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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

For more information on Arctic and high latitude wildfires see this chapter from the AMAP Arctic Climate Change Update 2024 report at doi.org/10.21352/q5d...

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

2026 has been an active year for wildfires in the Arctic Circle with total estimated emissions, to 17 Aug, already 3rd highest since 2003, behind 2020 & 2019, despite starting later than usual in late July. #CopernicusAtmosphere GFASv1.2 data based on MODIS🛰️ @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

Cumulative daily time series of fire emissions from the Arctic Circle (all latitudes poleward of 66.6 degrees North) for 2003 to 2026. As of mid-August the 2026 emissions are now the third highest behind the record years of 2020 and 2019.

Time series of daily total estimated fire emissions in the Arctic Circle (all latitudes poleward of 66.6 degrees North) between 1 June and 31 August for all years between 2003 and 2026. Fire emissions from the Arctic Circle have been occurring later than usual in 2026 - burning since late July.

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Smoke from large-scale wildfires across northern Eurasia forecast to cross the Arctic Ocean in the coming days, as fires/smoke continue over N America. #CopernicusAtmosphere Fire Emissions Watch dataviz apps.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/fire-emissio... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Analysis of 2026 Canada #wildfire emissions up to 9 July with the #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS dataset shows more typical onset and magnitude following the previous three extreme years. Fires have been burning across the country from NWT to Newfoundland. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Rapid increase in #wildfires across Canada in recent days resulting in vast amounts of smoke with plumes transported to the Arctic & across the North Atlantic in the #CopernicusAtmosphere AOD 30 June 00 UTC forecast atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Long-range transport of smoke from Siberia #wildfires to the Arctic Ocean in the #CopernicusAtmosphere aerosol optical depth forecast from 23 June 00UTC ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/datasets/cam.... Noting also some smoke from fires in Northwest Territories🇨🇦 @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 21/05/2026

Do you know why the Declaration says “their Creator,” not “our Creator”? Because it acknowledges that some people hold religious beliefs. It does not assert a shared national belief, and it certainly does not endorse Christianity.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 20/05/2026

Nothing makes someone look guiltier than forcing the Justice Department to promise never to investigate your taxes or prosecute you for anything they might find

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Claude Monet (1840-1926) Fields in Spring, 1887. Oil on canvas.

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The ice is thick, snow is plentiful. We could see one of those old time breakups on the Yukon: sheets of ice twelve feet thick and a hundred feet long get jammed and hoisted into the air and toppled back into the river again. When ice goes over the bank it can shear the trees like cut grass 1/2

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It never bode well for civilization to have the stupidest man on the planet also be the most powerful.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/02/2026

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Looking back at another extreme year for Canadian #wildfires resulting in 2025 with the 2nd highest annual total estimated emissions, after 2023. Read more in the #CopernicusAtmosphere global fire emissions review atmosphere.copernicus.eu/2025-sees-in... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#CopernicusClimate has released its first data from the Copernicus pan-Arctic Regional Reanalysis (CARRA2): 2.5 km pan‑Arctic coverage, 24 years of data in the Climate Data Store, more realistic physics & improved details for local extremes, lots of added details with respect to ERA5. ⬇️

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Americans are surprised to learn that racist, xenophobic gulags are bad for business. More at 11.

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Analysis of #CopernicusAtmosphere fire emissions for EU🇪🇺+UK🇬🇧 shows that 2025 (up to 19 August) has the highest annual total of the past 23 years driven by the, still increasing, scale of the devastating #wildfires in Spain & Portugal over the past two weeks. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Stephen Miller accidentally summons the nation's hippies to take to the streets.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Northern North America wildfire area burned updated to Sunday. Area burned is higher than last year at this point in the season. Alaska has burned about 42 percent more area, Yukon Territory about 17 percent more and the Northwest Territories about 4 percent more. #akwx #ytwx #ntwx #Wildfire2025

Map from NASA FIRMS with the area burned to July 27, 2025 for Alaska, Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories annotated.

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Woodwell Climate Research Center @woodwellclimate.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

For Woodwell’s Dr. Kayla Mathes, community perspectives have driven home the need for fire suppression as a tool to protect people and climate. Read her essay at www.woodwellclimate.org/fire-suppres... @permafrostpathways.bsky.social

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Fire suppression in the boreal: "There's too much fire now" - Woodwell Climate

In boreal forests, which are experiencing intensifying fires, fire suppression offers a way to protect both people and carbon-rich permafrost

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Saskatchewan & Manitoba have already surpassed their previous highest annual total #wildfire emissions with Ontario amongst the highest in the 23-year #CopernicusAtmosphere dataset. Further west, British Columbia is comparable to 2023 & 2024 for the same time of year.

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

If you're interested in wildland fire data, you have to follow my friend Mark Parrington who "brings the heat" in his posts!

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Smoke from wildfires evident in the available PM2.5 air quality reports in Alaska and the Yukon Territory early Monday. AQI improved in the Fairbanks area but remains poor at Coldfoot and surely much of the rest of the northern Interior. Graphic courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #ytwx #Smoke #Summer2025

Map of Alaska and the Yukon Territory showing PM 2.5 Air Quality Index reports from the PurpleAir network as of about 715am AKDT/815am MST on Monday, July 14, 2025.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Wildfire area burned in northern North America to July 14 is ahead of last year at this time in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Similar area burned now compared to last year mid-July in the Northwest Territories. Graphic from the NASA FIRMS website. #akwx #Wildfire #Summer2025 #Canada #Alaska

Screenshot from the NASA FIRMS website showing reported firms as of July 14, 2025 with annotated area burned for Alaska, the Yukon and the NWT. Acreage statistics from state and territorial websites.

