It's really incredible how often lately I am shocked and also not surprised.

Earthquake off coast of Russia revised to magnitude 8.7 from prior estimate of M8.0.

Tsunami threat to U.S. West Coast being evaluated. Standby.

Are you a federal PIO who’s been unable to communicate with journalists or the public in the way you once did due to administration directives? I’d love to hear from you. Signal link is below. If this isn’t you please help me spread the word! signal.me#eu/438ElmYwe...

Uff the worst. But now I want to know who it is 👀

Just thinking about that time when a man I was sitting next to at a journalism conference happy hour ignored my existence for a full 15 minutes but then reached across my body to try to introduce himself to another man who’d sat on the other side of me. Being a woman in this industry is neat.

I spoke to former NOAA officials and current staffers about the two high-ranking officials just put on leave and none of them believes this was tied to performance as a spox for the agency claimed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

By me and @gabriellecanon.bsky.social
Outcry over wildfires and farming as US agriculture department to cut salaries and relocate staff, as Trump’s dismantling of federal agencies continues apace

A USDA spokesperson just told me that out of the 1,400 USFS staffers with firefighting qualifications who took voluntary resignations and retirements this year, they were able to get only 65 back into active duty.

I’m listening to Richardson’s testimony and so far every single thing he has said is either a lie or wrong. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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It's long been an issue at the USFS, which has struggled for years with recruitment and retention. But this year there's even more pressure on firefighters who are spread thin, after the Trump Administration's severe cuts left the agency lacking key support staff. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The problem is especially grim in regions with high fire risk this year, especially the PNW and The Intermountain region, the largest region with close to 34 million acres of forest lands that stretch across parts of Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho and California. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

IKYMI: There are dangerous vacancies in firefighting at the USFS even as agency leaders continue to assure Congress and the public that it is fully staffed. Internal data shows more than 26% of positions are unfilled across the US. My story (pubbed yesterday): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Five federal firefighters, who spoke anonymously because they are barred from speaking publicly, were asked if their agencies were ready for fire season. The answer was a resounding “no”.

“If this turns out to be a major fire year, it’s going to be a shit show.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Wildfires are spreading to places once thought safe. Research shows that 115 million Americans live in areas at risk, and the situation is getting worse. @gabriellecanon.bsky.social dives into the issue in @us.theguardian.com, showing how cities and suburbs are now prime targets.

All the times I quietly wished someone would just launch Katy Perry into space I didn’t really see it going quite like this

Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science

“This proposal will cost lives. When a room full of doctors tell you that it’s cancer, firing the doctors does not cure you.”

#climatecrisis
Story by @gabriellecanon.bsky.social
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In this story, @gabriellecanon.bsky.social talks to two former Assistant Administrators (i.e., directors) of NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) — Craig McLean and Rick Spinrad — who affirm that eliminating OAR would be disastrous and make both the US and the world less safe.

Noaa fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals

Letters went out to hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) on Thursday, informing them their jobs had been terminated – again.
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“White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’ ” by Dharna Noor and @gabriellecanon.bsky.social for @theguardian.com:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House ends funding for key US climate body: 'No coming back from this' - @dharna.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Expert panelists include:

- @gabriellecanon.bsky.social, The Guardian
- Bernadette Woods Placky, @climatecentral.org
- Alan Sealls, @ametsoc.org

CCNow's David Dickson will moderate 👨🏻‍💻

Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats.

After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.