But in terms of overall danger, in general and specifically for aviation, assault on weather knowledge is worse.
The strain on air traffic controllers is getting attention for air safety. Deservedly.
But in terms of overall danger, in general and specifically for aviation, assault on weather knowledge is worse.
Aviation weather. That's what I'm thinking about right now. Aviation weather.
You can not fly IFR without certified weather.
You can not fly IFR without certified weather.
I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies.
There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.
March 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Yup.
The strain on air traffic controllers is getting attention for air safety. Deservedly.
But in terms of overall danger, in general and specifically for aviation, assault on weather knowledge is worse.
The strain on air traffic controllers is getting attention for air safety. Deservedly.
But in terms of overall danger, in general and specifically for aviation, assault on weather knowledge is worse.
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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.