Mitch Bushuk
@the-iceman.bsky.social
Climate Scientist at NOAA GFDL | Interested in Polar Climate Change and Predictability | gfdl.noaa.gov/mitch-bushuk
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UGH! When will it end. 😭
"Effective October 15, 2025, due to non-renewed funding, NSIDC has suspended or reduced several Sea Ice Today tools and services."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
"Effective October 15, 2025, due to non-renewed funding, NSIDC has suspended or reduced several Sea Ice Today tools and services."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
October 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
UGH! When will it end. 😭
"Effective October 15, 2025, due to non-renewed funding, NSIDC has suspended or reduced several Sea Ice Today tools and services."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
"Effective October 15, 2025, due to non-renewed funding, NSIDC has suspended or reduced several Sea Ice Today tools and services."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
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We have a new book chapter out called "The future of sea ice" which I am excited to share: doi.org/10.1016/B978.... It reviews both the #Arctic and #Antarctic. If you are interested in it, don't hesitate to reach out 🙂
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We have a new book chapter out called "The future of sea ice" which I am excited to share: doi.org/10.1016/B978.... It reviews both the #Arctic and #Antarctic. If you are interested in it, don't hesitate to reach out 🙂
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When Earth warms, the total rainfall increases.
Here we show that this change in rainfall is also sensitive to the *pattern* of warming, build a theory to explain why, and use it to explain why rainfall increases more in uniform warming exps than abrupt-4xCO2 :)
essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10....
Here we show that this change in rainfall is also sensitive to the *pattern* of warming, build a theory to explain why, and use it to explain why rainfall increases more in uniform warming exps than abrupt-4xCO2 :)
essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10....
July 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
When Earth warms, the total rainfall increases.
Here we show that this change in rainfall is also sensitive to the *pattern* of warming, build a theory to explain why, and use it to explain why rainfall increases more in uniform warming exps than abrupt-4xCO2 :)
essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10....
Here we show that this change in rainfall is also sensitive to the *pattern* of warming, build a theory to explain why, and use it to explain why rainfall increases more in uniform warming exps than abrupt-4xCO2 :)
essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10....
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I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
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The latest summary from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)... 😔
"With budget cuts from NASA for Sea Ice Today, we will no longer write mid-month analyses in the months leading up to the Arctic sea ice minimum." - @nsidc.bsky.social
"With budget cuts from NASA for Sea Ice Today, we will no longer write mid-month analyses in the months leading up to the Arctic sea ice minimum." - @nsidc.bsky.social
SSMIS sunsets AMSR2 rises | National Snow and Ice Data Center
Arctic sea ice extent tracked at near-record low levels through much of June, hitting daily record low levels from June 20 to 26. Antarctic sea ice averaged third lowest for the month of June. There h...
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July 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The latest summary from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)... 😔
"With budget cuts from NASA for Sea Ice Today, we will no longer write mid-month analyses in the months leading up to the Arctic sea ice minimum." - @nsidc.bsky.social
"With budget cuts from NASA for Sea Ice Today, we will no longer write mid-month analyses in the months leading up to the Arctic sea ice minimum." - @nsidc.bsky.social
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Just embarrassing TBH.
Our final updates have been posted to the Climate.gov website, and this will be our final post to our social media channels.
June 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Just embarrassing TBH.
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This is the ACTUAL message the the team at climate [dot] gov wanted to send out as their final post, before it was completely dehumanized.
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Sad to see that leadership didn’t approve of my suggested post language (assuming since this is what is posted) that I submitted on my last day in May as the social media manager.
Allow me share some of our team’s kind words here instead:
Allow me share some of our team’s kind words here instead:
June 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is the ACTUAL message the the team at climate [dot] gov wanted to send out as their final post, before it was completely dehumanized.
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You know those “Antarctica Today” posts I’d put up for a while, showing surface melt extent accross Antarctica for every day of the melt season (Oct - April)?
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
Awful. More horrible science news
"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
You know those “Antarctica Today” posts I’d put up for a while, showing surface melt extent accross Antarctica for every day of the melt season (Oct - April)?
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
They relied 100% on this data stream. Take it offline, that goes away completely.
Sea ice extent uses it too.
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As of a few weeks ago, climate researchers thought they had at least until Sept before DOD cut off its passive microwave weather satellite data, used to track sea ice since the 1980s.
Now the cut off is coming in 5 days. Hope more reporters will cover now.
