Sarah Das
@sarahdas.bsky.social
Polar and climate scientist, educator, communicator, explorer. Concerned coastal resident. Going to the ends of the Earth in pursuit of a better future for all. Boston / South Shore / Cape Cod / New England based.
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Sarah Das
@sarahdas.bsky.social
· Jan 28
In times of crises and in the face of enormous challenges, it is all too easy to feel alone and helpless. Looking forward to contributing to a collective building of strength, resilience, action, and hope in this community!
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Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Many New England states have already enacted policies they know will improve the health of the planet, our region, and their residents. Here's how we can keep going 💪
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Six Ways States Can Lead the Fight On Climate Change Right Now
The Trump administration has launched an aggressive attack on states’ authority to set climate change policy, but states can fight back.
ow.ly
May 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Many New England states have already enacted policies they know will improve the health of the planet, our region, and their residents. Here's how we can keep going 💪
ow.ly/eBpk50VOF5N
ow.ly/eBpk50VOF5N
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Why Trump can’t stop states from fighting climate change
Climate progress is still happening. You just need to know where to look.
grist.org/article/why-...
#climate #Environment #Solar #States #Trump #Greensky
Climate progress is still happening. You just need to know where to look.
grist.org/article/why-...
#climate #Environment #Solar #States #Trump #Greensky
Why Trump can't stop states from fighting climate change
The United States has never really cared much about tackling climate change, at least at the federal level. Up until the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA — which handed out billi...
grist.org
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Why Trump can’t stop states from fighting climate change
Climate progress is still happening. You just need to know where to look.
grist.org/article/why-...
#climate #Environment #Solar #States #Trump #Greensky
Climate progress is still happening. You just need to know where to look.
grist.org/article/why-...
#climate #Environment #Solar #States #Trump #Greensky
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I'm a researcher primarily in adaptation. We are not even adapted to where the climate is today.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
I’m am adaptation scientist and here’s what I had to say about this—many years ago already.
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm a researcher primarily in adaptation. We are not even adapted to where the climate is today.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
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Billionaires were never going to save us from the climate crisis. Real change comes from collective action, not the whims of the ultra-rich.
futurism.com/bill-gates-g...
futurism.com/bill-gates-g...
Bill Gates Gives Up on Climate Change
Bill Gates is quietly ending his green energy policy and advocacy organization, laying off employees throughout the US and Europe.
futurism.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Billionaires were never going to save us from the climate crisis. Real change comes from collective action, not the whims of the ultra-rich.
futurism.com/bill-gates-g...
futurism.com/bill-gates-g...
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We’ve just published the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet (called Bedmap3), and we learnt some pretty cool facts about Antarctica that you can use to impress your pals. Ready?
Graphic: Hamish Pritchard et al
Graphic: Hamish Pritchard et al
March 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We’ve just published the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet (called Bedmap3), and we learnt some pretty cool facts about Antarctica that you can use to impress your pals. Ready?
Graphic: Hamish Pritchard et al
Graphic: Hamish Pritchard et al
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🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
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Insurers warn that mass firings at NASA, the US Geological Survey and other science agencies could threaten the public weather and geospatial data they use to manage natural disaster risks — and could raise prices for consumers:
on.ft.com/3DI4Q1K
on.ft.com/3DI4Q1K
Insurers warn that US weather agency mass firings will hit climate risk data
[FREE TO READ] Reinsurance trade group appeals to US commerce secretary Lutnick to preserve data collection after thousands of jobs axed
on.ft.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Insurers warn that mass firings at NASA, the US Geological Survey and other science agencies could threaten the public weather and geospatial data they use to manage natural disaster risks — and could raise prices for consumers:
on.ft.com/3DI4Q1K
on.ft.com/3DI4Q1K
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The FBI is moving to criminalize community climate workgroups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA under the Biden administration, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by writing successful funding proposals.
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The FBI is moving to criminalize community climate workgroups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA under the Biden administration, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by writing successful funding proposals.
