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  1. 🌿 Last week, the #MPIM hosted a colloquium on "Vegetation-Climate Interactions," celebrating the 70th birthday of our former director, Prof. Martin Claussen.
    The symposium featured talks on the #GreenSahara, past #monsoons, tropical tree‑cover dynamics, and #ClimateModeling—all of which sparked lively discussions.
    Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event truly memorable! 🥂

  2. 🌿 Last week, the #MPIM hosted a colloquium on "Vegetation-Climate Interactions," celebrating the 70th birthday of our former director, Prof. Martin Claussen.
    The symposium featured talks on the #GreenSahara, past #monsoons, tropical tree‑cover dynamics, and #ClimateModeling—all of which sparked lively discussions.
    Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event truly memorable! 🥂

  3. 🌿 Last week, the #MPIM hosted a colloquium on "Vegetation-Climate Interactions," celebrating the 70th birthday of our former director, Prof. Martin Claussen.
    The symposium featured talks on the #GreenSahara, past #monsoons, tropical tree‑cover dynamics, and #ClimateModeling—all of which sparked lively discussions.
    Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event truly memorable! 🥂

  4. 🌿 Last week, the #MPIM hosted a colloquium on "Vegetation-Climate Interactions," celebrating the 70th birthday of our former director, Prof. Martin Claussen.
    The symposium featured talks on the #GreenSahara, past #monsoons, tropical tree‑cover dynamics, and #ClimateModeling—all of which sparked lively discussions.
    Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event truly memorable! 🥂

  5. 🌿 Last week, the #MPIM hosted a colloquium on "Vegetation-Climate Interactions," celebrating the 70th birthday of our former director, Prof. Martin Claussen.
    The symposium featured talks on the #GreenSahara, past #monsoons, tropical tree‑cover dynamics, and #ClimateModeling—all of which sparked lively discussions.
    Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this event truly memorable! 🥂

  6. In #Arizona, a fight against a deadly #fungus is under threat from #Trump’s health policies

    What one doctor’s quest to stop #ValleyFever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

    by Zoya Teirstein, October 2, 2025

    Excerpt: "Valley fever is endemic to southern #WashingtonState, #Oregon, #California, #Nevada, #Utah, #NewMexico, #Texas, and parts of #CentralAmerica and #SouthAmerica, but nowhere are cases of the disease more common than in Arizona. After Arizona started mandatory laboratory reporting for valley fever in 1997, registered cases ticked up and down. But the number began trending upward dramatically in 2016. Then, in 2024, cases in the state exploded, hitting their second-highest total ever. More than 15,000 infections were reported — a 37 percent increase over 2023. California, which runs just behind Arizona in its annual valley fever caseload, registered a record-breaking 12,637 cases in 2024, representing a 39 percent increase over the previous year, which had already smashed a record set in 2019.

    "Some portion of the rise in reported cases represents growing awareness among physicians and an associated surge in testing. The pace of new construction in #UntouchedAreas also plays a role.

    "But the recent increase in cases has been so dramatic, Galgiani and other researchers across the West who study the fungus think another factor may be driving the trend: #supersoaker winter #monsoons followed by scorching summer #heat and #drought, a cycle made more intense by #ClimateChange.

    "Because warmer air holds more moisture, monsoons and other major rainfall events pull in larger quantities of water vapor and produce heavier downpours as the planet warms. This physical fact has fueled a spate of #MonsterFloods across the U.S. and around the world in recent years. But the same warmth can conversely lead to drought by making the atmosphere 'thirstier,' or capable of absorbing more water from the land’s surface. Both conditions facilitate the spread of valley fever — the wetter conditions by encouraging growth of the #spores, and the drier by facilitating desiccation and soil disturbance.

    " 'The main driver for us is certainly this very clear association for #coccidioides between heavy precipitation cycles followed by drought,' said George Thompson, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine who specializes in #FungalDiseases.

