Ken Buesseler
@cafethorium.bsky.social
Marine radiochemist- the biological carbon pump, pie and coffee make life good
Everyone got pretty excited when Gavin Newsom showed up at the #Ocean Pavilion at #COP30 today. At least one US politician who cares about #climate issues. l to r, SIO Director, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Newsom, WHOI Director Peter de Menocal and Kilaparti Ramakrishna also from #WHOI 🌊🧪
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Here at the #ocean pavilion at #COP30, we are facing the challenges of no electricity to show slides, or AC, so improvising with our laptops to tell the story of ocean climate solutions and the studies needed to understand whether or not marine carbon dioxide removal #mCDR makes sense.
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Its not every day you wake up and are asked about #radioactive shrimp!
I guess Marco Werman at #PRX's the World wanted the down low from this #WHOI marine radiochemist. Listen here to the story.
theworld.org/segments/202... 🌊
@theworld.org
I guess Marco Werman at #PRX's the World wanted the down low from this #WHOI marine radiochemist. Listen here to the story.
theworld.org/segments/202... 🌊
@theworld.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Its not every day you wake up and are asked about #radioactive shrimp!
I guess Marco Werman at #PRX's the World wanted the down low from this #WHOI marine radiochemist. Listen here to the story.
theworld.org/segments/202... 🌊
@theworld.org
I guess Marco Werman at #PRX's the World wanted the down low from this #WHOI marine radiochemist. Listen here to the story.
theworld.org/segments/202... 🌊
@theworld.org
$1000 per DAY (>$300K/yr)- this is the proposed tax cut for the top 0.1% of earners making more than $5M/yr. Cut the cuts and you can balance the budget AND still pay for medicaid, food programs, climate security, education, scientific and medical advances.
A Complete List of Everything in the Republican Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save (Gift Article)
In hundreds of provisions across taxes, spending and more, the G.O.P. megabill would preserve lower tax rates for most Americans, increase federal debt by nearly $3 trillion and make large cuts to Med...
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
$1000 per DAY (>$300K/yr)- this is the proposed tax cut for the top 0.1% of earners making more than $5M/yr. Cut the cuts and you can balance the budget AND still pay for medicaid, food programs, climate security, education, scientific and medical advances.
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Let's see- 0.5 PgC/yr for iron, if mCDR using Alkalinity, seaweed and electrochemical/DOC methods matched (and there are others), that would be 2 PgC/yr (= 2 GtC/yr) or almost 8 Gt CO2-eq/yr or 20% of annual emissions! I'd say that glass is more than half full. Lets work together to solve this.
May 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Let's see- 0.5 PgC/yr for iron, if mCDR using Alkalinity, seaweed and electrochemical/DOC methods matched (and there are others), that would be 2 PgC/yr (= 2 GtC/yr) or almost 8 Gt CO2-eq/yr or 20% of annual emissions! I'd say that glass is more than half full. Lets work together to solve this.
Over 1000 grants terminated at NSF. Coming with statements that termination is not subject to appeal, despite an NSF policy and a federal policy that both say otherwise!
The destruction continues… Stand together.🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The destruction continues… Stand together.🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns
Sethuraman Panchanathan abruptly leaves helm of US funding agency after Elon Musk’s DOGE arrives.
www.nature.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Over 1000 grants terminated at NSF. Coming with statements that termination is not subject to appeal, despite an NSF policy and a federal policy that both say otherwise!
The destruction continues… Stand together.🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The destruction continues… Stand together.🧪🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Ken Buesseler
Thanks to those organizing this. It’s by collecting this type of days that we can show how wide and far the damage has already become. Imagine if the 55% cuts come through as well. We all need to stand up for science. 🧪🌊
April 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Thanks to those organizing this. It’s by collecting this type of days that we can show how wide and far the damage has already become. Imagine if the 55% cuts come through as well. We all need to stand up for science. 🧪🌊
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Report your NSF grant termination here. 🌊🧪
There is also a link to view a list of grants that have been terminated.
There is also a link to view a list of grants that have been terminated.
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April 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Report your NSF grant termination here. 🌊🧪
There is also a link to view a list of grants that have been terminated.
There is also a link to view a list of grants that have been terminated.
The billionaire class is stepping back from their commitments to fight climate change. Latest $100M XPrize for climate was launched to much fanfare. Now its crickets. “Musk sold himself out, and I think that’s reprehensible,” said Wil Burns
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...
Elon Musk bankrolled a $100M climate contest. Now it's ‘tainted.’
The billionaire funded an XPrize for carbon removal. But he won't be at the ceremony announcing the winner Wednesday.
www.eenews.net
April 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The billionaire class is stepping back from their commitments to fight climate change. Latest $100M XPrize for climate was launched to much fanfare. Now its crickets. “Musk sold himself out, and I think that’s reprehensible,” said Wil Burns
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...
www.eenews.net/articles/elo...
