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”. 🧪🌍🔥
More of this, please!
Don’t forget: this includes Tesla and Starlink!
Don’t forget: this includes Tesla and Starlink!
Merry boycotting: US shoppers avoid Trump-aligned businesses amid holiday season
People are supporting economic boycotts to show discontent with businesses capitulating to Trump’s agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
More of this, please!
Don’t forget: this includes Tesla and Starlink!
Don’t forget: this includes Tesla and Starlink!
We need all hands on deck for this one, folks!
The return on investment on the science, data, tools, and models produced by NCAR is staggering.
If you live in the US, please consider sending a message to your elected officials.
The return on investment on the science, data, tools, and models produced by NCAR is staggering.
If you live in the US, please consider sending a message to your elected officials.
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
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.
agu.quorum.us
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We need all hands on deck for this one, folks!
The return on investment on the science, data, tools, and models produced by NCAR is staggering.
If you live in the US, please consider sending a message to your elected officials.
The return on investment on the science, data, tools, and models produced by NCAR is staggering.
If you live in the US, please consider sending a message to your elected officials.
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NCAR is the keystone in US atmosphere/weather/climate research. Physics doesn't care about politics, and floods, droughts, wildfires will continue to intensify. This is like sacking all of your doctors just as a pandemic gets started.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
NCAR is the keystone in US atmosphere/weather/climate research. Physics doesn't care about politics, and floods, droughts, wildfires will continue to intensify. This is like sacking all of your doctors just as a pandemic gets started.
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Shutting down research facilities out of spite is terrible for the United States and the world. It slows innovation and breakthroughs and science. Doing so isn't eating our seed corn but instead taking that seed corn and throwing it in a dumpster fire.
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/russ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/russ...
Russell Vought moves to destroy government's leading climate change research institution - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospher...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Shutting down research facilities out of spite is terrible for the United States and the world. It slows innovation and breakthroughs and science. Doing so isn't eating our seed corn but instead taking that seed corn and throwing it in a dumpster fire.
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/russ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/russ...
Important new paper by @amandacarlson.bsky.social and colleagues.
Key finding: There was a ~7-fold increase in the annual number of destroyed buildings by wildfire from 2013-2022 compared to 2002-2012. 👀🧪🔥
Key finding: There was a ~7-fold increase in the annual number of destroyed buildings by wildfire from 2013-2022 compared to 2002-2012. 👀🧪🔥
Rising rates of wildfire building destruction in the conterminous United States | PNAS
Many regions of the world have seen an increase in highly destructive wildfires, driven
by well-documented increases in burned area and growth of h...
doi.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Important new paper by @amandacarlson.bsky.social and colleagues.
Key finding: There was a ~7-fold increase in the annual number of destroyed buildings by wildfire from 2013-2022 compared to 2002-2012. 👀🧪🔥
Key finding: There was a ~7-fold increase in the annual number of destroyed buildings by wildfire from 2013-2022 compared to 2002-2012. 👀🧪🔥
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Zillow’s retreat from climate risk reveals the housing market’s denial problem | Vox www.vox.com/climate/4717...
Yes, you should look up your home’s disaster risk
How one community figured out how to reduce fire threats — and their insurance rates.
www.vox.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Zillow’s retreat from climate risk reveals the housing market’s denial problem | Vox www.vox.com/climate/4717...
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Important new report from @ibhs.org on the LA Wildfires. Continuing to provide evidence on the importance of mitigation within the entire community. What helps homes avoid damage?structure separation, reduced connective fuels, and the use of resilient building materials. ibhs.org/lawildfires/
2025 Los Angeles County Wildfires
ibhs.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Important new report from @ibhs.org on the LA Wildfires. Continuing to provide evidence on the importance of mitigation within the entire community. What helps homes avoid damage?structure separation, reduced connective fuels, and the use of resilient building materials. ibhs.org/lawildfires/
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Zillow’s climate score rollback is a wake-up call: build open, future‑conditions federal flood maps -- gold‑standard, trustworthy data for building codes, mortgages, and our future. Column today: open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call.
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps,
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Zillow’s climate score rollback is a wake-up call: build open, future‑conditions federal flood maps -- gold‑standard, trustworthy data for building codes, mortgages, and our future. Column today: open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...
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When you're faced with an emergency like a wildfire, where do you turn for information?
As of today, everyone across 50 U.S. states can now rely on Watch Duty: Simple, clear, actionable alerts backed by a powerhouse team that combines cutting-edge technology with nonstop human monitoring.
As of today, everyone across 50 U.S. states can now rely on Watch Duty: Simple, clear, actionable alerts backed by a powerhouse team that combines cutting-edge technology with nonstop human monitoring.
