Let's check in and see how much January has warmed in the U.S. and Canada over the last 75 years. 🔥🔥🔥

Measles Is Causing Brain Swelling in Children in South Carolina. 876 measles cases in the state so far, and some children have developed encephalitis. “Among children who get measles encephalitis, 10 to 15 percent die.” [wired.com]

This is the first semester since I learned about WARR that I havent been teaching or in a recurring meeting during its time slot, excited to join!

All, The WARR website has been updated with 2026 schedule. www.cee.psu.edu/events/women... The page includes registration link, 2026 schedule in pdf, and all archived talks from 2021 - 2025. @margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agucatchhydro.bsky.social @lmcp.bsky.social

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

There are about 532,938 acres of #GreatLakes coastal wetlands - some 833 square miles - that provide habitat for nearly 80 species of fish species at some point during their life cycle. Yellow perch, pike, and bass all often start out their lives in these nurseries! #WorldWetlandsDay

The reason we pasteurize milk is because it prevents this kind of awful, needless death

Since January 20, 2025, the #GreatLakes region has lost 19,450 federal jobs including at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (which lost 20% of its workforce) + US Fish & Wildlife Service, threatening scientific research and ecosystem protection www.nemw.org/trump-admini...

Every time I bother Beaufort he makes this sound, which just incentives me to disturb his rest more. I dont think he minds much, at least

Hadn't looked at this before. Visualization of the lower end of Lake Powell at the historic minimum on April 13, 2023 (light blue), and at dead pool (dark blue). Glen Canyon Dam in lower left. grandcanyon.usgs.gov/apps/LakePow...

Is climate change responsible for increasingly frequent or severe cold events? The evidence suggests it is not. Instead, the impact of climate change is warmer winters and less severe cold events. @hausfath.bsky.social has a great post on The Climate Brink talking about this.

One of the most surprising things I've learned from my research is that "how hot it's gotten so far" doesn't tell us much about "how hot it's going to get eventually". Long-ago, really weird climates can tell us a lot more about where we're headed.

From FB regarding Pizza Luce in Minnesota. I like it when I can do something to help people displaced by ICE and then after I do that thing I get to eat a pizza.

Instead of Groundhog Day, I'll wish everyone a happy #WorldWetlandsDay!

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay! Photo: “After the Squalls” (Peatland 234 at the NOBEL Water and Carbon Observatory @nobel-water.bsky.social) www.worldwetlandsday.org

Here is how all areas ranked from 1 (warmest) to 131 (coolest). Team Red is WAY BIGGER than Team Blue.

This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

It took me two years, but I’ve finally finished my latest #SciArt piece! This is a bathymetric woodcarving of Trout Lake, where I’ve spent a lot of time as a grad student. I carved it using a router and Dremel, then filled with epoxy. As I wrap up my PhD, it feels right to finish this work. #art

Its hard to get up and clean the house when this is on my lap

The Lower 48 average was 0.8F above the 1991-2020 normal.

Reminder that a cold winter now was probably pretty normal 50 years ago

January 2026 temperature rankings compared to all Januarys since 1895.

Unbelievable, in the best way. Tarrant county has gone blue in a federal election exactly once, on 2020 when Biden carried it by <2000 votes. Fort Worth is, I think, among the largest urban areas that is reliably red.

Union-backed Dem Taylor Rehmet nearly pulled off a stunning upset in November — almost winning a deep-red TX Senate seat over two billionaire-funded Republicans. He's now in a runoff with a fixture of the Texas far right. My latest, from Tarrant County, a bellwether and hub of Christian nationalism:

The R candidate has apparently conceded, so that's a flip folks. Probably a 30-point swing vs 2024 per The Downballot, could be 35 vs the 2022 election in the seat docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Here’s a nice Saturday Surprise. I just posted 19 new volcano tissue box covers in my Etsy shop. They are 3D printed scale models made using lidar scans from federally funded USGS projects and my photogrammetry. Thanks to @opentopography.org for organizing the data! phaneritic.etsy.com

Lag. The federal judiciary is catching up — this is a remarkable order, it's only three pages. I recommend reading it. I have, in all of my time practicing law, never seen a judge do anything like this:

A literal icon, oh no!

Fuck this! RIP, legend. www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154... #SaveNCAR

okay it's cheesy but "it's our blood and bones and whistles and phones against Miller and noem's dirty lies" got me right in the heart youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

Look what arrived in the mail! A colorful cute geotimline game from @rowanmartindale.bsky.social !

🧪🌎 All western Atlantic coral reefs are on the same decline trajectory, although Florida is one of the most further along: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... illustration by @rushstudio.bsky.social

Data center energy and water use have gotten a lot of (rightful) attention. But there's another issue that's getting less attention than it should: The immense amount of carbon-intensive concrete needed to build them 🎁🔗

"NCAR is not just another research center. It is purpose-built critical infrastructure designed to integrate observations, modeling, supercomputing, and applied research in ways that no single university, agency, or contractor can replicate on its own."

Water main broke in town so they had to turn off water for the entire city. Fun times!

Wow. This is devastating. www.science.org/content/arti...

I cannot tell you how much I needed this thread

I am having a really rough morning emotionally and would like more videos and pictures of your dogs - not just any dogs, but your dogs - in the snow.

Very exciting to share that @climatecentral.org is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to join a new climate services effort focused on advancing predictions of risks and hazards on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. The application closes on February 9, 2026 at 5pm ET, & the description can be found here:

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

it’s that time again

If you need a little time off from the latest atrocities, Kilauea is off the chain right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

All I can offer to watch right now is this. It's keeping me a little saner as we prepare to be snowed and iced in for the foreseeable. www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...

NYT says ICE shot him in the back: An “agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range… A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless… At least 10 shots appear to have been fired…” 🎁🔗

centrists like to use terminology disputes as a proxy battle for actual policy fights, and engaging is often fruitless. if you don’t like the slogan use something else. but the agency needs to be hollowed out, every existing agent needs to be put on no-hire lists, and there need to be prosecutions.