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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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Icebergs as windvanes: Late Pleistocene iceberg scours in the eastern Great Lakes record the glacial anticyclone | Geology | GeoScienceWorld
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Reconstructing 32,000 years of hydrologic variability through an elemental geochemistry lake depth transfer function at Lake Elsinore, California The Holocene certainly stands out, but what about the Glacial Mega-Drought! What the heck is that all about!! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Reconstructing 32,000 years of hydrologic variability through an elemental geochemistry lake depth transfer function at Lake Elsinore, California | Quaternary Research | Cambridge Core
Reconstructing 32,000 years of hydrologic variability through an elemental geochemistry lake depth transfer function at Lake Elsinore, California
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Comparison of Clumped Isotope, O, and Alkenone Proxies for Sea-Surface Temperature off Coastal California Over the Past 4.2 Million Years agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
No Fucking Kings.
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Hypereutrophication, Hydrogen Sulfide, and Environmental Injustices: Mechanisms and Knowledge Gaps at the Salton Sea - Centeno - 2025 - GeoHealth - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Hypereutrophication, Hydrogen Sulfide, and Environmental Injustices: Mechanisms and Knowledge Gaps at the Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a major source of elevated hydrogen sulfide emissions, with concentrations likely underestimated due to limited monitoring Sensor placement and wind direction are crucial in H2S...
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS OC - Orange County, CA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS OC - Orange County, CA · No Kings
## In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings. ## ### 🤝 On Saturday, June 14, join [OC Indivisible Coalition](https://linktr.ee/ocindivisiblecoalition), [50501 Movement Orange County](https://li...
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life theconversation.com/unprecedente...
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Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life
The Trump administration has terminated hundreds of federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and much more.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/04/2025
Tens of thousands of homes in the New York City area could be lost to floods over the next 15 years, a new report warns.
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In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding
The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
National Academy of Sciences Member Dr. Glen MacDonald will speak at Cal State Fullerton about California wildfires on Wednesday, April 9, at 4 pm in GH-252 California State University, Fullerton. Hear a world fire expert talk about CA and fire. news.fullerton.edu/spotlight/na...
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National Academy of Sciences Member to Speak on Campus About California Wildfires
Glen MacDonald, a distinguished professor at UCLA and member of the National Academy of Sciences, will visit CSUF on April 9 to give a seminar on his research about wildfires in California. Hosted by ...
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
An annually resolved 5700-year storm archive reveals drivers of Caribbean cyclone frequency www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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An annually resolved 5700-year storm archive reveals drivers of Caribbean cyclone frequency
The longest sediment core (30 m) from a marine sinkhole provides an excellent cyclone-frequency record for the past 5700 years.
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
New Study Confirms Sharks Just Really Angry Dolphins theonion.com/new-study-co...
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New Study Confirms Sharks Just Really Angry Dolphins
GAINESVILLE, FL—Upending the conventional theory that the animals are different species, a study conducted by marine biologists at the University of Florida confirmed Thursday that sharks are just rea...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/03/2025
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Megapluvials in Southwestern North America agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Megapluvials in Southwestern North America
Pluvials in Southwestern North America occur as often as droughts, including two 20th century megapluvials from 1905 to 1923 and 1978-1999 The 1978–1999 megapluvial was the wettest interval of th...
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
At the start of a @calstate.bsky.social budget crisis and we see this headline - see pic - @calstatefullerton.bsky.social Yea, we need more administration. Bad optics.
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Why do so many retirement-age scientists keep working? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Why do so many retirement-age scientists keep working?
Survey reveals a desire to hold onto their professional identity keeps Ph.D.s working beyond their 60s
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned - Nature Communications
Across many North American forests, recent years with exceptional area burned are not unprecedented when considering the multi-century perspective offered by fire-scarred trees. Nevertheless, abundant...
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Increasing Hydroclimatic Whiplash Can Amplify Wildfire Risk in a Warming Climate onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Increasing Hydroclimatic Whiplash Can Amplify Wildfire Risk in a Warming Climate
Click on the article title to read more.
