Aparna Bamzai-Dodson
@abamzaidodson.bsky.social
human geographer doing stakeholder engagement for actionable climate adaptation science / in personal capacity / http://www.bamzai.com/aparna/ / she, her
Federal workers - take @ourpublicservice.bsky.social's Public Service Viewpoint Survey. This is your chance to share honest feedback on your workplace and leaders, with strong privacy safeguards like FEVS. Your voice matters! app.sosha.ai/s/3OpzIxKg
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Federal workers - take @ourpublicservice.bsky.social's Public Service Viewpoint Survey. This is your chance to share honest feedback on your workplace and leaders, with strong privacy safeguards like FEVS. Your voice matters! app.sosha.ai/s/3OpzIxKg
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Excited to share our new paper: Toward a shared vision for climate-informed resource stewardship - doi.org/10.1002/fee....
🌎 🧪 👩🏽🔬 #geosky
🌎 🧪 👩🏽🔬 #geosky
October 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Excited to share our new paper: Toward a shared vision for climate-informed resource stewardship - doi.org/10.1002/fee....
🌎 🧪 👩🏽🔬 #geosky
🌎 🧪 👩🏽🔬 #geosky
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Despite broad political support, one third of the nation's Climate Adaptation Science Centers will wind down in coming days due to lack of funds.
The Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands will be left without actionable science on drought, floods, wildfire, sea level rise and other hazards.
The Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands will be left without actionable science on drought, floods, wildfire, sea level rise and other hazards.
Trump officials shut off funding for climate adaptation centers
A third of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers are expected to drastically wind down and possibly close after Sept. 30.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Despite broad political support, one third of the nation's Climate Adaptation Science Centers will wind down in coming days due to lack of funds.
The Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands will be left without actionable science on drought, floods, wildfire, sea level rise and other hazards.
The Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands will be left without actionable science on drought, floods, wildfire, sea level rise and other hazards.
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South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center announced yesterday they are 1 of 3 USGS regional centers that will have to sharply reduce ops on 10/1 due to lack of funding. More details on this - as well as details of increasing tropical threat to the SE US, here: tinyurl.com/36bc86mh
More looming climate and weather science funding casualties
Three of USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers threatened by lack of funding; threat of tropical impacts to the Southeast continues to grow
tinyurl.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center announced yesterday they are 1 of 3 USGS regional centers that will have to sharply reduce ops on 10/1 due to lack of funding. More details on this - as well as details of increasing tropical threat to the SE US, here: tinyurl.com/36bc86mh
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Hugely concerning to see layoffs threatened since April may move ahead at Dept of the Interior. Our Climate Adaptation Science Center colleagues at USGS have already lost 30% of their team from retirements, buyouts and layoffs; DOI has lost 11% on average. Planned layoffs may double these losses.
The Interior Department is taking steps to implement layoffs
After a series of delays, DOI is preparing RIF lists as it looks to implement significant personnel cuts in the coming weeks.
www.govexec.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hugely concerning to see layoffs threatened since April may move ahead at Dept of the Interior. Our Climate Adaptation Science Center colleagues at USGS have already lost 30% of their team from retirements, buyouts and layoffs; DOI has lost 11% on average. Planned layoffs may double these losses.
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Hope is not a strategy, no matter how much we want it to be.
Placing hope in some possible-but not guaranteed-good outcome that is still over a year away is folly. Show me a plan for now that is based on current risks. Then, show me contingency plans based on predictable bad things happening. 1/
Placing hope in some possible-but not guaranteed-good outcome that is still over a year away is folly. Show me a plan for now that is based on current risks. Then, show me contingency plans based on predictable bad things happening. 1/
September 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Hope is not a strategy, no matter how much we want it to be.
