Scott Robeson
@indianaclimate.bsky.social
Climatologist, statistician, and geographer | #FirstGen | UDel and UBC grad | Grower of food and lover of plants and birds | Partner of https://bsky.app/profile/teresarobeson.com
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The National Weather Service is hiring again, but very slowly, causing many forecast offices to continue to cope with staff shortages. www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/w...
Trump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms | CNN
The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the Trump administration, but it’s progressing at a snail’s pace, forcing many offices to contin...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The National Weather Service is hiring again, but very slowly, causing many forecast offices to continue to cope with staff shortages. www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/w...
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It's not socialism if it's covering up your own ridiculous incompetence.
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's not socialism if it's covering up your own ridiculous incompetence.
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Once again, we see that it is expensive to be poor
For example, a shock to food generates inflation 126% higher for the poorest than the richest decile; for petroleum and coal products, inflation is 54% higher for the poorest, revealing sectors where price increases have systemic distributional effects. 8/16
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Once again, we see that it is expensive to be poor
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While a weakening of the AMOC increases an already elevated drought risk in Europe due to warming further, it may not stay that way in a climate that has adjusted to the experienced warming. @livescience.com on
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for hundreds of years, study finds
Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier future.
www.livescience.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
While a weakening of the AMOC increases an already elevated drought risk in Europe due to warming further, it may not stay that way in a climate that has adjusted to the experienced warming. @livescience.com on
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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I do wish articles like this would include how much logging companies make from old growth logging, because I get the feeling it's a shockingly low amount of money, especially when compared to the irrevocable damage it does.
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I do wish articles like this would include how much logging companies make from old growth logging, because I get the feeling it's a shockingly low amount of money, especially when compared to the irrevocable damage it does.
The Olympic rain shadow is clearly visible for this event. Sequim, Washington, just east of Port Angeles, averages well under 20 inches of rainfall annually. #climate
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Olympic rain shadow is clearly visible for this event. Sequim, Washington, just east of Port Angeles, averages well under 20 inches of rainfall annually. #climate
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And we're also not doing any weird STEM superiority complexes, either. I've seen some "why is earth & atmospheric science getting lumped in with textiles & fashion" and that's not cool.
Nebraskans deserve the fullest range of educational opportunities & community expertise, not just in science.
Nebraskans deserve the fullest range of educational opportunities & community expertise, not just in science.
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
And we're also not doing any weird STEM superiority complexes, either. I've seen some "why is earth & atmospheric science getting lumped in with textiles & fashion" and that's not cool.
Nebraskans deserve the fullest range of educational opportunities & community expertise, not just in science.
Nebraskans deserve the fullest range of educational opportunities & community expertise, not just in science.
Just harvested some December cabbage and cilantro, which are doing beautifully despite recent snow and subfreezing conditions. Makes the chickens happy too because they get the cabbage’s basal leaves. 🌱 #garden
December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just harvested some December cabbage and cilantro, which are doing beautifully despite recent snow and subfreezing conditions. Makes the chickens happy too because they get the cabbage’s basal leaves. 🌱 #garden
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
These are reducing (as opposed to moving) window trends and they indicate substantial acceleration in recent warming. #climate
I suggest that looking at all possible trend periods can be more illuminating than just picking a few – albeit at the expense of being a bit more difficult to explain:
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
These are reducing (as opposed to moving) window trends and they indicate substantial acceleration in recent warming. #climate
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Extreme heat doesn’t just feel exhausting — it ages your body.
A new study shows repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking.
Climate change is literally speeding up our biological clock.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A new study shows repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking.
Climate change is literally speeding up our biological clock.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking
Long-term study suggests that the more heatwaves people are exposed to, the more it accelerates body ageing.
www.nature.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Extreme heat doesn’t just feel exhausting — it ages your body.
A new study shows repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking.
Climate change is literally speeding up our biological clock.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A new study shows repeated heatwaves can age you as much as smoking or drinking.
Climate change is literally speeding up our biological clock.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
I think the *speed* at which RFK Jr and his Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx/Brownstone wrecking crew have been dismantling the US public health system has been really astonishing
Well, Senators Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis, you wanted RFK Jr. to “go wild” at HHS.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
December 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
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12 FTE positions in the subject will be eliminated, and the students and communities of Nebraska will be worse off for losing these amazing experts.
