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We are kicking off the mappiest week of the year - our first Map Bracket Showdown! Starting today, we’ll post head to head competitions of some of @gfiske.bsky.social gorgeous storytelling, and innovative data visualizations.
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7️⃣ This data visualization of hurricane Beryl uses federal data to put the story of climate change on the map. Higher global temperatures will cause hurricanes to survive longer over land before dissipating.
Data Source: GOES dataset
🗺️: by @gfiske.bsky.social
7️⃣ This data visualization of hurricane Beryl uses federal data to put the story of climate change on the map. Higher global temperatures will cause hurricanes to survive longer over land before dissipating.
Data Source: GOES dataset
🗺️: by @gfiske.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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7️⃣ This data visualization of hurricane Beryl uses federal data to put the story of climate change on the map. Higher global temperatures will cause hurricanes to survive longer over land before dissipating.
Data Source: GOES dataset
🗺️: by @gfiske.bsky.social
7️⃣ This data visualization of hurricane Beryl uses federal data to put the story of climate change on the map. Higher global temperatures will cause hurricanes to survive longer over land before dissipating.
Data Source: GOES dataset
🗺️: by @gfiske.bsky.social
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5️⃣ To understand the impacts of abrupt thaw, @permafrostpathways.bsky.social is using the features in this map to train a model to identify changes in the Arctic. This is a tributary of the Taz River in Siberia, Russia.
Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social
5️⃣ To understand the impacts of abrupt thaw, @permafrostpathways.bsky.social is using the features in this map to train a model to identify changes in the Arctic. This is a tributary of the Taz River in Siberia, Russia.
Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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5️⃣ To understand the impacts of abrupt thaw, @permafrostpathways.bsky.social is using the features in this map to train a model to identify changes in the Arctic. This is a tributary of the Taz River in Siberia, Russia.
Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social
5️⃣ To understand the impacts of abrupt thaw, @permafrostpathways.bsky.social is using the features in this map to train a model to identify changes in the Arctic. This is a tributary of the Taz River in Siberia, Russia.
Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social
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3️⃣This art shows elevation data from the ArcticDEM project (NGA-NSF) for the Taz River in north-central Siberia. The topographic elevation was colored with earth tones to vary from low (very dark) to high (light).
Data source: ArcticDEM
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
3️⃣This art shows elevation data from the ArcticDEM project (NGA-NSF) for the Taz River in north-central Siberia. The topographic elevation was colored with earth tones to vary from low (very dark) to high (light).
Data source: ArcticDEM
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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3️⃣This art shows elevation data from the ArcticDEM project (NGA-NSF) for the Taz River in north-central Siberia. The topographic elevation was colored with earth tones to vary from low (very dark) to high (light).
Data source: ArcticDEM
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
3️⃣This art shows elevation data from the ArcticDEM project (NGA-NSF) for the Taz River in north-central Siberia. The topographic elevation was colored with earth tones to vary from low (very dark) to high (light).
Data source: ArcticDEM
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
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1️⃣ This map demonstrates the power and quality of the ArcticDEM dataset. We use this high resolution elevation data in our mapping of Arctic abrupt thaw features.
Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social
1️⃣ This map demonstrates the power and quality of the ArcticDEM dataset. We use this high resolution elevation data in our mapping of Arctic abrupt thaw features.
Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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1️⃣ This map demonstrates the power and quality of the ArcticDEM dataset. We use this high resolution elevation data in our mapping of Arctic abrupt thaw features.
Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social
1️⃣ This map demonstrates the power and quality of the ArcticDEM dataset. We use this high resolution elevation data in our mapping of Arctic abrupt thaw features.
Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social
We are kicking off the mappiest week of the year - our first Map Bracket Showdown! Starting today, we’ll post head to head competitions of some of @gfiske.bsky.social gorgeous storytelling, and innovative data visualizations.
Vote for your favorites and learn about the science behind the art.
Vote for your favorites and learn about the science behind the art.
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We are kicking off the mappiest week of the year - our first Map Bracket Showdown! Starting today, we’ll post head to head competitions of some of @gfiske.bsky.social gorgeous storytelling, and innovative data visualizations.
Vote for your favorites and learn about the science behind the art.
Vote for your favorites and learn about the science behind the art.
Day 1️⃣ of Climate Week
Stay tuned for updates from our panel discussions and partner collaborations.
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
@permafrostpathways.bsky.social
Stay tuned for updates from our panel discussions and partner collaborations.
