🧵 I'd like to share some of the recent and ongoing collaborative projects I’m most proud of from my time at NOAA. Some will continue on in one form or another, but others will not - a direct result of the cuts hitting science across the board.
First off, I acknowledge that I am incredibly lucky to have had such supportive mentors that encouraged me to follow my own scientific and cross-disciplinary interests, as broad as they may sometimes be.
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How sure are we that the world is not a silly dark comedy?
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Maybe it is...idk
#USA
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Looking at temperature anomalies over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) across the #Arctic... Yikes!
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7
ERA5 monthly averaged data on single levels from 1940 to present
ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather for the past 8 decades. Data is available from 1940 onwards. ERA5 replaces the ERA-Interim reanalysis.doi.org
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This means all of our TROM.tf services (friendica, peertube, nextcloud, etc.), all of our websites like tromsite.com, videoneat.com, tromjaro.com, and so on.
We only need 230 Euros to cover another year of backups. Please if you can help out since we are underfunded and cannot afford to pay for them.
The payment is yearly. We need to pay by the end of this month (March).
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My monthly #Arctic temperature graphics have just been updated through February 2025, which was one of the most anomalous months on record for this region: zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatur…
#DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData
Arctic Temperatures
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentrat…Zachary Labe
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"The system doesn’t work any more. But people find it easier to imagine the end of the world than something that’s a credible alternative to capitalism. I think people really feel there’s something intrinsically wrong and flawed with the system, and recognise that it needs radical change, but the only people who are offering radical change are people who are dangerous. And there’s no good end to that.”
Michael Sheen
#Debt #Capitalism #MichaelSheen #Wales #PortTalbot
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‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts
The actor grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. Doesn’t he think he’s done enough?Emine Saner (The Guardian)
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Temperature anomalies exceeded 10°C above the 1981-2010 climatological average in February 2025 from Svalbard toward the North Pole! 🔥
Data from @CopernicusECMWF ERA5 reanalysis.
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Gently down the street.
Don’t look at the Earth’s vital signs—
Or you’ll begin to scream!
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Do I need to build a dedicated instance that accepts telnet and just redirects it to /dev/null ?
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I can cook as well, I have all of the apps on my phone, I am quite the catch...
Oh did I mention I have a Netflix & HBO subscription, please form an orderly queue...
I just read about more looming cuts coming for certain science agencies right after making this graph. Not good. 🫠
The data for the carbon dioxide (CO₂) growth rate over the last year is now in (gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gr.ht…).
Graphic provided at zacklabe.com/climate-change-in….
Climate change indicators
All data are referenced at My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Se…Zachary Labe
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Terrifying.
Submitted the NOAA CCGG pages to the @InternetArchive. They hadn't been archived for a few days.
Just in case ...
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Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases - NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
GML conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.web.archive.org
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"Send the rich to Mars?"
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Elon Musk's Plans for a City on Mars Will Likely End in Horrifying Mass Death
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long promised to make humanity interplanetary by establishing a permanent outpost on Mars.Victor Tangermann (Futurism)
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Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified: (@Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange)
Attached: 1 image Now there's my favorite #standupforscience sign.Infosec Exchange
The fediverse is an ecosystem where you - not some incellionaire obsessed with eugenics - own your digital identity.
Where your social graph belongs to you, not an algorithm’s shifting fucking whims.
Where moving from one service to another doesn’t mean losing everything you’ve built and everything you’ve ever said.
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The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.
For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few m…Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)
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It's funny that you mention it! It was just yesterday that there was an intranet article in my company about the Australian branch that opened a new office. There were also some APAC execs to celebrate, a group photo with everyone involved and so on.
Made me feel super excited, that i work in the same company like people from the other side of the world (i'm german). I could text them any time directly via Teams and might get best friends with these people. Weird
it needs to connect better, it still doesn't run as smoothly as the giant platforms the are under unified system management for all users
Digital marketing isn't just ads—it's weaponized psychology designed to override your autonomy and extract maximum value from your consciousness, while giving nothing back.
And over the past 20 years, it broke our society.
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How Digital Marketing Broke Society
25.9% of teenagers who spend four or more hours daily on screens experienced depression symptoms in the past two weeks. 27.1% reported anxiety symptoms. Higher durations of Internet use increases depression levels.Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)
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I've always stayed away from commercial social media, blocked ads and all that (that's how I ended up here), so I haven't seen much of what you describe.
Yet I have noticed changes e.g. how strange the shows of our public TV stations have become, so much violence, so much over the top emotional stuff. People keep buying bigger cars and driving more aggressively. It didn't make much sense to me until now.
I bookmarked your post, so I can reshare it during European daytime.
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Breathtaking Joan!
You are unquestionably the most brilliant articulate person in this space. That you are recommiting yourself to "protect instead of exploit human capacities" provides hope in these dark times.
