Robert Field
@robertfield.bsky.social
Climate person at Columbia University
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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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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...
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now that he's elected we need to press mamdani on two key issues
1. getting seats in moynihan
2. getting st vitus reopened
1. getting seats in moynihan
2. getting st vitus reopened
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
now that he's elected we need to press mamdani on two key issues
1. getting seats in moynihan
2. getting st vitus reopened
1. getting seats in moynihan
2. getting st vitus reopened
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60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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Very thrilling!! I loved @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's When the Clock Broke.
When the Clock Broke reviewed alongside @lkatfield.bsky.social's terrific "Furious Minds" in the NYRB.—
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Storm Warnings | Mark Lilla
The MAGA movement is not fed by conservative ideas but by a nihilistic, apocalyptic determination to stage a counterrevolution against the Sixties, against liberalism, against even democracy itself.
www.nybooks.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Very thrilling!! I loved @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's When the Clock Broke.
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New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Near real-time indicators of burn severity in the western U.S. from active fire tracking" #SNFECO 🔥
Read it here: ow.ly/hNYs50X7UqS
Read it here: ow.ly/hNYs50X7UqS
October 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! "Near real-time indicators of burn severity in the western U.S. from active fire tracking" #SNFECO 🔥
Read it here: ow.ly/hNYs50X7UqS
Read it here: ow.ly/hNYs50X7UqS
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Some US members of congress wrote the Canadian ambassador on July 7, 2025 with respect to fire management and the resulting smoke from Canadian forest fires. The reality is that the increase in fires & smoke is largely due to human-caused climate change, and we will see more fire in the future.
July 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Some US members of congress wrote the Canadian ambassador on July 7, 2025 with respect to fire management and the resulting smoke from Canadian forest fires. The reality is that the increase in fires & smoke is largely due to human-caused climate change, and we will see more fire in the future.
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Look I know Social Media is a hell hole where it allows rage bait and lets folks overreact for engagement.
But fuck this shit.
But fuck this shit.
Accuweather is pushing a study that claims (without describing the data/methods with any reproducibility) that they are superior hurricane forecasters. Among their ridiculous claims is that they were the "only" one to predict disastrous flooding from Helene. Gory details here: x.com/accuweather/...
May 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Look I know Social Media is a hell hole where it allows rage bait and lets folks overreact for engagement.
But fuck this shit.
But fuck this shit.
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Last September, a team of European researchers executed a dramatic aircraft chase of a falling piece of #spacedebris - now they have released the first results from these observations that provide new insights into satellite #airpollution. www.space.com/space-explor...
Scientists chased a falling spacecraft with a plane to understand satellite air pollution
"The event was fainter than we expected."
www.space.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Last September, a team of European researchers executed a dramatic aircraft chase of a falling piece of #spacedebris - now they have released the first results from these observations that provide new insights into satellite #airpollution. www.space.com/space-explor...
Are these double-overwintering?
Hot, dry conditions in the Fort Nelson area are reactivating overwintering fires, with smoke now visible.
Crews are responding along Hwy 77 & wildfire G90220 near the Fort Nelson River. More visible fires may appear on the #BCWildfire map as things evolve.
Stay alert 📱
Crews are responding along Hwy 77 & wildfire G90220 near the Fort Nelson River. More visible fires may appear on the #BCWildfire map as things evolve.
Stay alert 📱
May 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Are these double-overwintering?
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Wildfire smoke and extreme heat can occur together: Preparing for the combined health effects of a hot, smoky future
Wildfire smoke and extreme heat can occur together: Preparing for the combined health effects of a hot, smoky future
Exposure to either wildfire smoke or extreme heat poses a significant threat to health. When they occur together, it may amplify the health risks of exposure.
theconversation.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wildfire smoke and extreme heat can occur together: Preparing for the combined health effects of a hot, smoky future
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My team wrote a blog post about the challenges of prescribed fire smoke in the context of Clean Air Act attainment for pm2.5. open.substack.com/pub/cepp/p/b...
