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Natasha MacBean
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Associate Professor at Western University (University of Western Ontario) in the Department of Geography and Environment & Department of Biology. C3E Lab: Carbon Cycle, Climate and Ecosystems https://macbeanlab.com
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The 1st Phase of the Calibrated Land Model Intercomparison Project (CalLMIP) was launched today!

For more information see the website: callmip-org.github.io

A recording of the webinar can be found on the website under "Events" -> "CalLMIP 1st Phase Community Launch"
Western University is seeking applications for the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (CIRC) program, which aims to attract world-leading researchers to come and work at Canadian universities: www.uwo.ca/research/can... 1/3
Application process - Canada.ca
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December 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Démantèlement du NCAR : une déclaration importante de la direction du CNRS-INSU
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December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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NCAR’s Mesa Lab is literally a science castle dedicated to understanding our planet in an open and collaborative way, and leading the world in that effort. We cannot let this happen.
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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NCAR is a unique & valuable asset - far more than a climate model, or observations, or technology, or training ground, or gathering space. It covers weather, space weather, data, climate, paleo-climate, and everything in-between. It's building is an icon, but it's iconic status goes far beyond that.
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen.

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Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
JAMES (Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems) is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief starting in January 2027. Please see the announcement here: www.agu.org/-/media/file... for more information.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 — 𝐂𝐆𝐔 & 𝐈𝐀𝐇-𝐂𝐍𝐂 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 24-27, 2026⁣⁣
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𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐁𝟓 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞⁣⁣

𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: January 10, 2026, 11:59pm PST⁣⁣

Submit your abstract here:⁣⁣ www.meet-here.ca/cgu-iah_2026...
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The 1st Phase of the Calibrated Land Model Intercomparison Project (CalLMIP) was launched today!

For more information see the website: callmip-org.github.io

A recording of the webinar can be found on the website under "Events" -> "CalLMIP 1st Phase Community Launch"
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Collatz, Berry, Clark, Sellers and colleagues practicing open data policies since the mid 90s :-)
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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On Monday 10th @14:00 BST |15:00 CET |07:00 MT, the International Land Model Forum and ISI-MIP are hosting a joint webinar. Topics will include:
The design of ISIMIP experiments,
Harmonization of forcing and land-use data,
Shared challenges e.g. generating sub-daily forcings for offline forcing.
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Out today in JAMES!! Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning doi.org/10.1029/2024... led by Nina Raoult, Natalie Douglas, @janasknits.bsky.social, @tquaife.bsky.social, me, and an awesome team of folks in the community 1/2
Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning
Data assimilation (DA) has been shown to be a powerful tool for reducing land surface model (LSM) parametric uncertainty Machine learning can facilitate parameter estimation by enhancing computat...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
8 PhD positions open at Université Paris-Saclay as part of their "Stand Up For Science" call: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/call-phd-...
Call « PhD call Stand up for Science UPSaclay »
Eight positions are open for PhD students in the following fields: climate change, environmental sciences, global health, human and social sciences and energy transition.Intended audience: students el...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
ICYMI: AGU now has a reviewer interest form that you can fill out here: www.agu.org/publications.... Please share widely with anyone you think may be interested in reviewing for AGU journals. As we all know it is becoming harder and harder to find reviewers these days!
Reviewers | AGU
AGU's volunteer reviewers help advance the Earth and space sciences and maintain the integrity and accountability of the scientific record. Become a reviewer. 
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January 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you're at #AGU24 #AGU2024 and keen to hear more about the ARID scoping study for NASA'S 10 year field campaign then come to our town hall on Wednesday 12:30-1:30pm in Salon B. Also, check out aridscoping.arizona.edu!
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December 11, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Back at #AGU24 #AGU2024 in person after 5 years, 2 babies, an international move, and a global pandemic. It's great to be back with my science fam! And great to meet many folks who I've gotten to know so well on Zoom. 😊
December 11, 2024 at 3:47 AM