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
@permafrostpathways.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Day 1️⃣ of Climate Week
Stay tuned for updates from our panel discussions and partner collaborations.
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
@permafrostpathways.bsky.social
Stay tuned for updates from our panel discussions and partner collaborations.
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
@permafrostpathways.bsky.social
Woodwell Climate is proud to announce the appointment of three endowed chairs, an exciting milestone in our 40-year history that will sustain groundbreaking climate research for generations to come.
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September 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Woodwell Climate is proud to announce the appointment of three endowed chairs, an exciting milestone in our 40-year history that will sustain groundbreaking climate research for generations to come.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the range of the nomadic Dukha reindeer herders on the high taiga of northwest Mongolia.
August 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the range of the nomadic Dukha reindeer herders on the high taiga of northwest Mongolia.
📣 We’re excited to share that Senior Scientist and Arctic ecologist Dr. Sue Natali has been named a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report!
August 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📣 We’re excited to share that Senior Scientist and Arctic ecologist Dr. Sue Natali has been named a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report!
We have an opportunity members of the scientific community will not want to miss! Join us at the center in-person tomorrow, July 31 at 12:30 PM EST for an exciting presentation and discussion with UN High Level Climate Champion, Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir.
Please RSVP at bit.ly/46SFM4z
Please RSVP at bit.ly/46SFM4z
July 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We have an opportunity members of the scientific community will not want to miss! Join us at the center in-person tomorrow, July 31 at 12:30 PM EST for an exciting presentation and discussion with UN High Level Climate Champion, Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir.
Please RSVP at bit.ly/46SFM4z
Please RSVP at bit.ly/46SFM4z
This #MapMonday from @maps-and-pepper.bsky.social shows the predicted return period of once-in-a-generation storms.
As climate change increases extreme weather events, we need to prepare with accurate risk information.
As climate change increases extreme weather events, we need to prepare with accurate risk information.
July 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This #MapMonday from @maps-and-pepper.bsky.social shows the predicted return period of once-in-a-generation storms.
As climate change increases extreme weather events, we need to prepare with accurate risk information.
As climate change increases extreme weather events, we need to prepare with accurate risk information.
"This is exactly what we expected to happen," Holmes said. "As the earth gets warmer, we see more extremes and it's the extremes that get us. They kill us. They make us sick."
Quotes from our President, Dr. Max Holmes in this USA Today piece from @dinahvp.bsky.social: share.google/MJOpg6JF39JG...
Quotes from our President, Dr. Max Holmes in this USA Today piece from @dinahvp.bsky.social: share.google/MJOpg6JF39JG...
Late July's oppressive heat forecast isn't normal
A punishing heat wave will bring hot temperatures to eastern US and linger for several days, underscoring how climate change heats things up.
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July 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"This is exactly what we expected to happen," Holmes said. "As the earth gets warmer, we see more extremes and it's the extremes that get us. They kill us. They make us sick."
Quotes from our President, Dr. Max Holmes in this USA Today piece from @dinahvp.bsky.social: share.google/MJOpg6JF39JG...
Quotes from our President, Dr. Max Holmes in this USA Today piece from @dinahvp.bsky.social: share.google/MJOpg6JF39JG...
🌡️Have you been feeling the heat this week? Stay informed, hydrated, and safe!
Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.
Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.
July 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🌡️Have you been feeling the heat this week? Stay informed, hydrated, and safe!
Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.
Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.
This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the permafrost extant across the boreal forest ecoregion.
Read more about the connection between boreal wildfires and permafrost at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
Read more about the connection between boreal wildfires and permafrost at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
July 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the permafrost extant across the boreal forest ecoregion.
Read more about the connection between boreal wildfires and permafrost at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
Read more about the connection between boreal wildfires and permafrost at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
For Woodwell’s Dr. Kayla Mathes, community perspectives have driven home the need for fire suppression as a tool to protect people and climate.
Read her essay at www.woodwellclimate.org/fire-suppres...
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Read her essay at www.woodwellclimate.org/fire-suppres...
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Fire suppression in the boreal: "There's too much fire now" - Woodwell Climate
In boreal forests, which are experiencing intensifying fires, fire suppression offers a way to protect both people and carbon-rich permafrost
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July 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For Woodwell’s Dr. Kayla Mathes, community perspectives have driven home the need for fire suppression as a tool to protect people and climate.
Read her essay at www.woodwellclimate.org/fire-suppres...
@permafrostpathways.bsky.social
Read her essay at www.woodwellclimate.org/fire-suppres...
