Jessica McCarty
@jmccartygeo.bsky.social
🔥🛰️🌱 Science, mainly.
🔵Nicer online than in-person.
⚪️Actual real-life Kentucky hillbilly, currently California resident.
🔴Personal account. I do not speak for my employer, all posts mine alone.
🔵Nicer online than in-person.
⚪️Actual real-life Kentucky hillbilly, currently California resident.
🔴Personal account. I do not speak for my employer, all posts mine alone.
Also, be sure that when writing ‘assess’, you use 4 “s” and not just 3.
Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Also, be sure that when writing ‘assess’, you use 4 “s” and not just 3.
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Great episode of the @arcticcouncil.bsky.social This Way Up podcast on The Arctic on Fire www.highnorthnews.com/en/arctic-fire featuring @gwandaii.bsky.social @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @permafrostpathways.bsky.social @highnorthnews.bsky.social #wildfires #ArcticFire
The Arctic On Fire
The Arctic isn’t just warming, it’s on fire. From the record-shattering 2023 wildfire season in Canada to the zombie fires smoldering beneath the boreal forests, Arctic wildfires are reshaping landsca...
www.highnorthnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Great episode of the @arcticcouncil.bsky.social This Way Up podcast on The Arctic on Fire www.highnorthnews.com/en/arctic-fire featuring @gwandaii.bsky.social @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @permafrostpathways.bsky.social @highnorthnews.bsky.social #wildfires #ArcticFire
Catchin’ up on #COP30? Here’s some recent research co-authored by my NASA colleague published in Nature that shows freshwater lakes & reservoirs are emitting way more methane than thought due to warming (which in term causes more warming). Good news- if we slow/stop warming, this stops too! #climate
“Emissions of greenhouse gas methane from lakes & reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate change. This in turn could raise Earth's temperature more than suggested by IPCC's current worst-case scenario.”
Solutions still have time - we reduce CO2!
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Solutions still have time - we reduce CO2!
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Higher methane emissions from warmer lakes and reservoirs may exacerbate worst-case climate scenario
Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from lakes and reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate change, according to a new study from Linköping University, Sweden, and NASA Am...
phys.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Catchin’ up on #COP30? Here’s some recent research co-authored by my NASA colleague published in Nature that shows freshwater lakes & reservoirs are emitting way more methane than thought due to warming (which in term causes more warming). Good news- if we slow/stop warming, this stops too! #climate
“Emissions of greenhouse gas methane from lakes & reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate change. This in turn could raise Earth's temperature more than suggested by IPCC's current worst-case scenario.”
Solutions still have time - we reduce CO2!
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Solutions still have time - we reduce CO2!
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Higher methane emissions from warmer lakes and reservoirs may exacerbate worst-case climate scenario
Emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from lakes and reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate change, according to a new study from Linköping University, Sweden, and NASA Am...
phys.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“Emissions of greenhouse gas methane from lakes & reservoirs risk doubling by the end of the century due to climate change. This in turn could raise Earth's temperature more than suggested by IPCC's current worst-case scenario.”
Solutions still have time - we reduce CO2!
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Solutions still have time - we reduce CO2!
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Just found out the awesome team at @climasillinois.bsky.social will be in Asheville in the next couple of days to conduct interviews about Risk Communication during #Helene.
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just found out the awesome team at @climasillinois.bsky.social will be in Asheville in the next couple of days to conduct interviews about Risk Communication during #Helene.
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
If you live in the area and are willing to chat, feel free to reach out to them! They are an awesome group!
#NCwx
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🔊 We have contact! Communication has been established with Copernicus Sentinel-6B. 👋
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🔊 We have contact! Communication has been established with Copernicus Sentinel-6B. 👋
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
The satellite launched successfully at 06:21 CET, and is ready to continue the world’s most accurate sea-level record - a crucial tool for understanding our changing planet: bit.ly/43rJxvg
📸 SpaceX / NASA
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Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
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We have LIFTOFF!
Copernicus #Sentinel6B has launched from Vandenberg in California aboard Falcon 9. 🚀
Soon it will be joining its twin in orbit to ensure continuous, more frequent observations of our oceans.
Next milestones: separation and signal acquisition...
Copernicus #Sentinel6B has launched from Vandenberg in California aboard Falcon 9. 🚀
Soon it will be joining its twin in orbit to ensure continuous, more frequent observations of our oceans.
