Tessa Hill
@tessahill.bsky.social
Climate change, oceans, blue carbon and coastal communities. Professor, researcher, educator, author. 🌊
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Tessa Hill
@tessahill.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Ok, I’m loving the starter packs! This one is for women (inclusively defined) in Ocean Science.
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You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.
If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo
Great work by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social at @ucdavis.bsky.social !
Miniature horses and donkeys can serve as therapy animals — and petting or scratching them for just three minutes made teenagers feel less anxious, sad and lonely, according to a new study. https://wapo.st/4hdSgqS
September 18, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Great work by @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social at @ucdavis.bsky.social !
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A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them.
Here is my journey
Here is my journey
The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
heated.world
September 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them.
Here is my journey
Here is my journey
Apparently AI is not coming for the geographer’s jobs
Out of curiosity, I asked Gemini to fetch a map of the SF Bay Area for me, with UC Davis and Bodega Marine Lab labeled. This is what it came up with.
Y’all keep using AI to “improve workflows”. I’m off to make a map…
Y’all keep using AI to “improve workflows”. I’m off to make a map…
September 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Apparently AI is not coming for the geographer’s jobs
Out of curiosity, I asked Gemini to fetch a map of the SF Bay Area for me, with UC Davis and Bodega Marine Lab labeled. This is what it came up with.
Y’all keep using AI to “improve workflows”. I’m off to make a map…
Y’all keep using AI to “improve workflows”. I’m off to make a map…
September 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Out of curiosity, I asked Gemini to fetch a map of the SF Bay Area for me, with UC Davis and Bodega Marine Lab labeled. This is what it came up with.
Y’all keep using AI to “improve workflows”. I’m off to make a map…
Y’all keep using AI to “improve workflows”. I’m off to make a map…
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The lawsuit challenges the NIH's current policy of using keywords to flag grant applications associated with climate change, DEI, gender, misinformation research, and vaccine hesitancy, keywords that have been used to terminate my own funding as well.
Below: just a few of the banned words.
Below: just a few of the banned words.
September 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The lawsuit challenges the NIH's current policy of using keywords to flag grant applications associated with climate change, DEI, gender, misinformation research, and vaccine hesitancy, keywords that have been used to terminate my own funding as well.
Below: just a few of the banned words.
Below: just a few of the banned words.
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🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 @mbarinews.bsky.social invites applications for in-person postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. Deadline to apply is 5pm PT on December 2, 2026.
www.mbari.org/about/career...
www.mbari.org/about/career...
Postdoc Fellowships • MBARI
Each year, MBARI invites applications for several in-person postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. MBARI also...
www.mbari.org
September 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 @mbarinews.bsky.social invites applications for in-person postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. Deadline to apply is 5pm PT on December 2, 2026.
www.mbari.org/about/career...
www.mbari.org/about/career...
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Yes, and… Vote for all 🗳️💚 climate candidates,
🗳️🏞️federal
🗳️🏞️state
🗳️🏞️local
🗳️in all the downballot races
Voting is a big impact #Climate solution
☎️ give 1-hour to EVP, & call from anywhere,
Get people who care about the environment—to cast a ballot
👇
@environmentalvoter.bsky.social
🗳️🏞️federal
🗳️🏞️state
🗳️🏞️local
🗳️in all the downballot races
Voting is a big impact #Climate solution
☎️ give 1-hour to EVP, & call from anywhere,
Get people who care about the environment—to cast a ballot
👇
@environmentalvoter.bsky.social
September 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Yes, and… Vote for all 🗳️💚 climate candidates,
🗳️🏞️federal
🗳️🏞️state
🗳️🏞️local
🗳️in all the downballot races
Voting is a big impact #Climate solution
☎️ give 1-hour to EVP, & call from anywhere,
Get people who care about the environment—to cast a ballot
👇
@environmentalvoter.bsky.social
🗳️🏞️federal
🗳️🏞️state
🗳️🏞️local
🗳️in all the downballot races
Voting is a big impact #Climate solution
☎️ give 1-hour to EVP, & call from anywhere,
Get people who care about the environment—to cast a ballot
👇
@environmentalvoter.bsky.social
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Starting Tuesday! 🌟 Post in any media, on your own schedule, & use the prompt words any way that works for you. Natural science, formal science, social science, & divergent fields beyond - every interest is welcome! (I’ve even got a history post in my own queue…) #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #SciComm 🐡
August 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Starting Tuesday! 🌟 Post in any media, on your own schedule, & use the prompt words any way that works for you. Natural science, formal science, social science, & divergent fields beyond - every interest is welcome! (I’ve even got a history post in my own queue…) #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #SciComm 🐡
Every King Tide and major storm for the past 20 years has offered a preview and a warning. We are past the previews now and into the feature film, folks. The drama gets worse every minute that we don’t do something about this.
“Unfortunately this is just a preview,” UC climate scientist Daniel Swain said Tuesday during a discussion of the storm. “The coastal flooding later this year, … it will get worse this fall and especially this winter.”
‘The whole beach is gone’: Big waves, flooding bring destruction to Southern California coast. It’s a warning
www.pressdemocrat.com
September 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Every King Tide and major storm for the past 20 years has offered a preview and a warning. We are past the previews now and into the feature film, folks. The drama gets worse every minute that we don’t do something about this.
“The most precious resources of our profession are students and ideas.”
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A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
mathandai.org
September 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“The most precious resources of our profession are students and ideas.”
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NSF is consolidating its geoscience research grants into a new program, GEOcore and reducing annual grants to $110 million total in 200-350 awards. Typical was about $300 million in 1,200 awards. Not including institutional grants ($1.3 billion/yr) and those may be gone.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core)
www.nsf.gov
September 9, 2026 at 3:42 AM
NSF is consolidating its geoscience research grants into a new program, GEOcore and reducing annual grants to $110 million total in 200-350 awards. Typical was about $300 million in 1,200 awards. Not including institutional grants ($1.3 billion/yr) and those may be gone.
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Read it here: www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-worst-...
The Worst Case Is Still on the Table
Why removing RCP8.5 from the National Climate Assessment would be a serious mistake
www.theclimatebrink.com
September 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Read it here: www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-worst-...
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🚨OSTP, on behalf of USGCRP, seeks public comment on proposed amendment that would clarify the interpretation and Federal use of NCA5 results that rely on RCP8.5
Are you a scientist with expertise? Tomorrow is the last day to submit a comment:
spklr.io/63328ErWok
Are you a scientist with expertise? Tomorrow is the last day to submit a comment:
spklr.io/63328ErWok
United States Global Change Research Program; Availability for Public Comment on the Proposed Amendment to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5)
OSTP, on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), announces the availability of a proposed amendment and clarification to the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) for public comment. The proposed amendment addresses the interpretation and Federal use of NCA5 results that...
spklr.io
September 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🚨OSTP, on behalf of USGCRP, seeks public comment on proposed amendment that would clarify the interpretation and Federal use of NCA5 results that rely on RCP8.5
Are you a scientist with expertise? Tomorrow is the last day to submit a comment:
spklr.io/63328ErWok
Are you a scientist with expertise? Tomorrow is the last day to submit a comment:
spklr.io/63328ErWok
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100 years of August sea surface temperature anomalies... wait for the last frame showing 2026, where the fingerprint of El Niño is becoming very prominent, even against the background warmth of long-term climate change.
Data from NOAA ERSSTv6: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext... 🌊
Data from NOAA ERSSTv6: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext... 🌊
September 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
100 years of August sea surface temperature anomalies... wait for the last frame showing 2026, where the fingerprint of El Niño is becoming very prominent, even against the background warmth of long-term climate change.
Data from NOAA ERSSTv6: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext... 🌊
Data from NOAA ERSSTv6: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext... 🌊
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Unlike so many others, the @financialtimes.com nails the "OMG, 1.5℃ is gone" message:
"Temperature overshoot requires urgent action"
Yep. And every 0.01℃ matters.
Reminds me of my NYT oped with @costasamaras.com: "The widely recited '12-year deadline' is wrong — and right." gwagner.com/12years
"Temperature overshoot requires urgent action"
Yep. And every 0.01℃ matters.
Reminds me of my NYT oped with @costasamaras.com: "The widely recited '12-year deadline' is wrong — and right." gwagner.com/12years
September 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Unlike so many others, the @financialtimes.com nails the "OMG, 1.5℃ is gone" message:
"Temperature overshoot requires urgent action"
Yep. And every 0.01℃ matters.
Reminds me of my NYT oped with @costasamaras.com: "The widely recited '12-year deadline' is wrong — and right." gwagner.com/12years
"Temperature overshoot requires urgent action"
Yep. And every 0.01℃ matters.
Reminds me of my NYT oped with @costasamaras.com: "The widely recited '12-year deadline' is wrong — and right." gwagner.com/12years
I actually got an inquiry from a prospective graduate student today that says “I have been following your work on [insert topic here] and it aligns closely with my background.”
🙏🏼 please please please stop using AI to draft your emails to grad school advisors. It’s not a good look. 👀
🙏🏼 please please please stop using AI to draft your emails to grad school advisors. It’s not a good look. 👀
September 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I actually got an inquiry from a prospective graduate student today that says “I have been following your work on [insert topic here] and it aligns closely with my background.”