    "And it’s not just valley fever that may increase its spread thanks to climate change. Peer reviewed research shows that fungal threats of all kinds are poised to emerge and thrive in a warming world."

    grist.org/health/valley-fever-

    #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #Disease

  7. In #Arizona, a fight against a deadly #fungus is under threat from #Trump’s health policies

    What one doctor’s quest to stop #ValleyFever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

    by Zoya Teirstein, October 2, 2025

    Excerpt: "Valley fever is endemic to southern #WashingtonState, #Oregon, #California, #Nevada, #Utah, #NewMexico, #Texas, and parts of #CentralAmerica and #SouthAmerica, but nowhere are cases of the disease more common than in Arizona. After Arizona started mandatory laboratory reporting for valley fever in 1997, registered cases ticked up and down. But the number began trending upward dramatically in 2016. Then, in 2024, cases in the state exploded, hitting their second-highest total ever. More than 15,000 infections were reported — a 37 percent increase over 2023. California, which runs just behind Arizona in its annual valley fever caseload, registered a record-breaking 12,637 cases in 2024, representing a 39 percent increase over the previous year, which had already smashed a record set in 2019.

    "Some portion of the rise in reported cases represents growing awareness among physicians and an associated surge in testing. The pace of new construction in #UntouchedAreas also plays a role.

    "But the recent increase in cases has been so dramatic, Galgiani and other researchers across the West who study the fungus think another factor may be driving the trend: #supersoaker winter #monsoons followed by scorching summer #heat and #drought, a cycle made more intense by #ClimateChange.

    "Because warmer air holds more moisture, monsoons and other major rainfall events pull in larger quantities of water vapor and produce heavier downpours as the planet warms. This physical fact has fueled a spate of #MonsterFloods across the U.S. and around the world in recent years. But the same warmth can conversely lead to drought by making the atmosphere 'thirstier,' or capable of absorbing more water from the land’s surface. Both conditions facilitate the spread of valley fever — the wetter conditions by encouraging growth of the #spores, and the drier by facilitating desiccation and soil disturbance.

    " 'The main driver for us is certainly this very clear association for #coccidioides between heavy precipitation cycles followed by drought,' said George Thompson, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine who specializes in #FungalDiseases.

    "And it’s not just valley fever that may increase its spread thanks to climate change. Peer reviewed research shows that fungal threats of all kinds are poised to emerge and thrive in a warming world."

    grist.org/health/valley-fever-

    #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #Disease

  8. In #Arizona, a fight against a deadly #fungus is under threat from #Trump’s health policies

    What one doctor’s quest to stop #ValleyFever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

    by Zoya Teirstein, October 2, 2025

    Excerpt: "Valley fever is endemic to southern #WashingtonState, #Oregon, #California, #Nevada, #Utah, #NewMexico, #Texas, and parts of #CentralAmerica and #SouthAmerica, but nowhere are cases of the disease more common than in Arizona. After Arizona started mandatory laboratory reporting for valley fever in 1997, registered cases ticked up and down. But the number began trending upward dramatically in 2016. Then, in 2024, cases in the state exploded, hitting their second-highest total ever. More than 15,000 infections were reported — a 37 percent increase over 2023. California, which runs just behind Arizona in its annual valley fever caseload, registered a record-breaking 12,637 cases in 2024, representing a 39 percent increase over the previous year, which had already smashed a record set in 2019.

    "Some portion of the rise in reported cases represents growing awareness among physicians and an associated surge in testing. The pace of new construction in #UntouchedAreas also plays a role.

    "But the recent increase in cases has been so dramatic, Galgiani and other researchers across the West who study the fungus think another factor may be driving the trend: #supersoaker winter #monsoons followed by scorching summer #heat and #drought, a cycle made more intense by #ClimateChange.

    "Because warmer air holds more moisture, monsoons and other major rainfall events pull in larger quantities of water vapor and produce heavier downpours as the planet warms. This physical fact has fueled a spate of #MonsterFloods across the U.S. and around the world in recent years. But the same warmth can conversely lead to drought by making the atmosphere 'thirstier,' or capable of absorbing more water from the land’s surface. Both conditions facilitate the spread of valley fever — the wetter conditions by encouraging growth of the #spores, and the drier by facilitating desiccation and soil disturbance.

