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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Sep 8

It pulls more relevant papers now, but often invents interpretations not in them. When pressed for quotes, it admits making things up. Feels more dangerous than the old nonsense …because it sounds right when it’s not 😨

Nature @nature.com · Sep 8

OpenAI’s GPT-5 hallucinates less than previous models do, but cutting hallucination completely might prove impossible

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Can researchers stop AI making up citations?

OpenAI’s GPT-5 hallucinates less than previous models do, but cutting hallucination completely might prove impossible.

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨guess i solved climate change by turning off my unread emails notification

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Aug 14

They could just tell various businesses to stop inundating peoples email boxes with junk…

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Jul 21

🧪🧪🔥 Well that’s cool! Is this from “our” Noelle Bowlin @scrippsocean.bsky.social ?!

NPR @npr.org · Jul 21

Did you know that we know less about the sea than we do about space? With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know about Earth's ocean.

COMIC: Exploring the ocean's wonderous, mysterious depths

Did you know that we know less about the sea than we do about space? With this comic, we explore some of what scientists do know about Earth's ocean.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Jul 17

We are thrilled to announce that Meenakshi Wadhwa will serve as the Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the School of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at @ucsandiego.bsky.social!

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Jul 17

Don’t like. VOTE! 🧪🔥🤪

Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Jul 16

Two exceptional Scripps Oceanography scientists are finalists in @sandiegomag.bsky.social's Celebrating Women awards! @zambianseagull.bsky.social is nominated for the STEM-Pioneer award and @aminaschartup.bsky.social is nominated for the STEM-Rising Star award!

Vote here: cw.sdmag.com/stem

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Jul 16

Two exceptional Scripps Oceanography scientists are finalists in @sandiegomag.bsky.social's Celebrating Women awards! @zambianseagull.bsky.social is nominated for the STEM-Pioneer award and @aminaschartup.bsky.social is nominated for the STEM-Rising Star award!

Vote here: cw.sdmag.com/stem

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Jul 8

Yes, very familiar. However, every time I was ‘scolded’ for refusing to do something clearly outside my job description, it was always by a senior woman. When I share my frustration about being asked, the men usually show support, any data on that or is it just me?

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Jun 10

This week, diplomats, scientists & ocean advocates are at the #UNOceanConference in Nice, France. Top issue: Doing a better job of observing the ocean. Scripps Oceanography Director @msleinen.bsky.social is among the signatories of "No Data, No Action," a call by @pogo-ocean.bsky.social. 🧵⬇️

No Data, No Action: Investing in Ocean Observations to Achieve SDG14and a Sustainable Future | Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean

A Statement from POGO: On 7 June 2025, members of POGO, a global consortium of nearly 60 oceanographic research institutions, will convene in Nice, to discuss the urgent need for sustainably-funded, g...

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Jun 11

Please come chat with “The Expert” —aka me —today @ #UNOC3 green zone the deep blue pavilion @ noon! We are having fun over here 😅

Attendees observe and discuss a deep ARGO float, an oceanographic instrument, on display at an exhibition booth labeled “Explorers of the Deep – Pioneers of Discovery.” A man in a red shirt explains the device to amina schartup’s daughter-sonia, while others nearby film or engage with the exhibit. A wall behind them displays portraits of featured explorers, including amina :)

A group of people gathers around a speaker holding colorful 3D printed maps at an indoor event with blue walls and informational posters. One man stands on a bench to take a photo of the group with his phone. The setting is a science/outreach exhibition, with an engaged audience and busy background activity.

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Jun 4

🧪our paper in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social selected as NIEHS papers of the month! 🔥🔥 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40315838/ @pipethero.bsky.social @scrippsocean.bsky.social

Extramural papers of the month

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Jun 3

Attempting to replicate a paper using their Methods section be like www.instagram.com/kay_sloany?i...

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 30

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · May 30

🌏 Join us at the #HollywoodClimateSummit! Catch up with Scripps Oceanography marine biologists, geochemists, atmospheric physicists, and researchers for answers to your climate questions.
📅 June 3
🕐 1-2 p.m.
📍Grand Lobby, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
🔗 bit.ly/43QCooC

A graphic depicting a Hollywood Climate Summit event featuring Scripps Oceanography scientists

Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 25

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

www.nytimes.com

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 24

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Restoring Gold Standard Science

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 23

Waking up in CA and opening your email these days… 4 Harvard emails before 8am, including one from Dept. Environmental Health. You know things are serious…

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 13

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · May 13

🌍 Looking for experts in Marine Science, Earth Science, Climate Change, Hazards, Marine Life, Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Oceanography, Coral Reef Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Bioscience and more? Give these leading Scripps Oceanography scientists a follow! ⬇️

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · May 13

🌍 Looking for experts in Marine Science, Earth Science, Climate Change, Hazards, Marine Life, Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Oceanography, Coral Reef Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Bioscience and more? Give these leading Scripps Oceanography scientists a follow! ⬇️

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Jeremy Bassis @bassisjeremy.bsky.social · May 9

Everyone needs to understand that dismantling NSF will have devastating long term consequences in our competitiveness and innovation in science, technology and beyond. 1/

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 7

Love a 🧪 time series!

Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · May 7

One of the cool things about sustained scientific programs is time series, where we can see how things wax and wane over time. We've been collecting data on Mars long enough to do that for one of its most interesting climatic features - planetary dust storms. 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Daytime zonal mean column dust optical depth (CDOD at 9.3 μm) during the dusty perihelion season for MY 24 to MY 36. MY 24–26 and MY 28–36 are obtained from TES observations and from the integration of MCS profiles, respectively and normalized to 610 Pa. Contours are used to better define the regional dust storms. (The 0.2 contour has been used to define the change in the amount of dust in the atmosphere due to the storm and the 0.3 contour to describe the extent.)

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 6

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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · May 6

Must-read @thebulletin.org article by Eric Morgan & Ralph Keeling: The Keeling curve, which has continuously tracked atmospheric CO2 levels for *67* years, has always been vulnerable to funding ebbs and flows—but under Trump II, is facing its most dire threat yet

thebulletin.org/2025/05/how-...

How the dismantling of NOAA threatens the Keeling Curve

How the Trump administration's dismantling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration threatens the Keeling Curve, an iconic measure used in climate change research. As explained by the so...

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 6

Okay, the only time gendered bathrooms made sense to me was the trench-style ones i used in China…but even then, there’s no hiding. Everyone’s lined up, and you can see for yourself… everything…

Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 6

America’s obsession with gendered bathrooms is baffling. In most places I’ve lived, you’re just grateful for a clean public restroom, rarely gendered. I went through 17 years of school (across 3 countries) without ever using a gendered bathroom…

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · May 6

This is so unhinged. What kind of sick person calls security on someone just using a restroom?

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NPR @npr.org · May 6

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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