Tara Goldberg
@tig-climate.bsky.social
Large implications for aquaculture.
Global increases of salt intrusion in estuaries under future environmental conditions - Nature Communications
The authors quantify compounding contributions from changes in river discharge and relative sea level to future salt intrusion for 18 estuaries worldwide, finding that sea-level rise plays a greater r...
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Large implications for aquaculture.
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🚨Calling U.S.-based climate experts! The newly formed U.S. Academic Alliance for the @ipcc.bsky.social is now accepting nominations for the Seventh Assessment Report.🌍
Join a global network of scientists shaping the future of climate action.
Apply by April 4: buff.ly/hDrBH1F
#IPCC #AGU
Join a global network of scientists shaping the future of climate action.
Apply by April 4: buff.ly/hDrBH1F
#IPCC #AGU
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March 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨Calling U.S.-based climate experts! The newly formed U.S. Academic Alliance for the @ipcc.bsky.social is now accepting nominations for the Seventh Assessment Report.🌍
Join a global network of scientists shaping the future of climate action.
Apply by April 4: buff.ly/hDrBH1F
#IPCC #AGU
Join a global network of scientists shaping the future of climate action.
Apply by April 4: buff.ly/hDrBH1F
#IPCC #AGU
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Over 56,000 jobs and $9.1 billion in economic output.
That’s what Utah stands to gain if it aggressively pursues a transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar, according to a new report from the Sierra Club and Current Energy Group.
www.kuer.org/politic...
That’s what Utah stands to gain if it aggressively pursues a transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar, according to a new report from the Sierra Club and Current Energy Group.
www.kuer.org/politic...
Using PacifiCorp’s plans, advocates say renewables are still Utah’s best bet
A new Sierra Club report touts the economic benefits of a more aggressive transition to clean energy like wind and solar. Utah leaders, however, are focused on their “all of the above” approach that still holds on to coal.
www.kuer.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Over 56,000 jobs and $9.1 billion in economic output.
That’s what Utah stands to gain if it aggressively pursues a transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar, according to a new report from the Sierra Club and Current Energy Group.
www.kuer.org/politic...
That’s what Utah stands to gain if it aggressively pursues a transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar, according to a new report from the Sierra Club and Current Energy Group.
www.kuer.org/politic...
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Our new paper in Science on the environmental implications of the destruction of Kakhovka dam in Ukraine.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Environmental effects of the Kakhovka Dam destruction by warfare in Ukraine
The use of water as a weapon in highly industrialized areas in the Russo-Ukrainian war has resulted in catastrophic economic and environmental damages. We analyze environmental effects caused by the m...
www.science.org
March 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Our new paper in Science on the environmental implications of the destruction of Kakhovka dam in Ukraine.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is scary new research that could have major implications for how the ocean distributes global heat.
Decline of Antarctic Circumpolar Current due to polar ocean freshening - IOPscienceSearch
Decline of Antarctic Circumpolar Current due to polar ocean freshening, Sohail, Taimoor, Gayen, Bishakhdatta, Klocker, Andreas
iopscience.iop.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This is scary new research that could have major implications for how the ocean distributes global heat.
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🌊 New on Medium: What does the future hold for the AMOC?
📖 Read my Medium article on our @Nature paper here: tinyurl.com/mnb59mtm
Want to dive into the details? In this article, I explain: 👇
📖 Read my Medium article on our @Nature paper here: tinyurl.com/mnb59mtm
Want to dive into the details? In this article, I explain: 👇
🌊 Today in @nature.com: Is the AMOC on the brink of collapse?
Unlikely before 2100—but the risks are real 🚨
We find Southern Ocean winds keep this vital ocean "heat engine" running, even under extreme #climatechange. But the Pacific holds a surprise…
tinyurl.com/yt6u4e7d
Let’s explore 🧪👇
Unlikely before 2100—but the risks are real 🚨
We find Southern Ocean winds keep this vital ocean "heat engine" running, even under extreme #climatechange. But the Pacific holds a surprise…
tinyurl.com/yt6u4e7d
Let’s explore 🧪👇
March 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🌊 New on Medium: What does the future hold for the AMOC?
📖 Read my Medium article on our @Nature paper here: tinyurl.com/mnb59mtm
Want to dive into the details? In this article, I explain: 👇
📖 Read my Medium article on our @Nature paper here: tinyurl.com/mnb59mtm
Want to dive into the details? In this article, I explain: 👇
How well we can tell what ENSO patterns we can expect next depends on the season we are in. A nice discussion of model fit from NOAA here.
How good have models been at predicting ENSO in the 21st century?
A new paper looked at 20 years work of real-time ENSO Model forecasts and found some interesting patterns. Did you know models found it pretty freaking hard to predict the onset of La Nina events?
www.climate.gov
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
How well we can tell what ENSO patterns we can expect next depends on the season we are in. A nice discussion of model fit from NOAA here.
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If all ~50,000 employees at the Department of Commerce spent an half an hour writing bullets points, that's (at $20 an hour) $500,000 the US public is never getting back
February 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If all ~50,000 employees at the Department of Commerce spent an half an hour writing bullets points, that's (at $20 an hour) $500,000 the US public is never getting back
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Over on X, Chris Rufo is out with a series of leaked internal chats between trans intelligence analysts at NSA, where they talked about things like coming out, bottom surgery, and their sex lives. So yeah, employees should be afraid of things like that even if they’re not fired.
NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
February 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Over on X, Chris Rufo is out with a series of leaked internal chats between trans intelligence analysts at NSA, where they talked about things like coming out, bottom surgery, and their sex lives. So yeah, employees should be afraid of things like that even if they’re not fired.
The US's polity score is now 0.
"The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a
Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop in its POLITY score)."
"The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a
Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop in its POLITY score)."
index
www.systemicpeace.org
February 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The US's polity score is now 0.
"The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a
Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop in its POLITY score)."
"The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a
Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8-point drop in its POLITY score)."
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THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired.
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
THIS IS HOW YOU STAND UP: EEOC admin judge Karen Ortiz resisted an order to hand over all LGBT cases for “review” and told colleagues to resist too. She knows she’ll likely to be fired.
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
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You GUYYYYSSSSSSS
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
2025 Governors Ball US Army - "Do You Hear the People Sing" BRILLIANT TRUMP TROLLING!
YouTube video by Anti Trump
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
You GUYYYYSSSSSSS
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB
Barbara Walter, a year and a half ago identifying declining trends in the US and the two main warning signs of potential loss of democracy and civil war: anocracy and identity- (rather than ideology) based politics. The US is showing increasingly strong signals of both of these signs.
All democracies are fragile—here are the early signs of civil war at home and abroad
Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise in extremism and threats to democracies around the globe and at home.
www.npr.org
February 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Barbara Walter, a year and a half ago identifying declining trends in the US and the two main warning signs of potential loss of democracy and civil war: anocracy and identity- (rather than ideology) based politics. The US is showing increasingly strong signals of both of these signs.
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OMB director Russ Vought has officially begun carrying out his section of Project 2025.
Technical thread to follow, but it’s really important - this is a major path through which the Trump administration will illegally impound funding, refusing to carry out some of our spending laws.
Technical thread to follow, but it’s really important - this is a major path through which the Trump administration will illegally impound funding, refusing to carry out some of our spending laws.
February 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
OMB director Russ Vought has officially begun carrying out his section of Project 2025.
Technical thread to follow, but it’s really important - this is a major path through which the Trump administration will illegally impound funding, refusing to carry out some of our spending laws.
Technical thread to follow, but it’s really important - this is a major path through which the Trump administration will illegally impound funding, refusing to carry out some of our spending laws.
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"The agency didn’t have to fire its experts but decided to in the interest of fairness, a top NSF official told staffers"
huh???
huh???
“NSF fired about 10 percent of its staff at the end of Tuesday, removing 168 people who included most of the agency’s probationary employees and all of its experts, a class of contract workers who are specialists in niche scientific fields.” — www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
‘Cowardliness at the top’: Science agency staff revolt over cuts
At an emotional meeting, foundation officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come.
www.politico.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"The agency didn’t have to fire its experts but decided to in the interest of fairness, a top NSF official told staffers"
huh???
huh???
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Political interference in military leadership—especially dismissing generals and admirals based on ideological loyalty rather than competence—has repeatedly led to disastrous consequences. We are not exempt.
NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-purge...
NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-purge...
Don’t Purge the Generals
History shows that political firings of military officers endanger national security.
www.thebulwark.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Political interference in military leadership—especially dismissing generals and admirals based on ideological loyalty rather than competence—has repeatedly led to disastrous consequences. We are not exempt.
NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-purge...
NEW from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-purge...
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Shutting down already installed infrastructure isn't "efficiency," it's sabotage
electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...
electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings
The Trump administration is shutting down all federal government buildings' EV chargers and expected to sell off the GSA's newly bought EVs.
electrek.co
February 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Shutting down already installed infrastructure isn't "efficiency," it's sabotage
electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...
electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...
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Is global warming affecting regional drought across Europe and Asia? Yes. New paper by me, @dustybowl.bsky.social and his dad
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Global Warming Is Likely Affecting Regional Drought Across Eurasia
Rigorous climate change detection and attribution is possible without the use of general circulation model simulations 21st century Eurasian hydroclimate patterns are incompatible with pre-indust...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Is global warming affecting regional drought across Europe and Asia? Yes. New paper by me, @dustybowl.bsky.social and his dad
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Trump's DOJ is preparing to put all incarcerated transgender women into men's facilities as early as next week, and according to NPR "the bureau is well aware of concerns about potential risks of assault, sexual violence and suicides"
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trump's DOJ is preparing to put all incarcerated transgender women into men's facilities as early as next week, and according to NPR "the bureau is well aware of concerns about potential risks of assault, sexual violence and suicides"
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How AMS and NWA have stepped up for the weather and climate community
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Weather Organizations Support Federal Workers And Researchers
2 leading weather organizations step up for federal workers and researchers. Here's what they did.
www.forbes.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
How AMS and NWA have stepped up for the weather and climate community
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
A respected U.S. famine warning system is 'currently unavailable.' What's the impact?
FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
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Trigger warning. Nazis being Nazis. Wasn’t just bannon.
February 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Trigger warning. Nazis being Nazis. Wasn’t just bannon.
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NEW: One of Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate a critically important calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change imposes on the economy.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals
The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.
propub.li
February 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
NEW: One of Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate a critically important calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change imposes on the economy.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
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“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.”
By NYT Greg Jaffe
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
By NYT Greg Jaffe
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
Hegseth Fires Military’s Top JAG Lawyers in Pursuit of ‘Warrior Ethos’
The defense secretary has repeatedly derided the military lawyers for war crime prosecutions and battlefield rules of engagement.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.”
By NYT Greg Jaffe
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
By NYT Greg Jaffe
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...