Dr. Jessica N. Cross
Chemical Oceanographer. Climate recovery enthusiast. Hockey fan. Views are mine only. RT ≠ Endorsement. She/Her.
- Is there anything better than Kermit? Love you, frog. We missed you.
- Maritime Blue Startup Incubators: Seattle & Tacoma-based programs connect founders to the PNW’s Premier Ocean Cluster. More info at maritimeblue.org/blue-ventures/; apply here ⬇️ by Feb 27
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- New paper looks into "The debt burden of tropical cyclones and climate change" => across all TC-exposed countries, debt-to-GDP ratios are on average 30% higher due to the cumulative effects of TCs since 1990, while GDP levels are on average 10% lower eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossGrateful for the engagement with our work 🙏 One slight misread that I'm seeing and would like to address head on: let me be immensely clear that this is not an argument to transition slower. It's an argument that we need to transition dramatically faster. (1/
- 1) Fuck ICE, and 2) in our ongoing pursuit of a more just, more dignified, more joyful, and better future, @jlappen1.bsky.social and I are really proud of our new piece in Science on managing fossil fuel phase-out www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossIn our latest article we argue that the problems with carbon offsets can't be fixed. The problem is causal complexity which observational methods can't sort out. open access link in the second post. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossIncredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science. www.science.org/content/arti...
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- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossInterrupted geoengineering could cost us *more* by 2100 than doing nothing at all, detailed econ modeling shows: High emissions: $868 billion Solar geoengineering: $393 billion Termination shock: $1 trillion www.newscientist.com/article/2513...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. Cross"To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable." -- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossAttention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossBig, big news! This is probably the coolest of the many jobs I have shared here! 🚨COME BE MY DEPUTY🚨 🚨JOIN THE BEST TEAM WORKING IN CLIMATE POLICY AND POLITICS!🚨 This. Will. Go. Fast.
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossMakes sense: “Until now, the ocean was largely overlooked in the standard accounting of the social cost of carbon even though the degradation of coral reef ecosystems, economic losses from fisheries impacts and damage to coastal infrastructure are well documented and adversely impact millions.”
- GREAT update on west coast mCDR today. Look for the recording if you missed it. mailchi.mp/22d617c57bf3...
- New mCDR paper out this month: www.mdpi.com/2571-8797/8/...
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- One (1) cat, to be deployed as necessary, in case of emergency.
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossA group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣
- poets.org/poem/dead-st... “Look, we are not unspectacular things. We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder?”
- “Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, / Couches our power, / the howl where we begin”
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- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. Cross1️⃣ : Do you have research on the potentials, limits, or risks of using CDR in climate mitigation strategies? Then submit your work to our upcoming #EGU session. www.egu26.eu/session/56943 ❗ Deadline: 15 January 2026, 13:00 CET. Convening w/ @nadinemengis.bsky.social @felixschenuit.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossNominations for @agu.org AGU awards are now being accepted! Please nominate a deserving colleague. Many qualified people do not win awards because no one nominates them. Also, for many AGU awards, you can self-nominate. www.agu.org/honors
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossFancy working somewhere with views like this less than a 10 min walk from your office? Are you an outstanding scholar of international standing within the field of Earth and environmental sciences? This could be the job for you: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossCongress set to reject Trump’s major budget cuts to NSF, NASA, and energy science. Story by @policyhound.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossA picture is worth 1000 words... This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK. Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect. Chapeau!
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. Cross🌊 Job Opportunity with BGC-Argo! 🌊 We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow in Oceanography / Marine Science to conduct cutting-edge research on the ocean carbon cycle. 📩 Interested? Reach out to Dr. Griet Neukermans : griet.neukermans@ugent.be
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossWall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
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- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. Cross✨The Needling’s Top Ten Stories of 2025✨ Good afternoon, engulfed Cybertruck. Goodbye, 2025. Goodluck, 2026. tinyurl.com/5n8nd2dk
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- Reminder: you need to soak your black eyed peas tonight. Go do it now before you forget.
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- Now, I’m not saying I know the old magic, or anything close. But even I will give a coin to a bright moon in a fog this close to the new year. Show us the path in the dark; keep us on firm ground. 🌓🪙
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- “What distinguished Gjerde most clearly, however, was endurance. She understood that progress on the high seas would be made not through declarations but through process: agenda-setting, draft text, technical workshops, and years of repetition in rooms where attention was scarce...”
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossTIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossPerhaps a late Xmas/Chanukah/Festivus/Kwanzaa present for some research hot shot currently not in Canada but who might like to move here - the new Impact+ Research Chairs. Note the strategic areas in Arctic, environment, climate resilience and water security. 🧪⚒️ careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1717054...
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- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossNEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹 They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating. A new scoop for The Reengineer! www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. Cross🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. www.stri.si.edu
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossACCAP at UAF is hiring a program manager: it could be you and you too could work with this bunch of wild and crazy (plus extremely nice) people. #AlaskaSky #UAF careers.alaska.edu/jobs/program...
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- I shudder to tell you the price of a suburban Seattle townhome.
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. Cross@ncar-ral.bsky.social President Dr Antonio Busalacchi is giving an emergency press briefing at #AGU25 Says he has really seen outpouring support from community today at AGU NCAR is the "jewel in the crown" of efforts to predict the Earth as a coupled system, he tells journalists
- WA carbon market revenue hits $4.3B as prices reach record www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. Cross20 years ago tonight, Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell enjoyed a Lazy Sunday:
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. Cross“To shutter this facility is, frankly, a national security risk,” Kim Cobb told @bloomberg.com about NCAR, given its cutting-edge work on extreme weather and across fields including machine learning and AI. Story w/ @eroston.bsky.social @willwwade.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossAGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossNew commentary on marine benthic carbon modeling and data synthesis 🌊 @usocb.bsky.social agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossAmid a whole host of other upheaval—their last day in the building is this Friday—NSF is making some changes to its grant review process. I spoke to staff about the potential benefits and drawbacks:
- Reposted by Dr. Jessica N. CrossRob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