    " 'The main driver for us is certainly this very clear association for #coccidioides between heavy precipitation cycles followed by drought,' said George Thompson, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine who specializes in #FungalDiseases.

    "And it’s not just valley fever that may increase its spread thanks to climate change. Peer reviewed research shows that fungal threats of all kinds are poised to emerge and thrive in a warming world."

    grist.org/health/valley-fever-

    #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #Disease

  9. In #Arizona, a fight against a deadly #fungus is under threat from #Trump’s health policies

    What one doctor’s quest to stop #ValleyFever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

    by Zoya Teirstein, October 2, 2025

    Excerpt: "Valley fever is endemic to southern #WashingtonState, #Oregon, #California, #Nevada, #Utah, #NewMexico, #Texas, and parts of #CentralAmerica and #SouthAmerica, but nowhere are cases of the disease more common than in Arizona. After Arizona started mandatory laboratory reporting for valley fever in 1997, registered cases ticked up and down. But the number began trending upward dramatically in 2016. Then, in 2024, cases in the state exploded, hitting their second-highest total ever. More than 15,000 infections were reported — a 37 percent increase over 2023. California, which runs just behind Arizona in its annual valley fever caseload, registered a record-breaking 12,637 cases in 2024, representing a 39 percent increase over the previous year, which had already smashed a record set in 2019.

    "Some portion of the rise in reported cases represents growing awareness among physicians and an associated surge in testing. The pace of new construction in #UntouchedAreas also plays a role.

    "But the recent increase in cases has been so dramatic, Galgiani and other researchers across the West who study the fungus think another factor may be driving the trend: #supersoaker winter #monsoons followed by scorching summer #heat and #drought, a cycle made more intense by #ClimateChange.

    "Because warmer air holds more moisture, monsoons and other major rainfall events pull in larger quantities of water vapor and produce heavier downpours as the planet warms. This physical fact has fueled a spate of #MonsterFloods across the U.S. and around the world in recent years. But the same warmth can conversely lead to drought by making the atmosphere 'thirstier,' or capable of absorbing more water from the land’s surface. Both conditions facilitate the spread of valley fever — the wetter conditions by encouraging growth of the #spores, and the drier by facilitating desiccation and soil disturbance.

    " 'The main driver for us is certainly this very clear association for #coccidioides between heavy precipitation cycles followed by drought,' said George Thompson, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine who specializes in #FungalDiseases.

    "And it’s not just valley fever that may increase its spread thanks to climate change. Peer reviewed research shows that fungal threats of all kinds are poised to emerge and thrive in a warming world."

    grist.org/health/valley-fever-

    #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #Disease

  10. In #Arizona, a fight against a deadly #fungus is under threat from #Trump’s health policies

    What one doctor’s quest to stop #ValleyFever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

    by Zoya Teirstein, October 2, 2025

    Excerpt: "Valley fever is endemic to southern #WashingtonState, #Oregon, #California, #Nevada, #Utah, #NewMexico, #Texas, and parts of #CentralAmerica and #SouthAmerica, but nowhere are cases of the disease more common than in Arizona. After Arizona started mandatory laboratory reporting for valley fever in 1997, registered cases ticked up and down. But the number began trending upward dramatically in 2016. Then, in 2024, cases in the state exploded, hitting their second-highest total ever. More than 15,000 infections were reported — a 37 percent increase over 2023. California, which runs just behind Arizona in its annual valley fever caseload, registered a record-breaking 12,637 cases in 2024, representing a 39 percent increase over the previous year, which had already smashed a record set in 2019.

    "Some portion of the rise in reported cases represents growing awareness among physicians and an associated surge in testing. The pace of new construction in #UntouchedAreas also plays a role.

