Ankur Desai
Professor and Chair@UW_AOS Meteorology, Ecology, Climate Sci (Biosphere-Atmos) Parent to 3 kid chaos. Https://flux.aos.wisc.edu
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAOS professor Jon Martin was one of thirteen faculty members selected to receive a Distinguished Teaching Award. The award—the university’s highest honor for teaching—will be presented on April 15. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone more deserving—congratulations, Jon!
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAOS prof Tracey Holloway and UW–Milwaukee environmental health sciences prof Amy Kalkbrenner are exploring the link between air pollution and asthma-related visits to school nurses in Milwaukee Public Schools:
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiWe're thrilled to welcome Fraser King to our faculty as an assistant professor. Learn more in a brief Q&A with Fraser about his background, research, and what excites him about UW–Madison and AOS: www.aos.wisc.edu/news/q&a_fra...
- Solar is cool, so is mentoring teens. Learn more meetthefluxers.github.io/EP14/
- NCAR has been the magic sauce that has made weather/climate studies and advances in US and the world over great. madison.com/news/local/e... www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiFrom @AGU.org: Senators are working on legislation to save NCAR, but we need extra support for these 8 states. Your Senators in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming need to hear from you.
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiThe Trump administration announced plans to close NCAR, citing its role in climate change research. But three officials told CNN they believe this is really part of the White House's plan to punish CO governor and free Tina Peters. WH did not deny the connection. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/c...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiSeen at #AGU2025 in New Orleans
- Reposted by Ankur Desai🧪 SCIENCESKY! Check out the awards that Meet the Fluxers won from Spotify Wrapped this year, like being an "instant hit" 😲 Our debut season was more popular than 86% of other new shows. The amount of shares was incredible - more than 96% of other shows. Thanks for listening to our science podcast! 🎶
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiHere are news about environmental changes in the Arctic headlines.ametsoc.org/2025/12/01/e... @ametsoc.org @andrewpault.bsky.social @agucryo.bsky.social @eliebz.bsky.social
- Here is Ecometeorology and colleague AGU 25 line up - lots of good stuff here: flux.aos.wisc.edu/projects/202...
- Reposted by Ankur Desai"Twenty-Five Years of Shifting Ground: Reflections on Publishing and Editing in the Earth Sciences" by my editorial colleague Maggie Xenopoulos agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiTwitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
- If climate news gets you down in the dump, go attend a local youth climate summit. The kids are alright and making real differences in their communities. #2025WisconsinYouthClimateConference
- PhD defense seminar from Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani from Ecometeorology lab @uwmad-aos.bsky.social today at 1 pm CST - watch online: Title: A Different Peat Perspective: Quantifying Tropical Peatland Ecosystem Variables from the Ground and from Space www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnY3...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiPeatDepth-ML: A Global Map of Peat Depth Predicted using Machine Learning egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
- AMS and AGU are no fun without students. These dollars are one of our primary ways to get them there!
- Fill the Hill and the flamingos are back! Be part of the feathered fun Oct 9–10, and support AOS at go.wisc.edu/5348a6. Gifts go to our discretionary fund and are used in impactful ways, helping students gain research experience and attend academic conferences. Will you join our AOS flock?
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiWOO HOO!! Proud to share that TWO @uwmadison.bsky.social faculty were just announced as 2025 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” recipients. HUGE congrats to Ángel F. Adames Corraliza & Sébastien Phillipe, doing amazing work on tropical storms & nuclear security, respectively.👏
- So thrilling to see our very own genius, Ángel Adames Corraliza, receive this fitting recognition!!!
- We are thrilled and proud to share that AOS prof Ángel F. Adames Corraliza has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Congrats, Ángel! The department is ecstatic for you. In addition to the MacArthur announcement linked below, check out the UW–Madison news release here: go.wisc.edu/r0ff84
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiThe flamingos are coming! 🦩 Will you help us Fill the Hill Oct 9–10? Join in the feathered fun and make a gift starting at 5 pm CDT, Thurs, 10/9: uwflamingos.com/campaign/atm....
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiJoin us today for a Department Seminar at 2:30 CDT! Megan Caldwell, flood and water analyst, Guy Carpenter, will discuss "Private Sector Meteorology: An Introduction to Reinsurance and Catastrophe Modeling." Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...
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- Reposted by Ankur DesaiI found an obituary for Steve www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiOur 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out. Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiWe’re thrilled to welcome Bee Leung to our faculty! A cloud physicist and mesoscale meteorologist by training, her research looks at the physical processes driving land-aerosol-cloud interactions. Learn more about Bee in our Q&A: www.aos.wisc.edu/news/q-a_wel...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiUW-Madison AOSS Rooftop Camera video from this past Saturday with two spectacular gust front / arc cloud passages, and lots of turbulence right behind them youtu.be/OfgKADhyET0
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiSome good news to share: NASA's PREFIRE mission has been extended through September 2026 and is broadening its focus from Earth’s poles to the entire globe. AOS professor Tristan L'Ecuyer is the principal investigator. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-p...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiWe’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Physical Climate Science. Apply and join a great interdisciplinary Department! @natureatcal.bsky.social @agu.org @freshwaterscience.bsky.social #academicjobs aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05084
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiThe recent DOE climate science report misrepresents the work of many researchers. Carbon Brief asked those cited to review the parts of the report where their work was used, and we collectively found 100+ misleading or false statements: interactive.carbonbr...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAOS professor Hannah Zanowski joined The Larry Meiller Show to talk about the role of oceans on Earth and other planets. Have a listen!
