Toby Ault

Climate change has intensified ongoing megadroughts and is driving projected increases in their risk & severity This new Review by @DustyBowl et al. discusses the causes & features of Common Era and future megadroughts 💧 nature.com/articles/s4301… Free: rdcu.be/cWSK3

Very interesting quick read on the costs of carbon capture

Shouting in the dark. And no one heard. For you, Tom. For your family. For the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences. For the University of Arizona you loved and were so proud of. tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/1…

Notice the widespread high clouds filtering sunlight this afternoon? That's actually outflow from hurricane Ian, a large storm that just made landfall in South Carolina after causing substantial damage in southwest Florida. #NYwx #PAwx

More and more #SaharaDust coming into the Caribbean.

Excellent article quoting our friend, @ClimateFlavors, on the historic drought in the Western US: news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/0…

4/4 The diorama also features a variety of cephalopods. Can you find all of them?

3/4 Can you find all of the different trilobites in the diorama? Here are Dalmanites and Arctinurus.

Some thoughts on the humility, humanity, and hundreds upon hundreds of hours required for climate science and IPCC reports blogs.cornell.edu/ecrl/2020/05/1…

Thinking of investing in a new coffee maker for your home office? Here are some of my thoughts, based on about 14,000 observations over a 10+ year duration: ecrl.eas.cornell.edu/2020/04/26/on-…. Apologies in advance, French Press enthusiasts.

Also, big congrats to @peedublya, @DustyBowl, and @climate_guy (among others whose twitter handles I do not have) on their latest breakthrough on understanding megadrought in a changing climate: science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…

I am feeling very grateful and humble, having written this paper "on the shoulders of giants." I won't even try to name everyone here who made this possible, but you know who you are. Thank you. science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…. (accepted version: misc.ecrl.eas.cornell.edu/Ault_drought_r…)

Published today in @ScienceMagazine, “On the essentials of drought in a changing climate”. Written by our very own @TobyAult. science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…

Some insightful plots and information regarding the number of #covid19 cases in the United States: covidactnow.org/state/NY

It is staggering to think that 2³² is about 4 billion, and the number of cases of #COVID19 is doubling every few days. At this rate, it will only take between 3-6 months for over half of the world's population to be infected. That is, it will take fewer than 32 "doublings".

Today I received the official word from my department chair that I have been awarded tenure. I feel a tremendous sense of gratitude for the mentors like @juliatucson that I have had, and for the students and postdocs in @ECRL_Cornell that made this possible. Thank you all!!!

@PRInstitution kicks off a cool event tomorrow (Earthday): priweb.org/index.php/even…

Apparently Puxatony Phil apparently predicts an early spring. Our #springcasting2019 forecasts seem to say, well, "meh:"

Another interesting satellite image from @ECRL_Cornell, looking at the recent Caribbean Drought covered in our GRL paper by @dim (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…)

A possibly relevant graphic for this point in the semester.