Ken Buesseler

Image of shrimp for a story about radioactive shrimp that were stopped from being imported to US on their way to Walmart

Its not every day you wake up and are asked about #radioactive shrimp!
I guess Marco Werman at #PRX's the World wanted the down low from this #WHOI marine radiochemist. Listen here to the story.
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Lucky to have found this new talent to help us move forward with the research agenda of ExOIS. More on those plans at oceaniron.org 🌊

All natural and experimental ocean iron additions have resulted in blooms of diatoms, which are a biotic pathway for efficient and durable C storage in the deep sea.

Rather than repeating crazy headlines, everyone should read the paper, which suggests ocean iron fertilization could remove 200 Gt of atmospheric CO2, with only a 3% reduction in ocean oxygen. Let’s not be hasty in deciding which solutions are best until we have more research on all mCDR approaches🌊

If you are in Nice for UNOC3, don't miss this panel next Tuesday afternoon.

Wish I could be there! and hope others in Nice don't miss this great panel.

A Complete List of Everything in the Republican Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save (Gift Article) In hundreds of provisions across taxes, spending and more, the G.O.P. megabill would preserve lower tax rates for most Americans, increase federal debt by nearly $3 trillion and make large cuts to Med...

$1000 per DAY (>$300K/yr)- this is the proposed tax cut for the top 0.1% of earners making more than $5M/yr. Cut the cuts and you can balance the budget AND still pay for medicaid, food programs, climate security, education, scientific and medical advances.

Circle is area impacted by iron input from fire resulting in additional carbon leaving ocean

These posts about why ocean iron is so ineffective, ignore nature’s large scale response to changing iron inputs – wildfires in Australia were just one example (Tang et al., 2021, doi.org/10.1038/s415...) which led to 100’s million tons of additional C export 🌊

A great short term opportunity for someone looking to help move forward the mCDR science agenda. Spread the word

Yes, remember the alternative to no mCDR is the climate crisis we are in. With or without good science, some approaches will move forward for the wrong reasons. So we need to be "learning by doing" and studying multiple land and ocean based CDR approaches.🌊

reposting with 🌊 emoji so its picked up by the oceanography postings. Let's see if that works and if it is still linked to the response by @altagliabue.bsky.social I need to learn my Bluesky protocols!

Let's see- 0.5 PgC/yr for iron, if mCDR using Alkalinity, seaweed and electrochemical/DOC methods matched (and there are others), that would be 2 PgC/yr (= 2 GtC/yr) or almost 8 Gt CO2-eq/yr or 20% of annual emissions! I'd say that glass is more than half full. Lets work together to solve this.

Let's see- 0.5 PgC/yr for iron, if mCDR using Alkalinity, seaweed and electrochemical/DOC methods matched (and there are others), that would be 2 PgC/yr (= 2 GtC/yr) or almost 8 Gt CO2-eq/yr or 20% of annual emissions! I'd say that glass is more than half full. Lets work together to solve this.

Funny, I read Tagliabue et al 2023 which predicted 15.5% biomass loss by 2100 due to climate change and -20.5% with massive OIF. We can't even predict this year's cod catch off Cape Cod to 5% yet during those same years they predict 40 GtC removal (152 Gt CO2). I guess to some that's not enough.

Wish I could have joined you in Liege, but based on this title- ok, who decides and which mCDR approaches and why, are they deemed worth no further consideration? Easier said than done.

FYI it’s my grandma’s pie tin, rolling pin and even the rhubarb plants in the garden that all came from her home and make this so special today

Spring rhubarb is here so time to make the first #pie of the season on Mother’s Day.

Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns Sethuraman Panchanathan abruptly leaves helm of US funding agency after Elon Musk’s DOGE arrives.

Over 1000 grants terminated at NSF. Coming with statements that termination is not subject to appeal, despite an NSF policy and a federal policy that both say otherwise!

The destruction continues… Stand together.🧪🌊

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This type of “data”

Thanks to those organizing this. It’s by collecting this type of days that we can show how wide and far the damage has already become. Imagine if the 55% cuts come through as well. We all need to stand up for science. 🧪🌊

Thanks to those organizing this. It’s by collecting this type of days that we can show how wide and far the damage has already become. Imagine if the 55% cuts come through as well. We all need to stand up for science. 🧪🌊

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Report your NSF grant termination here. 🌊🧪

There is also a link to view a list of grants that have been terminated.

Elon Musk bankrolled a $100M climate contest. Now it's ‘tainted.’ The billionaire funded an XPrize for carbon removal. But he won't be at the ceremony announcing the winner Wednesday.

The billionaire class is stepping back from their commitments to fight climate change. Latest $100M XPrize for climate was launched to much fanfare. Now its crickets. “Musk sold himself out, and I think that’s reprehensible,” said Wil Burns
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...

Sunday thought The contagion of courage

Important to remember-

Every person who stands up to the Trump regime’s lawlessness and cruelty summons others to do the same.

Every institutional leader who defies Trump’s orders encourages other institutional leaders to defy similar orders.

more at open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

As Ben Franklin said "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately"

YouTube video by MSNBC 'Don't fight alone': Universities band together to defend against Trump attacks

Universities should have independence from the government and following Harvard’s lead, the Big 10 schools which include MI State, Rutgers, Indiana U, etc agree to form a compact to fight off trumps threats. This is how to stand up and fight to protect our democracy!

#MomSky

Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump Is ‘of Momentous Significance’ (Gift Article) But a fight with the nation’s oldest, richest and most elite university is a battle that President Trump and his powerful aide, Stephen Miller, want to have.

No government.. should dictate what private universities can teach..admit and hire, which areas of study..they can pursue” Harvard’s president words need to be SHOUTED from the roof tops. Replace “university” with “state" or "city" or "health center” and you get the idea where this is going 🧪🌊

Guest Commentary: We Must Stand Together Leaders from three, prominent Woods Hole research institutions emphasize the need for unbiased science

This is a strong example of a local response by Woods Hole ocean science institutions to the larger issues disrupting and ending valuable science programs in the US. I know there have been others stepping up to stand for science. Let's make our voices heard bit.ly/3XLnkp2 🌊🧪

The State of the Science Union What You Didn’t Hear Last Night but Need to Know Last night, President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress...

#AGU puts it nicely- fast and furious halts to #science funding along with sweeping terminations of federal workers at key agencies is ushering in a dark age of retreat on climate research, leadership, and international engagement. 🧪🌊
fromtheprow.agu.org/the-state-of...

Thank you #AGU for your response to this chaotic, illegal and unconstitution breakdown of #science and the rest of this democracy coming from this administration.

Read more at about AGU Membership Waivers, Career Support, and Access to Critical Research
- go.agu.org/index.php/em...

Another loss for science and the future prosperity of our country.