jbaumann3.bsky.social
Asst. Prof, Bates College Environmental Studies (Lewiston, ME) || Marine invertebrate ecology, ecophysiology, and biogeochemistry. https://baumannlab.wordpress.com/ https://jbaumann3.github.io/intro_r_for_bio_eco
👤 Joined on 20 September 2023
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@jbaumann3.bsky.socialStill processing the blur of NY Climate Week, but something that's really stuck in my craw is how increasingly rare it is to meet someone in particularly the US context who has any belief that trumps their desire for access to power, validation, etc. When you find an outlier, protect them!
Show PostShoutout 2 @amywestervelt.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social 4 being brave enough 2 publicly state, "'the elephant in the room is donors, or what I like to call 'the problem class,' and how much their interests actually align with this administration'" re: climate drilled.ghost.io/the-problem-...
Show PostI wrote up a list of how I can help students, what they can expect from me, and what I expect from them in return. Hopefully this is also a useful resource for other students and their committees which don't include me.
Show PostI cannot emphasize this point enough. The only way to repair the damage at this point is to relentlessly emphasize the scientific value of research into forcings/outcomes that match RCP8.5 due to feedbacks/higher sensitivity—and to defend the science that was done with RCP8.5 in the first place.
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