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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our paper is out! Juang et al. (2026): "Contribution of La-Niña-like Pacific Ocean trend in sea-surface temperatures to western US wildfire area, 1984-2022" We find the tropical Pacific east-west gradient was an important, but non-dominant, contributor to the rapid increases in #wildfire area.

Headline of the infographic reads PACIFIC OCEAN TEMPERATURES IMPACT WESTERN US FOREST FIRE. The image shows ocean temperatures around the globe with a focus on the warming west side of the tropical Pacific Ocean and cooling east side of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Also on the map is the United States with the data on the western US appearing to be burning like wildfire. Data is colored red in forests across the western US, signifying that the tropical Pacific Ocean contributed positive trends in forest area burned.

The paper citation is: Juang, C.S., Williams, A.P., Seager, R. (2026). Contribution of La-Niña-like Pacific Ocean Trend in Sea Surface Temperatures to Western United States Wildfire Area, 1984 to 2022. Published in Earth's Future.

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The Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hoping Utahns are safe from the explosive #CottonwoodFire. In addition to @weatherwest.bsky.social's fantastic coverage, if you're looking for background on why Western wildfires worsen in a warmer world, check out this excellent talk from @carospace.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrfC...

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50 Hours to Save America’s Forecasts, Weather and Climate Livestream Part 4

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Casey Ivanovich @ccivanovich.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The Weather & Climate Livestream is back to remind us all of the *huge* range of services provided by federally funded science! I'll be up far past my bedtime at 12:20am ET on Wed to talk about how extreme heat seasons are changing around the world -- tune in this week and write/call your reps!

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 27/05/2026

What is at risk without federally funded weather and climate research 🌍? Next week, join AMS President Alan Sealls and President-elect Rick Spinrad during the 2nd @wclivestream.bsky.social to Save America's Forecasts and find out. 📺 Watch live 1 June 6:20 PM ET: wclivestream.com/

Graphic for the Weather and Climate Livestream event.

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The Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hey 🧪 + #SciComm: we are seeking speakers, hosts, and chat moderators for our 50-hour broadcast in support of weather and climate science! Last year our 180,000 viewers called Congress more than 30,000 times and we all spent 100 joyful hours together. Join us here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The Weather & Climate Livestream
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Strewam from Mon. Jun 1st - Wed. Jun 3rd on YouTube

50-hour livestream
Featuring Kim Cobb, John Morales, Jeff Masters, & many, many more!

Get Involved
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We are so back
Streaming continuously starting at 4pm EST on June 1st

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Tess Wei-Ping Jacobson @tessweiping.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

the final bit of my PhD work is now out in ERL! we look at how recent trends in tropical Pacific SSTs contributed to forest fire & climate trends in the Southwest US vs Eastern Australia (two super fire-prone regions with opposite-signed ENSO teleconnections) 🔥🌬️ iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Opposing contributions of the tropical Pacific to recent burned forest area trends in Eastern Australia and the Southwestern United States

Opposing contributions of the tropical Pacific to recent burned forest area trends in Eastern Australia and the Southwestern United States, Jacobson, Tess W P, Seager, Richard, Clarke, Hamish, Cook, Benjamin I, Juang, Caroline S

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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Our new manuscript by Gavin Madakumbura et al. (2026) is published: Surprisingly, the number of #wildfire ignitions is decreasing per year in the western US. The statewide trend in human-caused ignitions depends on population density. Link to paper: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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Evolving Fire Frequency in the Western United States and Its Links to Human Influence

Wildfire frequency in the western United States significantly decreased during 1992–2020 Human-caused wildfire ignitions decreased most significantly in California and increased significantly in ...

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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I'm Dr. Caroline Juang, and big news is I (finally) started my Postdoctoral Fellowship at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Grateful to everyone who made this move possible. I look forward to collaborating and sharing more research updates as I study California wildfires at JPL!

Caroline, a postdoctoral scientist, stands in front of a replica of the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover, a six-wheeled robot that can drive on the Martian surface. In the top left-hand corner hanging from the ceiling, there is a replica of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Caroline is smiling, wearing a cool green with yellow stars button-up top and light blue jeans.

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Tess Wei-Ping Jacobson @tessweiping.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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 ❤

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Eos @eos.org · 06/08/2025

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...

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California's Getting an Earlier Start to Wildfire Season - Eos

Human-caused climate change has pushed the onset of fire season in the state to as much as 46 days earlier than it was 30 years ago.

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Casey Dreier @caseydreier.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

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.

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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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!

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Clare E. Singer @claresinger.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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/

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Redirecting to: https://www.youtube.com/@wclivestream/live

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Dr. Larissa @rissarwx.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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.

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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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...

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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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!

Screenshot of the Watch Duty App at Thursday, January 9, 2025, at 8:48am Pacific Time. The screenshot shows the locations of the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, and Hurst Fire in Los Angeles, California.

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Joe Hamman @jhamman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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...

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Zarr-Python 3 is here! | Earthmover

Zarr-Python 3 is here! This release brings support for Zarr's v3 specification, new extensions, and major performance improvements.

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory @lamont.columbia.edu · 12/12/2024

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/

2024 AGU Fall Meeting Poster: What is the role of internal variability on western US area burned in the next few decades? by Caroline Juang

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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

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

A colorful flyer advertising Caroline's poster at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 Fall Meeting. In the right corner is a photo of Caroline smiling, with text "See you at the AGU Fall Meeting". Caroline is wearing her hair down and a vest, in the background is the shadow of a tree stump. In the left side is a box detailing Caroline's presentation schedule.

Caroline will present a poster, there is a title change. The new title is "B1dI-1665: What is the Role of Internal Variability on western United States Area Burned in the Next Few Decades?". Caroline Juang is the main presenter, with affiliations Columbia University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Park Williams is coauthor, with affiliation University of California Los Angeles. Presentation time is Monday, December 9, 2024, at 13:40 to 17:30. Location is Poster Hall, Hall B-C, in the Convention Center. Social media links are her Twitter handle "caro_in_space" and BlueSky "carospace".

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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

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...

A colorful flyer advertising Caroline's invited presentation and poster at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2023 Fall Meeting. In the right corner is a photo of Caroline smiling, with text "See you at the AGU Fall Meeting". In the left side are two boxes detailing Caroline's presentation schedule.

Box 1: Invited presentation: GC34D-01GC34D-01 Characterizing Present-Day fire for the Future: Four Decades of Wildfire Activity in Western US Forests Driven by Trends in Warming, Drying, and a La-Niña-like tropical Pacific Ocean state (Invited).
Date is Wednesday, 13 December 2023.
Time is 16:00 to 16:10.
Location is 2005 - West (Level 2, West, MC).

Box 2: Poster: H33I-1896 Quantifying the Contribution to Western United States Wildfire Area Burned due to Trends in the El Niño Southern Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
Date is Wednesday, 13 December 2023.
Time is 14:10 to 18:30.
Location is Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC).

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