Placing hope in some possible-but not guaranteed-good outcome that is still over a year away is folly. Show me a plan for now that is based on current risks. Then, show me contingency plans based on predictable bad things happening. 1/
Placing hope in some possible-but not guaranteed-good outcome that is still over a year away is folly. Show me a plan for now that is based on current risks. Then, show me contingency plans based on predictable bad things happening. 1/
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AMS released a statement on climate change today that points out five foundational flaws with the Department of Energy's 2025 climate report: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report
Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025
www.ametsoc.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
AMS released a statement on climate change today that points out five foundational flaws with the Department of Energy's 2025 climate report: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
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Federal programs provide the science that safeguards ecosystems, economies, and communities. 🦅
At America’s Forum for Wildlife, explore how agencies like the Forest Service, NOAA, & USGS shape healthy futures for people & wildlife. #StandUpForWildlife
RSVP: ow.ly/nFw050WLkWU
At America’s Forum for Wildlife, explore how agencies like the Forest Service, NOAA, & USGS shape healthy futures for people & wildlife. #StandUpForWildlife
RSVP: ow.ly/nFw050WLkWU
America’s Forum for Wildlife · National Wildlife Federation
The sound science and programs that protect our wildlife, air, and water are being quickly and drastically eliminated by the federal government, threatening the species and people we love. We will not...
ow.ly
August 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Federal programs provide the science that safeguards ecosystems, economies, and communities. 🦅
At America’s Forum for Wildlife, explore how agencies like the Forest Service, NOAA, & USGS shape healthy futures for people & wildlife. #StandUpForWildlife
RSVP: ow.ly/nFw050WLkWU
At America’s Forum for Wildlife, explore how agencies like the Forest Service, NOAA, & USGS shape healthy futures for people & wildlife. #StandUpForWildlife
RSVP: ow.ly/nFw050WLkWU
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Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
July 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker
“What’s happening in the United States is a degradation of democracy... There are attitudes, norms, and values that prevent corruption, and they’re fraying.”
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July 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“What’s happening in the United States is a degradation of democracy... There are attitudes, norms, and values that prevent corruption, and they’re fraying.”
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-...
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-...
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The foundation of science and engineering in America is being eroded, badly.
This does NOT save us money, and it certainly doesn't make us “great again”. It hands the leadership of 21st century to China, on a silver platter.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This does NOT save us money, and it certainly doesn't make us “great again”. It hands the leadership of 21st century to China, on a silver platter.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The foundation of science and engineering in America is being eroded, badly.
This does NOT save us money, and it certainly doesn't make us “great again”. It hands the leadership of 21st century to China, on a silver platter.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This does NOT save us money, and it certainly doesn't make us “great again”. It hands the leadership of 21st century to China, on a silver platter.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) leads federal research on species & ecosystems and houses the Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
OMB spokesperson to NPR: EMA is "obviously irrelevant to science and is exactly the kind of waste President Trump ran on rooting out of the federal government."
OMB spokesperson to NPR: EMA is "obviously irrelevant to science and is exactly the kind of waste President Trump ran on rooting out of the federal government."
This federal program helps track America's ecosystems. Trump's budget would gut it
Buried in the Trump administration's proposed 2026 budget is the near elimination of something called the Ecosystems Mission Area. It's a program that monitors living things and the health of the land...
www.npr.org
June 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) leads federal research on species & ecosystems and houses the Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
OMB spokesperson to NPR: EMA is "obviously irrelevant to science and is exactly the kind of waste President Trump ran on rooting out of the federal government."
OMB spokesperson to NPR: EMA is "obviously irrelevant to science and is exactly the kind of waste President Trump ran on rooting out of the federal government."
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If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...
We Better Pray That No Unexpected Crisis Hits While Trump Is President
It’s a world exploding with crises waiting to happen. Donald Trump has made us less prepared for every one of them.
newrepublic.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...
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“We have to create;
it is the only thing louder than destruction;
it is the only chance the bars are gonna break.
Our hands full of colour
reaching towards the sky - a brush stroke in the dark
It is not too late
That starry night - it is not yet dry.”
- excerpt from yellowbird by Andrea Gibson
it is the only thing louder than destruction;
it is the only chance the bars are gonna break.
