The current administration has claimed renewables are making the grid less reliable. If that were the case, I'd expect states adding the most renewables over the past decade to have the largest increase in outages. However, the opposite seems to be true!

But Zeldy says greenhouse gasses aren't dangerous.

Is sea level around the US accelerating? If you actually do the analysis, instead of just repeating talking points from decades ago, the answer is yes. tamino.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/s...

On The Climate Brink, Zeke Hausfather explains how the recent DOE climate report, written by climate contrarians, misrepresents his work. www.theclimatebrink....

New work in Water Resources Research by me and Art DeGaetano. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

I can’t find a better word than devastating for what’s happening to the next generation of scientists and early career researchers (soft money, lack of tenure) Every day brings something new, and the real funding fall-out (I think) is to come as existing grants run out. Recovery could take decades

Question from a livestream viewer: “How many lives are collectively impacted by [NOAA's] monitoring and rapid response work.” John Cortinas: “I don’t have any exact numbers, but I would probably start by saying the entire population of the United States…"

Calling all US meteorologists and climate scientists! Starting May 28th, we will be holding a marathon livestream to share our work with the public and show why the services we provide should not be cut. Learn more & sign up to speak here (and please share!)

Can confirm that Atlas 14 data, which is critical to my extreme precipitation work, is currently down. I do not know why.

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

What's at stake for the #KeelingCurve if NOAA gets dismantled. A take in @thebulletin.org from Ralph Keeling and Eric Morgan of @scrippsocean.bsky.social: thebulletin.org/2025/05/how-...

Looking for a detailed breakdown of how federal science agencies fare in President Trump's FY 2026 budget request? Check out this break down from @agu.org's Science Policy team. thebridge.agu.org/2025/05/05/t...

Update: “Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness.”

The Trump administration is targeting top climate and weather labs for cuts. Insiders worry about the impact on research and NOAA's ability to forecast severe weather like hurricanes and tornadoes.

Can we have just one day of peace?

GOOD NEWS - "Thank you to everyone who expressed their strong support for the Regional Climate Center program. Our funding has been restored by NOAA and the Department of Commerce." www.ncei.noaa.gov/regional/reg...

Excellent blog post from my friend and former lab-mate @marc-alessi.bsky.social

We are witnessing the dismantling of NOAA--the United States' best defense against extreme weather, the climate crisis, and, simply, the prediction of day-to-day weather--in real time. This will damage the scientific infrastructure in the US for decades. blog.ucs.org/marc-alessi/...

Wouldn't want to be working for a Regional Climate Center right now...oh, shit.

BREAKING:The National Science Foundation (NSF) has put a cork in its grantmaking pipeline after billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) set up shop at the agency this week. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

The thing about tools like cli-MATE and ACIS is not that the data won't exist (not yet at least). It's that they make getting the information you want so...efficient. Can I write some code to do the same task? Sure, but not everyone can, and why should we need to when a great tool already exists?

Yep, I still don't think people realize how dire the situation actually is internally...

NEW: NOAA operations slowed by mandate for Commerce Secretary to approve ALL contracts/contract extensions above $100,000. This nearly led to a significant deterioration of Nat'l Weather Service operations last night. www.axios.com/2025/04/01/n...

Wrote a blog on weather balloons: "It’s not science fiction to say that more people could lose their lives in the future given a lack of observation of the upper atmosphere. Because of this... it is critical for the NWS to remain fully staffed and fully funded. American lives are on the line."

Seems like a good idea. apnews.com/article/epa-...

More on the Mauna Loa Observatory closing, which is the longest and most reliable CO2 measuring facility: www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...

ICYMI: Cornell scientists on the consequences of cuts to NOAA & NWS By Toby Ault, @danvisioni.bsky.social & Peter Hitchcock w additional contributions by @climateflavors.bsky.socia, Angeline Pendergrass & Jonathan Lin I think the number of bylines is significant... thebulletin.org/2025/03/fore...

thebulletin.org/2025/03/fore... Me and my colleagues at Cornell wrote for the @thebulletin.org: “Put bluntly: Americans will die and American businesses will lose untold billions if we do not protect NOAA and NWS.”

"... how the agency's 600 layoffs could impact access to critical weather predictions." via ABC News

NOAA returns/produces so much more money to the American economy than it costs, no stories about any of this should allow them the absolutely bullshit "savings" framing

Hundreds of NOAA employees were laid off yesterday, escalating the Trump admin’s assault on federal workers. These cuts align with #Project2025’s goal of dismantling NOAA and privatizing key services—making weather data less accessible. UCS’s @marc-alessi.bsky.social explains more [Video Repost]:

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

This is not about making the government more efficient. More people will die in extreme weather events if the National Weather Service is at low capacity. A dark day for science in the US

Today, the Trump administration fired ~1,800 federal civil servant employees of NOAA and the National Weather Service – 15% of its workforce. This reckless action makes all Americans less safe and deals a crushing blow to one of the premier scientific organizations in the world. Horribly shameful.

I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.

Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats. After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.

Attn: climate scientists. Join me, @marc-alessi.bsky.social, and @ucsusa.bsky.social in urging congressional leadership to protect funding for NOAA. secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote...

NASA has released their January 2025 temperature data. Warmest January on record for the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, and of course, globally too. The NH came in at a whopping 3.31°F (1.84°C) warmer than the 1951-1980 average. Data: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

One of my favorite aspects of my postdoc position is the variety of organizations with whom I get to partner. It was an honor to contribute to this policy brief from Cornell's Global Labor Institute looking at increasing dangerous heat in manufacturing cities around the globe.

Another incredible example of just how much the middle and working classes in this country are being cheated out of higher incomes— our productivity has skyrocketed yet compensation fails to keep up

I'm on a Climate Smart Community committee for my town in NY and we were awarded grants to build EV charging stations downtown. The overwhelming negativity from the public about it is just astounding. I find it really difficult to understand.

Hey Bluesky, I'm Colin! I'm a climate scientist postdoc working at the Northeast Regional Climate Center (www.nrcc.cornell.edu) at Cornell University. I enjoy data visualization and engaging the public on climate science. I also love Star Wars and crocheting.

Since joining Bluesky, I've been overthinking my first post. Finally decided on temperature anomalies as NASA GISTEMP just got updated with November temps. Here are average Fall (SON) temp (°F) anomalies since 1880 across the NH. Graphic inspired by @zacklabe.com's fantastic work.