Matthias Sprenger

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

The anti-science Trumpers may be planning to destroy two working satellites that provide vital measurements about carbon dioxide & climate (and data that forecasts crop yield, drought conditions, & more). They cost $750 million to make but only $15 million/yr to operate.
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

Nothing every changes but the climate When I became a climate scientist nearly 22 years ago, I started accumulating books on the subject. One of the first was called something1 like “Global Warming: Apocalypse or Hot Air?” …

Nothing ever changes but the climate

Some initial notes on the DOE Critical Review of Impact of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the US Climate

And a 🧵 of other responses I'm aware of (let me know if you know of others)

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The new DOE Climate report Since ClimateballTM (H/T Willard) is back with the publication of the first report from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Climate Working Group, I thought it was time to start writing posts…

And then there's And then there's physics

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🎉New preprint!

"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"

tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk

We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA!

Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.

Here's said mascot along with an excellent checklist by @shreyadimri.bsky.social

A screenshot of the DOE Twitter account posting "She is the moment" with a picture of coal

The US department that used to be proud of 118 affiliated iconic and legendary Nobel Laureates, now apparently believes that coal is the icon and legend.

Drought in Utah.

Nothing says climate policy like skipping brunch and hoping the sky notices.

Writing Through My Policy Depression It's been a bad week on top of a bad month on top of a bad year. What to do?

So... yeah. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/writing-th...

DOE climate report response form We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me. We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.

🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨

Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.

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"The irony of the report’s promotion at a time when the White House is launching multiple fronts of attacks on traditional science—including removing the authors of the National Climate Assessment from their roles in April—is not lost on mainstream scientists."

Ecological and hydroclimatic determinants of vegetation water-use strategies - Nature Ecology & Evolution Vegetation responses to water limitation are difficult to predict due to large variation across space and time. A new analysis of global soil moisture dynamics reveals that water-use strategies vary s...

Co-authored paper is now available at Nature Ecology & Evolution! We applied the nonlinear soil moisture loss model, which we published last month in GRL (Araki et al., 2025), to in-situ field sensor data to reveal emergent patterns of water competition.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

does anyone know of a coordinated response? this would take any single person months of work to go through and point out all of the errors, but I think we could have a pretty comprehensive response much sooner if we split up the work.

Interested in #bigdata #river #Biogeochem #interdisciplinary collaboration? A postdoc opportunity in the Sullivan group, one of the most supportive & nurturing mentors I ever know.

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Major pipeline canceled after years of delays, accusations of environmental injustice "I feel good — I can sleep better at night," said one resident of a historically Black community in Virginia. "And now I know I'll be breathing clean air."

Five years ago this month a loosely-knit coalition of grassroots organizations, environmental groups, & everyday people defeated the Atlantic Coast Pipeline—an $8 billion fracked gas project that energy companies had long called a "done deal."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... #EnvironmentalJustice

Swiss data quality: augmenting CAMELS-CH with isotopes, water quality, agricultural and atmospheric data - Scientific Data Scientific Data - Swiss data quality: augmenting CAMELS-CH with isotopes, water quality, agricultural and atmospheric data

Happy to share that if you are interested in large sample hydrology datasets and specifically water quality data you can now check our now officially published dataset:

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Only a few days left until the abstract submission deadline for the Classical Runoff Generation Session!
📅 Submit your abstract now!
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Calling all catchment enthusiasts! Do you have any catchment science or critical zone science updates to share? Please consider attending and supporting long-term sites by submitting an abstract to H046! #AGU2025

Please consider Frontiers in Ecohydro - Sam Hartzell and Sophie Ruehr invited speakers! #AGU25

Listening to this interview of this whistleblower and it’s about as clearcut as you can ask for. Trump officials wanted him to lie to judges, claiming an immigrant was a gang member. He refused to. Then he was fired. This is why civil service protections, now being ignored, matter.

Inviting submissions to our session!
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SESSION H048 - Challenges and Solutions for Hydrologic Scaling Across Multiple Processes and Scales

See the link below:
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Shout out to:
@agucatchhydro.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social @agu.org

The July–August edition of the AGU Hydrology Section Newsletter is now available!

Read it here: connect.agu.org/hydrology/ne...

So excited for the 2nd edition of this all-encompassing urban ecohydrology session, aiming to bring together the entire urban science community at #AGU25!

H147 - Urban Ecohydrology in a Changing Climate: People–Plant–Water Dynamics in the Built Environment

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Abstracts for the AGU Ecohydrology Sponsored Sessions are due July 30!

We're offering four engaging sessions for ecohydrologists across all disciplines. Share your insights, spark new conversations, and be part of the vibrant #ecohydrology community at #AGU25!
#callforabstracts

a cartoon of snoopy laying in a red shack in the snow with the words trendreisst below him Alt: a cartoon of snoopy laying in a red shack in the snow

Feels like a weird time to be talking about regular stuff, but: if you're working on climate and snow and headed to AGU, consider submitting to our session! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Lucky to be organizing with @mtnclimrhoades.bsky.social , Will Rudisill, Kate Hale, @akoshkin.bsky.social

AGU H3S invites you to submit an abstract to our session at #AGU25 Thinking Outside the Box Plot:
Communicating Science Beyond the Paper! The session explores creative ways to communicate research. Conveners: @adischner.bsky.social
@acarneiromar.bsky.social
@gescilam.bsky.social
Cee Nell
Emily Ellis

post for session with agu banner on top, left is session title: B061 - Measuring and Modeling the Role of Roots and Belowground Processes in Biogeochemical Cycles" Beneath is convener names: Emma Hauser Avni Malhotra M. Luke McCormack S. Joseph Tumber-Dávila and to the right is the session abstract, which can be found in the attached link

Attending #AGU25 and want to talk Roots?!
Consider submitting an abstract to our session by July 30th ⏲️
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AGU H3S invites you to contribute to our session at #AGU25 Hydrology Student, Postdoc, and
Early Career Flash Talks! This session highlights
research performed by fellow Early Career Researchers within the field of Hydrology. Conveners: Matthew Preisser and Kathryn Moore

Wondering where to submit your abstract for #AGU25
@agu.org annual meeting? Consider our cross-scale "Forest Physiological and Ecological Processes from Molecules to Ecosystems" organized session (#246685)! #EcoPhys