Grant Adams
@grant-adams.bsky.social
Fish-countant | Applied statistics & decision science
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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.
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Developing the next generation tuna stock assessment model
CAPAM virtual min-workshop
December 9-11, 11am – 3 pm, PST
Topics: Spatial structure, Tagging data, Random effects, Close kin mark-recapture, Length based dynamics, General concepts
We will release more information as it comes available.
CAPAM virtual min-workshop
December 9-11, 11am – 3 pm, PST
Topics: Spatial structure, Tagging data, Random effects, Close kin mark-recapture, Length based dynamics, General concepts
We will release more information as it comes available.
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Developing the next generation tuna stock assessment model
CAPAM virtual min-workshop
December 9-11, 11am – 3 pm, PST
Topics: Spatial structure, Tagging data, Random effects, Close kin mark-recapture, Length based dynamics, General concepts
We will release more information as it comes available.
CAPAM virtual min-workshop
December 9-11, 11am – 3 pm, PST
Topics: Spatial structure, Tagging data, Random effects, Close kin mark-recapture, Length based dynamics, General concepts
We will release more information as it comes available.
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I'm now also looking for a postdoc with strong Bayesian background and interest in developing Bayesian cross-validation theory, methods and software. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact information at users.aalto.fi/~ave/).
Others, please share
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I'm looking for a doctoral student with Bayesian background to work on Bayesian workflow and cross-validation (see my publication list users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... for my recent work) at Aalto University.
Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
ELLIS PhD Program: Call for Applications 2025
The ELLIS mission is to create a diverse European network that promotes research excellence and advances breakthroughs in AI, as well as a pan-European PhD program to educate the next generation of AI...
ellis.eu
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm now also looking for a postdoc with strong Bayesian background and interest in developing Bayesian cross-validation theory, methods and software. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact information at users.aalto.fi/~ave/).
Others, please share
Others, please share
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The @abbiodiversity.bsky.social is hiring a statistical ecologist! This is my previous position and is IMO an awesome job. Focus will be on birds 🐦 and acoustics 🔉, holler if you'd like to chat about it!
Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...
Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...
Statistical Ecologist
<p>The Human Footprint Analyst plays a pivotal role in one of ABMI’s most recognized programs—the Human Footprint Monitoring Program—tracking human land use patterns across Alberta&r...
abmi.ca
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The @abbiodiversity.bsky.social is hiring a statistical ecologist! This is my previous position and is IMO an awesome job. Focus will be on birds 🐦 and acoustics 🔉, holler if you'd like to chat about it!
Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...
Learn more & apply by October 30, 2025: abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...
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Current and former Department of Education employees: We want to hear from you.
Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.
Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.
Help ProPublica Report on Education
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October 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Current and former Department of Education employees: We want to hear from you.
Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.
Use Signal to contact our reporters @jsmithrichards.bsky.social at jsmithrichards.93, @jodiscohen.bsky.social at jodireporter.88 or @megomatz.bsky.social at 414-207-6225.
I swear, every time I try and set up python on a new computer, I feel like the dumbest person around...
September 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I swear, every time I try and set up python on a new computer, I feel like the dumbest person around...
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Really excited that our #causalinference for climate change paper is out today! @dudney-joan.bsky.social, @lauradee.bsky.social , @econservation.bsky.social, @katherinesiegel.bsky.social were such an awesome team, and I hope this is a useful one for researchers in the field!
Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!
🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology
Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Really excited that our #causalinference for climate change paper is out today! @dudney-joan.bsky.social, @lauradee.bsky.social , @econservation.bsky.social, @katherinesiegel.bsky.social were such an awesome team, and I hope this is a useful one for researchers in the field!
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WE ARE HIRING!
The hunt for our new executive director has begun! The link for more information is in our bio. Feel free to DM us with any questions!
The hunt for our new executive director has begun! The link for more information is in our bio. Feel free to DM us with any questions!
July 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
WE ARE HIRING!
The hunt for our new executive director has begun! The link for more information is in our bio. Feel free to DM us with any questions!
The hunt for our new executive director has begun! The link for more information is in our bio. Feel free to DM us with any questions!
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Join our team - we are hiring an Analyst to focus on population statistics in Pacific island countries and territories. Based in Suva, Fiji. Applications close on 10 August.
Ideal: #rstats, #git, #statistics, #demography and interest in small states & the Pacific.
careers.spc.int/job/statisti...
Ideal: #rstats, #git, #statistics, #demography and interest in small states & the Pacific.
careers.spc.int/job/statisti...
Statistics Analyst
Suva-based position Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is the pr...
careers.spc.int
July 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Join our team - we are hiring an Analyst to focus on population statistics in Pacific island countries and territories. Based in Suva, Fiji. Applications close on 10 August.
Ideal: #rstats, #git, #statistics, #demography and interest in small states & the Pacific.
careers.spc.int/job/statisti...
Ideal: #rstats, #git, #statistics, #demography and interest in small states & the Pacific.
careers.spc.int/job/statisti...
