Jenni Brandon
@jennionbrand.bsky.social
Marine biologist, climate consultant, science communicator, California girl
Duke and Scripps Oceanography alum
Stubbornly optimistic, in spite of it all ✨
Duke and Scripps Oceanography alum
Stubbornly optimistic, in spite of it all ✨
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NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.
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 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.
Just saw my first LinkedIn announcement of a beloved nonprofit that is shutting down operations in this funding landscape. I know there are more to come and it’s heartbreaking
May 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just saw my first LinkedIn announcement of a beloved nonprofit that is shutting down operations in this funding landscape. I know there are more to come and it’s heartbreaking
People are worried about whether their aluminum pans are safe. It’s not the aluminum I’m worried about, it’s the nonstick coating.
www.homesandgardens.com/living/is-al...
www.homesandgardens.com/living/is-al...
Is aluminum cookware is safe to use? We asked medical experts, toxicologists, and professional chefs for some reassurance
The answer is yes: but only if you avoid these popular ingredients
www.homesandgardens.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
People are worried about whether their aluminum pans are safe. It’s not the aluminum I’m worried about, it’s the nonstick coating.
www.homesandgardens.com/living/is-al...
www.homesandgardens.com/living/is-al...
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More than 130,000 government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book burning.” A group of librarians and archivists is fighting back.
The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge
Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?
nyer.cm
May 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
More than 130,000 government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book burning.” A group of librarians and archivists is fighting back.
In a panel on hydrogen and clean energy at SF Climate Week and they just said “Where we felt tailwinds in clean energy, now we feel headwinds”
This is the best description of the last few months I’ve heard from anyone.
This is the best description of the last few months I’ve heard from anyone.
April 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In a panel on hydrogen and clean energy at SF Climate Week and they just said “Where we felt tailwinds in clean energy, now we feel headwinds”
This is the best description of the last few months I’ve heard from anyone.
This is the best description of the last few months I’ve heard from anyone.
Please check out this article I was quoted in, discussing the critical issue of the unseen climate, energy, and water impacts of AI and data centers. Already AI takes 6x the water of Denmark, and the same energy footprint as Japan!
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/dema...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/dema...
As demand for AI rises, so do power thirsty data centers
The next time you’re on a Zoom meeting or asking ChatGPT a question, picture this: The information zips instantaneously through a room of hot, humming servers, traveling hundreds, possibly thousands o...
www.newsfromthestates.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Please check out this article I was quoted in, discussing the critical issue of the unseen climate, energy, and water impacts of AI and data centers. Already AI takes 6x the water of Denmark, and the same energy footprint as Japan!
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/dema...
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/dema...
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OMG did y’all see this over at other place? Bunch of climate deniers wrote a “scientific paper” rebutting climate science basics (published in a BS fossil fuel industry front “journal”) and claimed *Grok* as the First Author.. BUT then, they were completely ripped to shreds by…Grok! Like a symphony👌🏻
March 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
OMG did y’all see this over at other place? Bunch of climate deniers wrote a “scientific paper” rebutting climate science basics (published in a BS fossil fuel industry front “journal”) and claimed *Grok* as the First Author.. BUT then, they were completely ripped to shreds by…Grok! Like a symphony👌🏻
Headed to @oceanvisions.bsky.social Biennial Summit in Vancouver tomorrow! Who else is going?
March 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Headed to @oceanvisions.bsky.social Biennial Summit in Vancouver tomorrow! Who else is going?
Thank you @yahoonews.com for interviewing me about which cities may become too hot to live in by 2050
Livability is often measured by wet bulb temperature - ie how much our bodies can cool down when sweating. If we can never truly cool down, risk of heat stroke and exhaustion spikes.
Livability is often measured by wet bulb temperature - ie how much our bodies can cool down when sweating. If we can never truly cool down, risk of heat stroke and exhaustion spikes.
The major cities that are becoming too hot for humans to live in
Large areas of Earth’s surface could soon be so hot that people will die within hours in the open air, several recent studies have warned.
uk.news.yahoo.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Thank you @yahoonews.com for interviewing me about which cities may become too hot to live in by 2050
Livability is often measured by wet bulb temperature - ie how much our bodies can cool down when sweating. If we can never truly cool down, risk of heat stroke and exhaustion spikes.
Livability is often measured by wet bulb temperature - ie how much our bodies can cool down when sweating. If we can never truly cool down, risk of heat stroke and exhaustion spikes.
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The Mauna Loa CO₂ record is the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences. Trump and his enablers are trying to kill it.
Climate Change Science On Mauna Loa Could Stop Amid Federal Cuts
The NOAA office in Hilo that supports that carbon dioxide sampling has been flagged for a possible lease cancellation.
www.civilbeat.org
March 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Mauna Loa CO₂ record is the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences. Trump and his enablers are trying to kill it.
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✅ DEI Employer of the Day™
Hyundai
"Hyundai joins the likes of Costco, Apple, Delta Airlines and other corporations, who have either maintained or publicly defended their DEI policies"
"It drives sales." - Director of experiential and multicultural marketing, Hyundai
digiday.com/marketing/it...
Hyundai
"Hyundai joins the likes of Costco, Apple, Delta Airlines and other corporations, who have either maintained or publicly defended their DEI policies"
"It drives sales." - Director of experiential and multicultural marketing, Hyundai
digiday.com/marketing/it...
'It drives sales': Amidst DEI dismantling, Hyundai maintains multicultural marketing, spend commitments
In light of changes to corporate and federal diversity, equity and inclusion policies, Hyundai says its multicultural marketing efforts and budget commitments will remain in place.
digiday.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
✅ DEI Employer of the Day™
Hyundai
"Hyundai joins the likes of Costco, Apple, Delta Airlines and other corporations, who have either maintained or publicly defended their DEI policies"
"It drives sales." - Director of experiential and multicultural marketing, Hyundai
digiday.com/marketing/it...