Next milestones: separation and signal acquisition...
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
We have LIFTOFF!
Copernicus #Sentinel6B has launched from Vandenberg in California aboard Falcon 9. 🚀
Soon it will be joining its twin in orbit to ensure continuous, more frequent observations of our oceans.
Next milestones: separation and signal acquisition...
Copernicus #Sentinel6B has launched from Vandenberg in California aboard Falcon 9. 🚀
Soon it will be joining its twin in orbit to ensure continuous, more frequent observations of our oceans.
Next milestones: separation and signal acquisition...
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Winter tightens its hold in Lapland. At the moment -28.3 °C in Savukoski Tulppio with > 20 cm of snow. The coldest so far this winter in Finland.
However, much like in 2023, large parts of the northern hemisphere are unusually warm again (except Fennoscandia).
However, much like in 2023, large parts of the northern hemisphere are unusually warm again (except Fennoscandia).
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Winter tightens its hold in Lapland. At the moment -28.3 °C in Savukoski Tulppio with > 20 cm of snow. The coldest so far this winter in Finland.
However, much like in 2023, large parts of the northern hemisphere are unusually warm again (except Fennoscandia).
However, much like in 2023, large parts of the northern hemisphere are unusually warm again (except Fennoscandia).
At ~50 unread emails and preparations for tomorrow complete, I am “Sleepytime Bear” stage of logged off and ready to settle in for a cold, rainy night.
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
At ~50 unread emails and preparations for tomorrow complete, I am “Sleepytime Bear” stage of logged off and ready to settle in for a cold, rainy night.
I’m down to <200 unread messages and think payroll for an entire NASA Division is squared away, so now I’m the “Cat saving a watermelon from drowning in a lake” level of brain function.
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’m down to <200 unread messages and think payroll for an entire NASA Division is squared away, so now I’m the “Cat saving a watermelon from drowning in a lake” level of brain function.
A real-time photo of me m, as I try to sort through and respond to 43 days of unread work emails.
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A real-time photo of me m, as I try to sort through and respond to 43 days of unread work emails.
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The Fall 2025 Canadian Wildland Fire & Smoke Newsletter is out now!
Read about:
🛰️ WildFireSat, fire management from space.
🔥 Escalating fire severity trends.
☁️ Climate drivers behind record-breaking fire years.
🌀 A hurricane study shedding light on fire.
#wildfire #canada #fire #jasper #disaster
Read about:
🛰️ WildFireSat, fire management from space.
🔥 Escalating fire severity trends.
☁️ Climate drivers behind record-breaking fire years.
🌀 A hurricane study shedding light on fire.
#wildfire #canada #fire #jasper #disaster
Newsletter | Canada Wildfire | Edmonton
Newsletter. Connecting diverse wildland fire, emissions, air quality and modelling communities.
www.canadawildfire.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Relatedly, all the jigsaw puzzles 🧩 I saw at Costco today (both in the toys and the Christmas decoration aisles) were bland and obvious AI imagery.
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Relatedly, all the jigsaw puzzles 🧩 I saw at Costco today (both in the toys and the Christmas decoration aisles) were bland and obvious AI imagery.
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The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
I was today years old when I learned that flapjacks in the UK are just granola bars and not deliciously thick larger pancakes 🥞.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I was today years old when I learned that flapjacks in the UK are just granola bars and not deliciously thick larger pancakes 🥞.
When fire season declines in the western U.S., it picks up in the east. Dry October & Novembers are wildfire season before winter freeze, especially in Appalachia.
Same solutions: more prescribed fires, cultural burning, fuel treatments & public awareness of risk.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Same solutions: more prescribed fires, cultural burning, fuel treatments & public awareness of risk.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Virginia crews fighting wildfires in Jefferson National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service and Botetourt County Fire Department have been working to keep two fires under control since Wednesday.
www.wusa9.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
When fire season declines in the western U.S., it picks up in the east. Dry October & Novembers are wildfire season before winter freeze, especially in Appalachia.
Same solutions: more prescribed fires, cultural burning, fuel treatments & public awareness of risk.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Same solutions: more prescribed fires, cultural burning, fuel treatments & public awareness of risk.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Some good news for your timeline.
Prescribed fires are important to reduce wildfire risk as well as to improve the ecology of the landscape.
Prescribed fires are important to reduce wildfire risk as well as to improve the ecology of the landscape.
The smoke you see or smell may be CAL FIRE conducting prescribed burns—part of our ongoing work to make California more wildfire resilient.
With wildfire activity slowing and weather creating safer conditions, prescribed fire operations increase across the state.
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire
With wildfire activity slowing and weather creating safer conditions, prescribed fire operations increase across the state.
#PrescribedFire #GoodFire
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Some good news for your timeline.
Prescribed fires are important to reduce wildfire risk as well as to improve the ecology of the landscape.
Prescribed fires are important to reduce wildfire risk as well as to improve the ecology of the landscape.
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A thermal signature of the UPS Flight 2978 crash and resulting fire near Louisville International Airport (on November 4) was evident in both #GOESEast and #GOESWest, especially using the Next Generation Fire System -- details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A thermal signature of the UPS Flight 2978 crash and resulting fire near Louisville International Airport (on November 4) was evident in both #GOESEast and #GOESWest, especially using the Next Generation Fire System -- details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
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A quick overview of my command-line viewers:
🟢 viewtif – interactive raster viewer
🟣 viewgeom – interactive vector viewer
🟡 viewinline – non-interactive viewer for rasters, vectors, images, and CSVs, compatible with iTerm2
All available on PyPI.
pypi.org/project/view...
pypi.org/project/view...
🟢 viewtif – interactive raster viewer
🟣 viewgeom – interactive vector viewer
🟡 viewinline – non-interactive viewer for rasters, vectors, images, and CSVs, compatible with iTerm2
All available on PyPI.
pypi.org/project/view...
pypi.org/project/view...
viewtif
Lightweight GeoTIFF, NetCDF, HDF/HDF5, and Esri File Geodatabase (.gdb) viewer with optional shapefile overlay. NetCDF and cartopy support available via pip install viewtif[netcdf].
pypi.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A quick overview of my command-line viewers:
🟢 viewtif – interactive raster viewer
🟣 viewgeom – interactive vector viewer
🟡 viewinline – non-interactive viewer for rasters, vectors, images, and CSVs, compatible with iTerm2
All available on PyPI.
pypi.org/project/view...
pypi.org/project/view...
🟢 viewtif – interactive raster viewer
🟣 viewgeom – interactive vector viewer
🟡 viewinline – non-interactive viewer for rasters, vectors, images, and CSVs, compatible with iTerm2
All available on PyPI.
pypi.org/project/view...
pypi.org/project/view...
I did a HIIT workout this week where the instructor picked 80s music based on a random search of Spotify playlists.
I felt like I was in a fever dream.
I felt like I was in a fever dream.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I did a HIIT workout this week where the instructor picked 80s music based on a random search of Spotify playlists.
I felt like I was in a fever dream.
I felt like I was in a fever dream.
Peak California:
We are experiencing an atmospheric river with high wind warning and men are still outside using their f@€£ing leaf blowers.
We are experiencing an atmospheric river with high wind warning and men are still outside using their f@€£ing leaf blowers.
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Peak California:
We are experiencing an atmospheric river with high wind warning and men are still outside using their f@€£ing leaf blowers.
We are experiencing an atmospheric river with high wind warning and men are still outside using their f@€£ing leaf blowers.
The Louisville airport is very close to downtown, University of Louisville, and Churchill Downs plus major intersection of two busy interstates (I-64 and I-65). A shelter in place of 5-mile radius is a large impact .
Kentucky is a small state, but Louisville metro is 1/3 of population.
Kentucky is a small state, but Louisville metro is 1/3 of population.
JUST IN: Louisville's mayor says there are "multiple injuries and the fire is still burning" after the UPS plane crash. All arriving and departing flights are suspended.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/3Lpst2E
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/3Lpst2E
Kentucky officials issue statements as fire continues to burn at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport
A UPS MD-11 plane crashed shortly after take-off near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to preliminary information, a source says.
www.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The Louisville airport is very close to downtown, University of Louisville, and Churchill Downs plus major intersection of two busy interstates (I-64 and I-65). A shelter in place of 5-mile radius is a large impact .
Kentucky is a small state, but Louisville metro is 1/3 of population.
Kentucky is a small state, but Louisville metro is 1/3 of population.