Our hands full of colour
reaching towards the sky - a brush stroke in the dark
It is not too late
That starry night - it is not yet dry.”
- excerpt from yellowbird by Andrea Gibson
May 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“We have to create;
it is the only thing louder than destruction;
it is the only chance the bars are gonna break.
Our hands full of colour
reaching towards the sky - a brush stroke in the dark
It is not too late
That starry night - it is not yet dry.”
- excerpt from yellowbird by Andrea Gibson
it is the only thing louder than destruction;
it is the only chance the bars are gonna break.
Our hands full of colour
reaching towards the sky - a brush stroke in the dark
It is not too late
That starry night - it is not yet dry.”
- excerpt from yellowbird by Andrea Gibson
Heartbreaking game for the #Commanders today but what an amazing accomplishment to reach a championship game after a 4-13 season. #JD5 rookie of the year. Can’t wait to see next season. 🏈
a football player with the number 5 on his jersey is throwing the ball
Alt: Washington Commanders football player Jayden Daniels dancing in the end zone with a football in his hand
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Heartbreaking game for the #Commanders today but what an amazing accomplishment to reach a championship game after a 4-13 season. #JD5 rookie of the year. Can’t wait to see next season. 🏈
Finished up my second ever #crossstitch project. Super relaxing, fun, and easy! Next project is a much more complex, larger pattern but in monochrome. Can’t wait for the materials to arrive this week!!
January 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Finished up my second ever #crossstitch project. Super relaxing, fun, and easy! Next project is a much more complex, larger pattern but in monochrome. Can’t wait for the materials to arrive this week!!
Best season since 1992. What a Cinderella story. #Commanders #JD5
a washington football player wearing a red jersey and a helmet
Alt: a washington football player wearing a red jersey and a helmet facing away and pointing to the back of the jersey - “Daniels 5”
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Best season since 1992. What a Cinderella story. #Commanders #JD5
Started a new hobby this year to keep me away from doomscrolling. First #crossstitch project complete. Fun and surprisingly easy to pick up!
January 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Started a new hobby this year to keep me away from doomscrolling. First #crossstitch project complete. Fun and surprisingly easy to pick up!
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🌍 Just published: "Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs."
We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 4, 2025 at 4:49 AM
🌍 Just published: "Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs."
We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy new year, bsky! Some fave reads 📚 for 2024 include:
Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott (nonfic)
James - Percival Everett (fic, literary retelling)
The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst (fic, fantasy)
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon (fic, historical)
Wandering Stars - Tommy Orange (fic, indigenous)
Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott (nonfic)
James - Percival Everett (fic, literary retelling)
The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst (fic, fantasy)
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon (fic, historical)
Wandering Stars - Tommy Orange (fic, indigenous)
January 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Happy new year, bsky! Some fave reads 📚 for 2024 include:
Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott (nonfic)
James - Percival Everett (fic, literary retelling)
The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst (fic, fantasy)
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon (fic, historical)
Wandering Stars - Tommy Orange (fic, indigenous)
Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott (nonfic)
James - Percival Everett (fic, literary retelling)
The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst (fic, fantasy)
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon (fic, historical)
Wandering Stars - Tommy Orange (fic, indigenous)
Genius!
Okay, I’ve decided on my New Year’s resolution.
If it doesn’t help me grow, glow, or flow it’s a no.
If it doesn’t help me grow, glow, or flow it’s a no.
December 15, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Genius!
In the home stretch of the #AGU24 marathon? Come check out U52A - Reward Structures for Engaged Research and Applications: Barriers, Enablers, and Smart Practices at 10:20am in Ballroom A
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a baby is laying on the floor next to a carousel .
Alt: a tired toddler is laying down and being dragged along the floor by a carousel.
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:11 PM
In the home stretch of the #AGU24 marathon? Come check out U52A - Reward Structures for Engaged Research and Applications: Barriers, Enablers, and Smart Practices at 10:20am in Ballroom A
agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...
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