My recent story in @science.org:
Now the cut off is coming in 5 days. Hope more reporters will cover now.
My recent story in @science.org:
June 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As of a few weeks ago, climate researchers thought they had at least until Sept before DOD cut off its passive microwave weather satellite data, used to track sea ice since the 1980s.
Now the cut off is coming in 5 days. Hope more reporters will cover now.
My recent story in @science.org:
Now the cut off is coming in 5 days. Hope more reporters will cover now.
My recent story in @science.org:
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this is not because the DMSP satellite has stopped working.
🚧Urgent notice to all SSMIS product users 🚧
We've just been informed that #SSMIS from the US #DMSP satellite will stop to be distributed on Monday 30/06/2025.
Consequently, we advise SSMIS only-based #SeaIce products users to urgently change.
More information:
osi-saf.eumetsat.int/community/st...
We've just been informed that #SSMIS from the US #DMSP satellite will stop to be distributed on Monday 30/06/2025.
Consequently, we advise SSMIS only-based #SeaIce products users to urgently change.
More information:
osi-saf.eumetsat.int/community/st...
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
this is not because the DMSP satellite has stopped working.
This is a devastating loss for polar science. Most folks who work on sea ice use these datasets on a daily basis. Hard to imagine life without them.
Awful. More horrible science news
"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
"The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) learned yesterday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will stop processing & delivering the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data no later than 30 June 2025."
June 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is a devastating loss for polar science. Most folks who work on sea ice use these datasets on a daily basis. Hard to imagine life without them.
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😓 These are the folks who provide satellite imagery, maps, and geospatial support to American scientists that operate in polar regions where most satellites don’t reach.
FOR DECADES they have done this, supporting critical work.
They have helped me many times. This is terrible. #WithoutNSF
FOR DECADES they have done this, supporting critical work.
They have helped me many times. This is terrible. #WithoutNSF
Effective immediately, the PGC is no longer accepting new NSF-supported requests due to a lack of renewal funding. Current work is wrapping up. Please contact your NSF program officer if impacted. We’re grateful to have supported your polar research. Read our full statement at www.pgc.umn.edu
May 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
😓 These are the folks who provide satellite imagery, maps, and geospatial support to American scientists that operate in polar regions where most satellites don’t reach.
FOR DECADES they have done this, supporting critical work.
They have helped me many times. This is terrible. #WithoutNSF
FOR DECADES they have done this, supporting critical work.
They have helped me many times. This is terrible. #WithoutNSF
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Anyone interested in learning about a first principles, quantitative theory for convective mass flux in a warming world?
Read the paper and/or come to my EGU talk on Thursday! :)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Read the paper and/or come to my EGU talk on Thursday! :)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A Robust Constraint on the Response of Convective Mass Fluxes to Warming
Convective mass fluxes robustly decrease with warming, at around 3−5 $3-5$%K−1 ${\mathrm{K}}^{-1}$, when viewed in temperature coordinates The weakening in temperature coordinates is explained by...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Anyone interested in learning about a first principles, quantitative theory for convective mass flux in a warming world?
Read the paper and/or come to my EGU talk on Thursday! :)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Read the paper and/or come to my EGU talk on Thursday! :)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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This is beyond abominable. I don't know what else to say.
The Trump administration has canceled the lease for NASA's top climate science modeling and monitoring lab, known as NASA GISS, at Columbia Univ. in NYC. The lab is going virtual as of May 31. (The lab is above the Seinfeld restaurant.) www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/c...
Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at Columbia University | CNN
The NASA lab tracks global climate conditions, serving as one of the main centers worldwide for this information.
www.cnn.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is beyond abominable. I don't know what else to say.
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They simply want to cancel an entire field of science because they don't like the answers it has come up with. It's like the burning of the library of Alexandria. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
They simply want to cancel an entire field of science because they don't like the answers it has come up with. It's like the burning of the library of Alexandria. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The Trump administration has canceled the lease for NASA's top climate science modeling and monitoring lab, known as NASA GISS, at Columbia Univ. in NYC. The lab is going virtual as of May 31. (The lab is above the Seinfeld restaurant.) www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/c...
Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at Columbia University | CNN
The NASA lab tracks global climate conditions, serving as one of the main centers worldwide for this information.
www.cnn.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Trump administration has canceled the lease for NASA's top climate science modeling and monitoring lab, known as NASA GISS, at Columbia Univ. in NYC. The lab is going virtual as of May 31. (The lab is above the Seinfeld restaurant.) www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/c...
