Worst case scenario unfolding. #Hurricane #Michael continues to intensify, and is approaching category 5 intensity as it nears landfall.

A possibly relevant graphic for this point in the semester.

Another interesting satellite image from Emergent Climate Risk Lab - Cornell University, looking at the recent Caribbean Drought covered in our GRL paper by Dim! (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…)

Apparently Puxatony Phil apparently predicts an early spring. Our #springcasting2019 forecasts seem to say, well, "meh:"

Today I received the official word from my department chair that I have been awarded tenure. I feel a tremendous sense of gratitude for the mentors like Julia Cole that I have had, and for the students and postdocs in Emergent Climate Risk Lab - Cornell University that made this possible. Thank you all!!!

It is staggering to think that 2³² is about 4 billion, and the number of cases of #COVID19 is doubling every few days. At this rate, it will only take between 3-6 months for over half of the world's population to be infected. That is, it will take fewer than 32 "doublings".

Some insightful plots and information regarding the number of #covid19 cases in the United States: covidactnow.org/state/NY

Published today in Science Magazine, “On the essentials of drought in a changing climate”. Written by our very own Toby Ault. science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…

I am feeling very grateful and humble, having written this paper "on the shoulders of giants." I won't even try to name everyone here who made this possible, but you know who you are. Thank you. science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…. (accepted version: misc.ecrl.eas.cornell.edu/Ault_drought_r…)

Also, big congrats to Park Williams, @DustyBowl, and John Abatzoglou (among others whose twitter handles I do not have) on their latest breakthrough on understanding megadrought in a changing climate: science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…

Thinking of investing in a new coffee maker for your home office? Here are some of my thoughts, based on about 14,000 observations over a 10+ year duration: ecrl.eas.cornell.edu/2020/04/26/on-…. Apologies in advance, French Press enthusiasts.

Some thoughts on the humility, humanity, and hundreds upon hundreds of hours required for climate science and IPCC reports blogs.cornell.edu/ecrl/2020/05/1…

3/4 Can you find all of the different trilobites in the diorama? Here are Dalmanites and Arctinurus.

4/4 The diorama also features a variety of cephalopods. Can you find all of them?

Excellent article quoting our friend, @ClimateFlavors, on the historic drought in the Western US: news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/0…

More and more #SaharaDust coming into the Caribbean.

Notice the widespread high clouds filtering sunlight this afternoon? That's actually outflow from hurricane Ian, a large storm that just made landfall in South Carolina after causing substantial damage in southwest Florida. #NYwx #PAwx

Climate change has intensified ongoing megadroughts and is driving projected increases in their risk & severity This new Review by @DustyBowl et al. discusses the causes & features of Common Era and future megadroughts 💧 nature.com/articles/s4301… Free: rdcu.be/cWSK3

Shouting in the dark. And no one heard. For you, Tom. For your family. For the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences. For the University of Arizona you loved and were so proud of. tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/1…

Very interesting quick read on the costs of carbon capture