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|| New Publication (Nature Communications)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
(1/10)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
(1/10)
March 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
|| New Publication (Nature Communications)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
(1/10)
Psychological Booster Shots Targeting Memory Increase Long-Term Resistance Against Misinformation
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Press Release
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Key Findings
* Inoculation works
* Effects dissipate
* Booster shots remedy this
(1/10)
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The outlines of a White House plan to produce a government science report that highlights the "benefits" of climate change is coming together. The intent is to expand presidential power, target regulations and fight litigation filed against fossil fuel companies. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump’s next climate move: Show global warming benefits humanity
A new federal report downplaying or denying climate change could drive a reversal of climate rules and expansion of executive authority.
www.eenews.net
March 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The outlines of a White House plan to produce a government science report that highlights the "benefits" of climate change is coming together. The intent is to expand presidential power, target regulations and fight litigation filed against fossil fuel companies. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING!
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
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Did you know the US Military was doing climate change research in the 1950s and 1960s?
Hard to believe when climate is such a partisan issue today!
Thank you US ARMY! for the first ice core.😅💙📚#scicomm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG5t...
Hard to believe when climate is such a partisan issue today!
Thank you US ARMY! for the first ice core.😅💙📚#scicomm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG5t...
Camp Century, The City Under The Ice - 1964 - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage
YouTube video by Charlie Dean Archives
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Did you know the US Military was doing climate change research in the 1950s and 1960s?
Hard to believe when climate is such a partisan issue today!
Thank you US ARMY! for the first ice core.😅💙📚#scicomm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG5t...
Hard to believe when climate is such a partisan issue today!
Thank you US ARMY! for the first ice core.😅💙📚#scicomm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG5t...
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🌡 New on @ourworldindata.org:
We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.
Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.
[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.
Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.
[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
March 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🌡 New on @ourworldindata.org:
We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.
Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.
[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
We added global temperature anomaly charts *coloured by El Nino / La Nina periods*.
Today's "cool" years are warmer than "warm" years of the past.
[New article and charts by my colleague Veronika Samborska and I: ourworldindata.org/global-tempe... ]
Reposted by Sarah Das
February 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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Want to speak out on behalf of science and rational thought. Here's a great "cheat sheet" and "how to" to share with your community, friends, colleagues. Local is powerful. Speaking out is important.
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Want to speak out on behalf of science and rational thought. Here's a great "cheat sheet" and "how to" to share with your community, friends, colleagues. Local is powerful. Speaking out is important.
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
We are #hiring! Search extended through end of February for a tenure track scientific staff position in #Coastal Systems in the Geology and Geophysics Department at @whoi.edu (ad still says Feb 15, but last time we tried to change the wording we broke workday so, you know, just trust me on this!)
Tenure Track Scientist - Geology & Geophysics
Job Summary The Department of Geology and Geophysics (G&G) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) invites candidates to apply to the open full-time tenure track position on our scienti...
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Canceling the measurement of economic impacts from climate change doesn’t make those costs — approx. $2 trillion for the U.S. economy this decade — go away.
Instead, it will likely push them onto citizens.
New, from @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
Instead, it will likely push them onto citizens.
New, from @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.
www.propublica.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Canceling the measurement of economic impacts from climate change doesn’t make those costs — approx. $2 trillion for the U.S. economy this decade — go away.
Instead, it will likely push them onto citizens.
New, from @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
Instead, it will likely push them onto citizens.
New, from @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
Pretty simple message! Fortunately the opposite is true, too. Slow down warming, melt less ice, saves $trillions!
When you trap heat on earth…ICE MELTS AND SEAS RISE #climate
Climate change: World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded
The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study.
www.bbc.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Pretty simple message! Fortunately the opposite is true, too. Slow down warming, melt less ice, saves $trillions!
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Greenland’s rapidly melting ice will make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract and expensive.
From @paul-bierman.bsky.social
theconversation.com/greenlands-r...
From @paul-bierman.bsky.social
theconversation.com/greenlands-r...
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract
Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living and working in Greenland.
theconversation.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice will make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract and expensive.
From @paul-bierman.bsky.social
theconversation.com/greenlands-r...
From @paul-bierman.bsky.social
theconversation.com/greenlands-r...