Adam Sobel

LDEO postdocs traversing a volcanic dike on the Olomana Trail in Oahu. Credit: Brandon Shuck

📣 Postdoc opportunity alert! Join our dynamic community of Earth, environmental, and climate scientists as LDEO postdoctoral fellow. Principal criteria: scientific excellence + clear plan to investigate problems at forefront of Earth science. ➡️ Apply by Nov 7: lamont.columbia.edu/about/postdo...

Our friends @saveaidsresearch.bsky.social have just begun their own 24 hour livestream to #saveAIDSresearch. Go support them and learn about what decades of federally funded science has achieved and we stand to lose!

We're hiring! We have an open search for an Assistant Professor in physics of the ocean and/or atmosphere in Columbia's Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Please circulate this information to good candidates, and apply yourself if you are one! Ad & link to apply: apply.interfolio.com/173819

Protect Science and Innovation

Today is a day of action to protect science and American innovation. Email Congress, call your representative. www.protectscienceandinnovation.org

I was thrilled that @climatefran.bsky.social let me play a supporting role in this work. It's a step towards the big goal of a broad theoretical framework for adaptation-oriented climate risk science.

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows An analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science shows the impact of the administration’s budget plan on the kind of studies that produce the most breakthroughs.

If Trump's proposed budget were adopted, it would end the United States' longstanding dominance as the world leader in science and innovation.

Thanks Adam for sharing what's going on with us with everyone else!

You mention the Weather and Climate Livestream at the end, recording were just posted to Youtube! bsky.app/profile/wcli...

Both science and universities in the US are in the process of being devastated by our current president and his administration. I felt compelled to use my little platform to say something about this. So instead of my uncle, I'm talking about this instead, this week on the podcast. bit.ly/3Ta2FIE

On the latest episode of The Sumner Files: the legendary Connie Burg! Connie was essential to the sounds of Mars and John Gavanti, and stayed lifelong friends with Sumner, as evidenced by how many of his paintings feature her face. It was an honor and a pleasure!
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Emerging Environments Science Podcast · Updated Semimonthly · Join hosts Stu Livingstone and Karen Smith as they put a spotlight on the people that are studying and thinking about environmental change. There is so much sci...

Thanks so much to Karen Smith and Stuart Livingstone for having me on their Emerging Environments podcast. We talked mostly about the current crisis in US science, but also life & career choices, science communication, etc. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

Table showing FY26 budget numbers for NOAA from the Trump Administration.

Trump's Budget is out. For NOAA, it's exactly what the previous passback document showed.
Trump administration eliminations NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research in its ongoing fight against science and reality.

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Such a privilege to host this panel earlier today with my own scientific heroes. But sobering to hear such statements from these distinguished scientists.

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

Photo of the a large group of GISS employees/colleagues in front of Toms Restaurant with a prominent street sign saying "112th St" taken from the middle of Broadway. Credit: Tricia Baron.

Last day at the GISS building (Wed. May 28th). 🥲

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Last few hours of the weather & climate livestream. It has been an amazing thing to witness and be part of. Put on by a fantastic, dedicated group of young scientists, with participation from the whole community in this scientific field. www.youtube.com/@wclivestrea...

The Sumner Files' new episode, I talk with Susan Lehman, aka Sue Crane, aka my Aunt Sue! She talks about her memories of Sumner, his art and personality, and their happy life together. Featuring a couple of exclusive music clips from Sumner's cassette archive! deep-convection.org/2025/05/29/t...

I'm honored to be a part of this, speaking at 8:45 pm tonight. Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together this event. It's an amazing real-time document of the state of US weather and climate science in 2025, and everything that's at risk due to the proposed catastrophic budget cuts.

Kelly is the best, go work for her! Good opportunity for those wanting to move from academia/govt to private sector!

Decommissioned, retired, paused: The weather, climate, and Earth science data the government doesn’t want you to see The Trump administration is undermining the collection and distribution of essential weather and climate information, right before hurricane season.

It’s hard to overstate how important Unidata is to weather research & communication, but the program paused most of its operations this month due to a lapse in funding from the NSF freeze. Staff is furloughed & it is unclear when they will be able to resume operations thebulletin.org/2025/05/deco...

It's outrageous that NASA GISS, one of the best earth & space science labs in the world, is being kicked out of its Columbia home. The outstanding scientists who work there can't say that publicly, but I can. And so can you --- call your reps, esp. (but not only) if you live in NYC or NY state.

The Weather & Climate Livestream Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.

📢 URGENT: Graphic designer needed to design materials for our public event opposing federal budget cuts to weather/climate research. The event is only a week away! Details of the event at wclivestream.com DM if interested or tag someone who might be!

Big day for the destruction of the US:
GOP budget: raise deficit by $2.3 trillion over 10 yrs, raise incomes of the richest 10% and cut incomes of the poorest 10%.
Cryptocurrency is stealing $$ from us to protect crypto bros.
Medicare/MediCal are being cut.
GOP is using nuclear option in the Senate.

Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life The Trump administrations has canceled more than 1,400 federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and much more.

The proposed cuts to NSF would be a national catastrophe.
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Every time I post about this project, it feels crazier and crazier, given the horrors in the news, and esp. in my own field of climate science. But I need this to keep me sane so I can have the strength to do the most I can do about all that.

New on The Sumner Files today: Cynthia Sobel, my mom! And Sumner's sister. She talks about their parents and their childhoods, and other memories - like Sumner taking her and my dad to see Bob Dylan at Carnegie Hall in 1963. deep-convection.org/2025/05/14/t...

The summer fight for science. The time is now. Join the fight at standupforscience.net.

☀️THE SUMMER FIGHT FOR SCIENCE☀️

🫵 WHO: You + all our friends

🧪 WHAT: Share science with your neighbors and tell them about the impact of proposed budget cuts.

🇺🇸 WHERE: Your local community

🏖️ WHEN: Now to Sept 30th

🔬 WHY: The 9/30 budget vote will determine the future of science in America.

The National Weather Service Is Understaffed and Facing Huge Cuts—That Could Cost Lives Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have been made by the Trump administration are a danger to public safety as tornadoes, hurricanes and heat loom this spring an...

There are so many, many ways these cuts are going to affect not only the country's economy but public safety. 🧪

(Thanks to @drjeffmasters.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social, @coweatherman.bsky.social, JoAnn Becker, Rick Spinrad, and Louis Uccellini for their help on this one.)

Today, House Republicans are unveiling their plan to increase energy bills and pollution for everyday Americans, just to give billionaires another tax break. A summary of their proposals. THREAD! 🧵