Jan Cermak
@jancermak.bsky.social
Scientist. Satellite remote sensing, clouds, fog, climate, air pollution. he/him/his
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The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences.
Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences.
Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
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An update on this story for @science.org: A NOAA source tells me that OAR just had a reprieve to find another cloud-services host and that this contract will not be killed at midnight.
Good news -- but indicative of the chaos that Commerce is putting NOAA through.
Good news -- but indicative of the chaos that Commerce is putting NOAA through.
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
An update on this story for @science.org: A NOAA source tells me that OAR just had a reprieve to find another cloud-services host and that this contract will not be killed at midnight.
Good news -- but indicative of the chaos that Commerce is putting NOAA through.
Good news -- but indicative of the chaos that Commerce is putting NOAA through.
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Top forecasters worry the Trump staff/budget cuts at the National Weather Service could set back forecasting capabilities by a decade -- erasing the significant improvements in accuracy and lead time that save lives. www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/w...
4 ways forecasts are about to get worse | CNN
When a powerful thunderstorm spawns a tornado, people have what feels like only moments to gather their family and get to a safe place.
www.cnn.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Top forecasters worry the Trump staff/budget cuts at the National Weather Service could set back forecasting capabilities by a decade -- erasing the significant improvements in accuracy and lead time that save lives. www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/w...
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
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The Trump book burnings are beginning.
Hegseth's office ordered the U.S. Naval Academy to review all 590,000 books in its library for content at odds with an executive order banning “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools, even though it is a college. MLK, Einstein books already identified for removal www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The Trump book burnings are beginning.
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We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
Multiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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A new paper led by Sebastian Sippel just appeared in Nature arguing that ocean temperature measurements in the early 20th century have a cold bias.
It's a fun story illustrating the process of scientific discovery, so let me talk about it a bit. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It's a fun story illustrating the process of scientific discovery, so let me talk about it a bit. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Early-twentieth-century cold bias in ocean surface temperature observations - Nature
Independent statistical reconstructions of the global mean surface temperature from either ocean or land data show that existing estimates of early-twentieth-century ocean surface temperatures are too...
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:38 AM
A new paper led by Sebastian Sippel just appeared in Nature arguing that ocean temperature measurements in the early 20th century have a cold bias.
It's a fun story illustrating the process of scientific discovery, so let me talk about it a bit. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It's a fun story illustrating the process of scientific discovery, so let me talk about it a bit. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Polluted air favours fog in the Italian Po valley: NASA Earth Observatory image of the day features our research today. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15359...
A Hazy, Foggy Day in Italy’s Po Valley
Research suggests that airborne particles called aerosols contribute to longer-lasting outbreaks of fog.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
November 22, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Polluted air favours fog in the Italian Po valley: NASA Earth Observatory image of the day features our research today. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15359...