    "But the recent increase in cases has been so dramatic, Galgiani and other researchers across the West who study the fungus think another factor may be driving the trend: #supersoaker winter #monsoons followed by scorching summer #heat and #drought, a cycle made more intense by #ClimateChange.

    "Because warmer air holds more moisture, monsoons and other major rainfall events pull in larger quantities of water vapor and produce heavier downpours as the planet warms. This physical fact has fueled a spate of #MonsterFloods across the U.S. and around the world in recent years. But the same warmth can conversely lead to drought by making the atmosphere 'thirstier,' or capable of absorbing more water from the land’s surface. Both conditions facilitate the spread of valley fever — the wetter conditions by encouraging growth of the #spores, and the drier by facilitating desiccation and soil disturbance.

    " 'The main driver for us is certainly this very clear association for #coccidioides between heavy precipitation cycles followed by drought,' said George Thompson, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine who specializes in #FungalDiseases.

    "And it’s not just valley fever that may increase its spread thanks to climate change. Peer reviewed research shows that fungal threats of all kinds are poised to emerge and thrive in a warming world."

    grist.org/health/valley-fever-

    #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #Disease

  11. 🎺 Got a new paper!
    With oil and gas production in many regions coming to an end, a lot of industrial data is becoming available for researchers. With the right questions and tools - these might be a treasure trove for #paleoclimate
    An amazing work by David De Vleeschouwer's and my student Rohit Samant, showing just the level of granularity and information these data types can provide. In this case, about the Miocene evolution of MW Australia's #monsoons.

    Link: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

  12. Turn around, don’t drown: Flash flooding from heavy rains near the Rincon Valley north of Las Cruces swept up a pickup truck whose driver attempted to pass through a current on N. Valley Drive.

    abqjournal.com/news/article_22

    #NewMexico #monsoons #LasCruces

  13. In case the pervs snooping on my purchases are wondering why I recently bought an umbrella. ☂️

    Not that an umbrella actually helps with these torrents. ☹️

    #preMonsoons #monsoons #India

  14. #WeekendPick: in The Hindu podcast, PIK's Complexity Science head
    Anders Levermann speaks about a topic highly relevant for countries like #India. What makes #monsoons plentiful some years, but vanish completely in others, causing drought-like conditions?
    thehindu.com/podcast/atmospher

  15. Always fun to talk #monsoons, productivity patterns, and the #Miocene Indian #Ocean. Great audience at @fu_berlin today.

  16. Residents of Nepal's flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least 170 people across the Himalayan republic. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/ #asiapacific #nepal #monsoons #floods #climatechange

  17. Hopes of finding survivors began to fade as hundreds of rescuers pulled out bodies from debris in the hills of India's Kerala state after at least 167 people were killed in monsoon landslides. japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/ #asiapacific #landslides #monsoons #india #kerala

  18. Effing #tornado in #tucson. #ClimateChange. Also, timely tree maintenance. Greater heat and #monsoons mean explosive growth. Many mature healthy trees downed. tucson.com/news/lo...
  19. A Romantic Tryst during a Thunderstorm

    A Noble Lover Scales the Wall of a Palace to his Mistress' Balcony as her Guards Sleep below

    Late 18th century #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kota #Rajasthan sold by Bonhams (23rd October 2018)

    #DelhiRains #India #IndianHeritage #Art #MastoArt #Histodons #IndianHistory #Paintings #artoftheday #Artist #Painting #Heritage #ArtHistory #History #Entertainment #Monsoons #Rain #Romance

  20. Extreme Weather Events would be a hallmark of #climatecrisis . I'm afraid, these horrifying events are just the beginnings of the catastrophe to follow. Yet, we continue to debate if greedy oilmen must be regulated, if cars are good for the planet, if Elon Musk deserves the right to ask for coup in foreign lands.

    Severe flooding in Afghanistan and landslides in Nepal
    youtube.com/watch?v=Viln9_vx-9

    #nepal #india #afghanistan #srilanka #monsoons #floods #climatechange

  21. Sankar-Rao was curious about #Monsoons while working at #NASA GISS... he developed a conceptual model ... ...

    7 / <many>

  22. A better #photograph of the above.
    #monsoons #monsoonseason #delhifloods #delhi #photography

    The river #Yamuna reclaims its original space and submerge the Ring Road with vengeance and fury.

