Abigail Swann, PhD
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Abigail Swann, PhD
@ecoclimatelab.bsky.social
I study how climate works differently because of plants. Professor at @Univ. of Washington, views are my own. She/her
Also in seattle! Acclimation is real!
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM
We had a day of kindergarten over zoom last year. Playing in the snow would have been time better spent!
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
GOOD! meanwhile... www.nsf.gov/funding/info...
NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure
www.nsf.gov
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
A number of the internal review comments point this out also, but the authors don't appear to change hardly anything about in the document to fix these issues.
January 23, 2026 at 5:54 PM
it also told them they were misrepresenting plant responses to CO2
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Sad to hear this!
January 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
As long as it doesn’t kill ledgers itself….
January 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I thought that but now the LLMs can take the instructions+data and produce written answers, code, and plots.
January 6, 2026 at 3:42 AM
You can make quizzes lower stakes by making more of them and letting students drop one (or more if you have a lot).
January 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Aww.. my lynx point kitty is 20.5 years old. He’s still hanging in there but very elderly. Wishing you sweet kitty memories.
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
What is not stated here is that NCAR already provides this collaborative model. NCAR is built on the premise of collaboration, and is managed by a consortium of universities. The climate model CESM more than any other climate model it is actually accessible and usable by a wider community.
December 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I still remember before the infamous top soil layer was added when someone removed the Amazon in the model and the ET in the region went UP 😳.
December 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM