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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

‪...which continued in 2024 and especially 2025: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... Happy to be part of this in @globalchangebio.bsky.social with Yang Chen & co

Wildfire smoke in NOAA-20 true color over northern Manitoba on July 9, 2025

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Sometimes you can see the relevant boats

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Ok, but cut them a little slack and here's what that looks like in 2031

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

A million xAI satellites at, say, 1 ton each, deployed over, say, 2036-2040, on Starships with, say, 100 ton capacity would look like this on top of that

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Yearly mass put into orbit by rocket family through the megaconstellation era

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Ok, but EPA at least show some pictures of what you mean www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It is just crazy how much more stuff is getting launched into space, and driven by one type of rocket. Data from discosweb.esoc.esa.int

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

More 'next-generation' hourly FWI testing, for the 'Dadia' fire in NE Greece, with SEVIRI fire radiative power. Note the high FWI during intense nighttime burning.

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Trying out the new hourly 'next generation" Fire Weather Index from 🇨🇦 using 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺 weather.

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Low water in the Central Park reservoir exposes secret bird landing strip

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Looking south on Saturday around 4:30pm

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Terra MODIS shows how high the 2024 aerosol loads were over South America because of all the fire.

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

PurpleAir PM2.5, yesterday around 5pm

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

SNPP VIIRS active fire detections

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Extreme fire danger across all of New Jersey

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

SNPP VIIRS active fire detections

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

By environmental records, we usually think of fish counts, tree rings or temperature readings. Here are some more

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Robert Field @robertfield.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

Interesting thing you can see in raw weather reports is that air quality in southern Ontario has gotten way better since the 1950s. This is because of technological improvements, which were because of emissions rules in Canada and the US, like the Clean Air Act.

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