Important to remember-
Every person who stands up to the Trump regime’s lawlessness and cruelty summons others to do the same.
Every institutional leader who defies Trump’s orders encourages other institutional leaders to defy similar orders.
more at open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Every person who stands up to the Trump regime’s lawlessness and cruelty summons others to do the same.
Every institutional leader who defies Trump’s orders encourages other institutional leaders to defy similar orders.
more at open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Sunday thought
The contagion of courage
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Important to remember-
Every person who stands up to the Trump regime’s lawlessness and cruelty summons others to do the same.
Every institutional leader who defies Trump’s orders encourages other institutional leaders to defy similar orders.
more at open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Every person who stands up to the Trump regime’s lawlessness and cruelty summons others to do the same.
Every institutional leader who defies Trump’s orders encourages other institutional leaders to defy similar orders.
more at open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Reposted by Ken Buesseler
Universities should have independence from the government and following Harvard’s lead, the Big 10 schools which include MI State, Rutgers, Indiana U, etc agree to form a compact to fight off trumps threats. This is how to stand up and fight to protect our democracy!
#MomSky
#MomSky
'Don't fight alone': Universities band together to defend against Trump attacks
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
April 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Universities should have independence from the government and following Harvard’s lead, the Big 10 schools which include MI State, Rutgers, Indiana U, etc agree to form a compact to fight off trumps threats. This is how to stand up and fight to protect our democracy!
#MomSky
#MomSky
No government.. should dictate what private universities can teach..admit and hire, which areas of study..they can pursue” Harvard’s president words need to be SHOUTED from the roof tops. Replace “university” with “state" or "city" or "health center” and you get the idea where this is going 🧪🌊
Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump Is ‘of Momentous Significance’ (Gift Article)
But a fight with the nation’s oldest, richest and most elite university is a battle that President Trump and his powerful aide, Stephen Miller, want to have.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
No government.. should dictate what private universities can teach..admit and hire, which areas of study..they can pursue” Harvard’s president words need to be SHOUTED from the roof tops. Replace “university” with “state" or "city" or "health center” and you get the idea where this is going 🧪🌊
This is a strong example of a local response by Woods Hole ocean science institutions to the larger issues disrupting and ending valuable science programs in the US. I know there have been others stepping up to stand for science. Let's make our voices heard bit.ly/3XLnkp2 🌊🧪
Guest Commentary: We Must Stand Together
Leaders from three, prominent Woods Hole research institutions emphasize the need for unbiased science
bit.ly
April 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is a strong example of a local response by Woods Hole ocean science institutions to the larger issues disrupting and ending valuable science programs in the US. I know there have been others stepping up to stand for science. Let's make our voices heard bit.ly/3XLnkp2 🌊🧪
#AGU puts it nicely- fast and furious halts to #science funding along with sweeping terminations of federal workers at key agencies is ushering in a dark age of retreat on climate research, leadership, and international engagement. 🧪🌊
fromtheprow.agu.org/the-state-of...
fromtheprow.agu.org/the-state-of...
The State of the Science Union
What You Didn’t Hear Last Night but Need to Know Last night, President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress...
fromtheprow.agu.org
March 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#AGU puts it nicely- fast and furious halts to #science funding along with sweeping terminations of federal workers at key agencies is ushering in a dark age of retreat on climate research, leadership, and international engagement. 🧪🌊
fromtheprow.agu.org/the-state-of...
fromtheprow.agu.org/the-state-of...
Thank you #AGU for your response to this chaotic, illegal and unconstitution breakdown of #science and the rest of this democracy coming from this administration.
Read more at about AGU Membership Waivers, Career Support, and Access to Critical Research
- go.agu.org/index.php/em...
Read more at about AGU Membership Waivers, Career Support, and Access to Critical Research
- go.agu.org/index.php/em...
March 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thank you #AGU for your response to this chaotic, illegal and unconstitution breakdown of #science and the rest of this democracy coming from this administration.
Read more at about AGU Membership Waivers, Career Support, and Access to Critical Research
- go.agu.org/index.php/em...
Read more at about AGU Membership Waivers, Career Support, and Access to Critical Research
- go.agu.org/index.php/em...
Another loss for science and the future prosperity of our country.
Due to the Musk/Trump Administration’s draconian cuts, the National Science Foundation is significantly scaling back its program to provide college students with paid summer research internships. Many of my colleagues attribute their start in science to this program.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Another loss for science and the future prosperity of our country.
