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Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai

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The flamingos are coming! 🦩 Will you help us Fill the Hill Oct 9–10? Join in the feathered fun and make a gift starting at 5 pm CDT, Thurs, 10/9: uwflamingos.com/campaign/atm....
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Join us today for a Department Seminar at 2:30 CDT! Megan Caldwell, flood and water analyst, Guy Carpenter, will discuss "Private Sector Meteorology: An Introduction to Reinsurance and Catastrophe Modeling."

Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...
Flyer for AOS Department Seminar with Megan Caldwell
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by José D. Fuentes — Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai

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Very nice essay! @biometlab.bsky.social @paulstoy.bsky.social @profdesai.bsky.social
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The Roads Traveled to Reach a Greenhouse Gas Flux Network - Baldocchi - 2025 - Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
The Roads Traveled to Reach a Greenhouse Gas Flux Network
A global network of eddy covariance measurements sites is providing direct measurements of carbon dioxide, water vapor and energy fluxes This network evolved over time through technical advances ...
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Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai, Lawren Sack, Matthias Cuntz

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I found an obituary for Steve

www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...
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We’re thrilled to welcome Bee Leung to our faculty! A cloud physicist and mesoscale meteorologist by training, her research looks at the physical processes driving land-aerosol-cloud interactions. Learn more about Bee in our Q&A: www.aos.wisc.edu/news/q-a_wel...
Photo of Bee Leung
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by A. E. Dessler — Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai, Katharine Hayhoe, Valerie M. Delmotte , and 14 more

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Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.

Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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UW-Madison AOSS Rooftop Camera video from this past Saturday with two spectacular gust front / arc cloud passages, and lots of turbulence right behind them

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2025 August 16 - Storms, Arc clouds - North view
YouTube video by AOSSRooftopCameras
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Some good news to share: NASA's PREFIRE mission has been extended through September 2026 and is broadening its focus from Earth’s poles to the entire globe. AOS professor Tristan L'Ecuyer is the principal investigator.

www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
NASA’s PREFIRE CubeSat Mission Extended
The twin cube satellites will operate through at least September 2026, expanding focus from the poles to the whole planet to improve modelling and weather forecasts.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
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Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai, Katharine Hayhoe, Valerie M. Delmotte , and 5 more

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The recent DOE climate science report misrepresents the work of many researchers. Carbon Brief asked those cited to review the parts of the report where their work was used, and we collectively found 100+ misleading or false statements: interactive.carbonbr...
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Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai, Scott C. Doney, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 2 more

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We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Physical Climate Science. Apply and join a great interdisciplinary Department! @natureatcal.bsky.social @agu.org @freshwaterscience.bsky.social
#academicjobs

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Assistant Professor - Physical Climate Science - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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AOS professor Hannah Zanowski joined The Larry Meiller Show to talk about the role of oceans on Earth and other planets. Have a listen!
How oceans support life; keeping space rovers unstuck; and the scourge of blue-green algae
Oceanography has much to tell us about the health of planet Earth – as well as far-flung exoplanets. Then, we learn why space rovers get stuck on Mars and the moon. Then, an up-to-date report on anoth...
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Through modeling efforts over high-risk regions, including Wisconsin airspace, they aim to apply machine learning tools to improve the identification and prevention of these hazards.
AOS Professor Mayra Oyola-Merced and the SOARs research group at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
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CCR Director and AOS Affiliate Scientist Michael Notaro has led STEM camps aimed at fostering neurodiversity in science for several years. He spoke to WMTV 15 News about how their long-term future is unclear due to funding cuts.
Madison STEM camp for neurodivergent kids could see final year after funding loss
Private donations are helping keep the camps going through this summer, but the long-term future is unclear.
www.wmtv15news.com
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AOS Professional MS students made a trip to the Kegonsa Research Campus to visit an agrivoltaics site. They explored research at the intersection of solar energy, agriculture, climate, and water, such as @profdesai.bsky.social and his Ecometeorology Lab's work with flux towers.

