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Laurie Padman

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Polar oceans and ice for work; photography, hiking, gardening and cooking for play

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Nov 17

I spend a fair amount of time on models of tides around Antarctica (and the Arctic). Here's a movie of tides for Ross Ice Shelf. Grey is grounded ice, green is ice shelf, blue is ocean (often sea-ice-covered, and tan color is seabed

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 5d

Thousands of armed chickens hiding in the fog

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 5d

Changed your mind on the term, @helen-amanda.bsky.social ?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13d

Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Kimmel’s refusal to capitulate stands out because so many other well-situated people—those with the resources, platform, and power to stand up to the president, including, initially, the leaders of ABC—have surrendered, withdrawn, or become Trump sycophants themselves. One by one, American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals when menaced by the Trump administration. These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is, sapping strength from others who might have discovered the courage to stand up. Defending democracy requires a collective refusal to acquiesce to lawless behavior from many different sectors of society. All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks on constitutional government, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility.

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 20d

US to retire its only icebreaker, stranding polar research - new article posted today by @cuboulder. The icebreaker is critical for researchers who study the changes on the edges of Antarctic glaciers and how they relate to climate change and sea level rise. buff.ly/oMAElHY #antarctica #glaciers

A ship with a red hull used for icebreaking in the Arctic. Blue sea with icebergs, glaciers, and mountains.

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 28d

We need to talk about geoengineering ⚠️

In a rapidly warming world with looming net zero due dates, there's growing polarised debate about whether we should intervene in Earth’s natural systems.

This is a thread about the state of polar geoengineering, and how we should be talking about it ⬇️

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · 29d

Is Venezuela an analog for the US? Frogs in a warming pot

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t

Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.

www.theatlantic.com

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 29d

Polar geoengineering dismissed as ‘unimaginably expensive’ and ‘dangerous’

Underwater curtains and artificial ice thickening divert attention from cutting fossil fuel use, says group of climate scientists

www.theguardian.com

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Less than 50% of the popular vote. So, no

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Is this Melbourne? Lucky the rain isn't sideways

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 24

"Balkanisation". But CA to Washington will be a strong team.

Unfortunately seems like in the short term it'd follow the India-Pakistan partitioning nightmare

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 23

How much more of the future do we want to let them destroy?

Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built

www.nytimes.com

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · Aug 20

Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself .
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/

From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them

The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.

theconversation.com

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Mark Hopwood @markinchina.bsky.social · Aug 21

Many western scientific networks are overly centered on the US. In previous decades it could be claimed that this was because the US represented a Gold Standard in scientific research. But the world has changed, and this is no longer the case.

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America

This EO is an unconstitutional attempt to censor and punish U.S. scientists for publishing science that doesn't fit a political agenda This misleading and false misrepresentation of U.S. scientif...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 21

Good article. Sadly, the first thing I thought of was These authors are brave"

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 20

I loved my time in the Antarctic ice, decades ago, often on the N. B. Palmer. Seagoing capacity is still critical for researching Antarctica's threat to global sea level and climate, but the US appears to be about to surrender that. Tragic and foolish.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...

U.S. Researchers May Never Probe Deep into Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Again Without This Ship

The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research

www.scientificamerican.com

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Fancy a job as a journal editor? I noticed that Nature Reviews Earth and Environment are looking for someone in climate and weather. ❄️🌊⛏️🧪

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - New York City, New York (US) job with Springer Nature Ltd | 12842276

Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Organization: Nature Portfolio Locations: New York or Shanghai -Hybrid Workin...

www.nature.com

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 17

Congrats to both of you! (And the 9-month-old trainee!)

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 17

Great video on the Pelto's science and art of North Cascades glacier monitoring.

Mauri Pelto @mauri-pelto.bsky.social · Aug 17

CBS Sunday morning feature on the work of @jillpelto.bsky.social and I

www.cbsnews.com/video/captur...

Capturing the melting of glaciers, with data and art

For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring the shrinking glaciers in the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist...

www.cbsnews.com

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 16

Yeah, not necessary. I'd cheer if he tumbled down, but getting up steep steps at 79 isn't a critical skill. A better president could be jacked up to AF1 in a wheelchair and it wouldn't bother me.

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 12

Good to find Paul Waldman again

Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · Aug 12

Reading this piece I cannot help but think of the Access Hollywood tape, so many years ago now. How incredibly disappointed I was, at the time a lifelong committed Southern Baptist, at the lack of condemnation from the evangelical world. And now here we are.
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-miso...

Trump isn't the solution to the "crisis of manhood," he's the problem

The misogyny comes fast and furious. Anything real to make men's lives better? Not so much.

www.publicnotice.co

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 11

So much bad news. Here's some backyard birds fighting over the bird bath on a hot day

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 10

It was black and white in my photos from 55 years ago. Much prettier now!

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Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 10

7-years-old "news" ? Worth mentioning. He was right, and press were already cowed, in trump#1

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 8

The US-French SWOT satellite is amazing!

Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is incredibly cool: NASA/CNES's SWOT satellite captured a live view of the leading edge of the tsunami formed by the 8.8 magnitude Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake!

www.nasa.gov/missions/swo...

US-French SWOT Satellite Measures Tsunami After Massive Quake - NASA

Data provided by the water satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the French space agency, is helping to improve tsunami forecast models, benefitting

www.nasa.gov

Laurie Padman @lpadman.bsky.social · Aug 5

What's it going to take?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’

Exclusive: Andrea Velez and Adrian Martinez recount their capture by immigration officers and its effects on their lives