🙏🏼 please please please stop using AI to draft your emails to grad school advisors. It’s not a good look. 👀
🙏🏼 please please please stop using AI to draft your emails to grad school advisors. It’s not a good look. 👀
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🌎 What can Earth’s vital signs tell us about our changing planet?
Join Scripps glaciologist @helen-amanda.bsky.social on Sept. 3 at The Exploratorium Museum's After Dark in San Francisco as she shares how NASA’s new EDGE mission will map our planet in unprecedented detail. https://bit.ly/4zRlbJN
Join Scripps glaciologist @helen-amanda.bsky.social on Sept. 3 at The Exploratorium Museum's After Dark in San Francisco as she shares how NASA’s new EDGE mission will map our planet in unprecedented detail. https://bit.ly/4zRlbJN
After Dark: Pale Blue Dot | Exploratorium Museum Event
Take a step way back and see our planet in context: a tiny yet dynamic system in a vast cosmic neighborhood.
www.exploratorium.edu
September 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
🌎 What can Earth’s vital signs tell us about our changing planet?
Join Scripps glaciologist @helen-amanda.bsky.social on Sept. 3 at The Exploratorium Museum's After Dark in San Francisco as she shares how NASA’s new EDGE mission will map our planet in unprecedented detail. https://bit.ly/4zRlbJN
Join Scripps glaciologist @helen-amanda.bsky.social on Sept. 3 at The Exploratorium Museum's After Dark in San Francisco as she shares how NASA’s new EDGE mission will map our planet in unprecedented detail. https://bit.ly/4zRlbJN
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Do you want to help the survivors of the Nepal glacier collapse?
Here is a list of organizations on the ground:
apnews.com/article/nepa...
Here is a list of organizations on the ground:
apnews.com/article/nepa...
How to help after Nepal and Tibet's catastrophic floods
Humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to aid survivors along the Nepal-China border after catastrophic floods struck the region Wednesday.
apnews.com
August 31, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Do you want to help the survivors of the Nepal glacier collapse?
Here is a list of organizations on the ground:
apnews.com/article/nepa...
Here is a list of organizations on the ground:
apnews.com/article/nepa...
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Had a lovely chat with @hankgreen.bsky.social recently about Titan, Dragonfly, Life, The Universe and I guess everything?
youtu.be/V6snQE8Po9Q?...
youtu.be/V6snQE8Po9Q?...
I Don't Think Saturn is a Planet
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
August 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Had a lovely chat with @hankgreen.bsky.social recently about Titan, Dragonfly, Life, The Universe and I guess everything?
youtu.be/V6snQE8Po9Q?...
youtu.be/V6snQE8Po9Q?...
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Dolly Parton is credited in at least 37 research papers on the COVID vaccine, including the first phase I trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020.
August 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Dolly Parton is credited in at least 37 research papers on the COVID vaccine, including the first phase I trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020.
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There is basically no distinction left between the oil companies & the administration. The casual corruption here is just breathtaking.
A White House official helped an oil company advance its projects. Now she’ll lead its DC office.
Brittany Kelm’s departure from the White House to lead the Washington office of a Houston oil company has raised questions about the close proximity between
www.eenews.net
August 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
There is basically no distinction left between the oil companies & the administration. The casual corruption here is just breathtaking.
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Anyway read this article where I was among the folks that said that NOAA is cool and good and we should fund it because it belongs to us www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
DOGE Broke America’s Weather Machine. Now Fishermen, Insurers And Farmers Are Paying For It
Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout
www.forbes.com
August 21, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Anyway read this article where I was among the folks that said that NOAA is cool and good and we should fund it because it belongs to us www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
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I don’t love it
Sub-surface ocean temperatures in the Pacific have now reached 9.96°C above average, significantly warmer than the previous record event in 1997.
This El Niño continues to set new records.
Nobody alive today has witnessed an event of this magnitude.
This El Niño continues to set new records.
Nobody alive today has witnessed an event of this magnitude.
August 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I don’t love it
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The great lengths to which scientists are going to keep public data public is nothing short of heroic.
It's ENSO-forecast day at NOAA — the perfect day for an ENSO announcement of our own. Starting next week, we're taking baby steps toward rebooting the ENSO Blog, which ran on Climate(.)gov from 2014–2025. 🌎️🧪 [1/4]
August 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The great lengths to which scientists are going to keep public data public is nothing short of heroic.
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SCOOP: Trump is ending federal support for NOAA's Arctic Report Card, a major annual update shedding light on the effect climate change has on the Arctic.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
POLITICO Pro: NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change report
The authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region.
subscriber.politicopro.com
August 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
SCOOP: Trump is ending federal support for NOAA's Arctic Report Card, a major annual update shedding light on the effect climate change has on the Arctic.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...