Savannah Ferretti
@savannahferretti.bsky.social
phd candidate @uciess • alum @cornelleas • climate scientist and diversity, equity, and inclusion advocate #fairucnow • views my own (she/her)
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The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.
My first lead-author paper, “Explaining South Asian Monsoon Rainfall Seasonality Using a Metric of Plume Buoyancy,” has been published in Geophysical Research Letters! 🌧️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Explaining South Asian Monsoon Rainfall Seasonality Using a Metric of Plume Buoyancy
A buoyancy-based process-oriented diagnostic (POD) describes South Asian monsoon rainfall at monthly and subregional (500–1,000 km) scales The POD predicts the sign of monsoon rainfall changes in...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My first lead-author paper, “Explaining South Asian Monsoon Rainfall Seasonality Using a Metric of Plume Buoyancy,” has been published in Geophysical Research Letters! 🌧️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
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BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.
This is what you get when you try to access them online
This is what you get when you try to access them online
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Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
June 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.
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This is fucking insane. Closing these NOAA labs would obliterate our ability to observe, understand, and forecast the Earth System, from weather systems tomorrow to sea levels 50 years from now.
What a tragedy this is even being proposed on paper... 💔
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is fucking insane. Closing these NOAA labs would obliterate our ability to observe, understand, and forecast the Earth System, from weather systems tomorrow to sea levels 50 years from now.
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The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline.
The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.
The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.
June 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline.
The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.
The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.
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It's only Monday of the following week and...
❌ Entire 'proposed' climate budget zeroed out for FY26 in the DoC's budget justification for NOAA.
❌ The congressionally mandated (and paid with your taxpayer dollars) National Climate Assessment has just been removed from their website host entirely.
❌ Entire 'proposed' climate budget zeroed out for FY26 in the DoC's budget justification for NOAA.
❌ The congressionally mandated (and paid with your taxpayer dollars) National Climate Assessment has just been removed from their website host entirely.
June 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It's only Monday of the following week and...
❌ Entire 'proposed' climate budget zeroed out for FY26 in the DoC's budget justification for NOAA.
❌ The congressionally mandated (and paid with your taxpayer dollars) National Climate Assessment has just been removed from their website host entirely.
❌ Entire 'proposed' climate budget zeroed out for FY26 in the DoC's budget justification for NOAA.
❌ The congressionally mandated (and paid with your taxpayer dollars) National Climate Assessment has just been removed from their website host entirely.
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I'm hiring a postdoc in tropical cloud-climate dynamics! Learn more here drive.google.com/file/d/17Qv-...
June 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'm hiring a postdoc in tropical cloud-climate dynamics! Learn more here drive.google.com/file/d/17Qv-...
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This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.
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Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research!
wclivestream.com
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NSF killing broader impacts as they've been practiced.
"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NSF killing broader impacts as they've been practiced.
"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
April 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
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Yep, I still don't think people realize how dire the situation actually is internally...
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yep, I still don't think people realize how dire the situation actually is internally...
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Your wallet is being cleaned out by expert pickpockets. This is criminal. Literally criminal. I call for an IMMEDIATE investigation into who knew what, when, and what they did with the info. You can bet the Admin and many here in DC are considerably richer tonight than they were this morning.
April 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Your wallet is being cleaned out by expert pickpockets. This is criminal. Literally criminal. I call for an IMMEDIATE investigation into who knew what, when, and what they did with the info. You can bet the Admin and many here in DC are considerably richer tonight than they were this morning.
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When Musk tells you that he is sure there is massive fraud in government, it is more of a confession about how he operates rather than an unbiased assessment of how public servants work.
What an amazing coincidence that the chair of Wisconsin College Republicans got one of Elon Musk's $1 million checks in Musk's most-likely-illegal stunt to bribe the voters.
MAGA Republicans are con artists trolling for easy marks. Don't be one, Wisconsinites.
MAGA Republicans are con artists trolling for easy marks. Don't be one, Wisconsinites.
Republican Operative Nicholas Jacobs Locks Twitter After Elon Musk Check Controversy
Jacobs received a $1M check from Musk at a rally in support of Brad Schimel
meidasnews.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
When Musk tells you that he is sure there is massive fraud in government, it is more of a confession about how he operates rather than an unbiased assessment of how public servants work.
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"... how the agency's 600 layoffs could impact access to critical weather predictions." via ABC News
Former NOAA employee says layoffs could impact coverage of weather and severe storms
ABC News’ Juju Chang spoke with Zachary Labe, formerly of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, about how the agency's 600 layoffs could impact access to critical weather predictions.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"... how the agency's 600 layoffs could impact access to critical weather predictions." via ABC News
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
One of my favorite places to visit in Ithaca, please #savethemuseumoftheearth!
Detailed article about PRI and the Museum of the Earth's current struggles. If the museum closes it may be the largest collection dispersed/lost in the US (with 7 million specimens it is one of the 10 largest in the US).
⚒️🧪🦑
Please share widely and help if you can!
ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...
⚒️🧪🦑
Please share widely and help if you can!
ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...
Museum of the Earth faces extinction under “imminent” threat of foreclosure - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors […]
ithacavoice.org
January 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
One of my favorite places to visit in Ithaca, please #savethemuseumoftheearth!
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just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.
December 19, 2024 at 3:35 PM
just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.
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#agu24 participant petition calling for AGU to cut ties with genocide profiteer Lockheed Martin-can be signed anonymously if work conditions make it unsafe to be public Bit.ly/against_genocide
Earth and Space Scientists Against Genocide
December 2024
We, the undersigned members of the Earth and space science community, call on the American Geophysical Union to cancel its association with the Lockheed Martin Corporation. By accepting ...
Bit.ly
December 12, 2024 at 6:22 PM
#agu24 participant petition calling for AGU to cut ties with genocide profiteer Lockheed Martin-can be signed anonymously if work conditions make it unsafe to be public Bit.ly/against_genocide
At #AGU24? Stop by my poster today!
🌧️ Spatiotemporal Stress-Testing of a Process-Oriented Diagnostic for Rainfall: #1747 in Atmospheric Sciences.
🌧️ Spatiotemporal Stress-Testing of a Process-Oriented Diagnostic for Rainfall: #1747 in Atmospheric Sciences.
December 11, 2024 at 1:32 PM
At #AGU24? Stop by my poster today!
🌧️ Spatiotemporal Stress-Testing of a Process-Oriented Diagnostic for Rainfall: #1747 in Atmospheric Sciences.
🌧️ Spatiotemporal Stress-Testing of a Process-Oriented Diagnostic for Rainfall: #1747 in Atmospheric Sciences.