Abigail Swann, PhD

The landscape of jobs that value climate science training is changing fast! You can find some profiles from the earth science women’s network here, probably with a research heavy skew n0o.15a.myftpupload.com/our-members/...

The Land Model and Biogeochemistry working groups at NCAR have their meetings Tu-Th this week, and you can join virtually! Register (free) to get the link to join and find the agenda of talks here: www.cesm.ucar.edu/events/worki...

I have a distinct memory of watching biathlon in a prior Olympics and the commentator said the Norwegian team had 23 wax technicians (!).

Time to show them Portlandia?

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We didn’t know where it was yet when I was in grad school!

Someone without a science degree or any science research experience nominated to be in charge of NSF.

Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.

Need more industries to speak up against the attacks on NCAR.

www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...

YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream We ❤️ NCAR - Let's Save It!

Last December, weather and climate scientists sat down with us to tell us why they loved the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and why it benefits us all. Last night, the NSF began dismantling it. Listen to what they have to say, and why it's urgent that we #SaveNCAR wclivestream.com/act

A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who.

The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center was created to protect us against extreme weather and climate change. Now it's being transferred to an unknown "third party": www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/c... Tell Congress and the NSF to stop the transfer and #SaveNCAR wclivestream.com/act youtu.be/pT8dCoZgH_M

Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.

The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide.
"Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...

I think we haven’t quantified all the things the land carbon sink might do yet. And the land carbon cycles in ESMs are quite linear but are missing a number of processes which could be quite non-linear.

I don’t publish that many papers so I’m more than meeting this metric. But I get >3 review requests each week, sometimes more. So I’m still declining a large % of the requests… I feel like editors are possibly frustrated with me, but with so many journals requesting they can’t see the whole picture.

adding a relevant point: this is true if the temperature adjustment after zero emissions is close to zero (which as far as we can tell so far it seems to be). I think we have a conceptual understanding that it is zero from an emergent balance between carbon and heat, but not a good theory for why.

Figure showing cumulative fossil fuel emissions on the x-axis and global mean surface temperature on the y-axis. The data is plotted for 1850-2024 and show a very linear relationship.

There is a very linear relationship between cumulative fossil fuel emissions vs. global mean surface air temperature from 1850-2024.

I saw that too 😂

Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...

Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...

I agree with @benmsanderson.bsky.social ! Unfortunately I’m not sure that there is an easy list of which model versions exactly have active BGC beyond those that did C4MIP or table 5.4 from AR6.

Only about 12 ESMs ran emissions driven simulations in CMIP6. Some number more have active biogeochemistry, but not all.

I was on two. One invited 🫣 (I’m not the lead tho)

Feeding 9 Billion - National Geographic When we think about threats to the environment, we tend to picture cars and smokestacks, not dinner. But the truth is, our need for food poses one of the biggest dangers to the planet.

Could startwith the feed for fuel map here: www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures...

Russo’s in Watertown!

I find the shops where you can buy spices from bulk bins are generally a better deal but not sure about saffron specifically. Have you been to russos yet? Can’t reminder if they have bulk spices but they have great vegetables.

Doesn’t sound like the person sending the email was an atmospheric scientist themselves though?

I've seen several Big Climate Accounts™ post about how the recent winter storm was made worse by climate change. It's a convenient narrative.

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But what is "worse"? Colder temperatures? More snow? More freezing rain? Is there any primary literature supporting the idea of worse snowstorms?

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Share your comments on NCAR with NSF Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March

@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...

#SaveNCAR

Also in seattle! Acclimation is real!

We had a day of kindergarten over zoom last year. Playing in the snow would have been time better spent!

NSF has just put out a call for 'concepts' on how to evolve weather forecasting & computing related parts of NCAR.

The word climate *does not appear* in this document, but it does ask for ideas on "Ownership of the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab building for private use"

Call for input by March 13....

NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure

GOOD! meanwhile... www.nsf.gov/funding/info...