Hyundai
"Hyundai joins the likes of Costco, Apple, Delta Airlines and other corporations, who have either maintained or publicly defended their DEI policies"
"It drives sales." - Director of experiential and multicultural marketing, Hyundai
digiday.com/marketing/it...
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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
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If you’re a federal employee, you should know this is a lie. Congress hasn’t appropriated these monies and so it’s literally not there to be spent. Also, federal agencies are limited by law to a max $25K payout in the case of restructuring.
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
President Donald Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
President Donald Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump administration will offer all 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign
An email is set to go out to federal workers beginning Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If you’re a federal employee, you should know this is a lie. Congress hasn’t appropriated these monies and so it’s literally not there to be spent. Also, federal agencies are limited by law to a max $25K payout in the case of restructuring.
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Incredible corruption taking over OPM
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Incredible corruption taking over OPM
I’m interviewed in this article about natural phenomena and natural disasters, and how they’re changing with climate change.
Click through for some stunning photos of our natural world and be reminded why we need to save it
www.boredpanda.com/natural-phen...
Click through for some stunning photos of our natural world and be reminded why we need to save it
www.boredpanda.com/natural-phen...
100 Of The Most Incredible, Stunning, And Strange Natural Phenomena
Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to watch and admire them.
www.boredpanda.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I’m interviewed in this article about natural phenomena and natural disasters, and how they’re changing with climate change.
Click through for some stunning photos of our natural world and be reminded why we need to save it
www.boredpanda.com/natural-phen...
Click through for some stunning photos of our natural world and be reminded why we need to save it
www.boredpanda.com/natural-phen...
Welp. It just happened. I registered for a conference as a professional, not as Early Career.
January 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Welp. It just happened. I registered for a conference as a professional, not as Early Career.
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Heads up, the Biden-Harris White House websites are now archived! If you have an old link that gives an error, you can delete the www . whitehouse in the link (be sure to remove the www) and replace with bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ [rest of your link]
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/news-up...
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/news-up...
FACT SHEET: Climate and Energy Implications of Crypto-Assets in the United States | OSTP | The White House
Climate change is one of the most pressing problems confronting our nation and our world, and President Biden has taken bold steps to address it with legislation and policy. Among the President’s comm...
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov
January 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Heads up, the Biden-Harris White House websites are now archived! If you have an old link that gives an error, you can delete the www . whitehouse in the link (be sure to remove the www) and replace with bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ [rest of your link]
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/news-up...
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/news-up...
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@mcuban.bsky.social had asked what he could do in the era of the convicted felon Donald Trump. Here's an example.
"Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework…"
"Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework…"
Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
@mcuban.bsky.social had asked what he could do in the era of the convicted felon Donald Trump. Here's an example.
"Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework…"
"Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework…"
As a So. Californian right now, the most important app the last few weeks is not Threads, TikTok, or BlueSky. It’s Watch Duty.
I sent this screenshot to my friend yesterday (lives basically right under the words Black Mtn Ranch) and told her a fire started very nearby, and then she could prepare.
I sent this screenshot to my friend yesterday (lives basically right under the words Black Mtn Ranch) and told her a fire started very nearby, and then she could prepare.
January 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As a So. Californian right now, the most important app the last few weeks is not Threads, TikTok, or BlueSky. It’s Watch Duty.
I sent this screenshot to my friend yesterday (lives basically right under the words Black Mtn Ranch) and told her a fire started very nearby, and then she could prepare.
I sent this screenshot to my friend yesterday (lives basically right under the words Black Mtn Ranch) and told her a fire started very nearby, and then she could prepare.
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Psst... There is no "energy emergency" in the United States.
What we have is a climate emergency.
What we have is a climate emergency.
January 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Psst... There is no "energy emergency" in the United States.
What we have is a climate emergency.
What we have is a climate emergency.
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"When scientists tell us that limiting the global temperature from rising more than 2°C (3.6°F) will help protect the diversity of life on earth, we listen and we act. That is why TNC will continue to honor the Paris Agreement goals and help the U.S. do its part." @nature.org
The Nature Conservancy pledges to continue honoring the Paris Agreement
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, an international treaty which aims to limit global temperature from increasing more than 2°C.
www.nature.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"When scientists tell us that limiting the global temperature from rising more than 2°C (3.6°F) will help protect the diversity of life on earth, we listen and we act. That is why TNC will continue to honor the Paris Agreement goals and help the U.S. do its part." @nature.org
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"It's snowing in Florida - where's global warming now?!"
If you've ever thought that (or heard anyone else say it), I have a Global Weirding episode for you!
If you've ever thought that (or heard anyone else say it), I have a Global Weirding episode for you!
Climate vs Weather | Global Weirding
YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"It's snowing in Florida - where's global warming now?!"
If you've ever thought that (or heard anyone else say it), I have a Global Weirding episode for you!
If you've ever thought that (or heard anyone else say it), I have a Global Weirding episode for you!
Does anyone know of a microplastics/plastic pollution starter pack? I deeply miss plastics twitter. The easiest way to keep in touch with colleagues, in the before times.
January 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Does anyone know of a microplastics/plastic pollution starter pack? I deeply miss plastics twitter. The easiest way to keep in touch with colleagues, in the before times.
My dad had not seen or heard about the Elon salute anywhere on his newsfeeds. One of the biggest problems in this country is the generational divide in how we get our news.
January 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My dad had not seen or heard about the Elon salute anywhere on his newsfeeds. One of the biggest problems in this country is the generational divide in how we get our news.