Jason Keeler

Nobel Prize given for showing the importance of investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth. Basically the opposite of what the US is doing. 😭

Don’t fret over China’s new climate targets The ambitions of its clean-tech industry matter more than any humdrum pledges

"China is tying its economic future to the clean-energy sector. Last year solar power, electric vehicles (evs) and batteries were responsible for 10% of its gdp" - meanwhile America is tying its future to fossil-energy with inevitably bad economic prospects
www.economist.com/china/2025/0...

YouTube video by Central Michigan University Meteorology Research on Beaver Island

It's been fantastic working with my colleagues to expand student access to immersive educational experiences through the Student Training for Observational Research in Meteorology program (STORM). Check out this video on this summer's STORM experience on Beaver Island!

If you are not a current student or alum, you can provide feedback here. Please join me in advocating for the continuation of this highly impactful Department!

Current students and alums can provide feedback here:

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is proposing to eliminate the entire Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. I strongly encourage you to voice opposition to this cut at the appropriate link in the thread below. More details are available here: budgetprocess.unl.edu/proposed-bud...

Ready for giant pumpkin updates? I wasn't sure if I was going to have a season due to a late start, but I should pollinate a pumpkin tomorrow/Tuesday. The seed for this plant came from a 1454 pound pumpkin, but I'll be happy with 100-200 pounds, especially since time until frost is limited.

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

After getting home from a family visit in the Maritimes, I felt the need to make a seasonal local dish called Hodge Podge. Not bad for my first attempt.

I'm not ready for summer to be over, but I've also started planning this year's Halloween display and thought "why can't we get nice banding like this when it's winter?" when looking at today's radar data.

I can breathe a sigh of relief now that my rain-free forecast verified for an outdoor family wedding this afternoon!

This CNN article shows the local NWS office was in fact providing ongoing realtime support to TX locals during the flooding as I posited in my article this morning even without a full-time Warning Coordination Met . Read more of my perspectives here.

balancedweather.substack.com/p/latest-on-...

"Michigan Sea Grant is a smart investment" in a banner over a photo from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Michigan Sea Grant is a smart investment: We turned $19 million of federal and state funding into nearly $86 million in direct economic benefits for Michigan in 2018-23 💪

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

The administration needs to be held accountable for any impacts of reckless NWS staffing reductions. The impacts of sudden early retirements and departures on experience and communication with communities will be felt for years.

Done!

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Happy Canada Day!

Glad you enjoyed them! I might need to head back there soon.

Did you get the pancakes?

Well, that's a first. I am currently viewing the Wall cloud from the ND supercell from 110 miles away!

We were too far from the ND storm to see much, but it made for a nice pic approaching sunset.

Today was a ferry day from Kearney northward, but my van couldn't resist pausing to check out this nice updraft near Onaka, SD.

As do you! I look forward to continuing our work in the new academic year!

I also want to acknowledge the significant work @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social puts into coordinating the Coriolis affiliated coffee breaks at AMS meetings. It's great working with him on this cause!

It's an honor to be featured by @ametsoc.org for Pride Month. If you're looking for a way to help, I highly recommend joining the AMS Coriolis Committee!

“[NOAA] It is truly an incredible science agency that should be talked about in same breath as NASA. I hope that our society realizes what they have in both of these tremendous entities, and works to keep them vibrant for future generations.”

My team is driving west through the NE Panhandle towards WY to be in place for storms later today. We continued past Chimney Rock without resting. The team is in good spirits, we haven't had to hunt, and nobody has broken their leg or gotten dysentery. (We do, however, need to clean our windshield.)

No bags of hail are waiting for me at home, but he acted quickly to take the video! 😀

I've been quiet here while keeping busy with the ICECHIP field campaign since early May. Today's a down day for the campaign, but here's some small hail back home in Michigan.

Not to go off on a tangent, but…