New study finds increased wildfire smoke has erased 4 years of progress in controlling surface ozone pollution. "Premature deaths from fire-sourced ozone have increased by 318 deaths per year since 2013, with post-2013 mortality 46% higher than pre-2013 mortality." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I could write a manuscript on how long it takes to the find the word limit requirement for your journal

A teaching assistant told me once “you’ll never get in there” about my dream school. I didn’t get in but I like to think I still proved him wrong with my successes in academia.

Where do federal disaster resources flow? Is there a partisan bias in the assignment of aid? What states are disaster aid "donors" and which are "recipients?" andrewrumbach.substack.com/p/which-stat...

Hazard mitigation spending is back, but how back? I ran the numbers (tldr it’s back back). open.substack.com/pub/andrewru...

For Research Counts, Joseph Karanja and Tiffany Cousins argue that deeper consideration of local government capacity is essential to break cycles of underinvestment and help rural, under-resourced communities across the U.S. build climate resilience: bit.ly/4tFkyPg

DoorDash has partnered with Kroger to provide grocery delivery access for SNAP recipients across the country, including in Arizona.

Kicking off a @noaa.gov and @hazcenter.bsky.social workshop on advancing social and physical science data to reduce flood losses

Plummeting SNAP participation in the aftermath of the Trump admin's One Big Beautiful Bill should alarm us all. SNAP is a lifeline for millions of Americans — including children, older people, veterans, & others who either cannot work or earn low incomes. #PovertyIsNotALine https://bit.ly/4vkGS2t

Some people write blog posts. Some people write delicious blog-shaped literature reviews. Hard to compete with @drjeffmasters.bsky.social and @bhensonweather.bsky.social Esp appreciated calling out the study showing that hardening the right 5% of power grid cuts compound outage risk by ~40%! :

May I suggest replying with something like:

🌍 SUBMISSIONS OPEN: Journal of Climate Resilience & Climate Justice (Issue 3) Theme: From Harm to Transformation—Community Pathways in Climate Resilience & Justice Deadline: June 1 Global South, Indigenous & practitioner voices especially welcome 📥 crcj.scholasticahq.com/for-authors

For #NSF and #NIH watchers, Grant Witness now has interactive data on numbers of grants and total funding obligations, broken down by institute and directorate, new awards and non-competitive renewals. The stranglehold on new awards is still a disaster. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

Arizona is the latest state to incorporate AI cameras from a company called Pano. The state is now operating seven cameras that monitor wildfire-prone areas for fires.

Arizona’s mountain snowpack dropped over 90% in just a few weeks. New from me on the results of a first-in-the-state aerial snow survey. news.asu.edu/20260325-env...

The latest edition of our Six Americas segmentation is out today! We find that the group of people Alarmed about climate change have grown more than any other audience since 2015. Read more:

River Flooding in the US for 2025 Here's daily maximum flood stages for all river gauges in the US, using data from USGS and @noaa.gov #StateOfFlood #StateOfClimate

After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up. Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes. More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25

Please read www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

This is the conclusion that I hope we will draw from the Zillow drama... that we need a gold-standard national data source for property-level risk to climate hazards that is transparent, accessible, and legally defensible. Private companies can help build it but the public needs to own it.

The devil's in the data. Read about how our team is using data to make an impact in our state: news.asu.edu/b/20251104-d... @arizonastateuni.bsky.social #ForksUp

The call for 2026 Workshop ideas is now open! We’re eager to hear what you want to share with the hazards and disaster community. If you’re new to the Natural Hazards Workshop or want to learn about the theme and call for ideas, join us for virtual Q&A session on December 9, 2025: bit.ly/4hHUpuC

Last year, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social and Jim Kossin made the scientific case for a Cat6 cyclone. This week, Hurricane Melissa became the 6th storm in recorded history to smash through that threshold, with max winds of 216mph. And conditions leading to these storms are on the rise. Read more:

Our School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at ASU is hiring at the assistant or associate level in urban climate!

What an excellent opportunity to make an impact with GIS!

A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what -- or who -- people believe increasingly depends on their politics. n.pr/3KF1CiO

UCAR Annual Members meeting in Boulder, CO. So many member institutions!

Check out my recent interview with @ambersullins.bsky.social highlighting some of our research on flooding and health youtu.be/iFv68bQYbyo?... @equalityjon.bsky.social @robbieparks.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the release of the Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas, an effort to map ongoing and future environmental hazards and their impacts on society, and to provide up to date evidence on what policies and interventions work to reduce impacts: adaptationatlas.org. Quick thread

In the first Walker Data workshop on the 2020 Census, I taught how to compare single-year age profiles over time - with tips on plotting all states in parallel! I'm deeply discounting past workshops in advance of new content in 2026. Check them out! walkerdata.gumroad.c...

Want to come work for the National Hurricane Center, #NHC? There are two new job postings that were just announced yesterday. The 1st opportunity is a position within the #Hurricane Specialist Unit, #HSU: GS-13 Hurricane Specialist Position -- www.usajobs.gov/job/845559000

Vaccines and anesthesia are the two of the most important life saving/extending discoveries ever. It is truly unimaginable to be pulled backwards like this.

On the blog: strategies for mapping dense point data in R. Learn how to use: 🌎 Circle clusters 🌎 Dynamic heat maps 🌎 Point jittering for same-location events Read the post: walker-data.com/post... #rstats #gis #datavisualization

Finishing a syllabus for a class on environmental and/or climate and/or disaster justice? Check out The Syllabus for resources! We are adding more readings and databases every day! Open and free to everyone! www.just-environments.org/the-syllabus

Truly being “pro-family” means ensuring access and cost of care - including IVF - never stands in the way of someone choosing to start or grow their family. Trump breaking his promise about something as important as this might not be surprising, but it is cruel.

Is it me or is every single deadline this year on Sept 15…

Today, @grist.org is launching a new series, The Disaster Economy, looking at the chaotic, often lucrative world of disaster recovery. grist.org/series/the-d... Read, share, and importantly, let us know what you're seeing on the ground in your communities that you want us to report on.

For the people in the back

Just got to the fluoride episode of Parks and Rec in our rewatch and I'm still dumbfounded we're actually living it now.

One of the main goals of shade is to get us out of the sun and cool us down. And while that can make us feel better on a hot day, it can also be important for our health.

The work doesn’t stop

Emergency alerts/warnings followers: I'm looking to speak with experts about what the funding cuts to public broadcasting mean for this space. If you're interested in talking on this topic, please send me a message!

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

Yeah, it's August in the Southwest - but it's not supposed to be THIS hot. Some all-time records this week - and BTW, of the top 25 hottest Aug afternoons in PHX, 23 have been since 2000. A trend, perhaps? For a deep dive on the SW heatwave and Western drought/fire danger: tinyurl.com/mtj8bhc9

Getting down to brass tacks: We won't solve our flood issues without better land-use planning. I spoke with Bayliss Wagner from the Austin American-Statesman about the root causes of risk in many Texas (and American) communities. www.statesman.com/story/news/l...