Jacob Wenegrat
@roguewave.bsky.social
Physical oceanographer, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland College Park.
Geophysical fluid dynamics, submesoscales, sailing, and…
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Jacob Wenegrat
@roguewave.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Congratulations to Jacob Wenegrat for his work on oceanography and small scales, massive data and the Foffonoff award.
www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
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2026 Award and Honors Recipients
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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Very honored to have received the Fofonoff award, joining lots of scientists who I admire.
This is really a recognition of the fantastic people I've had the opportunity to work with. Some are on here and you should follow them! @ogonori.bsky.social @breakingniws.bsky.social @zchen43.bsky.social
This is really a recognition of the fantastic people I've had the opportunity to work with. Some are on here and you should follow them! @ogonori.bsky.social @breakingniws.bsky.social @zchen43.bsky.social
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We are advertising for a Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, closing date 31 March.
If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you!
And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...
If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you!
And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...
Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (ATR1734) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (ATR1734) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science
School of Environmental Sciences
Lecturer in Physical Oceano...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
Also important here as noted is the restriction to not cut overhead rates (for some agencies that includes NSF).
Congress Set to Finalize Science Budgets Rejecting Trump Cuts www.aip.org/fyi/congress...
Congress Set to Finalize Science Budgets Rejecting Trump Cuts
The bipartisan deal still reduces funding for many science agencies, including NSF and NASA.
www.aip.org
January 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Also important here as noted is the restriction to not cut overhead rates (for some agencies that includes NSF).
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I come back from my winter PTO and day one Congress drops the text of a minibus. The dashboard has been updated with the Senate Homeland numbers, and all the info in the CJS-Int-E&W minibus. A House vote is scheduled tomorrow night, and Senate likely later this week.
www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026...
www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026...
FY 2026 R&D Appropriations Dashboard | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
www.aaas.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I come back from my winter PTO and day one Congress drops the text of a minibus. The dashboard has been updated with the Senate Homeland numbers, and all the info in the CJS-Int-E&W minibus. A House vote is scheduled tomorrow night, and Senate likely later this week.
www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026...
www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026...
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Wow, why have I never heard of the Ben Franklin mesoscaphe? Like human argo floats, 6 men descended to ∼600m and drifted submerged in the Gulf Stream for 30 days. Along the drift, the crew mapped seafloor properties, biology, noises, and acted as a human occupied CTD analyzing the water column.
January 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Wow, why have I never heard of the Ben Franklin mesoscaphe? Like human argo floats, 6 men descended to ∼600m and drifted submerged in the Gulf Stream for 30 days. Along the drift, the crew mapped seafloor properties, biology, noises, and acted as a human occupied CTD analyzing the water column.
Hey, you could be my neighbor!
Assistant Prof position at the Naval Academy: www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/...
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Assistant Prof position at the Naval Academy: www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/...
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Assistant Professor (Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences)
Spring 2026 Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences tenure-track announcement.
www.usna.edu
December 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Hey, you could be my neighbor!
Assistant Prof position at the Naval Academy: www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/...
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Assistant Prof position at the Naval Academy: www.usna.edu/HRO/jobinfo/...
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December 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Merry Christmas from the Southern Ocean in 1874 🌊
Here's an example of observations from the SMS Gazelle, taken on Christmas day 1874 in the Southern Ocean!
6/12
6/12
December 25, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Merry Christmas from the Southern Ocean in 1874 🌊
“Liquid Mirror” is a real technique used for geophysical
fluid dynamics lab experiments!
Although drinking the experiment is not recommended…
www.ocean.washington.edu/research/gfd...
fluid dynamics lab experiments!
Although drinking the experiment is not recommended…
www.ocean.washington.edu/research/gfd...
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“Liquid Mirror” is a real technique used for geophysical
fluid dynamics lab experiments!
Although drinking the experiment is not recommended…
www.ocean.washington.edu/research/gfd...
fluid dynamics lab experiments!
Although drinking the experiment is not recommended…
www.ocean.washington.edu/research/gfd...
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Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration.
cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
Horn Point Confirms Deep NOAA Cuts
A nearly 50 percent reduction in federal funding for oyster restoration threatens to sharply reduce oyster production in the Chesapeake Bay, jeopardizing one of the region’s most successful environmen...
cambridgespy.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration.
cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
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At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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 12:15 PM
It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
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This is the only parody song about geophysical fluid dynamics you’ll ever need:
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Call Me Charney: A GFD Parody
This was so fun to make!! #lamontdoherty #lamont #atmosphere #science #charney #GFS #vallis #geostrophic #quasigeostrophic #hydrostatic #rossby
urldefense.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is the only parody song about geophysical fluid dynamics you’ll ever need:
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urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Tis' the season for making paper oceanography globes!
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via Barry Klinger mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Se...
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via Barry Klinger mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Se...
December 6, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Tis' the season for making paper oceanography globes!
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via Barry Klinger mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Se...
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via Barry Klinger mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/Se...
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Bit late on this, but yesterday DoD appealed this case about indirect costs to the First Circuit.
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bit late on this, but yesterday DoD appealed this case about indirect costs to the First Circuit.
I can understand the 'financial/logistical' aspects, but am legitimately curious what the accessibility issue with using Keynote for presentations is. @agu.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I can understand the 'financial/logistical' aspects, but am legitimately curious what the accessibility issue with using Keynote for presentations is. @agu.org
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Great article by @zhonggg.bsky.social and Esther Horvath highlighting our EGNOG project on the Northeast Greenland Shelf! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/c...
Dodging Icebergs and Storms on the Hunt for an Ocean Tipping Point
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Great article by @zhonggg.bsky.social and Esther Horvath highlighting our EGNOG project on the Northeast Greenland Shelf! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/c...
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We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
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One of my absolute favorite studies.
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
One of my absolute favorite studies.
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Proud new owner of a bathythermograph!
October 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Proud new owner of a bathythermograph!