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NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
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NASA Is Terminating The GISS Lease In Five Weeks
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"NASA’s lease of Columbia University’s Armstrong Hall in New York City, home to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, will end effective May 31, 2025."
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"NASA’s lease of Columbia University’s Armstrong Hall in New York City, home to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, will end effective May 31, 2025."
NASA Is Terminating The GISS Lease In Five Weeks
This was just sent to all NASA Goddard and GISS employees by Makenzie Lystrup
nasawatch.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
NASA Is Terminating The GISS Lease In Five Weeks
nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...
"NASA’s lease of Columbia University’s Armstrong Hall in New York City, home to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, will end effective May 31, 2025."
nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...
"NASA’s lease of Columbia University’s Armstrong Hall in New York City, home to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, will end effective May 31, 2025."
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Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
April 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
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NOAA Layoffs Have Hurricane Forecasters Worried heatmap.news/climate/2025...
NOAA Layoffs Have Hurricane Forecasters Worried
While they’re confident in the accuracy of this year’s predictions, the future looks a lot murkier.
heatmap.news
April 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
NOAA Layoffs Have Hurricane Forecasters Worried heatmap.news/climate/2025...
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"To envision the disastrous impact of this plan, one only needs to see what NOAA research has provided to the U.S. taxpayer and imagine where we would be without it."
"Now is the time to reach out to your elected representatives."
"Stand Up for NOAA Research" - @nwas.org and @ametsoc.org statement
"Now is the time to reach out to your elected representatives."
"Stand Up for NOAA Research" - @nwas.org and @ametsoc.org statement
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.
www.ametsoc.org
April 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"To envision the disastrous impact of this plan, one only needs to see what NOAA research has provided to the U.S. taxpayer and imagine where we would be without it."
"Now is the time to reach out to your elected representatives."
"Stand Up for NOAA Research" - @nwas.org and @ametsoc.org statement
"Now is the time to reach out to your elected representatives."
"Stand Up for NOAA Research" - @nwas.org and @ametsoc.org statement
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NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]
Notice of Changes
Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov
April 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]
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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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🔊 ALEXANDRA JAHN @seaiceclimate.bsky.social speaks with KUNC's Erin O'Toole about predicting when the 1st ice-free *day* on the Arctic Ocean might occur. Jahn & @clnhz.bsky.social found it could happen within 3-20 yrs, an ominous milestone
Listen to 9 min interview: www.kunc.org/podcast/inth...
Listen to 9 min interview: www.kunc.org/podcast/inth...
An ice-free day on the Arctic Ocean? It’s coming sooner than we realized, a CU researcher says
The Arctic Ocean is one of the coldest regions on the globe. But a CU researcher says that some day soon, the Arctic will see its first day in which all of the sea ice has melted due to rising global ...
www.kunc.org
December 17, 2024 at 9:12 PM
🔊 ALEXANDRA JAHN @seaiceclimate.bsky.social speaks with KUNC's Erin O'Toole about predicting when the 1st ice-free *day* on the Arctic Ocean might occur. Jahn & @clnhz.bsky.social found it could happen within 3-20 yrs, an ominous milestone
Listen to 9 min interview: www.kunc.org/podcast/inth...
Listen to 9 min interview: www.kunc.org/podcast/inth...
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📢Submit to our EGU session!📢
We are organizing a session at EGU 2025 in Vienna, with a focus on climate sensitivity, radiative feedbacks and the pattern effect!
If you work on anything related to climate sensitivity, we'd love to have you! 🥳🥳🥳 Submit soon! :)
We are organizing a session at EGU 2025 in Vienna, with a focus on climate sensitivity, radiative feedbacks and the pattern effect!
If you work on anything related to climate sensitivity, we'd love to have you! 🥳🥳🥳 Submit soon! :)
December 2, 2024 at 7:33 PM
📢Submit to our EGU session!📢
We are organizing a session at EGU 2025 in Vienna, with a focus on climate sensitivity, radiative feedbacks and the pattern effect!
If you work on anything related to climate sensitivity, we'd love to have you! 🥳🥳🥳 Submit soon! :)
We are organizing a session at EGU 2025 in Vienna, with a focus on climate sensitivity, radiative feedbacks and the pattern effect!
If you work on anything related to climate sensitivity, we'd love to have you! 🥳🥳🥳 Submit soon! :)