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for. UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families. Our full statement below. ⬇️ 1/

a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Canada's reward for being America's truest, most stalwart ally of the last 150 years is an unjustified trade war and 35% tariffs. There are battlefields the world over where Canada's finest lost blood on our behalf, little did they know we would stick the knife in their back at home. #shameful

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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The budget for ICE in the BBB will exceed the budget for the Marine Corps. The BBB is poised to pass. This is increasing their budget by a factor of 10. Ramping up for WWII levels of increase. Except, the enemy is the public. We are seeing the birth of a new police state.

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

One of these days a branch of the US Government will do the right thing and it will really, really, take me by surprise.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Wildfire area burned in northern North America is ahead of this time in 2024. Largest increase is in the Yukon Territory. However, the last days of June 2024 saw rapid wildfire growth in Alaska and the YT, so this will look different at the end of the month. #akwx #ytwx #ntwx #Wildfire #Arctic

Bar plot showing the area burned to June 27 in 2024 and 2025 in Alaska, the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories. All three regions have larger area burned this year than 2024.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

NOAA collapse continues. Another sad day. #NOAA

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

When we as Americans abandon the people of the world to starvation, war, poverty, unjust incarceration, the climate crisis unmet with a will towards a livable world, for the unchecked greed of our wealthy, it's not "America First" it's "America Only" and it feels like "America the Ugly."

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Lois Epstein @loisep.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

It's true, Alaska Cannot Survive the Big Ugly Bill. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o... #Alaska #OBBB

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Opinion | Alaska Cannot Survive This Bill

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

First look at preprint of the AMAP Arctic Climate Change Update 2024 report www.amap.no/documents/do... and Chapter 4 on #Arctic & high-latitude #wildfires with thanks to co-authors @jmccartygeo.bsky.social Juha Aalto @morganahcrowley.bsky.social @queenofpeat.bsky.social & @mikeflannigan.bsky.social

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

For the next four months, every day without wildfire smoke is a perfect weather day.

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

In 2024, wildfire carbon emissions from high northern latitudes registered sixth highest in the 22-year satellite record. Wildfire carbon emissions from the sub-Arctic and Arctic regions reached an estimated 151 million tonnes. #ESOTC2024 #C3S🔥 bit.ly/3XWrOJw

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/05/2025

The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans. You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thank you @permafrostpathways.bsky.social ! I am very excited that this special issue is out there with articles from RedFire, Community Wildfire Protection Plans from AVF, articles on the Wildland Fire Initiative, the upcoming Expert Group, just a ton of great contributors here.

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

"Chik'iidruu" in Gwich'in. It's also the name of a caribou clavicle and a tool that's used for hunting rabbits. Nice picture.

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Quote with a Pic of the airplane you'll accept as a bribe.

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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Excited to be the Mountainfilm 2025 mural artist in Telluride! My mural, "Cartographies of Arctic Change" (a massive 26.5' x 36'!), visualizes our Arctic research. It's going up now on Telco Coffee, a wall previously graced by JR, Gregg Deal, Banksy, and more. Come see it in Telluride!

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Edward Alexander @gwandaii.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

If the Democrats remove @davidhogg.bsky.social from the party he should make a 3rd party. I would donate. The NEA @neatoday.bsky.social should become members enmasse. The Democratic Party is so entrenched with leadership that doesn't want to do the right thing: Universal Healthcare, minimum wage,etc

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Permafrost Pathways @permafrostpathways.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

“Let’s be ambitious enough to work together on wildland fire outside of the initiative in a real way.” Congratulations, Edward Alexander, whose term as Head of Delegation for Gwich'in Council International to the Arctic Council concludes this week. Read his remarks: www.linkedin.com/posts/dinjii...

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We concluded our 14th Meeting of The Arctic Council this morning. I was… | Edward Alexander | 13 comments

We concluded our 14th Meeting of The Arctic Council this morning. I was pleased, and honored, to provide the Gwich'in Council International statement at the conclusion of two years of work. We hav...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/05/2025

Honestly? The $400M plane from Qatar is quaint compared to his crypto scam, memecoin con, insider trading, and tariff shakedowns.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 11/05/2025

Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Those who spent the last 5 years howling about Hunter Biden being on the board of a Ukrainian company on the grounds that he would not have been granted that position if Ukraine did not want to influence Joe Biden now say they believe the Qataris just want Trump to have nice things for no reason

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Tanacross #Dene #Language #Alaska Migratory birds have returned to Interior Alaska. tsuugaay "small songbirds" k’elaxdihtsogh "yellow warbler" ché’ delgez "arctic tern" kets’iht’ón’ "swallow" ts’est’ûud "dark-eyed junco" mehk’ą̂ąy "mew gull" ntsiiɬ "northern flicker" tsidaanmbiidh "crossbill"

Black and white clipart sketch of a duck at the edge of a lake.

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