I think it would be beneficial if journalism outlets were endowment-funded nonprofits (a la universities) rather than for-profit companies
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I think it would be beneficial if journalism outlets were endowment-funded nonprofits (a la universities) rather than for-profit companies
And somehow Sinners, which is literally a musical, is in the drama category.
Just noticed that the entire OSPA program is on hiatus for #AGU25. Does anyone know the back story?
Published today in Earth System Science Data: The Global Carbon Budget 2025
essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
Very interesting paper. I have thought about running this experiment using a computer model. Really cool to see it demonstrated from field measurements.
This should have important implications for photosynthesis and respiration rates. Increased leaf temperature could offset carbon gains from eCO2.
Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
Attention Bluesky - @noupside.bsky.social & @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social say,
"To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts & nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence."
Do you agree? What change is most important? 🧵🧪
Bill Bryson comes to mind, especially his travelogues (A Walk in the Woods, In a Sunburned Country, etc.)
I can do it. DM me your email?
How guaranteed are the ESA page fee grants if I apply? I want to submit, but don't really have money for publication fees. @esajournals.bsky.social
Oxford commas are important @nature.com
I did First Lego League for a few years, starting in third grade. The topic that year was climate change in the arctic. I remember emailing a professor at UNH and being amazed that a real life scientist replied to our email. Anyway, I'm a climate scientist now.
"this product is good because it's like having a pocket full of PhDs" just suggests to me you've never actually been in a room with a bunch of experts on a topic.
You think you're going to come away with a quick, simple, easy-to-digest summary of their expertise? Think again.
Farthest I've been:
N: Edinburgh (55.9° N)
E: Shanghai (121.4° E)
S: San Juan, PR (18.4° N)
W: Kona, HI (156° W)
My take: Science gives us knowledge but not wisdom. Wisdom = knowledge + values.
So science can tell you what's true, but not what's important. Your values tell you what's important, but those are far more subjective. Your wisdom is your combination of what is true and what you think is important.
Today I learned that Python alphabetizes based on Unicode values, where all capital letters are before all lowercase letters. So "Z" will be sorted before "e".
Only a couple more days to submit to our #AGU25 session on Conservation Ecohydrology! It's a very fun session with lots of interesting applied ecohydrology studies. 🌲💧🚜
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
At some point, I wonder if it makes sense to have newspapers and other longform media outlets supported by endowments in the same way that foundations and universities are.
FYI @aguecohydro.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social
Please consider submitting to our #AGU25 session Conservation Ecohydrology (H053).
There are always interesting presentations on fun and novel applications of ecohydrology methods. Past presentations have covered everything from beavers to gold mines to power plants.
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
Excited to be a part of this effort!
I believe this is the "don't look up" approach to environmental policy.
Just found the greatest scientific article of all time
Thermal infrared remote sensing, both from space and near Earth’s surface, is unlocking new ways to study ecosystems, from individual leaves to entire landscapes, write @mostafaj.bsky.social, @stephpau.bsky.social, and colleagues. eos.org/science-upda...
+1 for Writing Science by Joshua Schimel
It was great to be a part of this effort. I'm really excited for the new infrastructure and protocols that are going to help standardize and scale proximal remote sensing over the next few years.
During COVID times, I had charts like this for my asynchronous lectures. They looked similar, although the initial drop off wasn't as steep.