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
When you're faced with an emergency like a wildfire, where do you turn for information?
As of today, everyone across 50 U.S. states can now rely on Watch Duty: Simple, clear, actionable alerts backed by a powerhouse team that combines cutting-edge technology with nonstop human monitoring.
As of today, everyone across 50 U.S. states can now rely on Watch Duty: Simple, clear, actionable alerts backed by a powerhouse team that combines cutting-edge technology with nonstop human monitoring.
I’m stoked to attend the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, share/learn about the latest fire science, and reconnect/connect with my fire science colleagues!
#FireCon2025 🔥
#FireCon2025 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m stoked to attend the 11th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, share/learn about the latest fire science, and reconnect/connect with my fire science colleagues!
#FireCon2025 🔥
#FireCon2025 🔥
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In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2 °C of warming - IOPscience
Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2 °C of warming, Hurteau, Matthew D, Jung, Chang Gyo, Francis, Emily J, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Littlefield, Caitlin E, Parks, Sean A
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December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
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No kidding!
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
No kidding!
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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Why US home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Areas with the most hail risk are seeing some of the fastest growing home insurance prices in the US...
via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Areas with the most hail risk are seeing some of the fastest growing home insurance prices in the US...
via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Why home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Why US home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Areas with the most hail risk are seeing some of the fastest growing home insurance prices in the US...
via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Areas with the most hail risk are seeing some of the fastest growing home insurance prices in the US...
via @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
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Realism about the state of wildfire home hardening and defensible space is so refreshing.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
High fire hazard Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) residences in California lack voluntary and mandated wildfire risk mitigation compliance in Home Ignition Zones
Wildfire structure losses are increasing globally and particularly in California, USA. Losses can be mitigated in part by changes to the Home Ignition…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Realism about the state of wildfire home hardening and defensible space is so refreshing.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wildfire mitigation in New Mexico is down 53% since Trump took office
sfreporter.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"The escalating frequency and damage of catastrophic [wildland-urban] fires are accelerating faster than social systems can adapt, presenting disruptive and systemic risks. Among the most pressing: the destabilization of the insurance industry." 🔥
Wildfires have created instability within risk transfer markets. Here’s a path forward | PNAS
Wildfires have created instability within risk transfer markets. Here’s a path forward
www.pnas.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"The escalating frequency and damage of catastrophic [wildland-urban] fires are accelerating faster than social systems can adapt, presenting disruptive and systemic risks. Among the most pressing: the destabilization of the insurance industry." 🔥
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A story map, produced by @firesciencegov, highlights the real-world impacts & accomplishments from the FSEN. Our section focuses on the Risk-Informed Wildfire Management hot topic page we developed as a rapid response to a request from the Rocky Mountain Research Station.
A Year of Collaboration: The Fire Science Exchange Network
This storymap highlights the real-world impacts and accomplishments of the Fire Science Exchange Network in fiscal year 2024.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A story map, produced by @firesciencegov, highlights the real-world impacts & accomplishments from the FSEN. Our section focuses on the Risk-Informed Wildfire Management hot topic page we developed as a rapid response to a request from the Rocky Mountain Research Station.
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New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! Bby John P. Roccaforte, David W. Huffman, Kyle C. Rodman, Thomas A. Heinlein, Joseph E. Crouse, and Peter Z. Fulé #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: ow.ly/5Poa50Xim7K
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! Bby John P. Roccaforte, David W. Huffman, Kyle C. Rodman, Thomas A. Heinlein, Joseph E. Crouse, and Peter Z. Fulé #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: ow.ly/5Poa50Xim7K
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a slow-motion mass murder taking place right in front of our eyes, with the collusion of elites everywhere
#GatesMemo
#GatesMemo
New data from Gogel - Fossil fuel expansion continues despite governments’ commitment to “transition away” from
fossil fuels at COP28
- 96% of upstream oil and gas companies are still exploring or
developing new resources
#climatecrisis
gogel.org/sites/defaul...
gogel.org
fossil fuels at COP28
- 96% of upstream oil and gas companies are still exploring or
developing new resources
#climatecrisis
gogel.org/sites/defaul...
gogel.org
gogel.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
a slow-motion mass murder taking place right in front of our eyes, with the collusion of elites everywhere
#GatesMemo
#GatesMemo
Some nice media exposure on our new paper published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social pertaining to expanding area burned by high severity wildfire. 🌍🔥
Thank you, @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social, for raising awareness about this important paper.
Tagging bsky co-author @coopecology.bsky.social.
