@zachmillerny.bsky.social
Reposted
New AMS Statement: Dismantling NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research would weaken U.S. leadership in weather, water, and climate science, putting public safety at risk.
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New AMS Statement: Dismantling NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research would weaken U.S. leadership in weather, water, and climate science, putting public safety at risk.
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
Reposted
Okay, I did manage to get this blog post out before the (4pm PT!) livestream! 👀 There will be a considerable flood threat this weekend in some parts of SoCal as near-record moist airmass combines with other factors. Strong t-storms also possible. #CAwx
Southern California weekend storm looking increasingly powerful, with growing flood threat for LA Basin & beyond - Weather West
Quite some whiplash: from record heat to record wet (and yet one more damaging wildfire before that happens) Well, the weather this year sure is doing its best to keep us on our toes! The last 2-3 weeks featured record (or near-record) warmth across most of California and Nevada, as well as a good portion
weatherwest.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Okay, I did manage to get this blog post out before the (4pm PT!) livestream! 👀 There will be a considerable flood threat this weekend in some parts of SoCal as near-record moist airmass combines with other factors. Strong t-storms also possible. #CAwx
Reposted
I did a 45-minute talk on hurricanes and climate change with Harvard’s Dr. Muhammad Ittefaq, Ph.D. The “lost hope” part is about our collective inability in the U.S. to do intelligent managed retreat from vulnerable coasts in a era of rising seas and stronger storms. youtu.be/v89AAsMVSdw?...
Saffir-Simpson Scale is Insufficient I Climate Change Makes Hurricanes More Extreme I Category 6
YouTube video by Science Talk
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I did a 45-minute talk on hurricanes and climate change with Harvard’s Dr. Muhammad Ittefaq, Ph.D. The “lost hope” part is about our collective inability in the U.S. to do intelligent managed retreat from vulnerable coasts in a era of rising seas and stronger storms. youtu.be/v89AAsMVSdw?...
Reposted
Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Fung-wong: Super typhoon hits Philippines as nearly a million evacuate
Typhoon Fung-wong, with sustained winds of 185 km/h (115mph), made landfall on Sunday evening local time.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yet another record breaking storm supersized by a warming world 😢
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Climate change doesn’t create these storms: it makes them worse. They intensify faster, reach higher strengths and dump more rain.
That’s why climate action isn’t just about saving the planet: it’s quite literally about saving US.
Reposted
You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
Reposted
The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
Vietnam sees 35 rainfall records broken in October - VnExpress International
Vietnam's northern and central regions saw a total of 35 rain records broken in October alone as two storms, Matmo and Fengshen, caused unprecedented downpours.
e.vnexpress.net
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
Reposted
Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Reposted
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
Reposted
Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
Reposted
Record heat now outnumbers record cold by more than 3 to 1 in the US. In a normal climate, they’d be equal. After billions of years of natural hot & cold cycles, human forcing has now overtaken nature as the longterm driving force of our present & future climate.
August 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Record heat now outnumbers record cold by more than 3 to 1 in the US. In a normal climate, they’d be equal. After billions of years of natural hot & cold cycles, human forcing has now overtaken nature as the longterm driving force of our present & future climate.
Reposted
„Such censorship of scientists has been attempted by failed governments of the past such as Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and early communist China, always with disastrous consequences for their citizens.“
Watching MAGA-US sleepwalking into disaster.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Watching MAGA-US sleepwalking into disaster.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America
This EO is an unconstitutional attempt to censor and punish U.S. scientists for publishing science that doesn't fit a political agenda This misleading and false misrepresentation of U.S. scientif...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
„Such censorship of scientists has been attempted by failed governments of the past such as Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and early communist China, always with disastrous consequences for their citizens.“
Watching MAGA-US sleepwalking into disaster.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Watching MAGA-US sleepwalking into disaster.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Reposted
Hurricane Erin achieved something most storms do not this weekend. "Extreme Rapid Intensification". Did climate change play a part? Science says, yes.
In 12 hours winds increased by ~65 mph. Only 3 other storms have done that and Erin was the earliest & only August storm to do so.
1/
In 12 hours winds increased by ~65 mph. Only 3 other storms have done that and Erin was the earliest & only August storm to do so.
1/
August 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hurricane Erin achieved something most storms do not this weekend. "Extreme Rapid Intensification". Did climate change play a part? Science says, yes.
In 12 hours winds increased by ~65 mph. Only 3 other storms have done that and Erin was the earliest & only August storm to do so.
1/
In 12 hours winds increased by ~65 mph. Only 3 other storms have done that and Erin was the earliest & only August storm to do so.
1/
Reposted
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
Reposted
For a bit of context w.r.t. the Texas floods, the intensity of rainfall in this region has likely already increased in the 21st Century and will likely continue to do so:
July 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For a bit of context w.r.t. the Texas floods, the intensity of rainfall in this region has likely already increased in the 21st Century and will likely continue to do so:
Reposted
NWS timeline for Texas flood alerts:
- Thurs 1:18PM: Flood Watch
- Thurs 6:30PM: Heightened forecast for flash flooding
- Fri 1:14AM: Emergency Alert System triggered for flash floods
- Fri 4:03AM: Flash Flood Emergency
- Fri 4:45AM: River surged 22+ feet
Officials did nothing for 15+ hours.
- Thurs 1:18PM: Flood Watch
- Thurs 6:30PM: Heightened forecast for flash flooding
- Fri 1:14AM: Emergency Alert System triggered for flash floods
- Fri 4:03AM: Flash Flood Emergency
- Fri 4:45AM: River surged 22+ feet
Officials did nothing for 15+ hours.