Looking forward to reading what strategies you think up to counter this pervasive psychological warfare.
Clearly you are taking a first step here by calling out and explaining, in precise detail, the horrendous depth and breath of this cancer on society.
Thank you.
Especially this article : monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/06/…
Le désir asphyxié, ou comment l’industrie culturelle détruit l’individu
Le capitalisme hyperindustriel a développé ses techniques au point que, chaque jour, des millions de personnes sont connectées simultanément aux (...)Bernard Stiegler (Le Monde diplomatique)
Yes.
(I'd only argue that this was the goal of marketing all along. “Digital” only made the insidiousness easier.)
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Being frank here, I knew this was the case over a decade ago. Became disillusioned after working for a tech firm that "cleaned" databases for clients. Many of whom were working for the marketing departments of the mega-corps.
It's why I grew to have such a disdain for those working in the sales/marketing departments of these clients. When IT stopped being "fun" for me after realizing my work was being used to platform and further this cause. Why I went down the path of "privacy" in an effort fighting against these folks by limiting how much my data is collected and exploited online.
I always wondered how could those folks do their time in the office, then head back home every day to their families without a second thought. Knowingly and willingly applying these psychological manipulation tactics for the sake of profit and greed for these mega-corps to reap? I'd have an existential crisis in their shoes!
All this time, I've been pondering the same thing. "How do we fix this?" How do we undo the decades of psychological conditioning and manipulation that an entire society was subjected to?
I don't have the answers to that either, but I can acknowledge the years of therapy I've had to go through to undo the gaslighting and manipulative tactics that I was put through in my personal life. The rigorous self-discipline I've gained, of recognizing when I'm being targeted and manipulated by narcissists, has also been used against the plethora of ads that I've been subjected to as well. Mixed with my IT knowledge, I've been trying to actively block the stream of ads. Curating what I take in instead.
I think teaching folks how this manipulation works, making them realize the conditioning they've been subjected to, is the first step towards fixing this. Dismantling the vectors for how all this spreads is equally important.
Sunday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 740,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,340,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,720,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,260,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-ex…
Arctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentrat…Zachary Labe
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Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats.
After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.
The reasons I was given:
--> I did not demonstrate that my work was in the public interest, and my ability, knowledge and/or skills did not match NOAA's needs.
More soon. It will be okay.
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I'm so very sorry for this, and everything that is being done to our civil servants.
I know you know this, but that "justification" is just AI generated bullshit because they have no idea what NOAA actually does.
I hope you land on your feet.
If it's not coming from your superior but from some DOGE goon it quite possibly was unlawful and even if it was it still can be it was not in following the chain of command. Making the one responsible liable for damages.
If you have good performance evaluations it's worth a shot.
nothing coming out of the Whitehouse makes sense any more.
Looking forward to hearing that they've finally rounded up the crazies and stopped them from hacking holes through the bottom of the ship.
Hopefully, that happens sooner rather than later ...
Wow. I'm so sorry. That's just horrible. I wish i had some answers for everyone.
I'm sorry to ask but was this due to that email telling all federal workers to list what they did last week? I think a judge just stopped that.
I'm so sorry
Words cannot capture the distress I feel for humanity.
Your situation is an indication of how very lost we are. The personal impact on you must be almost overwhelming.
I hope you make it past this very sad time and can continue to give us the information and tools we need to survive.
Hi Zack,
This is NOT ok. It is deplorable and it weakens the USA. Ignorance is not strength.
Good luck in your future endeavors which I hope will include unselfishly helping others. Thank you for your past service.
Mike
Been following for awhile and your informational graphics were always stellar. Hope you'll land somewhere great and keep informing the public about climate change.
I'm so sorry you lost your dream job.
My deepest sympathies.
So many of us are furious that they are dismantling services that help Americans and the world, and treating federal workers so callously.
Hi Zack. Well, they are very wrong and it sucks. Sorry that this happens to you and many others.
You have obviously been (still are) an inspiration for fact-based #climate information. I believe more people get their #seaice information from your SoMe posts than directly through #nsidc, #osisaf, and #c3s combined. That's how effective you have been, and why they are so wrong in their letter.
Let us know if there is something we can do to help.
I'm very sorry to hear this. And you work definitely of public interest. Your social media accounts show this.
I'm not sure how much effect the letter will have. But it's better than remaining silent.
Nobody in still democratic countries can be surprised if it happens there, too. When autocratic take over started in Hungary, we didn't pay so much attention. Now, after Poland, Slovakia and the US, it should be clear to everyone: Oligarchism is on its goal straight. And it brings war, fascism, corruption and poverty with it.
this is so awful!
I’m seriously concerned that the Republican administration is going to succeed in hiding the truth, simply by doing things like this and getting rid of all of the information and data.
