Keith Eric Grant
@ramblemuse.bsky.social
Retired atmospheric/computational physicist with interests in mathematical biology and Journalism. Member of Amer.Geophysical Union, American Meteorology Soc., Soc. for Industrial & Applied Math, Society for Mathematical Biology, National Sci Writers Assoc
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Jacob Scott, a founding bioRxiv and medRxiv Affiliate with 73 preprints posted, loves the community of open science advocates around the preprint servers. Thanks to Affiliates like him, preprints are posted ~48 hours after submission.
#bioRxiv #openRxiv #OpenScience #preprints #CommunityVoices
#bioRxiv #openRxiv #OpenScience #preprints #CommunityVoices
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Jacob Scott, a founding bioRxiv and medRxiv Affiliate with 73 preprints posted, loves the community of open science advocates around the preprint servers. Thanks to Affiliates like him, preprints are posted ~48 hours after submission.
#bioRxiv #openRxiv #OpenScience #preprints #CommunityVoices
#bioRxiv #openRxiv #OpenScience #preprints #CommunityVoices
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Excited to work with @agu.org, @ametsoc.org, @costasamaras.com (and our colleagues not on Bluesky) to develop this special collection, which aims to advance climate assessments within the US at all scales.
📢 Submissions are now open for the U.S. Climate Collection, a joint @theAGU + @ametsoc initiative.
This special collection will publish U.S.-focused climate assessment science that’s free to read, ensuring rigorous, accessible science informs decisions for years to come.
🔗 buff.ly/1tHUSLC
This special collection will publish U.S.-focused climate assessment science that’s free to read, ensuring rigorous, accessible science informs decisions for years to come.
🔗 buff.ly/1tHUSLC
September 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Excited to work with @agu.org, @ametsoc.org, @costasamaras.com (and our colleagues not on Bluesky) to develop this special collection, which aims to advance climate assessments within the US at all scales.
An email from the SIAM special interest group on Computational Modeling & Engineering alerted me to an upcoming online workshop on "From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins" sites.google.com/view/website...
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From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins
5th Anniversary Global Alliance for Immune Prediction and Intervention(GLIMPRINT) & IMAG/MSM Open Virtual Conference
October 16–17, 2025 10 am...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
An email from the SIAM special interest group on Computational Modeling & Engineering alerted me to an upcoming online workshop on "From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins" sites.google.com/view/website...
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.@quantamagazine.bsky.social has devoted a whole issue to the fundamental science of climate. Can't wait to read this – we hear so much about climate change, but so little about the basic science.
Press: www.newswire.com/news/quanta-...
Issue: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
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Quanta Series Marvels at 'The Achievement of Climate Science'
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September 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
.@quantamagazine.bsky.social has devoted a whole issue to the fundamental science of climate. Can't wait to read this – we hear so much about climate change, but so little about the basic science.
Press: www.newswire.com/news/quanta-...
Issue: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
Press: www.newswire.com/news/quanta-...
Issue: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
Flying to Boulder CO tomorrow (Sunday) for the American Geophysical Union Chapman conference on the Energy Balance Closure Problem: Causes, Corrections, and Implications
September 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Flying to Boulder CO tomorrow (Sunday) for the American Geophysical Union Chapman conference on the Energy Balance Closure Problem: Causes, Corrections, and Implications
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This thoughtful and beautifully illustrated book is about creating good scientific visualizations with Python & Matplotlib
github.com/rougier/scie...
github.com/rougier/scie...
August 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This thoughtful and beautifully illustrated book is about creating good scientific visualizations with Python & Matplotlib
github.com/rougier/scie...
github.com/rougier/scie...
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#Erin is a textbook case of the explosive intensification rates that pose an increasing problem as the planet's oceans and atmosphere heat up.
Saving grace this time: Erin is on track to avoid making landfall anywhere. Next time: who knows?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/erin...
Saving grace this time: Erin is on track to avoid making landfall anywhere. Next time: who knows?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/erin...
Erin vaults from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in just 25 hours » Yale Climate Connections
Erin's overnight surge in strength was one of the fastest ever recorded in the Atlantic.
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August 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#Erin is a textbook case of the explosive intensification rates that pose an increasing problem as the planet's oceans and atmosphere heat up.
Saving grace this time: Erin is on track to avoid making landfall anywhere. Next time: who knows?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/erin...
Saving grace this time: Erin is on track to avoid making landfall anywhere. Next time: who knows?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/erin...
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Some recent literature on rapid intensification
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico is more likely during marine heatwaves - Communications Earth & Environment
Prolonged periods of high sea surface temperatures can substantially increase the probability of rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico and the northwestern Caribbean Sea, ac...
www.nature.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Some recent literature on rapid intensification
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Now Cat 5 with 160 mph just as I expected.
Hurricane Erin went from Category 1 to Category 4 in 15 hours Y'all. That's well beyond our definition of rapid intensification. My update on the hurricane. It may not be done strengthening yet. Where is it going and how strong will it get?
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Hurricane Erin Explosively Strengthening - Close to Category 5
Hurricane Erin has explosively intensified to a Category 4 storm and may not be done yet. Here's the latest.
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August 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Now Cat 5 with 160 mph just as I expected.
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Turns out, unsurprisingly, that American fascism is bad for tourism and U.S.-based conferences. (You'd have to be an idiot to organize an international gathering inside the U.S. at this point.)
Immigration crackdown causing ‘Trump slump’ in Las Vegas tourism, unions say
International visitors to one of the world’s largest tourist destinations dropped 13% in June as workers face layoffs
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August 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Turns out, unsurprisingly, that American fascism is bad for tourism and U.S.-based conferences. (You'd have to be an idiot to organize an international gathering inside the U.S. at this point.)
