Congratulations to Arden Radford, our group's latest PhD! @buearth.bsky.social

For perspective: a recent study suggested that economic savings from just a *single* well-predicted hurricane, thanks to NOAA research advancements, are on order of *$5 billion.* That exceeds NOAA's *entire proposed annual operating budget.* So much for government efficiency.

Dark ominous clouds over a tree line.

It was nice knowing y'all.. the apocalypse cometh to Blackstone.

Outdoor backyard fireplace with a roaring fire after sunset.

Catching some summer vibes while we have them. Moving to the country has its (limited) perks... Not shown: the fireflies 🪰 and glass of whiskey 🥃

Spinger Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro

New from The Strain Team:
🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊

Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗).

Gross! 😀 1/n

#ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky

#AcademicSky

Today I submitted the final report for my CAREER award granted after my start at @buearth.bsky.social. The project advanced our understanding of biosphere-atmosphere-chemistry interactions, funded so many trainees, and supported major expansions of the curriculum in our department. Thank you, NSF!

It's rather interesting, and immensely heart warming, to see how many Americans are posting congrats about the Canadian election. Haven't seen that before, but I understand why. And so many say "elbows up." It's nice when your friends get you.

'Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics' is looking for new editors. Consider applying to support top scientific quality and interactive publishing with public peer review. - Share the link with interested, suitable colleagues. @egu.eu

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Join our Extreme Weather and Mental Health Webinar

Join us for the first in our State of the Science webinar series, which will feature expert speakers across disciplines delivering a primer on the health impacts of disasters.

April 3, 12:00 pm ET. Register: loom.ly/NAkNAz4

Satellite Observations of Atmospheric Ammonia Inequalities Associated with Industrialized Swine Facilities in Eastern North Carolina Industrialized swine facilities adversely affect the health and well-being of Eastern North Carolina residents in the U.S. and are an issue of environmental racism. Concentrated animal feeding operati...

Satellite observations show evidence of atmospheric ammonia Inequalities (highest concentrations for American Indians>Hispanics/Latinos>Black/African Americans>whites) associated w/ industrialized swine facilities in Eastern North Carolina | ES&T @amgcarlton.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Such an important facility and atmospheric record. I use any excuse to show my students a photo of me at MLO.

Stand up for Science rally in Boston

✊Massive turnout for STAND UP FOR SCIENCE rally in Boston #StandUpForScience

Did Monday’s Earthquake Rattle You? BU earthquake expert Rachel Abercrombie on the Maine-centered, 3.8 tremor that shook Boston and New England

Did Monday's earthquake rattle you?

BU seismologist and research professor of @buearth.bsky.social Rachel Abercrombie spoke to The Brink about the 3.8 magnitude earthquake centered six miles off the southeast coast of York Harbor, Maine.

Read more: www.bu.edu/articles/202...

If you would like to join us at BU, we have an ongoing search for multiple faculty members in environmental health. Please apply and help make a difference within a community of fantastic and fun people!

#AcademicSky #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalHealth

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I’m increasingly convinced that the love that powers long term climate action grows out of all the time we spend doing the things we love, in the places we love, with the people we love.

Without that, what are we fighting for?

It should be a legally mandated global requirement that every conference has a puppy play zone. #AGU24 @agu.org

It's showtime! So many great talks already this week covering the exciting developments with TEMPO and other space-based pollution monitoring efforts. If you're around, check out my talk this afternoon: agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...

Photo of the Washington Convention Center with the DC History Center in foreground

Excited for a full week of sciencing with 25,000 of my best friends #AGU24

Hope to see you there, Jingqiu!

The Big Dig There is a cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure – whether it’s high-speed rail or off-shore wind – it feels like this country can’t build big things anymore. No one project em...

For the #agu24 podcast listeners looking for recs during their travels, I highly recommend "The Big Dig" (www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the...) by @iancoss.bsky.social. It's genuinely enjoyable and also has some important lessons for those of us working in climate-risk management

Meme with Gru (Despicable me) in four panels, reading: We are all going to AGU So we can present And we do this to force ourselves to do the work (happy) And we do this to force ourselves to do the work (sad)

Current mood

The biggest divide here is the Charles River... Crossing over into Cambridge is somehow a rarity whose frequency is only exceeded by AGU attendance.

To be fair, sometimes AGU is the only time I see folks who work down the hall from me... 👀

Another #AGU24 tease... I'm excited to share success we've had with ground-based remote sensing at four sites across the Boston area. Our Pandora network helps us carefully interpret unprecedented tropospheric pollution mapping from the TEMPO satellite instrument. Big effort with many collaborators.

A modest proposal for Elon and Vivek: Improve what’s already efficient Government efficiency is not measured in how many jobs you cut or how many agencies you eliminate.

My slightly tongue-in-cheek commentary ⬇️ reflecting on DOGE and what it means to have an efficient government

(My take - investing in public health and other programs that improve health and well-being, especially when they save $, is the poster child of efficiency)

thehill.com/opinion/fina...

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TFW you're trying to figure out your #AGU24 schedule.

Insights! Surprises!

Title slide done ✅ ...Now I just need figure out what I'm going to talk about. #AGU24

In preparation of the AGU mtg in 2 weeks, I've been making some TEMPO NO2 animations using the Beta data. Here's an animation for the most polluted ozone day in the mid-Atlantic last summer (Aug 1, 2024). Also can see wildfires out West and most of the largest cities. I could stare at this all day!