@permafrostpathways.bsky.social
This #MapMonday from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the carbon stores in peatland soil across the boreal forest ecoregion.
Read more at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
Read more at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
July 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This #MapMonday from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the carbon stores in peatland soil across the boreal forest ecoregion.
Read more at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
Read more at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...
With help from our Sámi partners and @permafrostpathways.bsky.social, Christina Shintani (@cmshintani.bsky.social) explores how climate change is affecting reindeer migration in her map debuting at the Esri User Conference.
July 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
With help from our Sámi partners and @permafrostpathways.bsky.social, Christina Shintani (@cmshintani.bsky.social) explores how climate change is affecting reindeer migration in her map debuting at the Esri User Conference.
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Congratulations @gfiske.bsky.social for another great @woodwellclimate.bsky.social map that made the #EsriUC2025 plenary!
July 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congratulations @gfiske.bsky.social for another great @woodwellclimate.bsky.social map that made the #EsriUC2025 plenary!
Join us virtually on Thursday, July 17 from 5-7PM EST for “Turning the Tide: Climate Progress, Peril, and the Path Ahead with Gina McCarthy and Max Holmes.”
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Woodwell Climate Conversations: Gina McCarthy
Turning the Tide Climate Progress, Peril, and the Path Ahead with Gina McCarthy and Max Holmes
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July 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Join us virtually on Thursday, July 17 from 5-7PM EST for “Turning the Tide: Climate Progress, Peril, and the Path Ahead with Gina McCarthy and Max Holmes.”
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Meet our new Cartography Intern, Nicole Pepper! (@maps-and-pepper.bsky.social). Stay tuned for more data visualization projects from her, including this map showing a late June heat dome that brought record temperatures to the Northeast.
July 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Meet our new Cartography Intern, Nicole Pepper! (@maps-and-pepper.bsky.social). Stay tuned for more data visualization projects from her, including this map showing a late June heat dome that brought record temperatures to the Northeast.
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Proud that the Woodwell Climate Research Center (@woodwellclimate.bsky.social) is a member of the Friends of NOAA coalition. Timely work to support an incredibly important agency - for climate, weather, and oceans. See the coalition's new website here:
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Supporting the mission, products, and services of NOAA
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June 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Proud that the Woodwell Climate Research Center (@woodwellclimate.bsky.social) is a member of the Friends of NOAA coalition. Timely work to support an incredibly important agency - for climate, weather, and oceans. See the coalition's new website here:
friendsofnoaa.net
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These are just some highlights. The whole pod is worth a listen. Thank you to Arctic Council team and all contributors for convening this meaningful conversation! #ArcticFire #climatesolutions arctic-council.org/podcast/arct...
The Arctic on Fire
An episode about Arctic Indigenous Peoples' relationship with fire, how wildfires are changing and contributing to environmental change, the detrimental effects of banning Indigenous cultural burning ...
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June 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
These are just some highlights. The whole pod is worth a listen. Thank you to Arctic Council team and all contributors for convening this meaningful conversation! #ArcticFire #climatesolutions arctic-council.org/podcast/arct...
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New 🔥 pod from Arctic Council on decolonizing wildland fire management, revitalizing Indigenous fire practices, and how the global community can respond to an Arctic on fire. Grateful our @woodwellclimate.bsky.social team could join the conversation 🧵 #CanadaWildfires #ArcticFire #ClimateSolutions
This Way Up
Podcast · Arctic Council & Både Og · This Way Up is a podcast by Arctic Council
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June 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New 🔥 pod from Arctic Council on decolonizing wildland fire management, revitalizing Indigenous fire practices, and how the global community can respond to an Arctic on fire. Grateful our @woodwellclimate.bsky.social team could join the conversation 🧵 #CanadaWildfires #ArcticFire #ClimateSolutions
When boreal forests burn, the whole world feels the impact. Research from Woodwell Climate has expanded our understanding of boreal fire impact.
Check out these four graphics from @cmshintani.bsky.social that shed light on the role of boreal fires in climate change:
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Check out these four graphics from @cmshintani.bsky.social that shed light on the role of boreal fires in climate change:
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June 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When boreal forests burn, the whole world feels the impact. Research from Woodwell Climate has expanded our understanding of boreal fire impact.
Check out these four graphics from @cmshintani.bsky.social that shed light on the role of boreal fires in climate change:
lnkd.in/evnUbxuC
Check out these four graphics from @cmshintani.bsky.social that shed light on the role of boreal fires in climate change:
lnkd.in/evnUbxuC