📸: Josh Arnold
AOS Professional MS students at an agricvoltaics site AOS Professional MS students looking at a flux tower at an agrivoltaics site Research project at an agrivoltaics site Flux tower at an agrivoltaics site
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@profdesai.bsky.social received the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. This award recognizes distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service. Congratulations and well deserved, Ankur!

news.wisc.edu/44-faculty-h...
44 faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards
Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty and staff have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator and UW Regent Willi
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www.science.org/content/arti...
Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding
Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed
www.science.org
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In partnership with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, we had the opportunity to archive a portion of the department’s historical photos. We're happy to share that the collection is now live: search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAOS...
Construction of the UW–Madison Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences building in 1967
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Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Richard Betts , and 1 more

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I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read.

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Latest on Texas Hill Country flood tragedy
Chantal makes landfall in South Carolina
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by Rupert Seidl — Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Mathias Disney , and 1 more

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As the mean rate of forest disturbance is increasing, so does its temporal variance. Proof that Taylor's law also applies to disturbance ecology, and a warning of more severe future extremes. Paper led by @corneliussenf.bsky.social w/ @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Taylor’s law predicts unprecedented pulses of forest disturbance under global change - Nature Communications
Large pulses of disturbance have been observed globally in response to climate change. Using Taylor’s Law, the authors show that those pulses were not unpredictable but expected given a strong scaling...
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👇🎯

<all together now>
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Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai, Joanna Bryson, Mark E. Schaffer , and 10 more

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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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The US Global Change Research Program a next target of Trump's destruction campaign. My sources report that globalchange.gov will go dark Monday. NOAA is archiving the National Climate Assessment at NCEI.
U.S. Global Change Research Program | GlobalChange.gov
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From Madison Magazine: Recent uncertainty about the future of local TV meteorologists has the community evaluating how we hear about critically important weather events.
Local TV meteorologists are weathering the storm
Recent uncertainty about the future of local TV meteorologists has the community evaluating how we hear about critically important weather events.
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by Ankur R. Desai

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New paper, fine-scale modeling of forest harvest treatments and climate change dual impacts to disturbance recovery with ED2: Harvest legacies and climate change interact to shape forest structure and biomass through time authors.elsevier.com/c/1lJk314Z6t... @sciencebails.bsky.social
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AOS Prof. Tracey Holloway has worked in air quality for more than 20 years, and she continues to make a difference by training the next generation of air quality scientists and conducting critical research through her lab, the Holloway group.
3 Environmental Scientists in Their Element
Water. Fire. Air. When it comes to today’s biggest environmental challenges, these are the elements at the heart of the issues. Meet three L&S experts who are at the top of their field in finding sust...
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by Ankur R. Desai

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As my t-shirt says, we are all "cool as flux" #Ecometeorology lab Summer 2025 edition (minus two).
Desai lab having lunch together outside!
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Congratulations to Dr. Ying and all co-authors, including @benpoulter.bsky.social @profdesai.bsky.social and @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @permafrostpathways.bsky.social's Jennifer Watts, Kyle Arndt, @annvirkk.bsky.social, Brendan Rogers, and Sue Natali. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
WetCH4: a machine-learning-based upscaling of methane fluxes of northern wetlands during 2016–2022
Abstract. Wetlands are the largest natural source of methane (CH4) emissions globally. Northern wetlands (>45° N), accounting for 42 % of global wetland area, are increasingly vulnerable to carbon los...
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Aerosols play a significant role in cloud formation, weather, and climate, but they’ve historically not been factored into forecasts as highly as other parameters. AOS Prof. Mayra Oyola-Merced hopes to change that. Learn more:

lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/sprin...
Advancing the Future of Forecasting
Even with the best tools and knowledge, forecasting can miss key pieces of the puzzle. The research happening in Mayra Oyola-Merced’s lab can help explain why and lead to a future with more accurate f...
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Reposted by: Ankur R. Desai, Scott C. Doney, Joel A. Thornton , and 1 more

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SOCAT v2025 is released today! A grand total of 49.6 million surface ocean fCO2 observations from dozens of contributors around the world.

www.socat.info/v2025

#ocean #co2
Map showing the surface ocean CO₂ from ships, drifters and autonomous surface platforms and moorings for all data in SOCAT version 2025, coloured by fCO2 concentration (scale not shown).
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After 73 years, is NSF's graduate research fellowship program circling the drain? www.science.org/content/arti...
Will NSF’s flagship training program survive under Trump?
Despite 50 Nobelists and 75,000 alumni, NSF’s graduate research fellows could be a vanishing breed
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