What really happened at AGU?
A protest at the world's largest Earth science conference led to a high-profile climate scientist's firing. Was it justified?

Article in HEATED by Arielle Samuelson:
https://heated.world/p/what-really-happened-at-agu

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #AGU #agu22 #RoseAbramoff #heated

Open letter to #AGU demanding they step back on the disproportionate retaliation against @ultracricket and @ClimateHuman after #AGU22. Sign here ➡️ http://aguopenletter.com

Researcher Rose Abramoff unfurled a banner during the #AGU22 conference where she was presenting her work. The banner called for researchers to take action for #climate and raise awareness among the general public.
▶️ Dismissed from the conf.
▶️ Removal of already presented work from the proceedings (!)
▶️ Fired
🤯

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opinion/scientist-fired-climate-change-activism.html

https://climatejustice.social/@ClimateHuman/109669249070807561

Should scientists be more activist!? A question that comes up a lot at our ESPartnership conferences. I wished that #AGU had used the action of @ultracricket and @climatehuman during #AGU22 to spark that crucial discussion, instead of expelling them.

https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-researchers-ejected-from-agu-fall-meeting-banner-activism-interview-2022-12?international=true&r=US&IR=T

RT @ClimateHuman
#AGU22 is the huge Earth science meeting, with 25,000 scientists. Talks and posters detail the breaking down of our Earth in real time. They are terrifying. So @ultracricket and I stepped outside extremely strong norms and urged scientists to take a stand.

RT @ClimateHuman@twitter.com

#AGU22 is the huge Earth science meeting, with 25,000 scientists. Talks and posters detail the breaking down of our Earth in real time. They are terrifying. So @ultracricket@twitter.com and I stepped outside extremely strong norms and urged scientists to take a stand.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ClimateHuman/status/1603603621001805825

This was at #AGU22 in Chicago in December. For two weeks after the action, I thought I might get fired as well. "I knew that I could face retaliation. But inaction during this critical time will have far greater consequences."

RT @theAGU@twitter.com

Dead and dying #seabirds show both the fast pace of #climatechange in the #Arctic and its impacts on ecosystems and communities, writes @larsonchristina@twitter.com for @AP@twitter.com, citing research released at #AGU22. #AGUintheNews

https://apnews.com/article/science-arctic-sheffield-bering-strait-climate-and-environment-e4111a9c3ced963f63f9d33e9f366490

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/theAGU/status/1608447999448961025

Remarkable work here! (Was AGU session recorded?)
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RT @JoGiezi
If you are still at @theAGU this afternoon, I will be presenting our work with @pazjusticiavida et al. on Historical #Flood mapping in Bangladesh using #DeepLearning (CNNs and LSTMs)

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm22/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1129827

#AGU22
https://twitter.com/JoGiezi/status/1603802643922665483

Chicago wasn't all coffee. I did do some work at #AGU22.

Chicago wasn't all coffee. I did do some work at #AGU22.

AND my second prescientist letter from Letters to a PreScientist arrived while I was at #AGU22. My prescientist’s favourite thing they’ve learned in school is all about ocean currents 🌊 and their favourite animals are 🦁, 🐨, & clownfish! I can’t wait to write back!

Back from #AGU22. Had a recorder lesson early this morning (via the web). Filed expenses. Filled my home study's fuel tank. Signed paperwork for a (small, but important) promotion. Have clear priorities for this week. Winter break starts Friday.

Presented our work on detecting and quantifying methane super-emitters around the world use satellites at #AGU22 last week. Not as exciting as joining in person but glad to have the chance to present remotely.

So #AGU22 is over, and many of us are coming home with the 'sniffles'. Good idea to get tested for #COVID .

That bug surely shook hands with me at the meeting. I just hope it paid that outrageous meeting registration fee too.

Nature just posted about how such meetings should start tracking post-meeting infections, so that future meeting goers know the true risk.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04469-8?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=3baa4cf847-briefing-dy-20221219&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-3baa4cf847-42371387

In a talk at #AGU22 last week, Bruce Banerdt, the principal investigator on InSight, said his entry into the “deadpool” for the end of the mission was Jan. 30, “which was later than most people on the project.”

Cruising into the winter break and I’m still figuring out what to post on Mastodon. I really appreciate the ability to write longer form posts, and I want to respect that this is, in fact, a different platform than Twitter.
I also left Twitter last year around April, and, honestly, haven’t felt a pressing need to post a whole lot 😅
But here are some things I’ve been pondering:
1. Post #AGU22 musings
2. Video game musings
3. DEI stuff
4. Neotoma and #openscience stuff
5. All of the above

Exciting news! We have 3️⃣ new #LadiesofLandsat leaders who we will highlight this month on #LoLManuscriptMonday.

Today we feature Sarah Schenkein, who helps with our #Landsat9 trading cards & represented us at #AGU22. Be sure to connect with her! #EOChat

Last week, Sarah presented about #LadiesofLandsat with Matilda Anokye at the Google Earth booth at #AGU22 with support from Kate Fickas! Thanks for all your efforts ladies; we’re honoured to work with you!

#AGU22 was amazing but I am exhausted and need to focus on my family.

I hope everyone has a restful and peaceful holiday season. You all deserve it. The world deserves it.

Photo by Katya Ross on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/Ni-xXcVb8Cg

Back home from #AGU22 to my #pitbulls who are even more snuggly than they were before I abandoned them for a whole week.