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Emily Barnes Franklin, PhD @emfranklin.bsky.social · 7d

Out this week in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science: VCPs, biogenic VOCs and traditional anthropogenic PM respond to heat and smoke to drive summer PM pollution outside NYC, highlighting vulnerabilities of urban air quality under global change. @chemdelphine.bsky.social @dbm.bsky.social

Emerging drivers of urban aerosol increase global change vulnerability in a US megacity

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Emerging drivers of urban aerosol increase global change vulnerability in a US megacity

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Delphine Farmer @chemdelphine.bsky.social · 7d

New paper on what drives organic aerosol in NY - anthropogenic chemicals have emerged as 2x traffic sources, while wildfire smoke is persistent and substantial - and we see evidence that it enhances biogenic SOA.

Emily Barnes Franklin, PhD @emfranklin.bsky.social · 7d

Out this week in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science: VCPs, biogenic VOCs and traditional anthropogenic PM respond to heat and smoke to drive summer PM pollution outside NYC, highlighting vulnerabilities of urban air quality under global change. @chemdelphine.bsky.social @dbm.bsky.social

Emerging drivers of urban aerosol increase global change vulnerability in a US megacity

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Emerging drivers of urban aerosol increase global change vulnerability in a US megacity

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · 22d

Come join us in NYC! We are hiring an Assistant Prof. in my Dept at Columbia - info below. Review of applications starts in October.

Adam Sobel @adamsobel.bsky.social · 22d

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Jennifer Murphy @envchemjen.bsky.social · 27d

Atmospheric Physics faculty position at Univ of Toronto - help us make use of satellite and aircraft capabilities that are on their way in Canada! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Space-based and Suborbital Experimental Atmospheric Physics

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Sep 1

Nice article about the DOE report and how the scientific community is responding

www.newsweek.com/why-trumps-m...

Why Trump's move to undo climate regulations could put businesses at risk

The Trump administration wants to revoke a key part of climate-related regulation to save businesses money. But many businesses worry it could cost them more.

www.newsweek.com

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Sep 1

I don't use X. But just be careful until it's confirmed. There was a PNAS paper that (I'm summarizing) incorrectly claimed there was a large methane pluse in Siberia when it was a hot rock throwing off the albedo in the retrieval. So there is a history of problems there.

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Sep 1

@mparrington.bsky.social Do you know what observations are driving this large methane increase in CAMS? Is it TropOMI? Or is it a tower?

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Sep 1

Is that CAMS methane model using TropOMI satellite data? The satellite could predict an increase that is not real before/after a fire when the surface characteristics change. You might want to check that anyone on the ground is seeing an increase.

Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congrats Suzana!!!

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Aug 6

Wow 👀

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Jul 19

Someone calling into WNYC this week asked why their grandma was subsidizing Google! Power charges have gone up 20% in the last year in the NJ/PA/MD utility area.

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations!!! 🎉

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MethaneSAT @methanesat.bsky.social · Jul 1

On Friday, June 20 we lost contact with our methane-measuring satellite. Despite considerable efforts we were unable to reestablish contact. This morning we learned that the satellite has lost power, and it is anticipated to be unrecoverable.

methanesat.org/project-upda...

MethaneSAT Loses Contact with Satellite

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Jun 30

And most of the CFC observations that we need to make sure we don't wipe out the ozone layer... Sigh...

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · Jun 28

My "adult pokemon" is the Merlin app to id birds I never knew existed. But same vibe...

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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · Jun 3

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · May 28

200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.

It is here: wclivestream.com/watch

Redirecting to: https://www.youtube.com/@wclivestream/live

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Dan Cohen @dancohen.bsky.social · May 23

Given the news about Harvard and maybe more coming: my university (Queen's, Canada) has some spots/funding for students accepted to US institutions who need a new spot. If you know of students in that situation they can reach out or check here: www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

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Richard Nair @richardnair.bsky.social · May 13

⏰ I’m advertising not 1️⃣ but 3️⃣ positions!⏰, one RA and two #PhD s (fully funded 4 year EU/UK fees) as part of my team at @tcddublin.bsky.social looking at how roots work in natural ecosystems and influence greenhouse gas fluxes 🌏 🍃 🌲 💻

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · May 18

I will give one of the talks, and I hope if you’ve ever been funded by a US government grant, you will do the same. Everyone else, please turn in.

Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · May 16

Heads up on this vital 100 hour streaming marathon on the value of weather and climate expertise as National Weather Service struggles with staff shortages and reduction in service
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

100-Hour Streaming Marathon To Highlight Value Of Weather Expertise

A 100-hour streaming marathon before hurricane season seeks to raise awareness of cuts to the weather-climate enterprise and why that expertise matters to us all.

www.forbes.com

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · May 14

Looking forward to reading this! Do you think the new marine fuel laws that reduced SO2 emissions would have a similar (but opposite) effect as MCB?

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · May 9

I liked the rest of the post but I can't like this part. We need a dislike button.

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · May 7

Ah. Then me I guess :) Air Quality and greenhouse gases. Mainly in cities. And I regularly rant about unventilated indoor combustion being the worst idea ever if you are sealing up buildings...

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · May 7

What comes out of a stack depends on what you burn (coal much worse than natural gas) and whether or not any scrubbing technology is employed (we routinely scrub out NOx, SOx and mercury).

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Róisín Commane @roseatmos.bsky.social · May 7

What do you need to know?