Scott Robeson
@indianaclimate.bsky.social
Climatologist, statistician, and geographer | #FirstGen | UDel and UBC grad | Grower of food and lover of plants and birds | Partner of https://bsky.app/profile/teresarobeson.com
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
Found this on a late afternoon walk today. Is it a tree or shrub? Doesn’t matter, either way Eastern Wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus) is spectacular. 🌱
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Found this on a late afternoon walk today. Is it a tree or shrub? Doesn’t matter, either way Eastern Wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus) is spectacular. 🌱
It’s no coincidence that most of the aggressively obedient administrators, including those involved here (as well as those being hired into admin roles elsewhere), do not have a liberal arts and sciences background
Press Release: IU Administrators Are Using SEA 202 to Stifle Intellectual Diversity
The state law requires that university professors be disciplined or denied tenure and promotion if they fail to “foster a culture of free inquiry, free expression, and intellectual diversity.” Howe…
iubaaup.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It’s no coincidence that most of the aggressively obedient administrators, including those involved here (as well as those being hired into admin roles elsewhere), do not have a liberal arts and sciences background
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My undergrad alma mater, Indiana University, has gone full Project 2025 - from eliminating liberal arts majors, to suppressing campus protest to shuttering the student paper. A group of alums are organizing thanks to @juliedicaro.bsky.social. Join us by filling the form.
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Alumni For a Better IU
Connecting alumni to save IU
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October 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My undergrad alma mater, Indiana University, has gone full Project 2025 - from eliminating liberal arts majors, to suppressing campus protest to shuttering the student paper. A group of alums are organizing thanks to @juliedicaro.bsky.social. Join us by filling the form.
forms.gle/vbsHAGUH6JHa...
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The hardening Beltway conventional wisdom about the tolerability of 3°C of warming (leaving aside the possibility of carbon cycle feedbacks kicking that up to around 4°C) is crazy. thebulletin.org/2022/07/extr...
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The hardening Beltway conventional wisdom about the tolerability of 3°C of warming (leaving aside the possibility of carbon cycle feedbacks kicking that up to around 4°C) is crazy. thebulletin.org/2022/07/extr...
Fall color and a dusting of snow (from my north-facing office window on the IU Bloomington campus)
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Fall color and a dusting of snow (from my north-facing office window on the IU Bloomington campus)
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Did u know?This might look mundane, but leaving areas of grass to grow long & stay long is one of the best things you can do to help small souls in the chilly months.For e.g, many b'fly caterpillars feed on grass throughout the winter - Small Heaths,Meadow Browns & Ringlets,so leave it long. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐛
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Did u know?This might look mundane, but leaving areas of grass to grow long & stay long is one of the best things you can do to help small souls in the chilly months.For e.g, many b'fly caterpillars feed on grass throughout the winter - Small Heaths,Meadow Browns & Ringlets,so leave it long. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐛
Strong northerly winds along the main axis of Lake Michigan, along with water temperatures still in the low 50s, is leading to a lake-effect snow event in northwest Indiana today. Possibly a foot or more in some spots. #INwx
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Strong northerly winds along the main axis of Lake Michigan, along with water temperatures still in the low 50s, is leading to a lake-effect snow event in northwest Indiana today. Possibly a foot or more in some spots. #INwx
And techniques like artificial neural networks have been used in disciplines like climatology and geography for decades. A few examples from 25 to 30 years ago:
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And techniques like artificial neural networks have been used in disciplines like climatology and geography for decades. A few examples from 25 to 30 years ago:
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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The carnage caused by FAA cutbacks cast a spotlight on the massive public subsidies required to have air travel function in the US. People think spending money on bike lanes and rail is socialism while TRILLIONS have been spent to prop up the airline industry and to build and maintain roadways.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The carnage caused by FAA cutbacks cast a spotlight on the massive public subsidies required to have air travel function in the US. People think spending money on bike lanes and rail is socialism while TRILLIONS have been spent to prop up the airline industry and to build and maintain roadways.
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Don’t doubt me humans.
I have skills 🌊🌊
I have skills 🌊🌊
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Don’t doubt me humans.
I have skills 🌊🌊
I have skills 🌊🌊
IU lecturer removed after *one* student complaint and no due process
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
School of Social Work lecturer Jessica Adams said a student submitted the complaint to the office of U.S. Senator Jim Banks over a graphic she used in her class. Adams said Banks’ office then contacte...
www.ipm.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
IU lecturer removed after *one* student complaint and no due process
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
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Quite a headline.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Quite a headline.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
New College of Florida shows soaring expenses as state targets 'woke waste'
A report by Florida DOGE found that Sarasota's New College is the most financially inefficient school in the university system.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
Get ahead of university administrators who might be tempted to make bad decisions. This is the way. @iubaaup.bsky.social
“I feel very strongly that we need to do all we can to stand against the notion that there is anything good about making compromises of the sort the Trump administration is asking universities to do."
— Maria Bucur, AAUP Indiana University Bloomington
— Maria Bucur, AAUP Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington Faculty Council urges IU to reject Trump’s higher education compact
The resolution passed with overwhelming support.
www.idsnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Get ahead of university administrators who might be tempted to make bad decisions. This is the way. @iubaaup.bsky.social
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“I feel very strongly that we need to do all we can to stand against the notion that there is anything good about making compromises of the sort the Trump administration is asking universities to do."
— Maria Bucur, AAUP Indiana University Bloomington
— Maria Bucur, AAUP Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington Faculty Council urges IU to reject Trump’s higher education compact
The resolution passed with overwhelming support.
www.idsnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“I feel very strongly that we need to do all we can to stand against the notion that there is anything good about making compromises of the sort the Trump administration is asking universities to do."
— Maria Bucur, AAUP Indiana University Bloomington
— Maria Bucur, AAUP Indiana University Bloomington
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Should we start historical climate simulations in 1750 (or 1800) rather than 1850?
Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century
Ballinger, Schurer et al.: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century
Ballinger, Schurer et al.: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Should we start historical climate simulations in 1750 (or 1800) rather than 1850?
Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century
Ballinger, Schurer et al.: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Importance of beginning industrial-era climate simulations in the eighteenth century
Ballinger, Schurer et al.: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
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I will translate from NPRese
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
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Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response. n.pr/4913a0E
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I will translate from NPRese
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
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This is what a New Era looks like.
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is what a New Era looks like.
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This program now accounts for 5% of the faculty hired in the system, and those hired after completing these postdocs have a 97% tenure rate - obviously exceeding baseline tenure statistics.
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This program now accounts for 5% of the faculty hired in the system, and those hired after completing these postdocs have a 97% tenure rate - obviously exceeding baseline tenure statistics.