I have really appreciated seeing your updates here!
Such is life with Leon "Space Karen" Musk & the Mango Mussolini.
Hang in there, Zack. ❤
I am so sorry.
I hope you land on your feet and continue your important work.
Maybe one day sanity will return to the US.
Oh no!
You matter, you help people understand climate and more. Sadly, climate is not what the current government wants discussed. So, people are sacked for this & other reasons that contradict the current president's idea of how the world should be.
So much is being written on the current situation, but personal stories are the ones we need to keep us resisting and fighting.
You lost your dream job.
You may get it back, and in the mean time know people are working to turn the tide.
Purging Scientific Datasets to Fight “Wokeness” and “Waste”
Astrophysicist Clara Sousa-Silva needs data on Earth’s climate to accurately observe space. Earlier this month, she discovered that crucial climate datasets had disappeared. When DOGE cuts accelerated, more data vanished.jacobin.com
shit - absolutely gutted for you, your colleagues and for the future of us all
Scientific inquiry is, it would seem, now for the scrap heap in the land of neofascist theocracy
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we simply need to own the algorithm. The world is big, millions of people do good stuff. We need ways to find, filter, connect, keep updated etc. creating a manageable subset of the gigantic information firehose that can burn any brain to ashes. Open source platforms that are transparent, with their options laid out.
People are failing to see - for two decades now - that if you dont yourself "organize the world's information" (Google's motto), somebody else will do it for you.
@zleap
Tell me more please, about this … what did you call it? Peer tube?
I feel as though I am asking for mystical lost knowledge 😂
I am on YouTube just … so too much. Kiana Docherty & Belief it or Not & Wendigoon & Technology Connections & …
I love love love Nebula.tv but it is missing a lot of my fave creators …
And if we all move over somewhere better, creators will come to where the business is good, mayhaps …
Technology Connections is on Mastodon!
Peertube is part of the Fediverse, for video sharing
PeerTube is a tool for sharing online videos developed by Framasoft, a french non-profit.
What is PeerTube? | JoinPeerTube
A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by FramasoftJoinPeerTube
It is not as content filled and mature as peertube yet. BUT it is there and we can make it grow.
It is actually part of the fediverse, so you can boost/fav/comment peertube videos directly with your mastodon account.
It is pretty great! If you check it out please leave much boosts, favs and comments to motivate the creators 
(If you need help, DM me)
Have you ever considered Dailymotion for a video channel? dailymotion.com
Bonus points for not being US-based.
Yes, I have been because other people linked to something there.
I guess I could well login for a change, and just delete what's there. An other nice clear out.
Where are you posting? I'd like to follow them :)
Edit: I just followed your website on rss
I don't have hosting to offer you right now, but could you be interested in moving your old content to an alternative like peertube or and FTP server or similar?
I'm working to get off youtube fully as consumer. So content on alternatives would help. If you are interested, i'd try to find an alternative place for your content.
Last month observed widespread warmer than average sea surface temperatures surrounding the #Arctic Ocean ice edge. Some of the largest anomalies were along the coast in the southeastern Barents Sea.
Data: NOAA OISSTv2.1 (ncei.noaa.gov/products/optimum…) 🌊
Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST)
The NOAA 1/4° Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) is a long term Climate Data Record that incorporates observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys and Argo floats) into a regular global grid.National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •We were working with engineers to better communicate and translate the utility of climate model projections for informing building codes to improve infrastructure resiliency across the United States against natural hazards.
(Part of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) & NOAA Task Force)
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ASCE-NOAA Workshops on Leveraging Earth System Science and Modeling to Inform Civil Engineering Design
repository.library.noaa.govZack Labe
in reply to Zack Labe • • •We were exploring new explainability & interpretability techniques for AI/ML applications in climate science, with a specific focus on identifying regional patterns of forced climate trends versus internal variability. This includes expanding on a real-time attribution method for climate scenarios.
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •We were developing a prototype for the rapid attribution of extremes in the U.S., with a particular focus on working with communities to understand their needs for this type of information.
This includes a collaboration with civil engineers for infrastructure adaptation: doi.org/10.1016/j.rcns.2024.03…
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •We were designing new future overshoot climate scenarios using large ensembles with the fully-coupled 25-km version of GFDL SPEAR.
This includes introducing a new cost-benefit framework to understand the importance of the timing of enacting climate mitigation on regional extreme weather events.
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Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth SystemZack Labe
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of USAPECS: Lessons from a Decade of Supporting Early Career Research Across National and International Polar Networks
arcticyearbook.comZack Labe
in reply to Zack Labe • • •This was just a quick snapshot, but I am so thankful for all of these opportunities. I look forward to wherever my future lands in continuing to make climate data more accessible, actionable, and trustworthy to ensure communities understand these risks.
If you read this far, thank you. Done. ☺️
Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD
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