Balancing Fire and Air, Part One: California's Prescribed Burn Challenge
As catastrophic wildfires increasingly threaten California, how can the state significantly expand its use of prescribed burns – a key mitigation strategy – while also meeting stricter federal demands
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My team wrote a blog post about the challenges of prescribed fire smoke in the context of Clean Air Act attainment for pm2.5. open.substack.com/pub/cepp/p/b...
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Forget Canada — I don't think I've ever seen a poll shift this dramatic in *any* modern democracy. One of the most remarkable elections of my lifetime.
It's really hard to overstate how hugely favored conservatives were up until two months ago.
Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.)
Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.
Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.)
Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.
April 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Forget Canada — I don't think I've ever seen a poll shift this dramatic in *any* modern democracy. One of the most remarkable elections of my lifetime.
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Nice company. Good article to share widely.
Alberta's #MullenGroup business villains angry about #ElbowsUpForClimate signature by #Jasper Mayor. Heaven forbid you look for a little #ClimateAction after a wildfire burns up 1/4 of your town. #JoannaKScott is FINE with burning cities to the ground. #abpoli www.jasperlocal.com/2025/04/17/c...
Corporate crocodile tears? AB energy execs cancel retreat to Jasper - News
A group of Alberta energy executives has cancelled their corporate retreat in Jasper because they’re mad that the municipality’s mayor wants federal politicians to make climate change a priority.&...
www.jasperlocal.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Nice company. Good article to share widely.
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This is disgraceful. GFDL/Princeton is a pioneer in studying climate change, and one of the most respected and important research groups in the world, including Nobel Laureate Suki Manabe and others who are highly respected. To not only terminate their programs but disparage them is unconscionable.
April 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is disgraceful. GFDL/Princeton is a pioneer in studying climate change, and one of the most respected and important research groups in the world, including Nobel Laureate Suki Manabe and others who are highly respected. To not only terminate their programs but disparage them is unconscionable.
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NOAA GFDL is a scientific gem, supporting the research of Nobel laureate Suki Manabe as well as a much larger group of excellent scientists who have fundamentally advanced our knowledge on the atmosphere, ocean and climate.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
March 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
NOAA GFDL is a scientific gem, supporting the research of Nobel laureate Suki Manabe as well as a much larger group of excellent scientists who have fundamentally advanced our knowledge on the atmosphere, ocean and climate.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
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Every private sector entity dealing with natural catastrophe / weather / climate risk is hugely dependent on the freely available data from NOAA / NASA / USGS / FEMA.
It's quality controlled. It's robust. It's essential.
The private weather / climate enterprise cannot function without it either.
It's quality controlled. It's robust. It's essential.
The private weather / climate enterprise cannot function without it either.
April 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Every private sector entity dealing with natural catastrophe / weather / climate risk is hugely dependent on the freely available data from NOAA / NASA / USGS / FEMA.
It's quality controlled. It's robust. It's essential.
The private weather / climate enterprise cannot function without it either.
It's quality controlled. It's robust. It's essential.
The private weather / climate enterprise cannot function without it either.
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let’s see who has the unfortunate task of ringing the opening bell tomorrow … ah perfect
April 3, 2025 at 3:42 AM
let’s see who has the unfortunate task of ringing the opening bell tomorrow … ah perfect
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I ❤️ Rutgers Faculty Senate.
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I ❤️ Rutgers Faculty Senate.
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What goes up in the form of rockets & their payloads must eventually come down in the form of launch emissions & objects falling out of orbit. Atmospheric scientist Kostas Tsigaridis of Center for Climate Systems Research/NASAGISS is investigating effects: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/03/04/r...
March 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What goes up in the form of rockets & their payloads must eventually come down in the form of launch emissions & objects falling out of orbit. Atmospheric scientist Kostas Tsigaridis of Center for Climate Systems Research/NASAGISS is investigating effects: news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/03/04/r...
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...