Kim Wood
@drkimwood.bsky.social
Associate professor at UArizona. Hurricane mortician. Open science + Python + scicomm + 🐈 enthusiast. Personal account. Occasionally salty. Always tired. Helpful to a fault.
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Kim Wood
@drkimwood.bsky.social
· Aug 8
The six “ingredients” of tropical cyclone formation
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) defines a tropical cyclone as
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With the climatologically active part of the Atlantic hurricane season around the corner, I've reproduced my explainer on the six "ingredients" for tropical cyclone formation on Medium as an experiment in using that platform. medium.com/@drkimwood/t...
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What was the weather like on your birthday? Now you can find out!
During the shutdown, I forced myself to stay agile in data science tech, like AWS, Google, and Open AI.
I made a notebook that gets weather for the day/location of your birth, using multiple NOAA sources.
github.com/jjrennie/bir...
During the shutdown, I forced myself to stay agile in data science tech, like AWS, Google, and Open AI.
I made a notebook that gets weather for the day/location of your birth, using multiple NOAA sources.
github.com/jjrennie/bir...
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What was the weather like on your birthday? Now you can find out!
During the shutdown, I forced myself to stay agile in data science tech, like AWS, Google, and Open AI.
I made a notebook that gets weather for the day/location of your birth, using multiple NOAA sources.
github.com/jjrennie/bir...
During the shutdown, I forced myself to stay agile in data science tech, like AWS, Google, and Open AI.
I made a notebook that gets weather for the day/location of your birth, using multiple NOAA sources.
github.com/jjrennie/bir...
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"I think it’s much more important to get in touch with what our values are and act from those values, which may or may not produce the kind of thing we think people should be producing." truthout.org/audio/burnou...
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"I think it’s much more important to get in touch with what our values are and act from those values, which may or may not produce the kind of thing we think people should be producing." truthout.org/audio/burnou...
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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
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For atmospheric science students looking for a funded M.S. opportunity for Fall 2026, the esteemed @dblountwx.bsky.social has a Graduate Research Assistantship position open at Ohio University! See the original post for more details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
For atmospheric science students looking for a funded M.S. opportunity for Fall 2026, the esteemed @dblountwx.bsky.social has a Graduate Research Assistantship position open at Ohio University! See the original post for more details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Got up early this morning and the aurora was still going.
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Got up early this morning and the aurora was still going.
a downside of Being Good At Things is that you get assigned so many Things that you eventually reach the point that you are now Bad At Things
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
a downside of Being Good At Things is that you get assigned so many Things that you eventually reach the point that you are now Bad At Things
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From UNL Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Chair, Clint Rowe, on how the community can help make the case to the Univ. of Nebraska Board of Regents as to why their department should be retained:
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
From UNL Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Chair, Clint Rowe, on how the community can help make the case to the Univ. of Nebraska Board of Regents as to why their department should be retained:
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We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Another way to put it -- in time it took to get 2️⃣ daily record lows at #KMIA, we set new record highs for more than a quarter of days in the calendar year b/w Nov 2014 to Nov 2025 (97/365 ~ 27% of all days).
So yes, a remarkable cold snap, but got to put in proper context of record tends. #FLwx
So yes, a remarkable cold snap, but got to put in proper context of record tends. #FLwx
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
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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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Early online release!
"Redrawing Risks: How Professional Users Interpret and Use an Iteratively Redesigned Hurricane Threats and Impacts Graphic"
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
"Redrawing Risks: How Professional Users Interpret and Use an Iteratively Redesigned Hurricane Threats and Impacts Graphic"
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
journals.ametsoc.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Early online release!
"Redrawing Risks: How Professional Users Interpret and Use an Iteratively Redesigned Hurricane Threats and Impacts Graphic"
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
"Redrawing Risks: How Professional Users Interpret and Use an Iteratively Redesigned Hurricane Threats and Impacts Graphic"
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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As I say often, universal health care is disaster mitigation and preparedness. This is why.
Remembering this 2022 study that found that universal health care in the US could have saved 330,000 lives in the early days of covid.
It could also have saved us $105 billion -- ON TOP of the annual $438 billion we could save in non-pandemic years.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/univ...
It could also have saved us $105 billion -- ON TOP of the annual $438 billion we could save in non-pandemic years.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/univ...
Universal Health Care Could Have Saved More Than 330,000 U.S. Lives during COVID
The numbers of lives lost and dollars spent would have been significantly lower if coverage had been extended to everyone, a new study says
www.scientificamerican.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:28 PM
As I say often, universal health care is disaster mitigation and preparedness. This is why.
Verdict: fighting something but *vaguely gestures at everything* certainly hasn't helped.
currently trying to assess whether feeling achy + lethargic + brain fogged is due to having caught something or *vaguely gestures at everything*
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Verdict: fighting something but *vaguely gestures at everything* certainly hasn't helped.
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays
From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.
capitalbnews.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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Understanding the nuance of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s 4 dimensional chess…
November 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Understanding the nuance of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s 4 dimensional chess…
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UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
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With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.
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“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
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Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.