Natasha MacBean

Applicants must be international researchers working and residing outside of Canada; this includes expatriates wishing to return to Canada.

One of the key strategic priority areas is environment, climate resilience, and the Arctic.

Please see the announcement above for further details. 3/3

CIRC holders will receive one of two award values:

$8 million over eight years ($1 million per year); or
$4 million over eight years ($500,000 per year)

depending on research costs/needs. There is also the potential for a four-year extension at a rate of 50% of the initial award value. 2/3

Western University is seeking applications for the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (CIRC) program, which aims to attract world-leading researchers to come and work at Canadian universities: www.uwo.ca/research/can... 1/3

Démantèlement du NCAR : une déclaration importante de la direction du CNRS-INSU

NCAR’s Mesa Lab is literally a science castle dedicated to understanding our planet in an open and collaborative way, and leading the world in that effort. We cannot let this happen.

NCAR is a unique & valuable asset - far more than a climate model, or observations, or technology, or training ground, or gathering space. It covers weather, space weather, data, climate, paleo-climate, and everything in-between. It's building is an icon, but it's iconic status goes far beyond that.

The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen.

eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Deadline to apply is 1st May 2026.

JAMES (Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems) is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief starting in January 2027. Please see the announcement here: www.agu.org/-/media/file... for more information.

For information on conference registration fees, accommodation, and travel, please visit: www.meet-here.ca/CGU2026
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 will open on December 15th, 2025.⁣⁣

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬: Sian Kou-Giesbrecht (Simon Fraser University), Alexis Berg (Université de Montreal), Natasha MacBean (University of Western Ontario), Oliver Sonnentag (Université de Montreal).⁣⁣

We welcome contributions on land surface modelling/observations of terrestrial water, energy and carbon fluxes, and associated feedbacks on the regional and global climate system (See attached image for full description).⁣⁣

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 — 𝐂𝐆𝐔 & 𝐈𝐀𝐇-𝐂𝐍𝐂 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 24-27, 2026⁣⁣
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𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐁𝟓 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞⁣⁣

𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: January 10, 2026, 11:59pm PST⁣⁣

Submit your abstract here:⁣⁣ www.meet-here.ca/cgu-iah_2026...

We're looking forward to collaborating with all participating model groups!

The 1st Phase of the Calibrated Land Model Intercomparison Project (CalLMIP) was launched today!

For more information see the website: callmip-org.github.io

A recording of the webinar can be found on the website under "Events" -> "CalLMIP 1st Phase Community Launch"

Collatz, Berry, Clark, Sellers and colleagues practicing open data policies since the mid 90s :-)

On Monday 10th @14:00 BST |15:00 CET |07:00 MT, the International Land Model Forum and ISI-MIP are hosting a joint webinar. Topics will include:
The design of ISIMIP experiments,
Harmonization of forcing and land-use data,
Shared challenges e.g. generating sub-daily forcings for offline forcing.

Thank you!! :-)

I'm biased I guess but IMO an awesome review of DA and ML methods for parameter estimation in land surface models, a brief history (we couldn't fit everything in!), plus remaining challenges and potential solutions. Hopefully especially useful for ECRs new to the field! 2/2

Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning Data assimilation (DA) has been shown to be a powerful tool for reducing land surface model (LSM) parametric uncertainty Machine learning can facilitate parameter estimation by enhancing computat...

Out today in JAMES!! Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning doi.org/10.1029/2024... led by Nina Raoult, Natalie Douglas, @janasknits.bsky.social, @tquaife.bsky.social, me, and an awesome team of folks in the community 1/2

Great idea thanks Rosie! Please add me!

Call « PhD call Stand up for Science UPSaclay » Eight positions are open for PhD students in the following fields: climate change, environmental sciences, global health, human and social sciences and energy transition.Intended audience: students el...

8 PhD positions open at Université Paris-Saclay as part of their "Stand Up For Science" call: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/call-phd-...

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ICYMI: AGU now has a reviewer interest form that you can fill out here: www.agu.org/publications.... Please share widely with anyone you think may be interested in reviewing for AGU journals. As we all know it is becoming harder and harder to find reviewers these days!

If you're at #AGU24 #AGU2024 and keen to hear more about the ARID scoping study for NASA'S 10 year field campaign then come to our town hall on Wednesday 12:30-1:30pm in Salon B. Also, check out aridscoping.arizona.edu!

Back at #AGU24 #AGU2024 in person after 5 years, 2 babies, an international move, and a global pandemic. It's great to be back with my science fam! And great to meet many folks who I've gotten to know so well on Zoom. 😊