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Elizabeth Patterson @paleopatt.bsky.social · 6d

Moving sucks! Where to?

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 23

As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers, according to research from last year. https://scim.ag/3JHinJs #ScienceMagArchives

Larger teams worsen academic career prospects

As teams grow, new Ph.D. graduates are less likely to land tenure-track jobs and more likely to leave science—especially women and international researchers

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Interested in #Maya history, #climate change, #stalagmites and #drought, and the #SYP autosampler? Read the latest in our detailed work on a sample from #Tzabnah cave! 😎 kudos to all our collaborators in #Mexico!
@andy-baker.bsky.social @mwclimatesci.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Classic Maya response to multiyear seasonal droughts in Northwest Yucatán, Mexico

Stalagmite record reveals 1- to 13-year droughts in NW Yucatán from 871 to 1021 CE, a time of profound Maya cultural change.

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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · Aug 4

Great to see our work in @eos.org ! A good read for the evening! 😇 kudos to all our friends & colleagues that contribute to this ongoing endeavour - there is so much to learn! 🤩 together - always! @thomasopel.bsky.social @juvmcburst.bsky.social @pucicu.de @scitobias.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

Eos @eos.org · Aug 4

A nearly permafrost-free Arctic? New research from northern Siberian caves holds clues. eos.org/articles/cav...

Cave Deposits Reveal a Permafrost-Free Arctic - Eos

Mineral cave deposits from northern Siberia show that the region was permafrost free during the late Miocene period, when Earth was warmer than today.

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Elizabeth Patterson @paleopatt.bsky.social · Aug 5

The switch to the new SI units (international Shaq units) has begun. Shaq is inevitable.

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Pablo Martínez Sosa (he/él) @terriblelagarto.pmartoza.com · Aug 5

At some point, during grad school, @paleopatt.bsky.social, me, and other people joked on using Shaq as an unit system (distance, isotopic composition, etc). Glad to see the #Creepcast podcast having the same idea.

Picture, created by the Creepcast podcast people, of a big fun squid swimming in the ocean taken from a submersible. On the side, a scale line made of photoshopped Shaquille O'Neals is added for scale.

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Elizabeth Patterson @paleopatt.bsky.social · Jul 22

Speleothem science is cool 😎🦇💧 - come join the party at #AGU25!

Submit your abstract to our session by July 30:

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

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Sayak Basu @sayakbasu.bsky.social · Jul 28

From ancient rainfall to roaming hominins — we’re connecting proxy records, climate models, and evolutionary stories. Join us at AGU 2025 to rethink how climate shaped human history.
#Paleoclimate #ProxyVsModel #HumanEvolution #30thJuly

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Anson Cheung @ansonhcheung.bsky.social · Jul 24

Excited to (finally) share my new paper on Pacific SST and western North America hydroclimate during the Holocene! TL;DR They are connected, CO2 and precession both affect hydroclimate. Thanks @xiaojingdu.bsky.social @meredithparish.bsky.social @baylorfk.bsky.social+others
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The Influence of Carbon Dioxide and Precession on Western North American Hydroclimate and Pacific Sea Surface Temperature During the Holocene

A network of proxy records shows western North American hydroclimate and Pacific sea surface temperature co-evolved during the Holocene The western North America became wetter while the eastern e...

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Ronnie Rattanasriampaipong @paleolipidrr.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are pleased to have @cavemangriff.bsky.social and Sam Bova as invited speakers for our 4th #PaleoSEA session at #AGU25.

Last week to submit abstract: tinyurl.com/paleoSEA2025
AGU Student Travel Grant: www.agu.org/honors/fmstg

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Elizabeth Patterson @paleopatt.bsky.social · Jul 22

@sayakbasu.bsky.social, @calenrubin.bsky.social , @sarahpederzani.bsky.social

Elizabeth Patterson @paleopatt.bsky.social · Jul 22

Speleothem science is cool 😎🦇💧 - come join the party at #AGU25!

Submit your abstract to our session by July 30:

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · Jul 9

Pleased to share a new paper from our socio-ecological research in Central America, led by Dr. Talia Anderson - Talia used a mixed methods approach to understand how perceptions & socio-economic factors mediate farmers' adaptations to climate variability and change link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Complexity and mediating factors in farmers’ climate perceptions and agricultural adaptation strategies in the Guatemalan Dry Corridor - Climatic Change

Projected precipitation decreases due to anthropogenic climate change will have serious consequences for the millions of households in Central America that rely on rainfed agriculture. However, a sign...

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Jessica Tierney @leafwax.bsky.social · Jul 7

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

NOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System ScienceNOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Progra...

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jul 7

I'd like to introduce a new page on my website: U.S. climate indicator visuals (zacklabe.com/united-state...).

I only have a few basic variables so far, but I will be expanding this summer to add a range of metrics (e.g., ecological). I welcome suggestions! Hope this is useful, especially nowadays.

Screenshot showing a variability of different climate-related graphics for different United States climate change indicators

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Elizabeth Patterson @paleopatt.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Bryce Mitsunaga @bryceotopes.bsky.social · Jun 23

New Science Advances paper on Plio-Pleistocene northern African hydroclimate! Tl;dr the wet summer monsoon = summer insolation & the dry winter monsoon = global ice volume

Paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...), Brown press release here (www.brown.edu/news/2025-06...)

Fundamentally unchanged northwestern African rainfall regimes across the Plio-Pleistocene transition

The northern African summer monsoon was unaffected by global cooling at the end of the Pliocene 3 million years ago.

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · Jun 2

Argh. The P4CLIMATE program solicitation will be archived (the program website itself hasn't been updated) www.nsf.gov/geo/updates/...

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LegraLeGra @atthenius.bsky.social · Jun 1

What is Past is Prologue:
#Paleoclimate constraints on #ECS #ClimateSensitivity #GreenhouseGas sensitivity of Earth's #Climate

First of 3 papers this summer. Next two will rule out some ECS using Data Assimilation of past climate archives

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@ccolose.bsky.social

On the Sensitivity of Climate Sensitivity in a coupled climate model

• Cloud feedbacks, particularly the cloud shortwave radiation term, dominate the climate sensitivity of GISS-E2.1-G. • We have set the stage to eliminate some of the climate sensitivity and model para...

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Elizabeth Patterson @paleopatt.bsky.social · May 20

Cool! Alex has gotten really into foraging and hackberries are high on his list to try. We scoped out some on the Palisades overlook. I'll have to tell him that they're useful for dendro too!

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Chris Colose @ccolose.bsky.social · May 20

NASA outreach event NOW by Toms diner

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · May 14

NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.

Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF

Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress

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Kathleen Johnson @cavesandclimate.bsky.social · May 2

I talked to NPR earlier this week - along with several other scientists - about how devastating the impacts of these NSF grant terminations have been (and it has only just begun...). #SaveNSF #StandUpForScience #NSF

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Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.

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Michael Griffiths @cavemangriff.bsky.social · Apr 29

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Will US science survive Trump 2.0?

President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts f...

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Kathleen Johnson @cavesandclimate.bsky.social · Apr 26

Received some awful news about a major project (sites.ps.uci.edu/climatejusti... ) I have led for the past 2+ years. So many people have worked incredibly hard to realize our vision and this immediately cuts the funding for 15+ students and staff, as well as for our community partners

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