If your institution is looking to hire faculty at any career stage, you could benefit from the terrible decision that UNL administration has made.
If your institution is looking to hire faculty at any career stage, you could benefit from the terrible decision that UNL administration has made.
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
12 FTE positions in the subject will be eliminated, and the students and communities of Nebraska will be worse off for losing these amazing experts.
If your institution is looking to hire faculty at any career stage, you could benefit from the terrible decision that UNL administration has made.
If your institution is looking to hire faculty at any career stage, you could benefit from the terrible decision that UNL administration has made.
South-facing versus north-facing slopes are impactful*, even in the “flat” Midwest
*for snow cover, soil moisture, soil temperature, air temperature, vegetation, fungi, etc.
*for snow cover, soil moisture, soil temperature, air temperature, vegetation, fungi, etc.
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
South-facing versus north-facing slopes are impactful*, even in the “flat” Midwest
*for snow cover, soil moisture, soil temperature, air temperature, vegetation, fungi, etc.
*for snow cover, soil moisture, soil temperature, air temperature, vegetation, fungi, etc.
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Apparently there's an org dedicated to recruiting, training, and electing Democratic scientists to public office - they've been quite successful ("In 2024, we helped elect 248 Democratic scientists into offices across the country"), and they're here: @314action.bsky.social
3.14 Action | Electing scientists who will use evidence and facts to fight climate change and fix our broken healthcare system.
We’re on a mission to elect more scientists to Congress, state legislatures, and local offices. As trained problem-solvers, STEM professionals are ready, willing, and able to find solutions for the si...
314action.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Apparently there's an org dedicated to recruiting, training, and electing Democratic scientists to public office - they've been quite successful ("In 2024, we helped elect 248 Democratic scientists into offices across the country"), and they're here: @314action.bsky.social
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basically what California has installed right now
India forecast to add 41.5 GW of new solar capacity in fiscal 2026 #energysky -- via pv magazine global:
India forecast to add 41.5 GW of new solar capacity in fiscal 2026
JMK Research expects India to install 41.5 GW of solar capacity in fiscal 2026, including 32 GW from utility-scale projects, 8 GW from rooftop systems and 1.5 GW from off-grid installations.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 AM
basically what California has installed right now
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Cancerous figures like RFK Jr running the nation’s health infrastructure into the dirt of the early nineteenth century, enacting policies we know will kill infants, and what we get out of it is column inches from and about repulsive parasitic narcissists like Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza.
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Cancerous figures like RFK Jr running the nation’s health infrastructure into the dirt of the early nineteenth century, enacting policies we know will kill infants, and what we get out of it is column inches from and about repulsive parasitic narcissists like Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza.
We always hear about the cockroaches taking over, but in flooded coastal zones it may be the egrets
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We always hear about the cockroaches taking over, but in flooded coastal zones it may be the egrets
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The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
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HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
Solar Industry Group Describes Trump’s ‘Complete Moratorium on Permitting’
A letter from the Solar Energy Industries Association asks for Congress’ help to reverse the administration’s effective permitting ban.
heatmap.news
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
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We have lived in a world where government data was... good. And we no longer live in that world. Where I could pull up a government website and be like yes this many people live in this country, this many people got sick from this disease this year and so on, and know that info was pretty good
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We have lived in a world where government data was... good. And we no longer live in that world. Where I could pull up a government website and be like yes this many people live in this country, this many people got sick from this disease this year and so on, and know that info was pretty good
Words matter #climate
Negative verbal probabilities undermine communication of climate science - Nature Climate Change
Effective communication of uncertainty is vital for public accurate understanding of climate science. Here the authors find that projections using positive probability terms (for example, a small prob...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Words matter #climate
So soft and quiet walking through this snow in the state forest yesterday
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So soft and quiet walking through this snow in the state forest yesterday
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It's kind of mind-blowing how these tech dorks think they're so smart and have the utmost confidence in their genius, while actual smart people are constantly doubting themselves and critiquing their own arguments.
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It's kind of mind-blowing how these tech dorks think they're so smart and have the utmost confidence in their genius, while actual smart people are constantly doubting themselves and critiquing their own arguments.