Marshall Shepherd
Atmospheric Sciences Professor, Fmr AMS Prez/NASA scientist, Host, Weather Geeks, Alpha, 3x FSU Alum, Forbes Contributor, Tweets just mine. RT not endorsement
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Newest Podcast Episode - weloveweather.tv
Today's guest is Troy Kimmel, a well-known broadcast meteorologist in Austin, TX who has dedicated his life to enhancing the city's knowledge and natural disaster support.
200,000 dead as Trump vilifies science, prioritizes politics
NEW YORK (AP) — “I did the best I could,” President Donald Trump said. Huddled with aides in the West Wing last week, his eyes fixed on Fox News, Trump wasn’t talking about how he had led...
Marshall Shepherd
Really in-depth article and startling read...Don't just scroll past this...Read it please
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Cases of COVID-19 decline sharply at UGA for second week in a row
Positivity rate also drops, while participation in surveillance testing rises to highest level
AJC poll: Race for president, Senate contests in Georgia ‘too close to call’
Results of the AJC's first general election poll showing who is ahead in the presidential and senate races.
How Conspiracy Theories Are Shaping the 2020 Election—and Shaking the Foundation of American Democracy
Democracy relies on an informed public responding to real-life facts. But a growing number of Americans are untethered from reality.
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What Does NOAA’s Chief Scientist Do?
What does the Chief Scientist at NOAA do anyhow?
Marshall Shepherd
Lots of chatter about @NOAA Chief Scientist. I let others comment on the names being considered. I bet many people don't even know the NOAA hierarchy and what a Chief Scientist does. I explain @ForbesScience
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Marshall Shepherd
My explanation about @noaa news this week involving Chief Scientist position. My explanation on what is and the surprising reason NOAA ended up in The Department of Commerce under Nixon
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Former charter school teacher fired after declining to stop wearing Black Lives Matter mask
Great Hearts Texas officials emailed KENS 5 stating a face-covering policy forbids masks with "external messages."
WeatherSTEM Cloud Squared
WeatherSTEM Cloud Squared is a tagging interface to build relationships between WeatherSTEM's billions of weather images and particular cloud formations/weather phenomena
We Can’t Just Stick to Football | By Matthew Stafford
We can’t just stick to football. Not as a team. Not as an organization. And we shouldn’t as a country.
Marshall Shepherd
For everyone telling players to "shut up and play" ...or me to stick to science, great read by Matt Stafford of @Lions, who made a significant donation to UGA for social justice
Thk u for this article @matt_stafford9...Also thank u @KirbySmartUGA for gift
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Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus's clouds
Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet....
Marshall Shepherd
The way Venus life story covered has been very deceiving/confusing for public imho. It is really more nuanced, speculative and not what you may think. Communication of science to public is challenging as are public perceptions. @borenbears wrote good one
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Trump Supporters Disrupt Early Voting in Virginia
A group waving Trump flags and chanting “four more years” created a commotion at a polling location in Fairfax, Va. A county official said some voters and staff members felt intimidated.
Marshall Shepherd
Don't be intimidated by these sad antics...shake your head and proceed to exercise your right to vote
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5 Strange Things Happening Right Now In The Atlantic Hurricane Season
5 really strange things going on right now in the Atlantic hurricane season.
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Marshall Shepherd
"However, I am increasingly of the opinion that this value (ACE) is not that useful in the public space."
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Marshall Shepherd
My weekend writing @ForbesScience on some 5 really odd things about the Atlantic hurricane season right now. Cites @DrRickKnabb.
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Marshall Shepherd
5 Strange Things Happening Right Now In The Atlantic Hurricane Season via @forbes
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Separating weather forecasts from pain
Study indicates physical activity, not a weather change, leads to ER visits.
Marshall Shepherd
Meteoropathy...some recently published work by my @universityofga @GeographyUGA @UGAAtmosSci colleague @DrElcik92
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26-year-old American woman's bar crawl spreads Covid in southern Germany
Despite symptoms for coronavirus, 26-year-old went partying while waiting for test results. Bavaria's governor called it a "model case of stupidity."
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Marshall Shepherd
Welcome to our world Germany...From article "Bavaria's governor, Markus Soeder, called the outbreak in Garmisch-Partenkirchen “a model case of stupidity” because the 26-year-old American had gone partying despite having COVID-19"
nbcnews.com/health/health-… via @nbcnews
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What Happens If A Hurricane Named After A Greek Letter Needs To Be Retired?
We've seen so many tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic this year that future storms will be named using the Greek alphabet. But what happens if one of those storms is so bad that the name needs to be retired?
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Marshall Shepherd
Great article by @wxdam on a question surfacing. What if a Greek letter storm is retired?
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Mysterious Craters In Siberia Linked To Melting Permafrost
As the climate warms in Siberia, pockets of greenhouse gases are building up in the melting permafrost soil, released in sudden bursts.
The World’s Glaciers Continue To Melt As Massive Chunk Of Arctic Ice Cap Breaks Off
Headlines like this are going to become increasingly commonplace as global warming takes its toll on ice cover all across the world.
Wildfires And Hurricanes, Take Your Pick Of Extreme Weather
The science of weather, and the application of fire weather forecasting, plays a big role in helping cities, wildfire management and the public prepare and possibly reduce the risk of wildfires.
Dual disasters: How is climate change worsening wildfires and hurricanes?
The extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season and catastrophic wildfire season in the West has focused attention on the role of climate change.