GrumpyUncleSean🔥
@grumpyunclesean.bsky.social
Research scientist | public land owner | facial hair enthusiast. Science interests: #Wildfire #Forests #GlobalChange
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Intensifying Fire Season Aridity Portends Ongoing Expansion of Severe Wildfire in Western US Forests
Area burned by wildfire has increased in western US forests over recent decades. However, high-severity fire—fire that kills all or most trees—is also an important metric of fire activity given its d...
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Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Some nice media exposure about the threatened whitebark pine that highlights one of our recent studies.
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Ecosystems At Risk If This Pine Tree Vanishes From Rockies
Underway in the West is an environmental calamity that threatens a pine species that helps control spring meltwater that fills reservoirs communities depend upon, holds cultural significance to tribal...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Some nice media exposure about the threatened whitebark pine that highlights one of our recent studies.
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Democracy may die in darkness, but it also seems you can kill it in broad daylight.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Democracy may die in darkness, but it also seems you can kill it in broad daylight.
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None of what's happening now would be possible without gop enablers. They own all of it. The gop is the party of evil. Vote them all out.
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 AM
None of what's happening now would be possible without gop enablers. They own all of it. The gop is the party of evil. Vote them all out.
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In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to prelim figures from the International Disaster Database. The disasters include flash floods, landslides, severe storms, wildfires & droughts. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
More than 87m people impacted by climate-related disasters in 2025
In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to preliminary figures from the International Disaster Database analyzed by Mongabay. The d...
news.mongabay.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 AM
In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to prelim figures from the International Disaster Database. The disasters include flash floods, landslides, severe storms, wildfires & droughts. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Smash hit! A whopping eight people are in attendance at the 315 showing of Melania in Missoula
February 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Smash hit! A whopping eight people are in attendance at the 315 showing of Melania in Missoula
Yet another stroke of genius from POTUS 🔥
February 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Yet another stroke of genius from POTUS 🔥
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OK, as we go into February, I'm officially worried about our snowpack numbers across the Western US. Less snow means dryer soils and fuels heading into the summer and I don't like fire years where the high country comes online early.
January 30, 2026 at 3:32 PM
OK, as we go into February, I'm officially worried about our snowpack numbers across the Western US. Less snow means dryer soils and fuels heading into the summer and I don't like fire years where the high country comes online early.
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@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
#SaveNCAR
#SaveNCAR
Share your comments on NCAR with NSF
Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March
agu.quorum.us
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
#SaveNCAR
#SaveNCAR
OMG. I'm at a hotel bar preparing to give a wildfire lecture (the best place to prepare a lecture). The dude next to me starts talking about a conspiracy theory stating there is a laser weapon that started all the recent wildfires in Canada. We've got some whacky people in the US! 🔥
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 AM
OMG. I'm at a hotel bar preparing to give a wildfire lecture (the best place to prepare a lecture). The dude next to me starts talking about a conspiracy theory stating there is a laser weapon that started all the recent wildfires in Canada. We've got some whacky people in the US! 🔥
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I would strongly encourage those who value the scientific & societal legacies of NCAR to offer feedback by March 13. I would expect, under present circumstances, perspectives from industry partners will be especially critical, though everyone's voice is of course important.
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I would strongly encourage those who value the scientific & societal legacies of NCAR to offer feedback by March 13. I would expect, under present circumstances, perspectives from industry partners will be especially critical, though everyone's voice is of course important.
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Is there a way to specifically pay 1% of your taxes with a promise to send the rest when the Epstein files are released?
Asking for America.
Asking for America.
January 25, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Is there a way to specifically pay 1% of your taxes with a promise to send the rest when the Epstein files are released?
Asking for America.
Asking for America.
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Federal officials described the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by a federal agent as an act of self-defense. The video evidence that has surfaced so far contradicts that assertion.
Watch: Videos refute DHS account of fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Federal officials described the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by a federal agent as an act of self-defense. The video evidence that has surfaced so far contradicts that assertion.
n.pr
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Federal officials described the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen by a federal agent as an act of self-defense. The video evidence that has surfaced so far contradicts that assertion.
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
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This graphic is really great.
NEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
January 24, 2026 at 6:32 AM
This graphic is really great.
I wish two things:
1. Ryanair operated in the US.
2. People would cancel Starlink (I know a lot of people who dislike Musk but still have Starlink; I wish they’d not give that a$$hole their money)
1. Ryanair operated in the US.
2. People would cancel Starlink (I know a lot of people who dislike Musk but still have Starlink; I wish they’d not give that a$$hole their money)
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary was asked if he’d add Starlink to the airline’s 650-plane fleet. He called Musk an idiot, saying the antennas would raise fuel burn by 2%, costing $250M a year, and called X a cesspit. Musk now wants to buy Ryanair for $35B.
www.politico.eu/article/elon...
www.politico.eu/article/elon...
