Abby Hutson
@abbathehut.bsky.social
Assistant Research Scientist at CIGLR; mother of two chaotic girls; weather, climate, and whatnot
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“White House officials characterized the dismantling of NCAR as a return to the center’s original mission—to make the weather great again… Weather and climate aren’t easily separable, though, and never have been.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.
www.theatlantic.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“White House officials characterized the dismantling of NCAR as a return to the center’s original mission—to make the weather great again… Weather and climate aren’t easily separable, though, and never have been.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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For example: “In 1987, NCAR began testing a new Doppler radar that predicted dangerous wind shear events and alerted pilots…There has not been a microburst-induced crash of a commercial airplane in the United States since 1994.”
December 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For example: “In 1987, NCAR began testing a new Doppler radar that predicted dangerous wind shear events and alerted pilots…There has not been a microburst-induced crash of a commercial airplane in the United States since 1994.”
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I love how so many news outlets have spotlighted NCAR’s deep back catalog of scientific advancements. www.cpr.org/2025/12/19/s... @coloradopublic.bsky.social
www.cpr.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I love how so many news outlets have spotlighted NCAR’s deep back catalog of scientific advancements. www.cpr.org/2025/12/19/s... @coloradopublic.bsky.social
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The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous.
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous.
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
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In case you want to share with your networks, this is a good article by the NYT on the broad scope of work done by NCAR and some of the key discoveries (e.g., microbursts and aviation accidents).
The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, one of the world’s leading Earth science research institutions.
National Center for Atmospheric Research to Be Dismantled, Trump Administration Says
Russell Vought, the White House budget director, called the laboratory a source of “climate alarmism.”
nyti.ms
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In case you want to share with your networks, this is a good article by the NYT on the broad scope of work done by NCAR and some of the key discoveries (e.g., microbursts and aviation accidents).
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On Kindness, Power, and Hypocrisy. “And [Stephen Miller] says to me, ‘You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.’ And I looked at him and I said, ‘You know, you do, too.’” [kottke.org]
On Kindness, Power, and Hypocrisy
Earlier this week, Vanity Fair published a two-part story about the Trump regime’s “inner circle”, including extensive interviews with his chief of staff, who was openly critical of the people that she works with, from
kottke.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
On Kindness, Power, and Hypocrisy. “And [Stephen Miller] says to me, ‘You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.’ And I looked at him and I said, ‘You know, you do, too.’” [kottke.org]
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Join us for a critical conversation on the future of U.S. atmospheric science.
UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.
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UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.
buff.ly/jR6tGwo
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Join us for a critical conversation on the future of U.S. atmospheric science.
UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.
buff.ly/jR6tGwo
UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.
buff.ly/jR6tGwo
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Check out #CIGLR's new blog post: Lake-effect snow is dramatic, but hard to predict. A recent study by #CIGLR’s @abbathehut.bsky.social w/ @NOAA @UMich & @UofIllinois explores how snowflakes grow in these storms & why models often struggle: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/big-lakes-bi... #GreatLakes
Big Lakes, Bigger Snowflakes | CIGLR
ciglr.seas.umich.edu
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Check out #CIGLR's new blog post: Lake-effect snow is dramatic, but hard to predict. A recent study by #CIGLR’s @abbathehut.bsky.social w/ @NOAA @UMich & @UofIllinois explores how snowflakes grow in these storms & why models often struggle: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/big-lakes-bi... #GreatLakes
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California's Central Valley has been shrouded in Tule fog for the last 16 days.
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
California's Central Valley has been shrouded in Tule fog for the last 16 days.
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Join us TODAY @ 12pm! for a #GreatLakes #seminar titled: "Modeling the Fate and Transport of Plastic Pollution Using Great Lakes Hydrodynamic Models and Exploring the Potential Impact of Data Assimilation"
Who: Matthew Hoffman (RIT)
Registration & more: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/120420...
Who: Matthew Hoffman (RIT)
Registration & more: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/120420...
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Join us TODAY @ 12pm! for a #GreatLakes #seminar titled: "Modeling the Fate and Transport of Plastic Pollution Using Great Lakes Hydrodynamic Models and Exploring the Potential Impact of Data Assimilation"
Who: Matthew Hoffman (RIT)
Registration & more: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/120420...
Who: Matthew Hoffman (RIT)
Registration & more: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/event/120420...
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Lovely, intricate map of all the rivers in the US (lower 48). [kottke.org]
All of the Rivers
Perhaps inspired by All Streets, Ben Fry’s map of all the streets in the US, Nelson Minar built a US map out of all the rivers in the country.
Minar put all the data and files he used up on Github so you can make yo
kottke.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lovely, intricate map of all the rivers in the US (lower 48). [kottke.org]
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winter measurements of temperature throughout the water column of Lake Ontario suggest it "appears to be a warm monomictic lake, rather than having a dimictic mixing pattern as previously described—there is no sustained ice cover or inverse stratification that inhibits vertical mixing in winter."