Thank you, @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social, for raising awareness about this important paper.
Tagging bsky co-author @coopecology.bsky.social.
Took me forever, but finally got my spot on @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social's latest paper up. Worth a read if you care about fire. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
Study: Fires are getting bigger, but their intensity is growing even faster
Wildfires have grown substantially in size in recent decades, but they’re also burning much more intensely, with high severity areas growing much faster than fires overall. New research projects addit...
www.boisestatepublicradio.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Some nice media exposure on our new paper published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social pertaining to expanding area burned by high severity wildfire. 🌍🔥
Thank you, @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social, for raising awareness about this important paper.
Tagging bsky co-author @coopecology.bsky.social.
Thank you, @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social, for raising awareness about this important paper.
Tagging bsky co-author @coopecology.bsky.social.
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My team has been working on a report that provides policymakers with clear situational awareness on the wildfire situation in California. I'm so proud of the work product we have produced.
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My team has been working on a report that provides policymakers with clear situational awareness on the wildfire situation in California. I'm so proud of the work product we have produced.
Reposted by GrumpyUncleSean🔥
We’re not going to sci-comm our way out of federal attacks on science, but it’s also never been more important for the public to understand the value of our science and the threats that face it.
The media offers scientists a megaphone for doing this. Come learn how to use it effectively.👇🏼
The media offers scientists a megaphone for doing this. Come learn how to use it effectively.👇🏼
✨ Join us for an upcoming webinar with @allisonagsten.bsky.social to learn how to effectively share your stories with the public as an engaged scientist!
🎤 Sharing Your Science with the Media to Highlight its Value to the Public
🗓️ Wed 11/5 @ 2 pm PT
🔗 Register bit.ly/4oro4KM
🎤 Sharing Your Science with the Media to Highlight its Value to the Public
🗓️ Wed 11/5 @ 2 pm PT
🔗 Register bit.ly/4oro4KM
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We’re not going to sci-comm our way out of federal attacks on science, but it’s also never been more important for the public to understand the value of our science and the threats that face it.
The media offers scientists a megaphone for doing this. Come learn how to use it effectively.👇🏼
The media offers scientists a megaphone for doing this. Come learn how to use it effectively.👇🏼
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The North Carolina legislature is set to pass a new Trump-inspired gerrymandered congressional map.
The move is likely to give Republicans nearly 80 percent of US House seats in an otherwise closely divided swing state where Trump won 51 percent of the vote in 2024.
The move is likely to give Republicans nearly 80 percent of US House seats in an otherwise closely divided swing state where Trump won 51 percent of the vote in 2024.
Republicans are making one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation even more rigged
North Carolina Republicans just passed a new Trump-inspired congressional map to oust a Black Democrat.
www.motherjones.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The North Carolina legislature is set to pass a new Trump-inspired gerrymandered congressional map.
The move is likely to give Republicans nearly 80 percent of US House seats in an otherwise closely divided swing state where Trump won 51 percent of the vote in 2024.
The move is likely to give Republicans nearly 80 percent of US House seats in an otherwise closely divided swing state where Trump won 51 percent of the vote in 2024.
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If you pay attention, ecological collapse is happening everywhere, in real time.
1/ Like here: Starved of water, taken down by insects, burned by repeated, abnormally intense wildfires, much of the ponderosa forest is turning into permanent grass & shrublands.
orionmagazine.org/article/twil...
1/ Like here: Starved of water, taken down by insects, burned by repeated, abnormally intense wildfires, much of the ponderosa forest is turning into permanent grass & shrublands.
orionmagazine.org/article/twil...
Twilight Trees - Orion Magazine
An elegy for ponderosa pines in a changing west
orionmagazine.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
If you pay attention, ecological collapse is happening everywhere, in real time.
1/ Like here: Starved of water, taken down by insects, burned by repeated, abnormally intense wildfires, much of the ponderosa forest is turning into permanent grass & shrublands.
orionmagazine.org/article/twil...
1/ Like here: Starved of water, taken down by insects, burned by repeated, abnormally intense wildfires, much of the ponderosa forest is turning into permanent grass & shrublands.
orionmagazine.org/article/twil...
“After detailed inspections, they found only 2% met or came close to meeting state standards for reducing fire risk.” 🔥
One simple thing most of us fail to do to protect homes against wildfires www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/19/t...
One simple thing most of us fail to do to protect homes against wildfires
“If you live within half a mile of a natural area … you likely need to be thinking about these things,” a Bay Area wildfire specialist warns.
www.mercurynews.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“After detailed inspections, they found only 2% met or came close to meeting state standards for reducing fire risk.” 🔥