For the first time in 25 years, the entire state of California is completely drought-free! If you just turned 25 or are younger, California's always been somewhat in drought during your entire life- until now. abc7news.com/post/drought...

Ag Secretary Orders Changes to USDA Research Priorities www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/149...

Dust season 2026 in El Paso, Texas officially started this early morning! 70 minutes of blowing dust was recorded at the airport between 12:15 and 2AM (I've seen video verification), gusts to 49 mph. It must have been very localized, because none of the TCEQ sites reported elevated PM levels. #txwx

A dramatic satellite view of the Mediterranean: A sweeping #SaharanDust arc intrudes between cloud bands, staining the sea in muted browns. The contrast reveals active #atmospheric dynamics—desert aerosols sculpted by winds🌬 beneath layered clouds. ☁️🟤🌊 🛰 #NASA 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

Ahahahahaha - imagine getting invited to a predatory conference based on a joke paper I wrote for a predatory journal. @seismatters.bsky.social please notify Ian. 🧪 #MedicineCabinets

Published today: Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century Defining pre-industrial to be 1750, rather than 1850, produces different (simulated) historical climate changes after 1850. Pre-1850 volcanoes & land use matter. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Great story about Tanya Atwater- the young woman who was at the forefront of the plate tectonics revolution. www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...

Traffic-related air pollution has an effect on the atmosphere's electric field. www.sciencealert.com/traffic-has-...

10 - 15 years ago, California Governor Jerry Brown was interviewed at the AGU meeting. He was asked what natural disaster kept him up at night with fear. Earthquake? Volcano erupting? No, he said, he lost sleep worrying about catastrophic levee failures theconversation.com/west-coast-l...

So, "The Starry Night" doesn't depict turbulence any more than a Degas painting of a woman sitting by a vase of flowers. At least not scientifically. But, aesthetically, the spirit of flow still seems there. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

University of Nebraska's chancellor, who oversaw budget cuts which included the closure of the school's earth and atmospheric science department, is now resigning suddenly. www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...

Excerpt: "NASA:... The bills maintain funding for 55 missions that would have been cut, as well as for STEM engagement efforts and Earth science research that similarly would’ve been cut." eos.org/research-and...

Just like in other areas of life, it's that stuff you're NOT watching out for that'll getcha www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

More free days for U.S. residents: but high charges for foreign visitors to US national parks. www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

Is ‘open science’ delivering benefits? Major study finds the results are unclear www.science.org/content/arti...

Final El Paso, Texas dust climatology for 2025: Number of days with Blowing Dust = 50 (most since 2008) Number of days with Dust Storm conditions = 12 (most since 1935 [Dust Bowl])

People who were primed to be in a positive mood before looking at videos of dogs tended to perceive dogs as being sad. Conversely, participants primed to be in a negative mood perceived the dogs as being happier than they really were. www.sciencealert.com/we-may-be-mi...

🛰️🌍🌬️ Starting the year with #highlatitudedust activity in northern Patagonia. Unusual in this case is the fact that wind direction is from the E and SE, quite unusual for dust activity. @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social @sheffielddust.bsky.social

attn @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social @sheffielddust.bsky.social @mparrington.bsky.social @barrylefer.bsky.social @barrybaker.bsky.social @aerosolwatch.bsky.social @fariastejerina.bsky.social @guilleabramson.bsky.social

Fluid mechanics says it's all about maximizing the "Worthington splash." theconversation.com/manu-jumping...

El Paso, Texas will finish 2025 with 50 dusty days (34 synoptic and 16 convective events), the most since 2008. El Paso had 12 Dust Storms in 2025, the most since 1935 (the Dust Bowl). Fortunately, the dust shut off at the end of August: how much dust will next year bring? #txwx

Unless it rains tonight (slight chance), El Paso, Texas will finish the year of 2025 with 9.21 inches of precipitation, which is slightly above the 30-year average of 8.76 inches, and more precipitation this year than in 2023 and 2024 combined (9.07 inches).

what happens when a microscope crashes into a telescope? they kaleidescope

Zheng et al., GIScience & Remote Sensing: Earlier snowmelt is driving the northward migration of East Asian Sand and Dust Storms doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2025.2604385

What the heck? Excerpt: "Basically, we are watching the famous 'wood wide web' in action!" Monica Gagliano, Southern Cross University, Australia, and study co-leader, said in the statement. www.space.com/stargazing/s...

Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social et al., JGR-Earth Surface: Evolution of loess tablelands in the central Great Plains: Relief generation by loess accumulation and the importance of closed depressions. doi.org/10.1029/2025...

You could even say it glows. www.science.org/content/arti...

This animation shows a #DustStorm blowing out of the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Clouds form a giant swirl where the borders of #Mongolia and #China meet. Although clouds obscure much of the #dust and the landscape below. Clear skies allowing a view of the area where the plumes originate #AirQuality

Interesting discovery in soil erosion. Raindrops form "sandballs" to increase surface erosion as they flow downhill. phys.org/news/2025-12...

Cute little dino babies. www.earth.com/news/baby-an...

What Okinawan Sailor Songs Might Teach Us About the Climate eos.org/articles/wha...

Congrats to my old friends and former colleagues at the West Texas Mesonet and Texas Tech Atmospheric Science Group. They've got the proven talent and ability to expand their network to help prevent future weather tragedies like what happened in the Hill Country last 4th of July. Great news, Texas!

Probably just for more practical reasons like making tools and shelter from their bones

Satellite imagery shows an extensive #dust plume originating from southern Iraq & northern Saudi deserts, advected SE by strong NW Shamal winds. Dust covers Kuwait and the NW #PersianGulf, reducing visibility; marine haze evident offshore. Satellite Data:🛰 2025 Dec 19 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

Satellite imagery shows #dust from southern Iraq & northern Saudi deserts spreading over the NW #PersianGulf. Coastal southern Iran affected with reduced visibility and hazy conditions as dust layers advect SE over the region. #AirQuality Satellite Data:🛰 2025 Dec 20 🌍 worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov