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Scott PW
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retired HDR.
Climate extinction dreader At birth CO2 was 312
I should never have learned about CO2 and CH4-driven extinction events.
It's insane that the majesty and beauty of this planet will never be admired by anyone again.
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July 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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"Trump called Bezos to complain about report that Amazon planned to list tariff costs on site" -The Guardian

Seems like a good time to repost this:
April 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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If you have backyard chickens please stay updated on Bird Flu in your area
April 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Zach Labe does amazing work with climate data visualization— follow if you aren’t already…
#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through March 2025. What a surprise, another warm month... 🥼❄️

+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Data from: psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...
April 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Only half of the Contiguous U.S. saw 20" or more of snow in the Oct-Mar 2024-25 period. This is the second lowest percentage on record (since 1940).
April 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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How many of the 12 calendar months show a warming trend over the last 75 years? For the vast majority of locations on Earth, the answer is all 12 months. 🔥🔥🔥
April 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Hey Bluesky…. Let’s make this go Viral. Just to Piss them off? Y’all with Me?
March 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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“Obamacare is pure communism. Abolish it!”

Also:

“The Affordable Care Act literally saved my life.”

~Bunch of dumbasses
March 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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"I was eager to improve forecasts, especially for high-impact hazards like heat and heavy rainfall, using explainable AI. My work aimed to provide communities with actionable insights."

Thanks to @moadlc.bsky.social for this awesome illustration! Check out @silencedscience.bsky.social for more.
Dr. Zachary Labe, Climate Scientist
Dr. Zachary Labe is a climate scientist passionate about exploring the intersection of climate variability, extreme events, climate impacts, and innovative data science methods. His work at NOAA aimed...
silencedsciencestories.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Last month was the warmest February on record across the #Arctic Circle...

Dataset from @noaa.gov: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
March 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Yet again, at or above average temperatures were found across all latitude bands over the last three months, particularly in the #Arctic.

[Plot shows zonal-mean surface air temperature anomalies, where latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4]
March 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The electricity storage genie is out of the bottle and won’t go back in, no matter much we flood the market with fossil fuels.
Certainly another potential big positive development in energy storage.

'Thanks to a much lower cost per kWH than any other battery technology, they can be used to provide cost-effective power to supplement wind and solar farms.'
Iron-Air Storage Battery Production Begins on Former WV Steel-Mill Site
As low-cost iron-air batteries enter commercial production, they promise to make utility-scale wind and solar power even more competitive with fossil-derived electricity.
www.electronicdesign.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Methane cuts aren't an emergency brake, they're an extra 1/2 mile of track before the train falls into the canyon.
Whoa! Curbing methane emissions is an "emergency break" climate solution. And now we know where to focus, thanks to new satellite data.

Fast, targeted climate action. Let's go!
"Satellite plume detection is important in greenhouse gas abatement because methane accounts for about 30% of total anthropogenic global warming." Read more from Visualizing Energy at Boston University: visualizingenergy.org/satellite-de...
March 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Guess what happened in 1929 ...
March 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Trump did this and those that voted for him because they thought the economy was so much better under Trump 1.0 can take their tariffs to the bank that’s about to go under.
March 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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You can tell a lot about a woman by her hands.

For instance, if they are around your throat, She's probably slightly upset.
March 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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This hits hard.
February 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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🙋🏼‍♀️✋🏼🙋🏼‍♀️✋🏼🙋🏼‍♀️✋🏼🙋🏼‍♀️✋🏼🙋🏼‍♀️✋🏼
February 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Anti-Musk sentiments continue to rise worldwide.

Tesla’s reputation continues to fall. #EndOligarchy #BoycottTesla
February 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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ICYMI - the latest monthly status on greenhouse gas levels...

For more NOAA data/info: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Ice Watch - Time to start tracking the annual maximum #Arctic sea ice extent. A new record is definitely possible this winter. Stay tuned.

Follow the daily data at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... Data from JAXA. ⚒️🥼❄️
February 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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This graph shows the annual melt by year, which I think helps clarify this point (wgms.ch/global-glaci...)
February 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Not necessarily, but you can also find that on my website at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... for the Greenland Ice Sheet as a whole.
February 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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My graphic showing cumulative change in the mass of reference glaciers around the world has now been updated with 2024's data. We are losing ice.

Graphic available at: zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... More info: wgms.ch/global-glaci...
February 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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New Episode!

Great chat on the terrible health related news of the day, from Ebola in Uganda, to measles in Texas & Bird Flu potentially EVERYWHERE.

With the inimitable @angierasmussen.bsky.social & terrific @craigspencer.bsky.social

iTunes tinyurl.com/y84ex4w4
Spotify tinyurl.com/5ckjxhae
February 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM