New paper alert! We look at the impact of MJO, ENSO, and blocking on North Pacific jet forecasts. From the role of MJO+ENSO teleconnection interference to the difficulty of forecasting blocking events, we take a deep look into understanding what drives forecast skill changes. doi.org/10.1175/WAF-...

The Influence of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Modes of Variability on Medium-Range North Pacific Jet Stream Forecasts

Abstract The state and evolution of the North Pacific jet (NPJ) stream exert considerable influence on weather conditions across North America. The NPJ is modulated by several multiscale processes dur...

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The Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan is searching for two new faculty: Earth System Modeling (Joint with the Institute for Global Change Biology, Assistant Prof.) and Climate-Driven Hazards and Earth Surface Dynamics (open rank). lsa.umich.edu/earth/about-...

Today's featured Wisconsin photographer is Gary Brown who captured this shelf cloud moving over Kenosha Monday. 📸⛈️ #photography

Meanwhile, over in the marmot research community: www.riverfronttimes.com/can-onlyfans...

This is one of the wildest coincidences I have ever seen. The two people in this photo will be facing off in the World Cup final!

kottke.org@kottke.org · 3w ago

Contender for the most remarkably bonkers sports photo of all time: a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a five-month-old Lamine Yamal (taken in 2007 for a UNICEF fundraiser). [kottke.org]

Trump Dismantled a Federal Climate Website. These Women Rebuilt It. “It’s not a pretty picture for climate communication and climate journalism right now.” You can check out the new site at climate.us. [19thnews.org]

Trump dismantled a federal climate website. These women rebuilt it.

After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resource the Trump administration took offline.

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Can we agree to pause the AI race? “If we can’t, then we are not as sovereign as we imagine; if we can’t, a machine god has already taken over this planet, and it’s called the market.” [robinsloan.com]

Report from the march to Stop the AI Race

Great to be out in the street.

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Holy fractals, Batman! Just came across this image from May 31 of actinoform clouds off the coast of Peru from the Sentinel satellite. eu-space.europa.eu/components/e...

Itai Yanai writes in Nature Reviews Cancer how giving an effective talk is not easy and that it took him many years of practice to become a good speaker. He shares some common misconceptions about presentations and offers advice on how to fix them. go.nature.com/4wxbkXa #Academicsky 🧪

Types of Tornado Alert xkcd.com/3267/

One of the great things about the World Cup and the US: In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team. “Soccer fans from all over the world, many now making their homes in America, have packed bars, restaurants, living rooms…” [nytimes.com]

In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team

At block parties, backyards and beer halls, an expanded tournament gave immigrant diasporas large and small the chance to revel in support of their home countries.

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🧵 THREAD: Why OMB-2026-0034 matters for Great Lakes science + why it affects you. 1/5

Among other very bad things, the proposed and imminent rules would cause "reduced public access to weather, water, and climate information as recipients of federal funding face new restrictions on public communication of their scientific knowledge and understanding."

American Meteorological Society@ametsoc.org · last mo.

New AMS statement responds to a proposed OMB rule that would restructure federal grantmaking. The rule "would damage the nation’s ability to understand, predict, and respond to ... natural hazards with negative impacts on public safety and the economy." Read more: https://bit.ly/4awoYRO

As it was foretold: the Trump regime gutted the NOAA and now weather forecasts are less accurate. An atmospheric scientist: “The forecasts I’m able to offer you are less accurate than they would otherwise be.” [gizmodo.com]

Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately

Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.

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🚢⚙️ #CIGLR was proud to attend the 2026 Soo Locks Engineers Day! We enjoyed sharing how #GreatLakes science, engineering, and environmental observations support safe navigation and healthy ecosystems. Learn more: saultstemarie.com/attractions/...

👀 Look out for the SeaTrac this summer!! Coming to Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron July 29 - September 4! To monitor & understand #HarmfulAlgalBlooms, NOAA GLERL is deploying the Surface Harmful Algal Research Craft (SHARC) project this summer: www.glerl.noaa.gov/blog/2026/06... #GreatLakes #GreatLakesSci

And on that note, we need to keep speaking out on the importance of NSF NCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Voices are being heard!

