GrumpyUncleSean🔥
@grumpyunclesean.bsky.social
Research scientist | public land owner | facial hair enthusiast. Science interests: #Wildfire #Forests #GlobalChange
Among all of the dire impacts of climate change, the rapidly increasing probably of "snow droughts" in the West is really scary for wildfire, water supply, and recreation. I do not suggest investing in a ski area. insideclimatenews.org/news/2207202...
Here's a fun little coincidence I noticed: Every Republican Congressmember loudly blaming Canada's forest management policies for this year's unprecedented wildfires (and ignoring climate change) is a massive recipient of fossil fuel funding. Receipts👇
As wildfire season is now in full force (with ridiculous tariff threats from the US president), I think it an appropriate time to repost this thread. 🔥
GrumpyUncleSean🔥@grumpyunclesean.bsky.social · 12mo ago1/4 Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Climate change is reshaping where species can survive—and conservation must evolve with it. I'm excited to be a co-author on this new 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 synthesis exploring how we can better manage climate-driven species range shifts. Congrats to lead author Lise Comte and the entire team! 🧪🌎
(PDF) At the leading edge: advancing and bridging the science and management of range-shifting species
PDF | Climate-mediated shifts in species distributions are reshaping ecosystems worldwide, creating major challenges for conservation and resource... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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Idea: To stop wildfire smoke from Canada, build a wall the entire length of the US/Canada border and the height of the tropopause (let’s make it 15 km to be safe). Or we can stop burning fossil fuels.
🚨🚨🚨 March 2026 was the warmest March on record according to Prism climate data (1895-present). Previously, 2012 was far and away the warmest March, but this March beat 2012 by about half a degree Fahrenheit. This map shows how March temperatures ranked compared to all other Marches.🔥🔥🔥
NEW – How wildfires and storms drove insurance losses in 2025 – in three charts | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/0XOfI5t
Nice article from CBC featuring our recent research findings relating snowpack to fire severity. More important than how much area burns, is how it burns. 🔥🧪🌎 @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Heat dome and snow melt could prime western U.S. for intense fire season | CBC Climate Change News
Mountains that normally see their peak snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring heat dome that baked western U.S. for much of the second half of the month. That's raising alarm bells ...
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Think a warmer, drier spring means no rx fire (like I did?) Think again! www.hcn.org/articles/why...
Why intentional fires can still be safe during this dry spring - High Country News
Land managers across the West are finding pockets of cool, wet conditions, allowing them to safely reduce future fire risk.
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The western U.S., limping away from one of the driest winters on record, is primed for wildfires. insideclimatenews.org/news/2703202...
This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer - Inside Climate News
Recently released data show how drought, paltry Western snows and unseasonable heat, all exacerbated by climate change, could be priming the nation for a long wildfire season.
insideclimatenews.org
1/ For those of us keeping an eye on systemic #climate risks, these aren’t difficult dots to connect. I find it downright frightening. We need to brace for impacts and spring into preparedness now. This thread outlines 6 key papers and what we can do in response. ⬇️🧵
To complement this @theguardian.com article, please see our new (very timely) paper on snow-wildfire dynamics 🔥
Snowpack decline kindles more severe fire in the western United States
Snowpack decline kindles more severe fire in the western United States, Balik, Jared A, Coop, Jonathan D, Parks, Sean A
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Rod Schoonover-Rey@rodschoonover.bsky.social · 4mo agoA brutal March heatwave in the West is accelerating snow drought, raising wildfire risk, and threatening water supplies. Some people talk about climate change as if it lives in the future. But it is posing ecological security risks now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Lowest snowpack on record in the Southwest by longgg shot! Only 36% of normal currently. Much lower in spots. Former record 57% in 2015 going back to 1987. Obviously this can have huge implications for water availability and fire season… 1/
1/5 NEW paper alert! 🧪🔥 A lot of you know that snowpack is currently at a record or near-record low in many watersheds in the western US. A logical question is thus: how will the low snowpack affect wildfire in the coming months? Read the thread for key findings ...
Snowpack decline kindles more severe fire in the western United States
Snowpack decline kindles more severe fire in the western United States, Balik, Jared A, Coop, Jonathan D, Parks, Sean A
iopscience.iop.org
My research team recently published “Guardians and gardeners: Managing wilderness for the twenty-first century.” If you’re interested in wilderness philosophies, Indigenous stewardship, and the questions raised by climate change and fire - this one’s for you! www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Guardians and gardeners: Managing wilderness for the twenty-first century
PDF | The 1964 Wilderness Act is a landmark piece of legislation, providing robust protections from development, mechanization, and resource extraction... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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Interesting article in the @wsj.com by Katherine Clarke about a rebuild in the Pacific Palisades area. Two things to note - expensive but not crazy build costs plus a massive savings generated on insurance. www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
What a $3 Million Fire-Resistant Home Looks Like
After losing his house to the L.A. wildfires, a developer built a new one designed to resist an active fire for around six hours.
wsj.com
Hot, dry, windy conditions are increasingly arising in multiple regions at the same time, setting the stage for simultaneous wildfires around the world, a study shows. via @vox.com
Warming Raises the Risk That Multiple Wildfires Strike at Once
Firefighters combat a grass fire in Alexandra, Australia, in January. Jay Kogler / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images
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EV battery technology continues to astound! 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 electrek.co/2026/02/24/s...
Solid-state EV batteries are rolling out in China, promising nearly 1,000 miles of range
Chinese battery manufacturers already account for well over 50% of the global market, but new battery types, including solid-state, are...
electrek.co
Really proud of my paper with @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social, @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social, Andrew Stillman, and Courtney Davis out now in @natcomms.nature.com, which looks at the forecasted exposure of bird biodiversity to high severity fire in the western US. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Exposure of western United States bird communities to predicted high severity fire - Nature Communications
Changing fire regimes, leading to higher likelihood of high severity fire, are having unknown impacts on biodiversity. This study identifies regions of high avian biodiversity and individual bird spec...
nature.com
Some nice media exposure about the threatened whitebark pine that highlights one of our recent studies. 🧪🌎
Ecosystems At Risk If This Pine Tree Vanishes From Rockies
Underway in the West is an environmental calamity that threatens a pine species that helps control spring meltwater that fills reservoirs communities depend upon, holds cultural significance to tribal...
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Democracy may die in darkness, but it also seems you can kill it in broad daylight.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6mo agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
None of what's happening now would be possible without gop enablers. They own all of it. The gop is the party of evil. Vote them all out.
In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to prelim figures from the International Disaster Database. The disasters include flash floods, landslides, severe storms, wildfires & droughts. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
More than 87m people impacted by climate-related disasters in 2025
In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to preliminary figures from the International Disaster Database analyzed by Mongabay. The d...
news.mongabay.com
Smash hit! A whopping eight people are in attendance at the 315 showing of Melania in Missoula
