Dr. Barb Mayes Boustead

"If the U.S. can't get its greenhouse emissions under control, they need to face real consequences" said the rest of the world.

I hope the next president pulls up the concrete and turns this hideous mess into a non-grass-lawn pollinator garden or a community garden.

"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot..." Gawd, it is the worst of every cliche.

Anthropogenic warming drives earlier wildfire season onset in California Anthropogenic warming accelerates wildfire season onset in California.

Anthropogenic warming drives earlier wildfire season onset in California www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thanks to all who have reached out today... deeply appreciate it!

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As I heard @hcrichardson.bsky.social say on a podcast with @profgalloway.com:

"I'm not ready to give up on America."

Meteorologist Sean Sublette Announces Campaign for Democratic Nomination to Take on the Abysmal Rep. Rob Wittman (R) in VA01 Another Democrat - meteorologist Sean Sublette - is announcing his candidacy for the nomination in VA01 to take on the abysmal Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01). Sublette joins a crowded field, including Sala...

I'm delighted my colleague & friend, meteorologist @subletteweather.com, is running for Congress in VA01. He's a smart, dedicated, no-nonsense guy who's a builder, not a breaker. Like our colleague Rep. @ericsorensen.bsky.social, he will bring common sense & scientific evidence back to Congress.

YouTube video by Sean Sublette Sean Sublette - Meteorologist for Congress: Welcome to Virginia

This is an unprecedented time in our nation's history.

Conspiracies, lies, and gaslighting are running amok.

We need more scientists in Congress.

I was born and raised here, and I am running to represent all Virginians from Chesterfield County to the Chesapeake Bay.

A tornado warning for a town of zero people led me to learn about Ninaview, Colorado and its accidental bombing during WWII.

a man in an orange sweater is sitting in front of a television watching a tv show . ALT: a man in an orange sweater is sitting in front of a television watching a tv show .

For anyone who is around a TV tomorrow morning, you can spot me on The Weather Channel at 10:40 AM ET (9:40 AM CT, 8:40 AM MT, 7:40 AM PT, etc.) doing a quick interview to talk up the Weather Geeks podcast episode we recorded about WILDER WEATHER!

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.

The White House has instructed NASA to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. They've been collecting widely-used data, providing both oil and gas companies and farmers with detailed information about the distribution of carbon dioxide and how it can affect crop health.

Simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking. (Pssst - federally funded science saves lives) 🧪

Can confirm in myself and my circles.

NOAA has released their official animation of the propagation of this week's tsunami. It took almost exactly one day to reach Antarctica and was reported at 0.6 feet high.

DOE climate report response form We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me. We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.

🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨

Please RT this so as many people see it as possible.

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It was only after reading Crossings by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social that I realized the true destructive nature of roads in wilderness areas. Highly recommend his book to understand the stakes here.

The Invention of “Sesame Street” Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

Wow, thanks for the awesome reel, @jenlouden.bsky.social! It's not too late to do the thing - like writing a book! Did you know Laura Ingalls Wilder's first book wasn't published until she was 65? www.instagram.com/p/DMs9Rn3uyNU/

Enjoyed my conversation with the wonderful Kate Archer Kent on Wisconsin Public Radio about WILDER WEATHER! Article and interview recording both available via the link!

How wind and solar power helps keep America’s farms alive Rural counties also benefit in jobs, manufacturing and tax revenue that will be hard to replace as the US government slashes support for the industries.

Nationwide in the USA, wind and solar projects contribute about $3.5 billion annually in combined lease payments and state and local taxes with more than a third of it going directly to rural landowners providing them with a secure source of income. #EnergySky
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NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists

The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX

Hard one with 5 majors and minors 😂. Mine is "Fundamentals of Interpretive Reading" (for gen ed speech credit), through the theater department, where we learned to memorize works and read/recite them with meaning in our voices. Been helpful with teaching, presenting, and even reading to my kid. 😊

For variety, try “fulgurous” - so much fun to say!

Hooray!!!

For a long time, I underestimated how much climate change comes from agriculture and land use, in part because (by EPA reckoning) they're only about 10% of US annual emissions. Globally, though, food and land use are at least 19% of annual net emissions, and possibly more depending on accounting.

Barbara Boustead, author of Wilder Weather, at the Bookworm in Omaha on Tuesday, August 12, at 6 PM. Golden wheat background with author photo and WILDER WEATHER cover photo superimposed.

Omaha area folks, come see me in person at the Bookworm! I'll be doing a Wilder Weather signing there on Tuesday, August 12, at 6 PM. I'd love to see some friendly faces there! Info is below. Info here: www.bookwormomaha.com/event/barbar...

Gen Xers are going through some things this week. Be kind. (Signed, Xennial/late Gen X)

It took more than 72 hours after the flooding for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network.

I think this is obvious but I just want to highlight it in case it isn’t.

Taking 72 hours for Noem to personally approve search and rescue teams can be a literal death sentence.

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Without weather forecasters, our canaries in the storm, expect disaster This purge isn’t “cutting waste,” it’s dismantling America’s hurricane monitoring systems.

"The private sector cannot fill this void. The National Weather Service processes over 6 billion observations daily and issues approximately 1.5 million forecasts and 50,000 warnings annually.

No private entity possesses infrastructure that can match this scale and reliability."

This is most excellent news!!

Hello, I’d like to report waste, fraud, and abuse…

My cup runneth over.