Galen McKinley
@oceancarbon.bsky.social
Ocean carbon, global carbon, climate with models and ML. Professor at Columbia DEES and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Thrilled to announce I'll be co-leading with Adrienne Sutton of @noaa.gov
a new project to observe carbon in the Southern Ocean winter using autonomous platforms: Constraining Ocean Carbon with Optimized Observing (COCO2). Grateful to Schmidt Sciences for the support!
www.schmidtsciences.org/vicc/
a new project to observe carbon in the Southern Ocean winter using autonomous platforms: Constraining Ocean Carbon with Optimized Observing (COCO2). Grateful to Schmidt Sciences for the support!
www.schmidtsciences.org/vicc/
The Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC) - Schmidt Sciences
www.schmidtsciences.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Thrilled to announce I'll be co-leading with Adrienne Sutton of @noaa.gov
a new project to observe carbon in the Southern Ocean winter using autonomous platforms: Constraining Ocean Carbon with Optimized Observing (COCO2). Grateful to Schmidt Sciences for the support!
www.schmidtsciences.org/vicc/
a new project to observe carbon in the Southern Ocean winter using autonomous platforms: Constraining Ocean Carbon with Optimized Observing (COCO2). Grateful to Schmidt Sciences for the support!
www.schmidtsciences.org/vicc/
www.quantamagazine.org/tag/climate-... Some good articles here from Quanta. Beautiful pictures.
Quanta Magazine Articles on Climate Science
Explore Quanta’s climate science coverage.
www.quantamagazine.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
www.quantamagazine.org/tag/climate-... Some good articles here from Quanta. Beautiful pictures.
In the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Atmosphere and/or Ocean Physics. No deadline stated, but review will begin soon, so please do not delay. apply.interfolio.com/173819
September 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Atmosphere and/or Ocean Physics. No deadline stated, but review will begin soon, so please do not delay. apply.interfolio.com/173819
Direct link to article here www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Direct link to article here www.nature.com/articles/s41...
news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/09/04/t... We've had a new analysis published on the impact on the ocean carbon sink from the unprecedented ocean warming of 2023.
The Ocean Carbon Sink Is Ailing
Measurements analyzed by an international research team indicate the global ocean absorbed significantly less CO₂ than anticipated during the unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023.
news.climate.columbia.edu
September 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/09/04/t... We've had a new analysis published on the impact on the ocean carbon sink from the unprecedented ocean warming of 2023.
Thank you to @ametsoc.org for this clear and compelling statement that illustrates the fundamental flaws in the recent DOE 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
September 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thank you to @ametsoc.org for this clear and compelling statement that illustrates the fundamental flaws in the recent DOE climate report www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
Nice discussion here from Nadir Jeevanjee about the critical predictions that have endured from the earliest climate models
theconversation.com/5-forecasts-...
theconversation.com/5-forecasts-...
5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you
From rising global temperatures to the fast-warming Arctic, early climate models predicted the changes half a century ago.
theconversation.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nice discussion here from Nadir Jeevanjee about the critical predictions that have endured from the earliest climate models
theconversation.com/5-forecasts-...
theconversation.com/5-forecasts-...
An Ancient Law Could Shape the Modern Future of America’s Beaches. Here’s How. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/c...
Our inevitable future, how do we balance perceived property and use rights as sea level rises? Such important questions with which we all need to engage.
Our inevitable future, how do we balance perceived property and use rights as sea level rises? Such important questions with which we all need to engage.
An Ancient Law Could Shape the Modern Future of America’s Beaches. Here’s How.
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
An Ancient Law Could Shape the Modern Future of America’s Beaches. Here’s How. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/c...
Our inevitable future, how do we balance perceived property and use rights as sea level rises? Such important questions with which we all need to engage.
Our inevitable future, how do we balance perceived property and use rights as sea level rises? Such important questions with which we all need to engage.
NOAA’s Climate Website May Soon Shut Down eos.org/research-and... Not unexpected, but certainly unacceptable. US citizens and officials need reliable climate information.
NOAA’s Climate Website May Soon Shut Down - Eos
Climate.gov, NOAA’s portal to the work of their Climate Program Office, will likely soon shut down as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired on 31 May.
eos.org
June 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
NOAA’s Climate Website May Soon Shut Down eos.org/research-and... Not unexpected, but certainly unacceptable. US citizens and officials need reliable climate information.
Thanks @lamont.columbia.edu for the mention here. I am looking forward to this event on June 30.
🌊 In honor of #NationalOceanMonth, join NSF for Jun 30 virtual Frontiers in Ocean Science symposium, featuring NSF-supported scientists transforming ocean science, including @lamont.columbia.edu oceanographer/carbon cycle scientist Galen McKinley. ➡️ Register: lamont.columbia.edu/events/nsf-7...
June 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Thanks @lamont.columbia.edu for the mention here. I am looking forward to this event on June 30.
I am thrilled to be invited to present in the 7th Annual Frontiers in Ocean Sciences Symposium on June 30. I hope you will join the event. www.nsf.gov/events/7th-a...
