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WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 1h

Efforts to #Decarbonize the world’s buildings are heading in the right direction but are well off track.

This includes:
📉 Carbon intensity of buildings operations
⚙️ Heat pumps
☀️ Renewables in district heating

Read more from #SystemsChangeLab: bit.ly/4lD9S0c

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 12d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Justin S. Mankin @jsmankin.bsky.social · 13d

The @ametsoc.org Climate Variability & Change (CVC) Committee is recruiting new members! If you’re passionate about advancing climate science and service, I encourage you to get involved. It is incredibly rewarding.

Apply here: www.ametsoc.org/ams/get-invo...

Climate Variability and Change

The CVC committee divides among its members the responsibilities, which include organization of the Climate Variability and Change Symposium at the AMS annual meeting, various awards (AMS and STAC), s...

www.ametsoc.org

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North American Carbon Program @nacp-carbon.bsky.social · 13d

September newsletter is out!
Info on:
* 2026 @usocb.bsky.social Activity Proposals
* GHG Coalition
* 2026 @fluxnet.bsky.social Secondment Program
* Job highlights
... and more!

tinyurl.com/55k4p5x4

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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 19d

Registration for experts interested in serving as Expert Reviewers and providing scientific comments on the First Order Draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is now open!

Register here: apps.ipcc.ch/comments/src...
⚠️ Registration closes 30 Nov2025

🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 15d

Interested in the intersection between food systems, land use, nature and climate change? 🌿

Hear from our team of global journalists every fortnight on the context behind headlines, interesting new reads and more.

Sign up to our newsletter Cropped ⬇️
subscribe.carbonbrief.org

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · Aug 20

2026 OCB Activity Proposal Solicitation now open until Oct 24 - spread the word! www.us-ocb.org/science-supp... @nacp-carbon.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social @ccspo.bsky.social @solas-ipo.bsky.social 🌊

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North American Carbon Program @nacp-carbon.bsky.social · Aug 14

In the August Newsletter:
* @nationalacademies.org Fast-track Review on Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases...
* @fluxnet.bsky.social Figures Challenge
* @iclei.org What NDCs 3.0 are (and aren't) saying about multilevel, inclusive climate action
* Jobs + Funding oppty's
* and more!

tinyurl.com/25au8e92

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Manuela Girotto @mgirotto.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are hiring! Join us as an Assistant Professor of Physical Climate Science. Apply by Sep. 29th here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084 Help us spread the word!

Assistant Professor - Physical Climate Science - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Spark Climate Solutions @sparkclimate.bsky.social · Jul 31

Atmospheric methane is still rising fast—even as we make progress cutting human emissions.

What’s going on?

We break down the leading hypotheses here:
📖 www.sparkclimate.org/article/what...

Join our Aug 13 webinar for more 👇

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Michael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · Aug 1

Great paper bringing together folks who know forest ecology and wildfire with the strongest critics of the current carbon offset regime. The answers proposed are not simple to implement given financial incentives but they are the only path forward to a sustainable market for nature based solutions.

Matthew Hurteau @mhurteau.bsky.social · Aug 1

Here is a link that should not require subscription:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · Jul 25

"The margin between forest emissions and carbon removals appears to be narrowing. With emissions from deforestation and other forest disturbances rising, the world’s forests risk shifting from a carbon sink to a carbon source." 🌏 www.wri.org/insights/for...

World’s Forest Carbon Sink Shrank to its Lowest Point in at Least 2 Decades, Due to Fires and Persistent Deforestation

Forests have been quietly cooling the planet for decades, but their role is increasingly under threat.

www.wri.org

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North American Carbon Program @nacp-carbon.bsky.social · Jul 16

July newsletter just dropped!
* Update on PACE Land Users Group
* AGU Sessions of Interest
* Job Highlight
* Community Events
tinyurl.com/2339t5wh

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · Jul 2

For those looking for the National Climate Assessments:

NCA5 (2023): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61...
NCA4 vol. 1 (2017): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...
NCA4 vol. 2 (2018): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...
NCA3 (2014): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...

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North American Carbon Program @nacp-carbon.bsky.social · Jun 24

Seeking abstracts for #AGU25: Carbon Monitoring Systems Research and Applications!

Advances in MRV research and applications, including decision support and policy. Local, state, and national government agencies, NGOs, and the private sector are encouraged to submit by 7/30.

tinyurl.com/yc7z5ufr

Carbon Monitoring Systems Research and Applications

Greenhouse gas emission inventories, climate mitigation planning, carbon dioxide removal activities, carbon offset programs, cap-and-trade systems, and their associated Monitoring, Reporting and Verif...

