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A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response - Inside Climate News A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the secon...

Rapid Arctic warming and melting, stronger more intense ocean heat waves, increased atmospheric moisture and more frequent disruptions of stratospheric polar vortex
“contributing to extreme winter weather across U.S. this week” Scientist Jennifer Francis

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Right now, the jet stream is bulging far north over the western U.S. while plunging deep south over the east, allowing Arctic air to spill unusually far south. The pattern is becoming more common as the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the planet.

What Trump Leaving U.N. Environment Groups Means for the Climate Trump is pulling the U.S. out of 66 international organizations. Experts weigh in on the climate impacts.

Our President and CEO R. Max Holmes spoke to TIME about the U.S. withdrawing from the UNFCCC.

“The federal government, over the last 11 plus months, has already done everything they can to put the brakes on energy transition and climate action.”

Read more at time.com/7344810/trum...

8️⃣ General Circulation Models, or GCMs, help us understand our changing climate. This map visualizes temp change as a substitute for true elevation in a 3d map, illustrating the disproportionate effect of climate change on the Arctic.

Data Source: KNMI Climate Explorer
🗺️: by @gfiske.bsky.social

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7️⃣ This data visualization of hurricane Beryl uses federal data to put the story of climate change on the map. Higher global temperatures will cause hurricanes to survive longer over land before dissipating.

Data Source: GOES dataset
🗺️: by @gfiske.bsky.social

6️⃣ An artistic rendition of the Lena River Delta in Russia that represents the realities of our changing Arctic. Since 2003, Woodwell Climate’s ArcticGRO has provided essential data about the biogeochemistry and discharge of the largest Arctic rivers.

Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: by @gfiske.bsky.social

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5️⃣ To understand the impacts of abrupt thaw, @permafrostpathways.bsky.social is using the features in this map to train a model to identify changes in the Arctic. This is a tributary of the Taz River in Siberia, Russia.

Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social

4️⃣This shows the presence of ship activity in the Arctic Ocean from 2009-2018. Patterns of blue (low ship numbers) to white (high ship numbers) reflect the human presence in this new, largely becoming ice-free, part of the world.

Data Source: Berkman et al 2020, Esri.
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social

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3️⃣This art shows elevation data from the ArcticDEM project (NGA-NSF) for the Taz River in north-central Siberia. The topographic elevation was colored with earth tones to vary from low (very dark) to high (light).

Data source: ArcticDEM
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social

2️⃣ Forests hold mountains of carbon. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the world’s most carbon-rich forests and tropical forests are one of the only large-scale tools available to combat global warming.

Data source: thecarbonsource.org
Map by @gfiske.bsky.social

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1️⃣ This map demonstrates the power and quality of the ArcticDEM dataset. We use this high resolution elevation data in our mapping of Arctic abrupt thaw features.

Data Source: ArcticDEM
🗺️: @gfiske.bsky.social

Remember, subscribe to our email newsletter before then to enter into our raffle, and you may go home with the winning map! www.woodwellclimate.org/email-signup/

We are kicking off the mappiest week of the year - our first Map Bracket Showdown! Starting today, we’ll post head to head competitions of some of @gfiske.bsky.social gorgeous storytelling, and innovative data visualizations.

Vote for your favorites and learn about the science behind the art.

Day 1️⃣ of Climate Week

Stay tuned for updates from our panel discussions and partner collaborations.

Map by @gfiske.bsky.social
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Woodwell Climate is proud to announce the appointment of three endowed chairs, an exciting milestone in our 40-year history that will sustain groundbreaking climate research for generations to come.

www.woodwellclimate.org/endowed-chai...

But here’s the twist — you help choose the prize! Starting October 13, we’ll host a map bracket showdown on social media. Vote for your favorites, and the winning map will be the one we print and send to our lucky winner.

For more information, go to www.woodwellclimate.org/email-signup/

Join our list between September 8 and October 17, and you’ll be entered into our email raffle for a chance to win a beautiful printed map by Woodwell Climate’s own @gfiske.bsky.social

From Climate Week NYC to COP30 in Belém, we are resolute in our pursuit of a better climate future. Subscribe to our email updates to stay connected with our ambitious solutions and critical progress. www.woodwellclimate.org/email-signup/

This month, @gfiske.bsky.social e.bsky.social traveled to the region with Marina Tonkopeeva of the International Center for Reindeer Husbandry to work on co-produced maps between Indigenous Dukha herders, ICR experts, and Woodwell Climate cartographers.

This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the range of the nomadic Dukha reindeer herders on the high taiga of northwest Mongolia.

More than 600 experts from 111 countries were selected to author and edit the influential UN climate report. Learn more about the full report from @ipcc.bsky.social www.ipcc.ch/2025/08/18/p...

As a lead author of Chapter Four, Natali, project lead of @permafrostpathways.bsky.social joins 20 other experts from 16 nations to gather the best available science on land surface processes, interactions between the cryosphere, ocean, and atmosphere, and changes in carbon sinks and sources.

📣 We’re excited to share that Senior Scientist and Arctic ecologist Dr. Sue Natali has been named a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report!

We have an opportunity members of the scientific community will not want to miss! Join us at the center in-person tomorrow, July 31 at 12:30 PM EST for an exciting presentation and discussion with UN High Level Climate Champion, Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir.

Please RSVP at bit.ly/46SFM4z

This #MapMonday from @maps-and-pepper.bsky.social shows the predicted return period of once-in-a-generation storms.

As climate change increases extreme weather events, we need to prepare with accurate risk information.

Late July's oppressive heat forecast isn't normal A punishing heat wave will bring hot temperatures to eastern US and linger for several days, underscoring how climate change heats things up.

"This is exactly what we expected to happen," Holmes said. "As the earth gets warmer, we see more extremes and it's the extremes that get us. They kill us. They make us sick."

Quotes from our President, Dr. Max Holmes in this USA Today piece from @dinahvp.bsky.social: share.google/MJOpg6JF39JG...

🌡️Have you been feeling the heat this week? Stay informed, hydrated, and safe!

Dangerously hot days are on the rise across the U.S. according to this map from @cmshintani.bsky.social. This week’s extreme temperatures are part of a larger trend of climate change.

Research teams, including @permafrostpathways.bsky.social and collaborators, are refining tools to predict what increasing fires mean for regional and global carbon emissions and climate targets. Follow them to learn more!

This map from @cmshintani.bsky.social shows the permafrost extant across the boreal forest ecoregion.

Read more about the connection between boreal wildfires and permafrost at www.woodwellclimate.org/connection-b...

Fire suppression in the boreal: "There's too much fire now" - Woodwell Climate In boreal forests, which are experiencing intensifying fires, fire suppression offers a way to protect both people and carbon-rich permafrost

For Woodwell’s Dr. Kayla Mathes, community perspectives have driven home the need for fire suppression as a tool to protect people and climate.

Read her essay at www.woodwellclimate.org/fire-suppres...

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