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Join marine researchers @UBC (ubcoceans.ubc.ca). CERC in Ocean Ecological Modeling (research.ubc.ca/media/file/c...). $8M to work at the intersection of oceanography, fisheries, ecology, biodiversity, etc, in the context of environmental change, ecosystems, biogeochemistry & living marine resources.
July 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Join marine researchers @UBC (ubcoceans.ubc.ca). CERC in Ocean Ecological Modeling (research.ubc.ca/media/file/c...). $8M to work at the intersection of oceanography, fisheries, ecology, biodiversity, etc, in the context of environmental change, ecosystems, biogeochemistry & living marine resources.
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The Secretary of Commerce's new policy requiring his personal review of all NOAA contracts over $100,000 is directly harming American science. 🧪
How do I know? Because this morning, twelve of America's rising leaders in climate science (including myself) were furloughed.
How do I know? Because this morning, twelve of America's rising leaders in climate science (including myself) were furloughed.
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Secretary of Commerce's new policy requiring his personal review of all NOAA contracts over $100,000 is directly harming American science. 🧪
How do I know? Because this morning, twelve of America's rising leaders in climate science (including myself) were furloughed.
How do I know? Because this morning, twelve of America's rising leaders in climate science (including myself) were furloughed.
On the shit keeps coming news, the administration revoked my paycheck deduction of union dues and seems to be keeping the money....
May 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On the shit keeps coming news, the administration revoked my paycheck deduction of union dues and seems to be keeping the money....
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NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
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University of Washington environmental professor Phillip Levin shows us how to fight back against Trump’s anti-science, anti-environment purge - DIY science! That’s the spirit of Galileo and Copernicus alive in Washington State. Go Huskies! Or as we say, “Go Dawgs!”
Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science
When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
University of Washington environmental professor Phillip Levin shows us how to fight back against Trump’s anti-science, anti-environment purge - DIY science! That’s the spirit of Galileo and Copernicus alive in Washington State. Go Huskies! Or as we say, “Go Dawgs!”
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Firings at NOAA Fisheries will ultimately hurt fishing communities. The effects of climate change will continue even if we stop studying them.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Trump's NOAA firings leave Northwest workers in 'purgatory'
Fisheries scientists who were fired by the Trump administration say they've been living in limbo as their work is sidelined.
www.seattletimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Firings at NOAA Fisheries will ultimately hurt fishing communities. The effects of climate change will continue even if we stop studying them.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
www.npr.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
propub.li
April 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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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 3:20 PM
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.
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The Computer Vision for Ecology program is organizing a 2-week remote workshop in May to teach AI methods to former US public sector scientists - Please consider sharing with your networks! We are also looking for volunteer instructors/mentors. Details here: cv4ecology.caltech.edu/ai-upskillin...
March 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Computer Vision for Ecology program is organizing a 2-week remote workshop in May to teach AI methods to former US public sector scientists - Please consider sharing with your networks! We are also looking for volunteer instructors/mentors. Details here: cv4ecology.caltech.edu/ai-upskillin...
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Some job listings have recently been posted over on my probabilistic modeling Discord server. Join the server to browse jobs, post your own, or just discuss probabilistic modeling like a nerd, discord.gg/nfhv8bAV.
Join the Probabilistic Storytelling Discord Server!
The Probabilistic Storytelling server is place for discussing all topics related to the modeling of explicit data genera | 167 members
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March 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Some job listings have recently been posted over on my probabilistic modeling Discord server. Join the server to browse jobs, post your own, or just discuss probabilistic modeling like a nerd, discord.gg/nfhv8bAV.
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@rOpenSci and @openscapes plan to host a networking event for US scientists and others affected by recent layoffs.
We are looking for co-hosts who
- transitioned from government to other sectors
- are in fields adjacent to statistics/data science/research software engineering
- are willing to […]
We are looking for co-hosts who
- transitioned from government to other sectors
- are in fields adjacent to statistics/data science/research software engineering
- are willing to […]
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March 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@rOpenSci and @openscapes plan to host a networking event for US scientists and others affected by recent layoffs.
We are looking for co-hosts who
- transitioned from government to other sectors
- are in fields adjacent to statistics/data science/research software engineering
- are willing to […]
We are looking for co-hosts who
- transitioned from government to other sectors
- are in fields adjacent to statistics/data science/research software engineering
- are willing to […]
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Great article on the ongoing impacts of the Trump administration on fisheries in the NE Pacific, and the people whose livelihoods both support and depend on them. alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/10/f...
Firings prompt concerns that science supporting Alaska seafood industry could be undermined • Alaska Beacon
NOAA Fisheries has declined to release numbers on the scope of the cutback, which has left officials scrambling to track the force reductions.
alaskabeacon.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Great article on the ongoing impacts of the Trump administration on fisheries in the NE Pacific, and the people whose livelihoods both support and depend on them. alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/10/f...