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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱

Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

The ocean needs everyone's help. That includes all types of people. Everyone.

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Permanent lectureship position currently advertised at UCL Earth Sciences. My good friend an colleague just started there and loves it!

Applications close June 24th...

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@ucl.ac.uk @es-ucl.bsky.social

🚨 WORK WITH US at @utas.edu.au IN HOBART!

🧊 Research Associate – Ice Core Atmospheric Sciences

🫧 Play a lead role in interpreting gas records from the Million Year Ice Core (MYIC) @millionyearice.bsky.social project

✍️ Applications close 13 July 2025

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Come and join the most awesome GEOTRACES Early Career Scientists Committee to have ever existed! (Also the first). Time running out ⏰

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

New graduate fellowship opportunity in microbial ecology from the Simons Foundation for students starting in fall 2026 www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Applications now open for the next GEOTRACES summer school in South Africa! 🦓

Deadline June 30th.

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US brain drain: the scientists seeking jobs abroad amid Trump’s assault on research Five US-based researchers tell Nature why they are exploring career opportunities overseas.

“This no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career“

We spoke to five US-based researchers who are seeking, or moving to, jobs abroad because of the drastic changes imposed on US science by the Trump administration
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Nature project to encourage early-career researchers in peer review is working Science stands to benefit from a project in which experienced academics and early-career researchers co-review studies.

I’m incredibly proud of this - in January, we began a co-reviewing project to encourage established researchers to mentor early-career researchers in carrying out peer review. It adds to diversity of perspectives & helps with gender balance

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@nature.com

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Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades

Scientists have linked fossil fuel companies to specific climate harms for the first time, with five Australian oil, gas and coal companies potentially responsible for $900bn in loss and damage from extreme heat alone.

Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.

NSF Cancels Hundreds of DEI and Disinformation Grants - Eos The National Science Foundation has cancelled hundreds of grants to researchers working on projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as misinformation and disinformation.

On Friday, the NSF announced the cancellation of awards that aren’t aligned with the agency’s mission, “including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation.”

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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff

Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president

The big question is - will the penguins now impose reciprocal tariffs?

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Breaking: penguins on Heard and McDonald Islands hit hard by new US tariffs 🐧 🧊

Still open for applications!

The Climate Shift: Exploring Science, Empowering Action

"Fundamentally, climate change, whatever else it is, is a political problem"

@utas.edu.au have just released a new online course built around climate change, but it's not just an introduction to climate change.

Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke (Gift Article) Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

The Metals Company's proposal to start seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean by 2027 has faced opposition from countries that are rarely aligned on these issues, such as China, Russia, India, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Indonesia, France, Argentina, Uganda, Mauritius, and Fiji.

Senior Research Associate (RA2300) in University of East Anglia | UEA View details and apply for this Senior Research Associate (RA2300) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Environmental Sciences and the National Centre for Atmospheric...

Looking for a climate postdoc position?

Exciting long-term role at UEA to help develop the widely used climate monitoring datasets CRUTEM and CRU-TS, working with @timosbornclim.bsky.social and others.

Deadline: TOMORROW (Fri 28th March).

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📢Excited to share TWO ERC-funded postdoc positions!🧪Are you passionate about molecular mechanisms and marine microbial interactions?🌊🔬Join us in dissecting antagonistic diatom-bacteria interactions, by the sea! tiny.cc/xlfe001 @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social Please msg to hear more!

Job opportunities in climate science & weather change 21st Century Weather is recruiting postdoctoral researchers in climate modelling and weather change research.

We are recruiting for a Research Fellow based at The Australian National University!

Undertaking research to investigate small scale atmospheric and oceanic processes and their role in setting the mean state.

Applications close on Sunday 20 April.

- www.21centuryweather.org.au/about-us/pos...

Tragic.

#ScientistAtWork photo competition A celebration of the striking and colourful work that scientists do around the world.

Our #Scientistsatwork photo competition is open for submissions.

This is a competition for scientists themselves.

Winners will receive £500, a subscription to Nature & have their photo featured alongside an interview in Nature.

Deadline - March 28th

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Wow this is a game changer. PhD scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships are now open to non-Canadians.

Crowds Stand Up for Science Across the United States - Eos Funding freezes, firings, and censorship have sent shockwaves through the science community since January. Scientists and supporters are standing up in defense.

"Crowds Stand Up for Science Across the United States" by Kimberly M. S. Cartier, Emily Dieckman, Jennifer Schmidt and Grace van Deelen for @americangeo.bsky.social #Eos:
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🌊 jobs

Interested in volunteering to be an author for the IPCC AR7 Working Groups?

Nomination process open until 17th April: apps.ipcc.ch/nominations/...

The sun setting over a trail this evening.

Spending time in nature reduces stress, improves mental health, boosts the immune system, and enhances overall well-being. That’s the scientific version.

On nights like this though, I just say that it restores my soul ☀️

‘A dream experiment’: our Australian icebreaker is on a crucial mission to Antarctica | Nathan Bindoff As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected

🌊 "As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected.

The only way to get information like this is to be there."

— Prof Nathan Bindoff, AAPP/@utas.edu.au

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Dark algae could accelerate melting of Greenland ice sheet Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback loop that could lead to faster sea-level rise

Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will exacerbate melt, sea level rise and climate warming.

Climate change is an environmental issue – but it’s not only an environmental issue.

It affects our health, and the economy. It impacts food, water, and resources. It contributes to geopolitical instability and even conflict.

Here are the Canadian scientists who study this.