7th Annual Frontiers in Ocean Sciences Symposium
In celebration of June as World Ocean Month, the NSF Division of Ocean Sciences looks forward to the 7th annual Frontiers in Ocean Sciences Symposium, which…
www.nsf.gov
June 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I am thrilled to be invited to present in the 7th Annual Frontiers in Ocean Sciences Symposium on June 30. I hope you will join the event. www.nsf.gov/events/7th-a...
Reposted by Galen McKinley
ACTION ALERT via SaveNSF🚨 The Committee on Science, Space & Technology Democratic Staff is surveying the impact of the Trump Administration’s cancellation of federal research awards. If your award was terminated since January 20 2025 please fill out this brief survey forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
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June 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ACTION ALERT via SaveNSF🚨 The Committee on Science, Space & Technology Democratic Staff is surveying the impact of the Trump Administration’s cancellation of federal research awards. If your award was terminated since January 20 2025 please fill out this brief survey forms.office.com/pages/respon...
I am honored to be a member of this new mCDR committee from NASEM. I look forward to working with my esteemed colleagues to advance understanding of mCDR opportunities and challenges. www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/mar...
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June 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am honored to be a member of this new mCDR committee from NASEM. I look forward to working with my esteemed colleagues to advance understanding of mCDR opportunities and challenges. www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/mar...
m.youtube.com/@wclivestrea... I’m looking forward to presenting in this online event at 3pm ET today
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May 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
m.youtube.com/@wclivestrea... I’m looking forward to presenting in this online event at 3pm ET today
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... The economic benefits of research and the threats to the economy from proposed cuts are an important part of the story.
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
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May 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... The economic benefits of research and the threats to the economy from proposed cuts are an important part of the story.
Some thoughts from me on the current US administration's disastrous plans for science and technology funding.. It is time for everyone to speak up and ask for the investments that we need! galenmckinley.github.io/commentary/C...
Choosing Our Future
Thoughts on US federal support for science
galenmckinley.github.io
May 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Some thoughts from me on the current US administration's disastrous plans for science and technology funding.. It is time for everyone to speak up and ask for the investments that we need! galenmckinley.github.io/commentary/C...
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... .. sticking our heads in the sand will not change the reality
NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters
The billion-dollar disaster tracker is on a growing list of datasets NOAA says that either scientists will no longer update or the administration will decommission entirely.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... .. sticking our heads in the sand will not change the reality
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o... .. reminds us that almost everyone out there is good and caring. The fear we carry is our bigger enemy than are other people.
Opinion | Spain in the Dark Is Safer Than Elsewhere With Power
The Iberian blackout showed us how much community matters.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o... .. reminds us that almost everyone out there is good and caring. The fear we carry is our bigger enemy than are other people.
Reposted by Galen McKinley
Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation in crisis. Thanks to @washingtonpost.com for this reporting. … foundational research is an investment in our future that we cannot afford to cut
May 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation in crisis. Thanks to @washingtonpost.com for this reporting. … foundational research is an investment in our future that we cannot afford to cut
Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation in crisis. Thanks to @washingtonpost.com for this reporting. … foundational research is an investment in our future that we cannot afford to cut
May 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation in crisis. Thanks to @washingtonpost.com for this reporting. … foundational research is an investment in our future that we cannot afford to cut
When state support for science fails | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Science strengthens society and grows economies. US citizens and lawmakers should heed the warning of this article, and note China's major STEM investments. The US should be increasing federal investment in science!
When state support for science fails
The establishment and growth of scientific communities require long-term planning, political backing, and social and economic support. In many Latin American countries, these entities have been repeat...
www.science.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When state support for science fails | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Science strengthens society and grows economies. US citizens and lawmakers should heed the warning of this article, and note China's major STEM investments. The US should be increasing federal investment in science!
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social I respect your track record and vision. I am an ocean and climate scientist and professor at Columbia U. What should I be doing to promote the value of science to red voters? Bluesky is nice, but an echo chamber. Fox isn’t going to interview me! what steps do you suggest?
April 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social I respect your track record and vision. I am an ocean and climate scientist and professor at Columbia U. What should I be doing to promote the value of science to red voters? Bluesky is nice, but an echo chamber. Fox isn’t going to interview me! what steps do you suggest?
Excited to attend the @nationalacademies.org 26th Roger Revelle Lecture ft. Dr. Chris Scholin of @mbarinews.bsky.social! This lecture will explore how robotics are revolutionizing oceanography in a changing climate.
Attend in-person or online on 5/1: www.nationalacademies.org/event/44800_...
Attend in-person or online on 5/1: www.nationalacademies.org/event/44800_...
www.nationalacademies.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Excited to attend the @nationalacademies.org 26th Roger Revelle Lecture ft. Dr. Chris Scholin of @mbarinews.bsky.social! This lecture will explore how robotics are revolutionizing oceanography in a changing climate.
Attend in-person or online on 5/1: www.nationalacademies.org/event/44800_...
Attend in-person or online on 5/1: www.nationalacademies.org/event/44800_...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... The only way to have a strong country for the long term is to invest in new knowledge and, most importantly, the people who discover. The US is shooting itself in the foot right now
Opinion | America’s Brightest Minds Will Walk Away (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o... The only way to have a strong country for the long term is to invest in new knowledge and, most importantly, the people who discover. The US is shooting itself in the foot right now