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Tim Jesper Suhrhoff @climatejesper.bsky.social · Jun 20

Check out our new pre-print on how to use soil mass balance (“TiCAT”) to quantify rock dissolution in enhanced weathering trials. Includes key do’s & don’ts, a deep dive into signal-to-noise (constrained in data from from 5 sites), and open-source code to try it yourself. Feedback welcome! #EW #CDR

CDRXIV @cdrxiv.org · Jun 20

Updated framework and signal-to-noise analysis of soil mass balance approaches for quantifying enhanced weathering on managed lands. cdrxiv.org/preprint/390

Updated framework and signal-to-noise analysis of soil mass balance approaches for quantifying enhanced weathering on managed lands – CDRXIV

Enhanced weathering is a promising approach for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at scale while improving agricultural yields. However, accurately quantifying carbon dioxide removal in the ...

cdrxiv.org

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North American Carbon Program @nacp-carbon.bsky.social · Jun 13

Check out our June update!
* @usclivar.bsky.social report: Confronting Earth System Model Trends with Observations
* @rockymtninst.bsky.social article: Following the Carbon: A New Lens on the Carbon Dioxide Removal Ecosystem
* NACP Science Highlight
* Job + funding opportunities
tinyurl.com/4wjzce2y

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 2

Fantastic news:
American Geophysical Union (AGU) and American Meteorological Society (AMS) are planning a special collection of papers on #climate change and the US, in response to the Trump administration's efforts to cancel the mandated National Climate Assessment.
www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

AGU AND AMS JOIN FORCES ON SPECIAL COLLECTION TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM OF RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE U.S. NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT

The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.

www.ametsoc.org

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OpenAir Collective @openaircollective.bsky.social · May 1

Looking for CDR funding?

Join us next week on May 6th, 11am ET for a special webinar from Carbon Removal Challenge sponsors Tencent, who will be introducing you to their CarbonX program, which provides millions of USD for CDR and more!

lu.ma/05mrg40o

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North American Carbon Program @nacp-carbon.bsky.social · Apr 16

In our April Newsletter:
* Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment 2.0
* NASEM Report: A Vision for Continental-Scale Biology
* New PACE *Terrestrial* Data User Working Group
* Ocean Visions: Comprehensive mCDR Database
* Meet the Fluxers Podcast

and more! Check it out:
tinyurl.com/2s38htx9

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OpenAir Collective @openaircollective.bsky.social · Apr 15

Excited to announce our next Carbon Removal Challenge webinar: Creating the CDR Leaders of Tomorrow!

This panel discussion, hosted by OpenAir Cofounder
@maddparker.bsky.social, will include academics & industry leaders to discuss how higher ed is key to CDR development.

lu.ma/6lmd0w77

Creating the CDR Leaders of Tomorrow · Luma

We at the Carbon Removal Challenge have always maintained the future of CDR will come from University faculty and students. And we're not the only…

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Anna Virkkala @annvirkk.bsky.social · Apr 1

First circumpolar maps of aboveground tundra biomass at 30 m resolution 💪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

These new estimates show that in total tundra plants (above-and belowground) store around 8 Pg C while the upper 30 cm soils store ca 53 Pg C.

Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome

The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, placing tundra ecosystems at the forefront of global climate change. Plant biomass is a fund…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Scott Doney @scottdoney.bsky.social · Mar 31

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal webinar this afternoon (2pm EDT) 🌊

Review paper: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Webinar: essic.umd.edu/events/marin...

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal - ESSIC

Prof. Scott Doney Joe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor in Environmental Change Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia Monday March 31, 2025, 2 PM ET Abstract: Scenarios to stabilize ...

essic.umd.edu

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Joe Hamman @jhamman.bsky.social · Mar 28

🚨 New blog post 🚨

In it, we show off our recent work deploying #icechunk on top of #NASA's existing archives of Earth observation data. The results: 100x speed up when extracting time series from existing datasets stored as netCDF.

Earthmover @earthmover.io · Mar 28

1/ 🚀 Solving #NASA ’s cloud data dilemma: Icechunk unlocks 100x faster access to archival data formats

We're thrilled to publish results from our pilot project with NASA and @developmentseed.org to enable high-performance cloud-native access for NASA’s 100s of petabytes of Earth observation data.

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · Mar 25

"Satellite plume detection is important in greenhouse gas abatement because methane accounts for about 30% of total anthropogenic global warming." Read more from Visualizing Energy at Boston University: visualizingenergy.org/satellite-de...

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