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Ankur Desai

@profdesai.bsky.social
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Professor and Chair@UW_AOS Meteorology, Ecology, Climate Sci (Biosphere-Atmos) Parent to 3 kid chaos. flux.aos.wisc.edu

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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The 🦩🦩🦩 are coming! Will you help us Fill the Hill Oct 1–2? Each pink flamingo on Bascom Hill represents the support of the extended Badger community, whose philanthropy plays a vital role in keeping AOS and the UW strong. Join in the feathered fun at uwflamingos.com/aos.
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Jose D Fuentes @jdfuentes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The article highlights an important research topic that has challenged scientists for years. Given its real-world implications, further research is still needed. @biometlab.bsky.social @paulstoy.bsky.social @profdesai.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NSF is touting a dozen new solicitations announced this week as evidence that basic research still rules. But that's not what's really going on. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Is NSF’s new call for research proposals good news? Scientists and staffers have doubts
The long-delayed 12 solicitations only cover some disciplines—and promise to give them much less money
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
During my 5-year term as chair of @uwmad-aos.bsky.social that ended last week, I collected thoughts and advice for new department chairs and leaders. The first full draft is now online, feel free to read/share/comment! flux.aos.wisc.edu/how-to-chair
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
There is a straightforward mechanism for the public to comment. Former NIH program office Elizabeth Ginexi has written an exceptionally helpful guide on how to so, with detailed suggestions. 3/n elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
My former colleague Min Chen, now at @uwmadison.bsky.social , has a great "Proposal Coauthor Tool" uw-gcrl.github.io/coauthor_tool/
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Proposal Coauthor Tool
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Fun new paper: Park, C.-H., Desai, A.R., Huang, J., et al, 2026. Simultaneous Estimation of Soil Moisture and Soil Organic Matter from Dielectric Measurements - Part 1: Optimal Estimation Strategy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 386: 111196, authors.elsevier.com/c/1n4jJcFXJs...
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Redirecting
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Christi, Ankur, and Pete show off their Day of the Badger spirit (and swag) on the AOSS rooftop. AOS faculty and staff give during DOTB because they see firsthand how gifts support our students and the dept. This year, all DOTB gifts will be matched $ for $ up to $10,000: dayofthebadger.org/aos
Christi, Ankur, and Pete from the UW–Madison AOS Dept stand on the rooftop of the AOSS building and pose with Day of the Badger gear.
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Day of the Badger is here! Gifts support meaningful career development opportunities for students, including travel to professional conferences. And this year, your impact will be doubled thanks to a generous match up to $10,000! Make a gift today: dayofthebadger.org/aos
AOS undergraduate student Emma Trask at the American Meteorological Annual Meeting in Houston. Day of the Badger logo is in the top right corner.
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The future of climate science and meteorology is being formed within our walls and could use your support!
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Day of the Badger is almost here! Celebrate and share your Badger and AOS pride April 14–15. This year, your support will make an even greater impact thanks to generous matching and challenge gifts. Visit dayofthebadger.org/aos to learn how you can make a difference for AOS students.
Save the Date image for Day of the Badger, April 14–15, 2026, for the UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Image includes students examining data on a computer on the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences building rooftop.
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Join us on Tues, March 24, for our 15th annual Leonard Robock Lecture! Dr. Clara Deser, senior scientist at NCAR, will discuss "A Range of Outcomes: The Combined Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on Local Climate.” Register today: go.wisc.edu/pc3ui6
Flyer for AOS Leonard Robock Lecture with Dr. Clara Deser
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
AOS professor Jon Martin was one of thirteen faculty members selected to receive a Distinguished Teaching Award. The award—the university’s highest honor for teaching—will be presented on April 15. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone more deserving—congratulations, Jon!
news.wisc.edu
2026 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced
Thirteen UW–Madison faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
AOS prof Tracey Holloway and UW–Milwaukee environmental health sciences prof Amy Kalkbrenner are exploring the link between air pollution and asthma-related visits to school nurses in Milwaukee Public Schools:
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UWM Research Examines Climate Change and Asthma Risk Among Milwaukee Children
Wisconsin researchers are exploring how climate change may be affecting asthma risk among children in Milwaukee Public Schools.
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We're thrilled to welcome Fraser King to our faculty as an assistant professor. Learn more in a brief Q&A with Fraser about his background, research, and what excites him about UW–Madison and AOS: www.aos.wisc.edu/news/q&a_fra...