Unique thermal mixing patterns in Lake Ontario revealed by novel year‐round observations of thermal stratification
Year-round records of thermal stratification in the Great Lakes are rare, and there are few observations of thermal stratification during winter. In this paper, we analyze temperature data from 13 te...
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
winter measurements of temperature throughout the water column of Lake Ontario suggest it "appears to be a warm monomictic lake, rather than having a dimictic mixing pattern as previously described—there is no sustained ice cover or inverse stratification that inhibits vertical mixing in winter."
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Climate Central has brought back the U.S. Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database, tracking the nation’s costliest storms, floods, and fires. In the first six months of 2025, there were 14 events totaling $101 billion in losses.
Read more from Desk reporter Hêctor Alejandro Arzate.
Read more from Desk reporter Hêctor Alejandro Arzate.
A tool tracking billion dollar disasters is active again after being retired by Trump administration - VernonReporter
It shows that in 2025, approximately $40 billion in damage was caused by severestorms and tornadoes that struck states like Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, and others. Oct. 28, 2025 Byline: Héctor Alej...
vernonreporter.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Climate Central has brought back the U.S. Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database, tracking the nation’s costliest storms, floods, and fires. In the first six months of 2025, there were 14 events totaling $101 billion in losses.
Read more from Desk reporter Hêctor Alejandro Arzate.
Read more from Desk reporter Hêctor Alejandro Arzate.
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Simply incredible imagery of Hurricane Melissa this morning as it approaches Jamaica.
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Simply incredible imagery of Hurricane Melissa this morning as it approaches Jamaica.
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"NOAA has built a reputation for world-class research...For every dollar invested in NOAA, the country’s return is orders of magnitude greater in productivity, transportation, farming, fishing, business development, and savings to communities in insurance and public safety."
"We led NOAA — we expect Neil Jacobs to defend it"
A big challenge to the new NOAA Administrator by 3 of his predecessors. We can only hope that he rises to it, including empowering the stellar NOAA workforce & being true to his training as a scientist.
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
🌊 🦑 🧪 ⚒️
A big challenge to the new NOAA Administrator by 3 of his predecessors. We can only hope that he rises to it, including empowering the stellar NOAA workforce & being true to his training as a scientist.
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
🌊 🦑 🧪 ⚒️
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"NOAA has built a reputation for world-class research...For every dollar invested in NOAA, the country’s return is orders of magnitude greater in productivity, transportation, farming, fishing, business development, and savings to communities in insurance and public safety."
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And there we have it. #Melissa's WV eye temperature has broken -5°C, making it warmer than any other eye observed through geostationary water vapor imagery. Takes an upper echelon warm core for this
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And there we have it. #Melissa's WV eye temperature has broken -5°C, making it warmer than any other eye observed through geostationary water vapor imagery. Takes an upper echelon warm core for this
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Women may experience a three-fold reduction in mortality risk from coronary heart diseases, when following recommended exercise guidelines, compared to men, according to a study in Nature Cardiovascular Research. go.nature.com/47t8eZq #medsky 🧪
October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Women may experience a three-fold reduction in mortality risk from coronary heart diseases, when following recommended exercise guidelines, compared to men, according to a study in Nature Cardiovascular Research. go.nature.com/47t8eZq #medsky 🧪
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Satellite image of a beautiful midlatitude cyclone over the Great Lakes
October 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Satellite image of a beautiful midlatitude cyclone over the Great Lakes
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Speechless. A fisheries science center that has a 100 year history in Ann Arbor.
Federal layoffs would gut Great Lakes fisheries research center
The Trump administration is planning a mass layoff of federal employees who conduct research of Great Lakes fisheries.
www.detroitnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Speechless. A fisheries science center that has a 100 year history in Ann Arbor.
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The most important thing universities should do in a world with AI is to greatly increase the number of professors, so that classes can be smaller and more class time can be spent directly interacting with students as people.
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
www.ndsmcobserver.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The most important thing universities should do in a world with AI is to greatly increase the number of professors, so that classes can be smaller and more class time can be spent directly interacting with students as people.
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This is SUCH an important point. Most people are worried about climate change: but most people feel helpless and think nothing’s being done (so why should they do anything?)
This is why my weekly newsletter always includes good news on climate solutions as well as actions we can take!
This is why my weekly newsletter always includes good news on climate solutions as well as actions we can take!
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is SUCH an important point. Most people are worried about climate change: but most people feel helpless and think nothing’s being done (so why should they do anything?)
This is why my weekly newsletter always includes good news on climate solutions as well as actions we can take!
This is why my weekly newsletter always includes good news on climate solutions as well as actions we can take!
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Granted - I never learned how to code properly. But at least I *know* I never learned how to code properly. Thanks Stack Overflow!
October 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Granted - I never learned how to code properly. But at least I *know* I never learned how to code properly. Thanks Stack Overflow!
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Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.