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Look who's here now
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August 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Look who's here now
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If you are having trouble finding National Climate Assessment reports, they are here.
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: National Climate Assessment links
RealClimate: For some reason, it has become hard to locate the various National Climate Assessments (NCAs) that have been produced by the USGCRP over the decades (and it's pretty hard to find the USGR...
www.realclimate.org
July 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you are having trouble finding National Climate Assessment reports, they are here.
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
I had to delete and repost a couple of prior posts because I realized that Bluesky doesn't recognize a hashtag if a left paren immediately precedes the has mark. (#SMB2025) doesn't work but ( #SMB2025 ) does.
July 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I had to delete and repost a couple of prior posts because I realized that Bluesky doesn't recognize a hashtag if a left paren immediately precedes the has mark. (#SMB2025) doesn't work but ( #SMB2025 ) does.
(3) Mark Lewis ( #SMB2025 ). Wolves would diversify their hunting locations, despite moving into the unknown, to avoid hunting hyper-vigilant prey in recently hunted areas. An exploration of predator and prey memory plus prey fear response.
July 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
(3) Mark Lewis ( #SMB2025 ). Wolves would diversify their hunting locations, despite moving into the unknown, to avoid hunting hyper-vigilant prey in recently hunted areas. An exploration of predator and prey memory plus prey fear response.
(2) Mark Lewis ( #SMB2025 ). The step length benefit occurred when prey presence was low, but not when prey were plentiful. Although prey were more plentiful in buffer regions between wolf packs, the penalty of adversarial encounters created buffer zone avoidance.
July 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
(2) Mark Lewis ( #SMB2025 ). The step length benefit occurred when prey presence was low, but not when prey were plentiful. Although prey were more plentiful in buffer regions between wolf packs, the penalty of adversarial encounters created buffer zone avoidance.
At #SMB2025, one could so worse than having The Sherlock Holmes pub just a block away from my hotel; shepherds' pie, fish and chips, and chicken pot pie among other food. Not to forget Coleen's Amber ale.
July 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At #SMB2025, one could so worse than having The Sherlock Holmes pub just a block away from my hotel; shepherds' pie, fish and chips, and chicken pot pie among other food. Not to forget Coleen's Amber ale.
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By now you may have seen the stunning video of the "fire tornado" in Utah. Some say it is the apocalypse. Others think it is AI. It's real, and I explain it here.
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Yes, That Fire-Induced Tornado In The Viral Video Is Real
Did you see the stunning viral video of the "fire tornado" in Utah. A meteorologist explains how they form.
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July 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
By now you may have seen the stunning video of the "fire tornado" in Utah. Some say it is the apocalypse. Others think it is AI. It's real, and I explain it here.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
In the 2nd #SMB2025 plenary, Marisa Eisenberg explored modeling for public health, decisions despite antiquated data systems and imperfect data. She moved from multiple mechanistic models to using such in ensembles to train AI for predictions. She noted identifiability matters for inference.
July 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In the 2nd #SMB2025 plenary, Marisa Eisenberg explored modeling for public health, decisions despite antiquated data systems and imperfect data. She moved from multiple mechanistic models to using such in ensembles to train AI for predictions. She noted identifiability matters for inference.
(1) In yesterday's opening plenary at #SMB2025, Mark Lewis explored three aspects of wolf movements and hunting using the Fokker-Plank equation. Step length and step direction were taken to be independent. Larger step lengths along roads overrode higher likelihood of being killed
July 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
(1) In yesterday's opening plenary at #SMB2025, Mark Lewis explored three aspects of wolf movements and hunting using the Fokker-Plank equation. Step length and step direction were taken to be independent. Larger step lengths along roads overrode higher likelihood of being killed
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As NASA's budget shrinks, Europe doubles down on Earth science
As NASA's budget shrinks, Europe doubles down on Earth science: 'Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation'
If NASA must pull back, Europe is ready to step up — and do so with open arms.
www.space.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
As NASA's budget shrinks, Europe doubles down on Earth science
Arrived in Edmonton Alberta yesterday for the Society of Mathematical Biology annual meeting #SMB2025 2025.smb.org
Society of Mathematical Biology
The Society for Mathematical Biology annual meeting - 2025.
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July 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Arrived in Edmonton Alberta yesterday for the Society of Mathematical Biology annual meeting #SMB2025 2025.smb.org
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"Authoritarians try to crush independent referees and civil society institutions, including news organizations, universities, statistical agencies and central banks." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
Grouping newsrooms with central banks, universities, the Bureau of Labor Statistics gets it right.
Grouping newsrooms with central banks, universities, the Bureau of Labor Statistics gets it right.
Opinion | I’ve Covered Authoritarians Abroad. Trump’s Actions Look Familiar. (Gift Article)
Trump’s actions remind me of authoritarians I’ve covered for four decades around the globe.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Authoritarians try to crush independent referees and civil society institutions, including news organizations, universities, statistical agencies and central banks." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
Grouping newsrooms with central banks, universities, the Bureau of Labor Statistics gets it right.
Grouping newsrooms with central banks, universities, the Bureau of Labor Statistics gets it right.
I've completed all of my arrangements (flight, hotel, and registration) to attend the Society for Mathematical Biology meeting in Edmonton Alberta (#SMB2025) next July. 2025.smb.org
Society of Mathematical Biology
The Society for Mathematical Biology annual meeting - 2025.
2025.smb.org
February 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I've completed all of my arrangements (flight, hotel, and registration) to attend the Society for Mathematical Biology meeting in Edmonton Alberta (#SMB2025) next July. 2025.smb.org