Glad to see #AGU standing up for science! and protesting the US pull out of the Paris Agreement, IPCC, and massive cuts to #NOAA and #NSF. Stand up for #science. Be visible. Be active. Be aware. Thank those who are fighting back.
news.agu.org/press-releas... 🧪🌊
news.agu.org/press-releas... 🧪🌊
February 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Glad to see #AGU standing up for science! and protesting the US pull out of the Paris Agreement, IPCC, and massive cuts to #NOAA and #NSF. Stand up for #science. Be visible. Be active. Be aware. Thank those who are fighting back.
news.agu.org/press-releas... 🧪🌊
news.agu.org/press-releas... 🧪🌊
Whether you know it or not, NSF has changed your life. Funding the development of the internet, smartphones, M.R.I. scanning, LASIK eye surgery, 3-D printing, kidney transplants, lithium-ion batteries, radar, LED lights, to name a few. More at #NYT on 10% layoffs-
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers on Trump’s Order
The cuts at the foundation, which supports cutting-edge research, came as the nation’s health and science agencies were reeling from other significant cuts.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Whether you know it or not, NSF has changed your life. Funding the development of the internet, smartphones, M.R.I. scanning, LASIK eye surgery, 3-D printing, kidney transplants, lithium-ion batteries, radar, LED lights, to name a few. More at #NYT on 10% layoffs-
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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Stand strong against illegal and unconstitutional Executive Orders! #NSF amended their suspension of funding. NSF now states “Consistent with the district court's order, NSF awardees may continue activities consistent with the current terms and conditions of their NSF awards at this time.”🧪🌊
February 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Stand strong against illegal and unconstitutional Executive Orders! #NSF amended their suspension of funding. NSF now states “Consistent with the district court's order, NSF awardees may continue activities consistent with the current terms and conditions of their NSF awards at this time.”🧪🌊
Stand strong against illegal and unconstitutional Executive Orders! #NSF amended their suspension of funding. NSF now states “Consistent with the district court's order, NSF awardees may continue activities consistent with the current terms and conditions of their NSF awards at this time.”🧪🌊
February 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Stand strong against illegal and unconstitutional Executive Orders! #NSF amended their suspension of funding. NSF now states “Consistent with the district court's order, NSF awardees may continue activities consistent with the current terms and conditions of their NSF awards at this time.”🧪🌊
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A message from our president and CEO, Dr. Max Holmes:
February 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A message from our president and CEO, Dr. Max Holmes:
Indirect costs are essential and are negotiated for all science funding.
Sort of like saying you will pay your mortgage, but no longer your heat, electric, tax bills or make any repairs. One quick way to loose your house (and here🧪, cripple science)
Read more at www.science.org/content/blog...
Sort of like saying you will pay your mortgage, but no longer your heat, electric, tax bills or make any repairs. One quick way to loose your house (and here🧪, cripple science)
Read more at www.science.org/content/blog...
The Continuing NIH/NSF Crisis, Part III: Indirect Costs
www.science.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Indirect costs are essential and are negotiated for all science funding.
Sort of like saying you will pay your mortgage, but no longer your heat, electric, tax bills or make any repairs. One quick way to loose your house (and here🧪, cripple science)
Read more at www.science.org/content/blog...
Sort of like saying you will pay your mortgage, but no longer your heat, electric, tax bills or make any repairs. One quick way to loose your house (and here🧪, cripple science)
Read more at www.science.org/content/blog...
We need more of our community standing up against the WH Orders that bring about "mistrust and fear, obstruct the free flow of ideas, and erode the investment in research and development" Thanks #ASLO, though I would have used even stronger words!
www.aslo.org/aslo-comment...
www.aslo.org/aslo-comment...
ASLO Comments on Recent Executive Orders in the United States - ASLO
As an international professional society for the aquatic sciences, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) is deeply concerned by recent executive orders issued by the ne...
www.aslo.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We need more of our community standing up against the WH Orders that bring about "mistrust and fear, obstruct the free flow of ideas, and erode the investment in research and development" Thanks #ASLO, though I would have used even stronger words!
www.aslo.org/aslo-comment...
www.aslo.org/aslo-comment...
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We are alarmed by the Administration’s actions to freeze science funding and eliminate DEI efforts and climate change initiatives, which go against AGU’s mission and harms our members. We must unite to address these changes, beginning by hearing from you.
Read more: https://buff.ly/4hm8r4e
Read more: https://buff.ly/4hm8r4e
February 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We are alarmed by the Administration’s actions to freeze science funding and eliminate DEI efforts and climate change initiatives, which go against AGU’s mission and harms our members. We must unite to address these changes, beginning by hearing from you.
Read more: https://buff.ly/4hm8r4e
Read more: https://buff.ly/4hm8r4e