Eos@eos.org · 2mo ago

NSF announcement is out: NSF "appreciates the concerns raised by the range of stakeholders that have informed us they rely on data from the [OOI.] Effective immediately, NSF will not proceed with further removal or descoping of equipment from the remaining arrays." www.nsf.gov/news/update-...

NSF announcement is out: NSF "appreciates the concerns raised by the range of stakeholders that have informed us they rely on data from the [OOI.] Effective immediately, NSF will not proceed with further removal or descoping of equipment from the remaining arrays." www.nsf.gov/news/update-...

Update on Ocean Observatories Initiative

The U.S. National Science Foundation appreciates the concerns raised by the range of stakeholders that have informed us they rely on data from the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Effective…

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Eos@eos.org · 2mo ago

Update: Never mind, @nytimes.com reports! eos.org/research-and...

NY times covered our cut today (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...

She Used A.I. to Improve Forecasts for Extreme Weather

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CMU and UIUC teams are near the IL/WI border for our second consecutive day sampling Lake Michigan's influence on thunderstorms using a Doppler lidar, two different radiosonde systems, and a mobile mesonet. Very interesting outflow and lake-breeze frontal structures observed so far!

Oh I *LOVE* the @planetarysociety.bsky.social's dashboard of OMB proposed rule changes. The clarity of their thematic clusters is great, but the insertion/deletion tracked changes is outstanding. I hope everyone prepping comments makes great use of it. dashboards.planetary.org/rules-change...

New study finds increased wildfire smoke has erased 4 years of progress in controlling surface ozone pollution. "Premature deaths from fire-sourced ozone have increased by 318 deaths per year since 2013, with post-2013 mortality 46% higher than pre-2013 mortality." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A proposed budget request from President Trump would zero out programs that scientists say are the foundation of weather observations, water quality, maritime safety and recreation on the Great Lakes. #GreatLakes #CleanWater www.interlochenpublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

Great Lakes researchers worry about federal cuts to NOAA

The President’s proposed budget would cut funding to efforts that improve public safety, the maritime economy and health on the Great Lakes, researchers say.

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It's the Vandalism Approach. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is the latest example of how the Trump administration’s efforts to chainsaw the federal government can happen too fast for the courts or Congress to counter. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

A judge said the Trump administration can’t dismantle a weather research center. The damage may already be done.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is the latest example of how the Trump administration’s efforts to chainsaw the federal government can happen too fast for the courts or Congress to counte...

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❄️🧊 NEW BLOG POST! #CIGLR researchers met w/ #Alaska communities to discuss #seaice travel challenges in a changing #Arctic. These conversations are helping shape a next-gen forecasting tool that combines advanced modeling w/ local knowledge: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/safety-on-ic... #GreatLakes

AMOC can’t collapse if you’re not measuring it.

Flying Mezerkis@bananapantz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Gifting this article 🎁 I don’t understand. Who can defend this? How stupid is this country? How stupid are our Senators? Are we really thinking that simply shorting ourselves in the face is going to make us better off? Why isn’t this a complete outrage? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

And, as you recall, everything worked out great for everyone who found a golden ticket. www.mlive.com/news/2026/05...

Business leaders call data centers Michigan’s ‘golden ticket.’ Residents ask, for whom?

Executives of construction firms and utilities poised to profit from the AI data center boom say Michigan risks losing out on billions in investment, but projects remain unpopular.

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It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval of research grants These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

🚨 Come work with us! We're #HIRING an Oil Spill Hydrodynamic Modeler will work with #CIGLR & NOAA-GLERL researchers in Ann Arbor, Michigan on #GreatLakes oil spill transport & fate modeling. Position open until filled: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... @greatlakesgreg.bsky.social @umich.edu

Now in motion.

Alex Schueth@streamwise.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A good elevated supercell and roll cloud this morning over Norman.