Ian Plummer
@iplumm.bsky.social
PhD student at SUNY Albany, reconstructing Red Sea paleoclimate with corals! Either in the lab, coding, or playing pokemon. LGI 🏝️ LGM 🍎
Troy, NY
He/Him
https://plummquat.github.io/IanPlummer/
Troy, NY
He/Him
https://plummquat.github.io/IanPlummer/
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Ian Plummer
@iplumm.bsky.social
· Oct 13
Client Challenge
link.springer.com
My first main authored paper is out today! 🧪🔬
We explore the role that distant ENSO teleconnections to the North Atlantic have in interrupting the dynamics that link the NAO to winter SST variability in the Red Sea.
Spoiler: they play a huge role!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#climate
We explore the role that distant ENSO teleconnections to the North Atlantic have in interrupting the dynamics that link the NAO to winter SST variability in the Red Sea.
Spoiler: they play a huge role!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#climate
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Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
New York's 2025 Climate Report:
🌡 Downstate, the Capital Region, and W.NY saw a warmer 2025, while the eastern Catskills and ADKS saw a near-average 2025.
Statewide, 2025 was 0.81°F above the 1980-2010 average, continuing a nearly 3°F warming from the early 1900s.
🌡 Downstate, the Capital Region, and W.NY saw a warmer 2025, while the eastern Catskills and ADKS saw a near-average 2025.
Statewide, 2025 was 0.81°F above the 1980-2010 average, continuing a nearly 3°F warming from the early 1900s.
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 AM
New York's 2025 Climate Report:
🌡 Downstate, the Capital Region, and W.NY saw a warmer 2025, while the eastern Catskills and ADKS saw a near-average 2025.
Statewide, 2025 was 0.81°F above the 1980-2010 average, continuing a nearly 3°F warming from the early 1900s.
🌡 Downstate, the Capital Region, and W.NY saw a warmer 2025, while the eastern Catskills and ADKS saw a near-average 2025.
Statewide, 2025 was 0.81°F above the 1980-2010 average, continuing a nearly 3°F warming from the early 1900s.
New York Climate Report for December 2025:
🌡The entire state saw a below-average December, driven by a handful of cold air outbreaks.
🌧The Lower Hudson River Valley, NYC, and LI saw a drier than average Dec, while W.NY and the ADKS saw a wetter Dec. Statewide, precipitation was near average.
🌡The entire state saw a below-average December, driven by a handful of cold air outbreaks.
🌧The Lower Hudson River Valley, NYC, and LI saw a drier than average Dec, while W.NY and the ADKS saw a wetter Dec. Statewide, precipitation was near average.
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
New York Climate Report for December 2025:
🌡The entire state saw a below-average December, driven by a handful of cold air outbreaks.
🌧The Lower Hudson River Valley, NYC, and LI saw a drier than average Dec, while W.NY and the ADKS saw a wetter Dec. Statewide, precipitation was near average.
🌡The entire state saw a below-average December, driven by a handful of cold air outbreaks.
🌧The Lower Hudson River Valley, NYC, and LI saw a drier than average Dec, while W.NY and the ADKS saw a wetter Dec. Statewide, precipitation was near average.
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INTRODUCING YOUR NEW YORK ISLANDERS ALL-TIME SHUTOUT LEADER, ILYA SOROKIN!
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 AM
INTRODUCING YOUR NEW YORK ISLANDERS ALL-TIME SHUTOUT LEADER, ILYA SOROKIN!
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January 7, 2026 at 3:09 AM
My StoryGraph 2025 Wrapped
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
My StoryGraph 2025 Wrapped
Do you prefer your gingerbread Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or Cenozoic?
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Do you prefer your gingerbread Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or Cenozoic?
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Other folks are doing a better job describing the community contributions of NCAR. But personally, the tutorials, resources, models, and collaborations that I had through NCAR were vital to my learning & doing atmospheric science and getting a PhD.
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 3:37 AM
Other folks are doing a better job describing the community contributions of NCAR. But personally, the tutorials, resources, models, and collaborations that I had through NCAR were vital to my learning & doing atmospheric science and getting a PhD.
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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 1:16 AM
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.
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The new GloSAT temperature dataset extends our observational estimates of global temperature change back to 1781
Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima...
Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima...
Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
New estimates of surface temperature change since the late 18th century
Releasing an observation-based global temperature dataset extending back to 1781
climatelabbook.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The new GloSAT temperature dataset extends our observational estimates of global temperature change back to 1781
Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima...
Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima...
Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
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Excited for this paper to be out! With the collaboration of met services from Central America, we evaluate in detail the biases in gridded products that arise from the underlying station data, and the effect this has on the apparent emergence of regional drying trends. Thanks to all the co-authors!
Rainfall data can be hard to come by in the tropics. @anaigmendez.bsky.social leads a new paper taking a deep dive into the quality and potential biases in gridded precipitation data in Central America. CHIRPS comes out ahead, but be wary of trends! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Impacts of Spatial and Temporal Station Availability on Gridded Precipitation Products in Central America
There are significant differences between gridded precipitation products in Central America in both variability and trends CHIRPS consistently outperforms Global Precipitation Climatology Centre ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Excited for this paper to be out! With the collaboration of met services from Central America, we evaluate in detail the biases in gridded products that arise from the underlying station data, and the effect this has on the apparent emergence of regional drying trends. Thanks to all the co-authors!
November in NY was average to slightly cooler than average (albeit warmer than the avg Nov pre 1980) and drier than average outside of the lake impacted regions in Central NY and the ADKs.
December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
November in NY was average to slightly cooler than average (albeit warmer than the avg Nov pre 1980) and drier than average outside of the lake impacted regions in Central NY and the ADKs.
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🏆 CHAMPIONS AGAIN 🏆
GOTHAM FC are the 2025 NWSL Champions! 💙🖤
A clutch finish from Rose Lavelle sealed the 1–0 win and the crown. A night written into club history.
YOUR 2025 CHAMPIONS. ✨
GOTHAM FC are the 2025 NWSL Champions! 💙🖤
A clutch finish from Rose Lavelle sealed the 1–0 win and the crown. A night written into club history.
YOUR 2025 CHAMPIONS. ✨
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
🏆 CHAMPIONS AGAIN 🏆
GOTHAM FC are the 2025 NWSL Champions! 💙🖤
A clutch finish from Rose Lavelle sealed the 1–0 win and the crown. A night written into club history.
YOUR 2025 CHAMPIONS. ✨
GOTHAM FC are the 2025 NWSL Champions! 💙🖤
A clutch finish from Rose Lavelle sealed the 1–0 win and the crown. A night written into club history.
YOUR 2025 CHAMPIONS. ✨
Hockey Fights Cancer Night at UBS
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hockey Fights Cancer Night at UBS
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1,019 glaciers have disappeared since 1973 in Switzerland! ✝️
1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥
But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰
1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥
But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
1,019 glaciers have disappeared since 1973 in Switzerland! ✝️
1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥
But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰
1st nationwide assessment of vanished glaciers:
>40% of the glaciers inventoried in 1973
~13% (47±3 km²) of total glacier area loss! 🧊🔥
But, as it is based on the latest inventory (from 2016), the actual figures are far much higher! 📈 😰
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The road leads straight to the NWSL Championship
Presented by Google Pixel
Presented by Google Pixel
November 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The road leads straight to the NWSL Championship
Presented by Google Pixel
Presented by Google Pixel
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JAEDYN SHAW IS THE DEFINITION OF CLUTCH!
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
JAEDYN SHAW IS THE DEFINITION OF CLUTCH!
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Exciting news! Student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 are open! Are you a graduate student working on any aspect of past climates or environments? Apply to be part of our 2-week summer school in the eastern Sierra Nevada! More details here: paleoclimate.camp/apply
Application — paleoCAMP
paleoclimate.camp
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Exciting news! Student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 are open! Are you a graduate student working on any aspect of past climates or environments? Apply to be part of our 2-week summer school in the eastern Sierra Nevada! More details here: paleoclimate.camp/apply
Faint Aurora Borealis over the Hudson River in Troy just now
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Faint Aurora Borealis over the Hudson River in Troy just now
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Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
PhD Topics - Entry September 2026 — The Foster Lab
This year we are involved in 3 fully funded PhD projects via IGNITE our NERC DLA. The deadline is Thursday Jan 8th 2026 . 1. Is the world already 1.5 C warmer?...
www.thefosterlab.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fully funded PhD projects available in my group (Please share with interested parties, details here: www.thefosterlab.org/blog/2025/11...):
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Video shows lava shot over 1,000 feet into the air from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Sunday. The impressive eruption was accompanied by a "volnado," or a tornado-like swirl of dust and ash caused by the contrast between the heated air near the lava and the cooler ambient air.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Video shows lava shot over 1,000 feet into the air from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Sunday. The impressive eruption was accompanied by a "volnado," or a tornado-like swirl of dust and ash caused by the contrast between the heated air near the lava and the cooler ambient air.
In light of the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, here is one of the cooler model case studies published.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
images from here since the orgininal resolution is low www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_res...
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
images from here since the orgininal resolution is low www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_res...
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In light of the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, here is one of the cooler model case studies published.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
images from here since the orgininal resolution is low www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_res...
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
images from here since the orgininal resolution is low www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_res...
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Gotham FC with the upset extra time win in KC to advance to the semis!
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Gotham FC with the upset extra time win in KC to advance to the semis!
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i wanted a golden goal walk-off banger AND I GOT ONE
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
i wanted a golden goal walk-off banger AND I GOT ONE