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiThrough modeling efforts over high-risk regions, including Wisconsin airspace, they aim to apply machine learning tools to improve the identification and prevention of these hazards.
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiCCR Director and AOS Affiliate Scientist Michael Notaro has led STEM camps aimed at fostering neurodiversity in science for several years. He spoke to WMTV 15 News about how their long-term future is unclear due to funding cuts.
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAOS Professional MS students made a trip to the Kegonsa Research Campus to visit an agrivoltaics site. They explored research at the intersection of solar energy, agriculture, climate, and water, such as @profdesai.bsky.social and his Ecometeorology Lab's work with flux towers. 📸: Josh Arnold
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- Reposted by Ankur DesaiIn partnership with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, we had the opportunity to archive a portion of the department’s historical photos. We're happy to share that the collection is now live: search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAOS...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAs the mean rate of forest disturbance is increasing, so does its temporal variance. Proof that Taylor's law also applies to disturbance ecology, and a warning of more severe future extremes. Paper led by @corneliussenf.bsky.social w/ @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiI have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
- Reposted by Ankur Desai👇🎯 <all together now>
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiMy mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiThe US Global Change Research Program a next target of Trump's destruction campaign. My sources report that globalchange.gov will go dark Monday. NOAA is archiving the National Climate Assessment at NCEI.
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAOS alumni Mike Nelson and Alex Harrington underscore how local TV meteorologists keep communities safe during severe weather events and the strong bond they have with viewers.
- New paper, fine-scale modeling of forest harvest treatments and climate change dual impacts to disturbance recovery with ED2: Harvest legacies and climate change interact to shape forest structure and biomass through time authors.elsevier.com/c/1lJk314Z6t... @sciencebails.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAOS Prof. Tracey Holloway has worked in air quality for more than 20 years, and she continues to make a difference by training the next generation of air quality scientists and conducting critical research through her lab, the Holloway group.
- As my t-shirt says, we are all "cool as flux" #Ecometeorology lab Summer 2025 edition (minus two).
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiCongratulations to Dr. Ying and all co-authors, including @benpoulter.bsky.social @profdesai.bsky.social and @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @permafrostpathways.bsky.social's Jennifer Watts, Kyle Arndt, @annvirkk.bsky.social, Brendan Rogers, and Sue Natali. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAerosols play a significant role in cloud formation, weather, and climate, but they’ve historically not been factored into forecasts as highly as other parameters. AOS Prof. Mayra Oyola-Merced hopes to change that. Learn more: lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/sprin...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiSOCAT v2025 is released today! A grand total of 49.6 million surface ocean fCO2 observations from dozens of contributors around the world. www.socat.info/v2025 #ocean #co2
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiAfter 73 years, is NSF's graduate research fellowship program circling the drain? www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiScientists have been publishing climate models since ~1970. A good way to evaluate their skill is to compare what they expected to happen in the years after the model was published to observed climate changes. It turns out most models were pretty spot-on:
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiNew pub in @aguadvances.bsky.social: "A Soil Scientist Goes to Washington: Navigating the Path to National #ScienceLeadership" #STEM Sharing my journey as DOE Office of Science Director, the challenges faced, and why inclusive excellence in STEM matters now more than ever. Read: tinyurl.com/ms2nhr4f
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiUnidata is responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting software such as: NetCDF4 MetPy LDM AWIPS2 Public version GEMPAK THREDDS They also support realtime data access via a public EDEX server, THREDDS, and more.
- Due to the current gap in funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program is pausing most operations effective 12 May 2025. Nearly all staff will be furloughed until funds from our existing NSF grant become available. For more information, see buff.ly/d2TC1Oy
- Reposted by Ankur Desai"You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage. I’d like to introduce you to my daughter."
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiThis is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit. This cannot be allowed to happen.
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiHere are the NSF funding data by state. Click on your state, peruse data, and then click on the Fact Sheet at the top to see annual spending. Then, please call your congressional reps. NSF money creates stable jobs for people at all career stages. tableau.external.nsf.gov/views/NSFbyN...
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiLess than a month to go til hurricane season, so let's check in on the current state and proposed future funding of the National Weather Service. And, well, yeah, we're just going to have to see how all this goes.
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiI am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com
- Very honored to be among many heavy-hitters on that list e.g., @hildug.bsky.social . Having to add "Distinguished" to my title does make me feel old, though.
- @profdesai.bsky.social received the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. This award recognizes distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service. Congratulations and well deserved, Ankur! news.wisc.edu/44-faculty-h...
- Reposted by Ankur Desai1000 or so+ (at least) National Weather Service/NOAA employees took early retirement today alone with more likely. NWS offices in many cases were already understaffed and services are being cut. Mark this day. So many implications.... 27000 collective years of experience...Gone
- Reposted by Ankur DesaiResearchers say the rule will make it impossible for the majority of scientists in the country to carry on with, or to apply to, prestigious ERC research grants, or grants from Serbia’s own national science foundation.
