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Ankur Desai
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Professor and Chair@UW_AOS Meteorology, Ecology, Climate Sci (Biosphere-Atmos) Parent to 3 kid chaos. Https://flux.aos.wisc.edu

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 3d
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...
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.
madison.com

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Kerry Cook @kerrycook.bsky.social · 5d
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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Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 8d
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...
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. ...
www.cnn.com

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 8d
AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
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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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 8d
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 · 14d
🧪 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 · 14d
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
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…
headlines.ametsoc.org

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 15d
Here is Ecometeorology and colleague AGU 25 line up - lots of good stuff here: flux.aos.wisc.edu/projects/202...
Ecometeorology at AGU 2025 — Ecometeorology Lab
List of Fall 2025 AGU talks
flux.aos.wisc.edu

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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 15d
"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/...
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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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 20d
Many dossier allow the candidate to select 3 or so papers that best reflect progress and those are usually included as PDFs to letter writers. Even if not, I'll see what you mention in statement and go read those, even if new to me.

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 20d
If there are issues that would worry me about granint a long term indefinite appt, I'd provide concrete recommendations. I have an anonymized version of an example letter I wrote and I shared with our AOS junior faculty during one of our monthly meetups - email me and I'll try to dig it up.

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 20d
Love if I can write about specific paper(s) that influenced my own thinking or that of my lab (even if I'm just learning about it then). Tend to focus on outcomes led by you or students, and what you lean into in your dossier statements. My default is to assume solid case, or I wouldn't be asked.

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 20d
Have you delivered on the promise of your hire with respect to your department's standards and do you have a clear future plan for your scholarship? How have your papers, student mentoring/theses, outreach influenced the field?

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · 20d
Yes, tried to search for it now in possible places I shared. I'll chime in on Christi's thread.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 23
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 · Nov 22
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 · Nov 20
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...
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 · Nov 18
PeatDepth-ML: A Global Map of Peat Depth Predicted using Machine Learning egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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...
egusphere.copernicus.org

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · Oct 10
AMS and AGU are no fun without students. These dollars are one of our primary ways to get them there!
uwmad-aos.bsky.social UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · Oct 9
Fill the Hill and the flamingos are back! Be part of the feathered fun Oct 9–10, and support AOS at go.wisc.edu/5348a6. Gifts go to our discretionary fund and are used in impactful ways, helping students gain research experience and attend academic conferences.

Will you join our AOS flock?
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Fill The Hill
Since 1948, the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) has been at the forefront of weather, climate, and ocean science, with nationally recognized graduate and undergraduate programs. O...
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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · Oct 9
Fill the Hill and the flamingos are back! Be part of the feathered fun Oct 9–10, and support AOS at go.wisc.edu/5348a6. Gifts go to our discretionary fund and are used in impactful ways, helping students gain research experience and attend academic conferences.

Will you join our AOS flock?
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Fill The Hill
Since 1948, the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) has been at the forefront of weather, climate, and ocean science, with nationally recognized graduate and undergraduate programs. O...
uwflamingos.com

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · Oct 8
So thrilling to see our very own genius, Ángel Adames Corraliza, receive this fitting recognition!!!
uwmad-aos.bsky.social UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · Oct 8
We are thrilled and proud to share that AOS prof Ángel F. Adames Corraliza has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow!

Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza
Advancing understanding of the forces that drive tropical weather patterns.
www.macfound.org

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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · Oct 8
We are thrilled and proud to share that AOS prof Ángel F. Adames Corraliza has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow!

Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza
Advancing understanding of the forces that drive tropical weather patterns.
www.macfound.org

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Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin @uwchancellor.bsky.social · Oct 8
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.👏
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.
news.wisc.edu

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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · Oct 3
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 · Oct 1
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 · Sep 23
Very nice essay! @biometlab.bsky.social @paulstoy.bsky.social @profdesai.bsky.social

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · Sep 14
I found an obituary for Steve

www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...

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UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · Sep 2
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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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Sep 2
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.
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 · Aug 20
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
2025 August 16 - Storms, Arc clouds - North view
YouTube video by AOSSRooftopCameras
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