  23. A better #photograph of the above.
    #monsoons #monsoonseason #delhifloods #delhi #photography

    The river #Yamuna reclaims its original space and submerge the Ring Road with vengeance and fury.

  24. So, #Monsoons in full force in #India & #DelhiRains have thrown life out of gear.
    But, lovely sight too!

    Which brings me to this c1815 AD #CompanyPainting #IndianMiniaturePainting of #Mehrauli Jharna during the #Monsoon & now at #MuseumOfIslamicArts #Doha #Qatar

    Mehrauli in #NewDelhi is one of the oldest parts of #Delhi dating back to 6th century & is also known as Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #BritishInIndia #Paintings #History #Heritage #Museums #Rains

  25. So, #Monsoons in full force in #India & #DelhiRains have thrown life out of gear.
    But, lovely sight too!

    Which brings me to this c1815 AD #CompanyPainting #IndianMiniaturePainting of #Mehrauli Jharna during the #Monsoon & now at #MuseumOfIslamicArts #Doha #Qatar

    Mehrauli in #NewDelhi is one of the oldest parts of #Delhi dating back to 6th century & is also known as Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #BritishInIndia #Paintings #History #Heritage #Museums #Rains

  26. So, #Monsoons in full force in #India & #DelhiRains have thrown life out of gear.
    But, lovely sight too!

    Which brings me to this c1815 AD #CompanyPainting #IndianMiniaturePainting of #Mehrauli Jharna during the #Monsoon & now at #MuseumOfIslamicArts #Doha #Qatar

    Mehrauli in #NewDelhi is one of the oldest parts of #Delhi dating back to 6th century & is also known as Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #BritishInIndia #Paintings #History #Heritage #Museums #Rains

  27. So, #Monsoons in full force in #India & #DelhiRains have thrown life out of gear.
    But, lovely sight too!

    Which brings me to this c1815 AD #CompanyPainting #IndianMiniaturePainting of #Mehrauli Jharna during the #Monsoon & now at #MuseumOfIslamicArts #Doha #Qatar

    Mehrauli in #NewDelhi is one of the oldest parts of #Delhi dating back to 6th century & is also known as Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #BritishInIndia #Paintings #History #Heritage #Museums #Rains

  28. So, #Monsoons in full force in #India & #DelhiRains have thrown life out of gear.
    But, lovely sight too!

    Which brings me to this c1815 AD #CompanyPainting #IndianMiniaturePainting of #Mehrauli Jharna during the #Monsoon & now at #MuseumOfIslamicArts #Doha #Qatar

    Mehrauli in #NewDelhi is one of the oldest parts of #Delhi dating back to 6th century & is also known as Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

    #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #BritishInIndia #Paintings #History #Heritage #Museums #Rains

  29. Ponderosa forests struggle in the face of Southwest #megadrought
    As temperatures increase and prolonged drought continues, a new study of #ponderosa forests in the Four Corners region underscores the importance of summer #monsoons. #ecology news.arizona.edu/story/pondero

  30. Ponderosa forests struggle in the face of Southwest #megadrought
    As temperatures increase and prolonged drought continues, a new study of #ponderosa forests in the Four Corners region underscores the importance of summer #monsoons. #ecology news.arizona.edu/story/pondero

  31. Ponderosa forests struggle in the face of Southwest #megadrought
    As temperatures increase and prolonged drought continues, a new study of #ponderosa forests in the Four Corners region underscores the importance of summer #monsoons. #ecology news.arizona.edu/story/pondero

  32. Ponderosa forests struggle in the face of Southwest #megadrought
    As temperatures increase and prolonged drought continues, a new study of #ponderosa forests in the Four Corners region underscores the importance of summer #monsoons. #ecology news.arizona.edu/story/pondero