AOS professor Fraser King
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Solar is cool, so is mentoring teens. Learn more meetthefluxers.github.io/EP14/
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14 Solar is Cool with Mary, Ankur, and Peter
Summer internships can make or break someone’s pursuit of a career field, college, or major. High school student Mary shares the main lessons learned from her experience studying the thermal impact of...
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
NCAR has been the magic sauce that has made weather/climate studies and advances in US and the world over great. madison.com/news/local/e... www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
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Trump’s closure of national weather center may imperil UW-Madison research
The planned closure of the National Center for Atmospheric Research would endanger decades of research at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, scientists say.
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Kerry Cook @kerrycook.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
From @AGU.org: Senators are working on legislation to save NCAR, but we need extra support for these 8 states. Your Senators in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming need to hear from you.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 17/12/2025
AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
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Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
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Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Trump administration announced plans to close NCAR, citing its role in climate change research. But three officials told CNN they believe this is really part of the White House's plan to punish CO governor and free Tina Peters. WH did not deny the connection. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/c...
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The Trump admin is closing a critical climate research center. Officials believe it’s really trying to punish a governor | CNN
The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research, an organization responsible for improved weather models to tools that aid hurricane safety. ...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Seen at #AGU2025 in New Orleans
man holding sign "Closing NCAR will harm the American public" outside the AGU 2025 annual meeting in New Orleans (contains QR code)
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Dr. Jessica Richardson @definearth.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🧪 SCIENCESKY! Check out the awards that Meet the Fluxers won from Spotify Wrapped this year, like being an "instant hit" 😲 Our debut season was more popular than 86% of other new shows. The amount of shares was incredible - more than 96% of other shows. Thanks for listening to our science podcast! 🎶
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Jose D Fuentes @jdfuentes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Here are news about environmental changes in the Arctic headlines.ametsoc.org/2025/12/01/e... @ametsoc.org @andrewpault.bsky.social @agucryo.bsky.social @eliebz.bsky.social
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Exploring a Frozen Frontier’s Chemistry: The CHACHA Project
The Arctic, one of the coldest regions on Earth, is warming nearly three times faster than the global average. As temperatures rise, the once-thick sea ice is thinning, and cracks in the ice…
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Here is Ecometeorology and colleague AGU 25 line up - lots of good stuff here: flux.aos.wisc.edu/projects/202...
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Ecometeorology at AGU 2025 — Ecometeorology Lab
List of Fall 2025 AGU talks
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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
"Twenty-Five Years of Shifting Ground: Reflections on Publishing and Editing in the Earth Sciences" by my editorial colleague Maggie Xenopoulos agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Twenty‐Five Years of Shifting Ground: Reflections on Publishing and Editing in the Earth Sciences
I describe the dramatic changes that occurred in scholarly publishing during my career I highlight some lessons learned and provide advice
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
If climate news gets you down in the dump, go attend a local youth climate summit. The kids are alright and making real differences in their communities. #2025WisconsinYouthClimateConference
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
PhD defense seminar from Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani from Ecometeorology lab @uwmad-aos.bsky.social today at 1 pm CST - watch online: Title: A Different Peat Perspective: Quantifying Tropical Peatland Ecosystem Variables from the Ground and from Space www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnY3...
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UW-AOS Ph.D. Defense - November 20, 2025 - Nikaan Koupaei Abyazani
YouTube video by UW-AOS UW Madison
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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
PeatDepth-ML: A Global Map of Peat Depth Predicted using Machine Learning egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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PeatDepth-ML: A Global Map of Peat Depth Predicted using Machine Learning
Abstract. Peatlands are major carbon stores that are sensitive to climate change and increasingly affected by human activity. Accurate assessment of carbon stocks and modelling of peatland responses t...
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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
AMS and AGU are no fun without students. These dollars are one of our primary ways to get them there!
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Interim Chancellor Eric M. Wilcots @uwchancellor.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
WOO HOO!! Proud to share that TWO @uwmadison.bsky.social faculty were just announced as 2025 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” recipients. HUGE congrats to Ángel F. Adames Corraliza & Sébastien Phillipe, doing amazing work on tropical storms & nuclear security, respectively.👏
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Two UW–Madison professors named MacArthur Fellows
Atmospheric scientist Ángel F. Adames Corraliza and nuclear security specialist Sébastien Philippe, professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have been awarded 2025 MacArthur Fellowships.
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So thrilling to see our very own genius, Ángel Adames Corraliza, receive this fitting recognition!!!