January 23, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I wish two things:
1. Ryanair operated in the US.
2. People would cancel Starlink (I know a lot of people who dislike Musk but still have Starlink; I wish they’d not give that a$$hole their money)
1. Ryanair operated in the US.
2. People would cancel Starlink (I know a lot of people who dislike Musk but still have Starlink; I wish they’d not give that a$$hole their money)
I so wish there was an edit option here. Anyway tagging this as a wildfire post since the paper that was misrepresented in the DOE report was all about fire.
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I also dismissed the report based on its content
The jokers who authored the DOE report totally misrepresented one of my peer-reviewed papers (page 69 of the report). They are either 1) purposely spewing disinformation or 2) not smart enough to understand the paper. I guess it could be both.
The jokers who authored the DOE report totally misrepresented one of my peer-reviewed papers (page 69 of the report). They are either 1) purposely spewing disinformation or 2) not smart enough to understand the paper. I guess it could be both.
Reading the emails from the DOE Climate Working Group and am glad to see I continue living rent-free in their heads
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I so wish there was an edit option here. Anyway tagging this as a wildfire post since the paper that was misrepresented in the DOE report was all about fire.
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I also dismissed the report based on its content
The jokers who authored the DOE report totally misrepresented one of my peer-reviewed papers (page 69 of the report). They are either 1) purposely spewing disinformation or 2) not smart enough to understand the paper. I guess it could be both.
The jokers who authored the DOE report totally misrepresented one of my peer-reviewed papers (page 69 of the report). They are either 1) purposely spewing disinformation or 2) not smart enough to understand the paper. I guess it could be both.
Reading the emails from the DOE Climate Working Group and am glad to see I continue living rent-free in their heads
January 23, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I also dismissed the report based on its content
The jokers who authored the DOE report totally misrepresented one of my peer-reviewed papers (page 69 of the report). They are either 1) purposely spewing disinformation or 2) not smart enough to understand the paper. I guess it could be both.
The jokers who authored the DOE report totally misrepresented one of my peer-reviewed papers (page 69 of the report). They are either 1) purposely spewing disinformation or 2) not smart enough to understand the paper. I guess it could be both.
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Back from holiday and it's finally time to post about this. I am taking on a section editor role for the new diamond open access journal Biogeography, put together by @biogeographyjfab.bsky.social. That means that it's free to publish and free to read. (thread)
biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
Biogeography
Biogeography is an academic-owned, diamond Open Access journal, published by the academic, non-profit, Stanford University Press (SUP), using the Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems platfo...
biog.journals.sup.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Back from holiday and it's finally time to post about this. I am taking on a section editor role for the new diamond open access journal Biogeography, put together by @biogeographyjfab.bsky.social. That means that it's free to publish and free to read. (thread)
biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
Get solar panels if you are able!!
Why your power bill is spiking faster than a nearby data center’s
As electricity prices climb, an unusual disconnect is emerging between what regular people pay — and what data centers pay.
wapo.st
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Get solar panels if you are able!!
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Trump watched an actual insurrection on Jan 6th and did NOTHING to stop it. Now he threatens to use the Insurrection Act against law abiding Americans.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Trump watched an actual insurrection on Jan 6th and did NOTHING to stop it. Now he threatens to use the Insurrection Act against law abiding Americans.
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I’ll be on @boisestatepublicradio.org’s Idaho Matters (weekdays at 12) tomorrow to talk about my recent insurance reporting. I attended a public forum on the issue since the story published, and you’re going to want to hear some of what I recorded. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
As evidence of Idaho homeowners insurance crisis mounts, so does bipartisan concern
New data also points to major insurance impacts in places surprising to many, including the Snake River Plain.
www.boisestatepublicradio.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I’ll be on @boisestatepublicradio.org’s Idaho Matters (weekdays at 12) tomorrow to talk about my recent insurance reporting. I attended a public forum on the issue since the story published, and you’re going to want to hear some of what I recorded. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
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Well, it's now official (per NOAA): Dec (and Nov-Dec) 2025 were the warmest such periods on record for Western U.S. (and also for most individual Western states). It has been an extraordinarily sustained period of winter warmth, and this eerily balmy winter continues into Jan.
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Well, it's now official (per NOAA): Dec (and Nov-Dec) 2025 were the warmest such periods on record for Western U.S. (and also for most individual Western states). It has been an extraordinarily sustained period of winter warmth, and this eerily balmy winter continues into Jan.