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Yea, I've been labeled as "advancing neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" by the government. WTF times are we living?? @calstatefullerton.bsky.social
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I made the Woke list of NSF grants. Yea, science doesn't really matter. 🤯 @calstatefullerton.bsky.social www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
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Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Could the UK actually get colder with global warming?
Some scientists fear the risk of a collapse to warm Atlantic currents has not been taken seriously.
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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Because of *gestures around at everything*, we're extending the deadline for paleoCAMP applications one week to JANUARY 17th (letter writers always have a bit of leeway on the deadline as well). Contact me if you or your students have any questions or concerns or if you need even more extra time
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Wind, shells, tufa oh my! Second NSF funded field season exploring Glacial Lake Mojave was a success with @danibarra.bsky.social et al.
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Dan Ibarra @danibarra.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
That’s a wrap on a windy second field season for our #NSFfunded work on Lake Mojave with @mkirbye.bsky.social et al. staying at the CSU Desert Studies Center in Zzyzx, CA! @brown-ibes.bsky.social
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
A high-resolution record of Late Holocene drought in the eastern Sierra Nevada (California, USA) from June Lake carbonate geochemistry www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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A high-resolution record of Late Holocene drought in the eastern Sierra Nevada (California, USA) from June Lake carbonate geochemistry | Quaternary Research | Cambridge Core
A high-resolution record of Late Holocene drought in the eastern Sierra Nevada (California, USA) from June Lake carbonate geochemistry
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Dynamic treeline and cryosphere response to pronounced mid-Holocene climatic variability in the US Rocky Mountains www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Dynamic treeline and cryosphere response to pronounced mid-Holocene climatic variability in the US Rocky Mountains | PNAS
Climate-driven changes in high-elevation forest distribution and reductions in snow and ice cover have major implications for ecosystems and global...
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The Hunt for Holocene Abrupt Climate Change journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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The Hunt for Holocene Abrupt Climate Change
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades
Canada has experienced more-intense and longer fire seasons with more-frequent uncontrollable wildfires over the past decades. However, the effect of these changes remains unknown. This study identifi...
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Ben Riddell-Young @benryoung.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I'm thrilled to share our new @nature.com paper! We present ice core methane isotope data revealing that past abrupt climate changes likely triggered surges in wildfires, simultaneously driving rapid methane—and possibly CO2—rises 🌎🔥 Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Abrupt changes in biomass burning during the last glacial period - Nature
An increase in wildfire extent and related greenhouse gas emissions can be linked to abrupt climatic changes during the last glacial period.
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The Hunt for Holocene Abrupt Climate Change Nick Scroxton, Nicholas McKay journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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The Hunt for Holocene Abrupt Climate Change
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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This is what climate change looks like - accelerating sea level rise. Already causing expensive problems on the US Atlantic & Gulf coasts. Nice explainer article. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
It has been exceptionally wet in parts of northern California, and exceptionally dry across most of southern California--resulting in a remarkable north-south "precipitation dipole." Will this likely continue? In a word: yes. #CAwx #CAwater #CAfire weatherwest.com/arch...
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Warm and “wet north/dry south” pattern to continue in California - Weather West
Persistent subtropical ridge produces an extraordinary precipitation dipole in northern vs southern CA When it comes to California precipitation so far this season, your mileage may vary. Specifically as a function of latitude! Since October 1, nearly all of NorCal north of the Golden Gate has seen much wetter than average conditions; south of Point
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling - Nature Geoscience
Nature Geoscience - The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Atmospheric rivers lead to heat extremes www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Atmospheric rivers lead to heat extremes
Rivers of water vapour in the atmosphere transport heat and energy, causing moist heatwaves as well as intense rain and snow.
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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Much of the world has started to dry out. Even places getting wetter (like Michigan) are going to see longer, more severe dry spells. Why? "Most of the shift is a result of human induced climate change" And the drying won't stop until climate change does. www.context.news/nature/droug...
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Drought in the Amazon: How the world's nature is drying out | Context
Drought and desertification is making human life on the planet harder to sustain. What can be done?
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Kirby @mkirbye.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
#AGU25 a wrap. Anyone else exhausted. A great meeting.
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