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The flamingos are coming! 🦩 Will you help us Fill the Hill Oct 9–10? Join in the feathered fun and make a gift starting at 5 pm CDT, Thurs, 10/9: uwflamingos.com/campaign/atm....
Fill the Hill save-the-date image
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Join us today for a Department Seminar at 2:30 CDT! Megan Caldwell, flood and water analyst, Guy Carpenter, will discuss "Private Sector Meteorology: An Introduction to Reinsurance and Catastrophe Modeling." Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...
Flyer for AOS Department Seminar with Megan Caldwell
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Jose D Fuentes @jdfuentes.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Very nice essay! @biometlab.bsky.social @paulstoy.bsky.social @profdesai.bsky.social
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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I found an obituary for Steve www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...
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Stephen Patrick Long Obituary | Urbana, IL | Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory
View Stephen Patrick Long's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 1 tribute posts from the community.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 02/09/2025
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out. Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We’re thrilled to welcome Bee Leung to our faculty! A cloud physicist and mesoscale meteorologist by training, her research looks at the physical processes driving land-aerosol-cloud interactions. Learn more about Bee in our Q&A: www.aos.wisc.edu/news/q-a_wel...
Photo of Bee Leung
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
UW-Madison AOSS Rooftop Camera video from this past Saturday with two spectacular gust front / arc cloud passages, and lots of turbulence right behind them youtu.be/OfgKADhyET0
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2025 August 16 - Storms, Arc clouds - North view
YouTube video by AOSSRooftopCameras
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Some good news to share: NASA's PREFIRE mission has been extended through September 2026 and is broadening its focus from Earth’s poles to the entire globe. AOS professor Tristan L'Ecuyer is the principal investigator. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
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NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended
The twin cube satellites will operate through at least September 2026, expanding focus from the poles to the whole planet to improve modelling and weather forecasts.
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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Physical Climate Science. Apply and join a great interdisciplinary Department! @natureatcal.bsky.social @agu.org @freshwaterscience.bsky.social #academicjobs aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084
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Assistant Professor - Physical Climate Science - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 14/08/2025
The recent DOE climate science report misrepresents the work of many researchers. Carbon Brief asked those cited to review the parts of the report where their work was used, and we collectively found 100+ misleading or false statements: interactive.carbonbr...
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
AOS professor Hannah Zanowski joined The Larry Meiller Show to talk about the role of oceans on Earth and other planets. Have a listen!
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How oceans support life; keeping space rovers unstuck; and the scourge of blue-green algae
Oceanography has much to tell us about the health of planet Earth – as well as far-flung exoplanets. Then, we learn why space rovers get stuck on Mars and the moon. Then, an up-to-date report on anoth...
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Through modeling efforts over high-risk regions, including Wisconsin airspace, they aim to apply machine learning tools to improve the identification and prevention of these hazards.
AOS Professor Mayra Oyola-Merced and the SOARs research group at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
CCR Director and AOS Affiliate Scientist Michael Notaro has led STEM camps aimed at fostering neurodiversity in science for several years. He spoke to WMTV 15 News about how their long-term future is unclear due to funding cuts.
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Madison STEM camp for neurodivergent kids could see final year after funding loss
Private donations are helping keep the camps going through this summer, but the long-term future is unclear.
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
AOS Professional MS students made a trip to the Kegonsa Research Campus to visit an agrivoltaics site. They explored research at the intersection of solar energy, agriculture, climate, and water, such as @profdesai.bsky.social and his Ecometeorology Lab's work with flux towers. 📸: Josh Arnold
AOS Professional MS students at an agricvoltaics siteAOS Professional MS students looking at a flux tower at an agrivoltaics siteResearch project at an agrivoltaics siteFlux tower at an agrivoltaics site
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Manda Adams, PhD @mandaadams.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding
Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
In partnership with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, we had the opportunity to archive a portion of the department’s historical photos. We're happy to share that the collection is now live: search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAOS...
Construction of the UW–Madison Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences building in 1967
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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
As the mean rate of forest disturbance is increasing, so does its temporal variance. Proof that Taylor's law also applies to disturbance ecology, and a warning of more severe future extremes. Paper led by @corneliussenf.bsky.social w/ @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Taylor’s law predicts unprecedented pulses of forest disturbance under global change - Nature Communications
Large pulses of disturbance have been observed globally in response to climate change. Using Taylor’s Law, the authors show that those pulses were not unpredictable but expected given a strong scaling...
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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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Latest on Texas Hill Country flood tragedy
Chantal makes landfall in South Carolina
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