Same!!

Did you know that NOAA has a major office in Asheville? They put together a story map about Hurricane Helene, and it’s the best data resource I’ve seen out there about the storm. I might be a little biased, though, because I have a geography degree and love using GIS to share data.

Grateful to Jessie Mahr, our amazing partner in PEDP, for leadership in preserving and making accessible the data we need to build better environmental futures. Wonderful coverage below!

Hi everyone! I am looking for any #scientists (including grad students, post docs) that’d be willing to be interviewed about their research by my #SciComm students in October. Here is the form to fill out if interested! Our time zone is Alaska, FYI. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out. Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.

Let’s all take a moment to reflect on how this just absolute alpha male sprayed on his hair for TV

NE Ohio’s new draft Climate Action Plan aims to cut emissions by 49% by 2030 & hit net zero by 2050. 🌱 70 strategies, including net-zero steelmaking, offshore wind, transit expansion & more. Public comment open through Aug 31. www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/08/clev...

i remember when jd vance blamed the haitian immigrants to springfield for rising home prices. well, the prices will come down, because a mass departure of haitian workers will crash the local economy.

Same for Ohio!

Excited for a new chapter!!

We're a week out from the start of classes here at Denison University. I wanted to welcome our two new faculty in Earth and Env. Sciences: Dr. Tyler Grambling (@crustalrheology.bsky.social‬) and Dr. Stacy Porter (@iceicestacy.bsky.social‬). We're thrilled to have them!

This week in #DangerSeason: In climate science news, more than 70 million Americans experienced a record number of days that are uncomfortably humid in June and July, along with record-breaking heat. Wildfires across Canada and the American West have created poor air quality for millions.

CBS Sunday morning feature on the work of @jillpelto.bsky.social and I www.cbsnews.com/video/captur...

Lightning flashes within a powerful, Category 4 Hurricane Erin. An incredible view this morning from GOES-19.

Fascism is horrifying and also deeply stupid.

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Gross.

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The news is out. Not only did I have a chance to appear on @ologies.bsky.social to talk about hurricanes and temepestology with @alieward.bsky.social, the episode is a twofer with the inimitable @drkimwood.bsky.social!! www.alieward.com/ologies/temp...

"Who, more than the earth, has bled for us?" - Andrea Gibson Their work is so incredible. I plan on bringing a few of their poems into the classroom this semester. I hope my students will be as moved as I am.

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Climate

Scoop: The U.S. billion-dollar disaster database is set to return this fall over at @climatecentral.org. They've hired the former NOAA scientist who ran the project for 10+ years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I’m sharing this hoping that someone hiking the same route in Norway might see this. Let’s find @alecluhn.bsky.social!

I mean let’s call it a carbon tariff. No one seems to know how those work anyway.

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

Nat Geo would kill for legit science-driven adventure like they found in “For Winter,” over content less credibly grounded in pursuit of knowledge +humans pushing limits. Instead they’ve (Disney?) gotten cold feet & deeply disrespected my colleague Ali & her family. defector.com/why-did-nati...

Motherfucking wind farms…

And to cut to the chase, this M8.7 earthquake is *not likely at all* to have any impact on volcanic activity in Kamchatka or anywhere around the Pacific. Don't believe hype you might see claiming otherwise.

Due to mass confusion, clarifying again: Tsunami Watch: Tsunami of indeterminate magnitude is possible; stand by. Tsunami Advisory: Tsunami is likely *but will probably be small.* Evacuations unlikely. Tsunami Warning: Tsunami is likely *and may be large.* Evacuations needed.

Overall I would prefer fewer horrors

This rollercoaster of a @nature.com story is out! I talked to > 20 researchers whose grants were terminated; several were reinstated recently. Most are competing for smaller pots of $ to keep research--often involving marginalized community groups--alive. Advice: “If at all possible, push back.”

Gutted by this, but a silver lining is 10 months of Colbert with nothing to lose.

I heard from a TV show who is looking for a scientist in the DC area to come on to talk about severe weather. If that's you, send me email ([email protected]).

Rolling Stone continues to teach a masterclass in headline writing www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Big up to @rdzombak.bsky.social for bringing eyes to this story. 🧪 So many people beyond my little cohort of fellows are impacted by slowdowns at NOAA. America is rapidly losing footing as a leader in climate science and we all are paying the cost.

I use Dr. Montano's book in my upper-level extreme weather course, and students find it very eye-opening. I highly recommend it!

The audiobook of Disasterology: Dispatches From The Frontlines of the Climate Crisis is on sale for only $6 if you've been meaning to listen to it! Thanks @tkovach.bsky.social for letting me know! libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

"Women climate scientists are connected, productive, and successful but have shorter careers" Accessible, though paywalled at doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🧪

The National Climate Assessment, and all special reports and past assessments, are now offline. Federal climate science is being systematically erased.

might help: 1 calling your reps 2 organizing your community 3 joining a local direct-action group 4 attending protests 5 volunteering 6 canvassing won't help: 7 yelling that we're doomed 8 bragging about how cynical you've always been 9 sneering at people doing 1-6

A comparison of what we see from geostationary infrared imagery vs. what we get when passive microwave imagery like what SSMIS provides is available. This is Hurricane Otis in 2023 as it was gearing up for extremely rapid intensification prior to impacting Acapulco as a category 5 storm.

Watch: NSF staff protest the takeover of their building today by Gov. Youngkin and Trump's HUD, chanting "NSF! NSF!"

I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.

This came up in my reels a few days ago & I haven't been able to stop thinking about it

The bees from My Girl have endorsed Cuomo

Video captured the moment a road buckled and sent a car flying as a heatwave impacted Missouri on Sunday.

One of my favorite activities with students is creating temperature stripes of daily temperature anomalies throughout the semester. I think it gives them a better sense of what climate stripes represent! #ShowYourStripes

Here’s the first page of our new article on the value of NOAA to the United States, which starts on page ~175~ of this free PDF book. In the business, posting a full page of text with refs and footnotes as part of a giant PDF is called a ~teaser~ cepr.org/publications...

Hi, pardon me, hello: mass protest in the face of fascism is a great idea and in fact the only thing that works to actually combat it. anyone saying otherwise is an idiot. sorry, i cannot anymore with this shit. do the fucking reading!