hi bluesky~ my name is tess, and i'm a climate scientist studying drought, fire, and climate variability and change! i recently defended my PhD on the climate dynamics that drive forest fire in the Western US at @lamont.columbia.edu and started as an NPP fellow at NASA GISS. excited to be here ❤

Wildfire season in some parts of California starts more than a month earlier than it did in the 1990s, according to new research. 🧪 Comments from Gavin D. Madakumbura @uofcalifornia.bsky.social and LeRoy Westerling @ucmerced.bsky.social eos.org/articles/cal...

Don't miss our new NASA Science spending and economic impact resource at dashboards.planetary.org/nasa-science.html — see space science spending in every state and congressional district and custom reports for each region. A unique resource.

Earth scientists are sharing their research for 100 hours in a nonstop livestream, b/c US funding for NASA and NOAA are at stake. Many of my colleagues are organizing or presenting. Info: wclivestream.com Watch: wclivestream.com/watch/ Advocate for US weather and climate!

Hour 33 is going strong! We have had an amazing line up of keynote speakers this evening. So much fun to watch! wclivestream.com/watch/

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! The future generation of STEM leaders starts with showing girls who they can become, and I'm proud to be showcased by my institution @lamontearth.bsky.social #February11 #WomenInScience

Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/a...

Wrote a bit about the Santa Ana winds driving the Palisades fire, as well as the climate change context (with a huge shout-out to @weatherwest.bsky.social and his extremely informative livestreams) 🧪

The Watch Duty App has good information on evacuation zones for the #PalisadesFire, #EatonFire #HurstFire. app.watchduty.org With Santa Ana wind gusts continuing through Friday, fires that ignite will spread rapidly across dry fuels. Please take care!

We released Zarr-Python 3 today, complete with support for the v3 spec, new extensions (chunk-sharding) and significant performance gains. earthmover.io/blog/zarr3-r...

Here at @agu.org #AGU24, we stopped by to talk with Columbia PhD student @carospace.bsky.social‬ of @lamontearth.bsky.social about her research on how wildfires in the western United States are affected by atmosphere-ocean dynamic processes. Watch the 🎥 here: www.instagram.com/p/DDfGL7NqWuq/

See you at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting! I will present a poster on Monday afternoon about how wildfires in the western United States are affected by atmosphere-ocean dynamic processes (note the title change). Looking forward to sharing ideas! #AGU24 @lamontearth.bsky.social

See you at the AGU 2023 Fall Meeting next week in SF! I will present a talk & a poster on my latest western US wildfires research, both on Wed. 13 Dec. Thank you to the session organizers for having me! Presentation: agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/mee... Poster: agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/mee...