David Garczynski

Big fan of rocks, weather, and water.
Bylines: New Yorker, Nautilus, Orion

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

On the 10th anniversary of Sandy, I wrote about barrier islands and the history of NY’s coastlines. It’s a tale of lost islands, forgotten hurricanes, and an endlessly transforming coast. Honored to share it with the @NewYorker https://t.co/YQtKeBXuqT

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

@NYCTSubway @AmyWerner02 @angelinaleigh @angieghellman Staying at my friends place. I haven’t heard from my friend in two+ hours. He said he’ll be home at 5 pm. He takes the F southbound. @NYCTSubway

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

Thank you to Evan Lubofsky for the assignment and all the wonderful scientists who contributed. A special thank you to @Foukalpoint for inviting me aboard the Endeavor last year to view his work firsthand!

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

My cover story for @WHOI's Oceanus Magazine is now online. It's on ocean physics, the wild ways scientists measure it, and how the ocean's invisible currents dominate life on this planet. Check it out!
https://t.co/g9YFy5fmj0

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

@KelseyTimmerman @Orion_Magazine Thank you! I’m glad you liked it. It means a lot that you reached out!

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

Last year I had the opportunity to spend a month(!) at sea with WHOI oceanographer @Foukalpoint. If any editors are interested in a behind the scenes look at the magical, difficult, and sometimes nauseating work of mapping our oceans, hit me up!

[Nick Foukal @Foukalpoint]

Incredible wordsmithing by @dkgarz to summarize the complicated field of AMOC dynamics into a brief (too brief?) article: https://t.co/d2vMcnEJuV
@WHOI @NautilusMag

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

I know it's worrying. When the risks are existential, we'd like a bit more certainty. Focusing on the apocalyptic parts is a bit fatalistic. The important thing is continuing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so that in the absence of absolute certainty, we can stay any potential tipping points near or far.

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

Wrote a little story for @NautilusMag summing up what we know and don't know about #AMOC, a climate tipping point which made headlines recently after a
paper predicted the system is on track to collapse. 1/x https://t.co/Q2QoNYNKGE

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

@prince_luikun To crib Annie Dillard: A kiss may be this precursor to marriage; flying in an airplane may be a precursor to falling out of one. Just because you do the former, the other doesn't necessarily have to follow. The metaphor got a bit weird fast.😄

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

@prince_luikun People often use a chair metaphor. Lean back a little and the system returns to normal when you stop applying force. Lean back too far, and the system "tips" into a new state. An AMOC collapse is a potential result of going past this invisible tipping point.

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

@prince_luikun Good question! I agree. It's confusing how they are often meshed. A tipping point is just the point of no return. Picture tripping off a cliff. Once you've gone over the edge, there's nothing you can do, but there is still time (in this case decades) before you hit the ground.

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

tl;dr Nuance is hard in 280 characters. Just read the article 😄

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

What remains clear is that an AMOC collapse is an existential threat, but as of now we cannot yet predict the mechanisms and timing of a collapse with any certainty. It's an imperfect look at the future, and perhaps for the layman, an unsatisfying one.

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

@WinansC_A @NewYorker Hi Carol-Ann. I read the case study! Is there an email where I can send input? I can send you the original maps, georeferenced overlay, and point to some USGS material I relied on.

[David Garczynski @dkgarz]

On the 10th anniversary of Sandy, I wrote about barrier islands and the history of NY’s coastlines. It’s a tale of lost islands, forgotten hurricanes, and an endlessly transforming coast. Honored to share it with the @NewYorker https://t.co/YQtKeBXuqT