July 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
NWS timeline for Texas flood alerts:
- Thurs 1:18PM: Flood Watch
- Thurs 6:30PM: Heightened forecast for flash flooding
- Fri 1:14AM: Emergency Alert System triggered for flash floods
- Fri 4:03AM: Flash Flood Emergency
- Fri 4:45AM: River surged 22+ feet
Officials did nothing for 15+ hours.
- Thurs 1:18PM: Flood Watch
- Thurs 6:30PM: Heightened forecast for flash flooding
- Fri 1:14AM: Emergency Alert System triggered for flash floods
- Fri 4:03AM: Flash Flood Emergency
- Fri 4:45AM: River surged 22+ feet
Officials did nothing for 15+ hours.
Reposted
It's been a bit since I've done a meteorological deep dive, but the devastating flash #flood in central Texas this July 4th/5th deserve a closer look. #TXwx
Yes remnants of #Barry were involved helping enhance moisture. A remnant MCV from Mexico on 3 July also played a role.
Full evolution below ⤵️
Yes remnants of #Barry were involved helping enhance moisture. A remnant MCV from Mexico on 3 July also played a role.
Full evolution below ⤵️
July 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Reposted
Hey @nytimes.com, the 2000s called and they want their old, battered cliche back.
January 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hey @nytimes.com, the 2000s called and they want their old, battered cliche back.
Reposted
This photo of some of the fire devastation is also a clear picture of exactly the sort of place where there should be NO rebuilding. Any structures here will be uninsurable in the future precisely because of #climate change risks from fires from land and sea-level rise from the oceans.
January 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This photo of some of the fire devastation is also a clear picture of exactly the sort of place where there should be NO rebuilding. Any structures here will be uninsurable in the future precisely because of #climate change risks from fires from land and sea-level rise from the oceans.
Reposted
NASA’s updated global temperature spirals including 2024. Up and up and up.
January 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NASA’s updated global temperature spirals including 2024. Up and up and up.
Reposted
“1.5C was never the difference between safety + ruin, between hope + despair. It was negotiated by govts trying to answer a big q: What’s the highest global temp increase — and associated level of dangers — societies should strive to avoid?”
Well said @zhonggg.bsky.social & @bradplumer.bsky.social
Well said @zhonggg.bsky.social & @bradplumer.bsky.social
2024’s Record-Breaking Heat Brought the World to a Dangerous Threshold. Now What?
Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“1.5C was never the difference between safety + ruin, between hope + despair. It was negotiated by govts trying to answer a big q: What’s the highest global temp increase — and associated level of dangers — societies should strive to avoid?”
Well said @zhonggg.bsky.social & @bradplumer.bsky.social
Well said @zhonggg.bsky.social & @bradplumer.bsky.social
Reposted
Our paper on "Hydroclimate volatility on a Warming Earth" is out in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. We assess existing scientific literature & conduct new analysis--concluding that "#HydroclimateWhiplash" is increasing due to #ClimateChange. [Thread] www.nature.com/artic...
Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal...
www.nature.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Our paper on "Hydroclimate volatility on a Warming Earth" is out in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. We assess existing scientific literature & conduct new analysis--concluding that "#HydroclimateWhiplash" is increasing due to #ClimateChange. [Thread] www.nature.com/artic...
Reposted
Want to check how historic the flooding in Asheville NC was?
You can’t, because the NOAA data center is in Ashevllie NC and can’t operate due to a lack of water for cooling due to the flooding.
You can’t, because the NOAA data center is in Ashevllie NC and can’t operate due to a lack of water for cooling due to the flooding.
September 30, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Want to check how historic the flooding in Asheville NC was?
You can’t, because the NOAA data center is in Ashevllie NC and can’t operate due to a lack of water for cooling due to the flooding.
You can’t, because the NOAA data center is in Ashevllie NC and can’t operate due to a lack of water for cooling due to the flooding.
@climateofgavin.bsky.social
do you know a source please for ROI on climate spending? On FB was asked (paraphrasing), “If 1,000-yr storms are becoming 100-yr storms, and I don’t want that become 10-yr storms, what is the “fee” to deal with this? How much $$ to reduce a given °C of warming?” Thx!!
do you know a source please for ROI on climate spending? On FB was asked (paraphrasing), “If 1,000-yr storms are becoming 100-yr storms, and I don’t want that become 10-yr storms, what is the “fee” to deal with this? How much $$ to reduce a given °C of warming?” Thx!!
August 25, 2024 at 9:38 PM
@climateofgavin.bsky.social
do you know a source please for ROI on climate spending? On FB was asked (paraphrasing), “If 1,000-yr storms are becoming 100-yr storms, and I don’t want that become 10-yr storms, what is the “fee” to deal with this? How much $$ to reduce a given °C of warming?” Thx!!
do you know a source please for ROI on climate spending? On FB was asked (paraphrasing), “If 1,000-yr storms are becoming 100-yr storms, and I don’t want that become 10-yr storms, what is the “fee” to deal with this? How much $$ to reduce a given °C of warming?” Thx!!
Reposted
Climate change will inevitably stop being a hazy future concern and will someday turn everyday life upside down. At the risk of causing counterproductive doomism, I offer observations and speculations on how the planetary crisis may play out. 1/25
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...
When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down? » Yale Climate Connections
Intensifying extreme weather events and an insurance crisis are likely to cause significant economic and political disruption in the U.S. sometime in the next 15 years.
yaleclimateconnections.org
August 19, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Climate change will inevitably stop being a hazy future concern and will someday turn everyday life upside down. At the risk of causing counterproductive doomism, I offer observations and speculations on how the planetary crisis may play out. 1/25
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/when...