Savannah Ferretti

The GRFP announcement from NSF cuts out an entire cohort of 2nd year students from consideration, without warning. This is so deeply unfair that it warrants a formal protest from the scientific community. If someone wants to work with me to craft an open letter and solicit signatures, LMK.

Thank you @mattepritchard.bsky.social!

Explaining South Asian Monsoon Rainfall Seasonality Using a Metric of Plume Buoyancy A buoyancy-based process-oriented diagnostic (POD) describes South Asian monsoon rainfall at monthly and subregional (500–1,000 km) scales The POD predicts the sign of monsoon rainfall changes in...

My first lead-author paper, “Explaining South Asian Monsoon Rainfall Seasonality Using a Metric of Plume Buoyancy,” has been published in Geophysical Research Letters! 🌧️

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Thanks for sharing my paper! 😁

‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels “There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.

"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)

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BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.

This is what you get when you try to access them online

Ok, so Republicans just introduced a 900 page bill none of them have read. But my team is going through it line by line and on this 🧵you can see the hidden provisions we found. Will update all day.

1/ NEW Medicaid cuts, so now 17 million - instead of 16M - lose health care.

This is fucking insane. Closing these NOAA labs would obliterate our ability to observe, understand, and forecast the Earth System, from weather systems tomorrow to sea levels 50 years from now.

Text from the 1990 global change research act (see link above).

The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline.

The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.

It's only Monday of the following week and...

❌ Entire 'proposed' climate budget zeroed out for FY26 in the DoC's budget justification for NOAA.
❌ The congressionally mandated (and paid with your taxpayer dollars) National Climate Assessment has just been removed from their website host entirely.

I'm hiring a postdoc in tropical cloud-climate dynamics! Learn more here drive.google.com/file/d/17Qv-...

This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.

Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow!

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Updates on NSF Priorities

NSF killing broader impacts as they've been practiced.

"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

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Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.

Spread the word to drive attention and support!

Yep, I still don't think people realize how dire the situation actually is internally...

What did I say.

Your wallet is being cleaned out by expert pickpockets. This is criminal. Literally criminal. I call for an IMMEDIATE investigation into who knew what, when, and what they did with the info. You can bet the Admin and many here in DC are considerably richer tonight than they were this morning.

When Musk tells you that he is sure there is massive fraud in government, it is more of a confession about how he operates rather than an unbiased assessment of how public servants work.

Former NOAA employee says layoffs could impact coverage of weather and severe storms ABC News’ Juju Chang spoke with Zachary Labe, formerly of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, about how the agency's 600 layoffs could impact access to critical weather predictions.

"... how the agency's 600 layoffs could impact access to critical weather predictions." via ABC News

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

We now have a website. udm14.com

One of my favorite places to visit in Ithaca, please #savethemuseumoftheearth!

just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.

Earth and Space Scientists Against Genocide December 2024 We, the undersigned members of the Earth and space science community, call on the American Geophysical Union to cancel its association with the Lockheed Martin Corporation. By accepting ...

#agu24 participant petition calling for AGU to cut ties with genocide profiteer Lockheed Martin-can be signed anonymously if work conditions make it unsafe to be public Bit.ly/against_genocide

At #AGU24? Stop by my poster today!

🌧️ Spatiotemporal Stress-Testing of a Process-Oriented Diagnostic for Rainfall: #1747 in Atmospheric Sciences.