Betsy Farris

Increasing energy dependence on a volatile, globally traded commodity delivers neither energy security nor affordability. Hope that helps. 🫡

graph showing the number of days in December through February with temperatures of 60F or above at Fort Collins, Colorado. This year had 43 which is almost double the previous high of 22.

graph showing the number of days in December through February with daily low above 32F at Fort Collins, Colorado. This year had 19 which is almost double the previous high of 10.

A couple of the wildest graphs I recall making. It's been #warm... at Fort Collins the warmest climatological winter by nearly 4°F! #cowx 🌡️

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The people in casual clothes in from of a hill either the golden gate bridge peeking out from behind. Two bikes peek out in the foreground. An overcast but clear day, late afternoon.people are smiling and holding each other at the side.

Friendship is medicine. Not pictured is my husband, 3 months free from cancer. Needed some hugs and giggles with my faves to recover from the last few months. Quit my job and just doing school now. Taking things slower and enjoying every little thing possible.

Headline from The Telegraph of an idiotic piece by Matt Ridley: CO2 is simply not a danger to human health, and it's actively good for crops.

Spoken like someone locked in a poorly ventilated room.

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

#AGU25 was tough this year (presenting canceled/unfunded work) but I found little bits on inspo from different disciplines, old friends, and new-to-me communities. Excited to reset and move forward this new year.

10-8-2025

2500 good humans (and critters) said NO KINGS today in Rapid City, SD

Indivisible Rapid City 🐸🇺🇸
50501 South Dakota 🐸🇺🇸

#NoKings #SouthDakota #50501SouthDakota #indivisiblerapidcity #ibew #Antifa #indivisible

Movements of resistance in red states are deeply important and should be listened to!

The Department of Environmental Studies at CU-Boulder is searching for a new Assistant Professor in the area of energy and environmental policy, with an emphasis on sustainability and decarbonization. #EnergySky

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Welp, once again, a grant termination has me thinking “is a PhD even worth it?”. Not sure how/if I’ll get through the program. Still feeling like I’m privileged and should be one to keep fighting for it. But also maybe science is fully dead in the US.

Who has Methane-focused favorite books? These have good chapters/sections. Gathering my materials for preliminary exams. Not pictured: Rodgers and other pdfs! I’d also take pdfs of these too! #methane #phd #atmosphericchemistry #pollution #emissions

Two selfies of the same person wearing yellow glasses. On the left wearing a hat and holding a tissue to their nose looking defeated. On the right, they are looking ahead with a tissue stuck up their nose. Implying two incidents of bloody noses.

The last few years have been full of bloody noses for me. I’ve been to a doctor and I don’t pick. This is my reality in Denver. #airquality #publichealth #smoke #denver

Just 72° for a high in Denver today- coolest high temp since June 8 (by a long shot)

#COwx

Donate to Support for Jamila & Aydin: Rebuilding and Healing, organized by erica stavros In January, Jamila Ezzani Nash — a devoted single mother from Altaden… erica stavros needs your support for Support for Jamila & Aydin: Rebuilding and Healing

If you have some spare change, consider helping a mom rebuild after the LA fire and medical hardship!

gofund.me/5d74a330

Does this imply we can “Venmo Request” then too? I’d like my graduate funding back.

Sometimes being annoying and whiny to politicians works!

Ughh I just want to feel good about chickens in my backyard but I’m afraid!!!

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm

Terrible Friday news dump.The wealth of expertise. The decades of scientific progress. The emerging and urgent challenges we were focused on tackling. It is all so short-sided and cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

A table showing the top-10 warmest daily mean temperatures at the Fort Collins Weather Station prior to 7/10/2025. Temperature values range from 83.5F to 81.5F.

🌡️ Our 24-hour high/low at the Fort Collins Weather Station was 95F/74F today, marking our highest daily mean temperature (84.5F) that's ever been recorded. Records date back to 1893. #cowx

@climate.colostate.edu

Sentinel 4 and GOSAT-GW have been successfully launched! New air pollution and climate measurements coming soon led by EU and Japan respectively

Sentinel 4: NO2, HCHO, etc. every hr over Europe
GOSAT-GW: NO2 & CO2 globally

spaceflightnow.com/2025/07/01/l...

www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/06/gosa...

Heartbreaking.

MethaneSAT Loses Contact with Satellite

Absolutely gutted today. Hopefully there’s enough data to prove the value of high precision measurements. The instrument was exquisite. #methanesat
www.methanesat.org/project-upda...

The implications of developing nuclear weaponry are dominating the news. Earth science plays a large role in understanding nuclear development and its effects. 🧵👇

Large banner with acronyms IWGGMS and CEOS next to Japanese text on a marble wall. Under the Japanese’s text: Kagawa International Conference Hall.

Large horizontal banner with Japanese and English saying “welcome to Takamatsu”. The banner is in lush grass on a boardwalk during a dearly day.

A lunch Japanese garden with tangled tree branches and a green mountain in the distance.

Hard to describe the immaculate hospitality of this year’s IWGGMS. As I discovered last year, this community is an incredible intersection of all my interests. Instruments, retrievals, emissions, old friends and new friends. Air quality and greenhouse gases. This all gave me lots of hope! ありがとう

I only follow sports if it’s women’s, nonbinary, or local. The Rockies being so incredibly bad is so entertaining. Coors Field has bike valet, don’t forget!

If anyone is looking for a podcast guest to explain how science funding works, hit me up

Just turned in my final atmospheric chemistry paper. The class (profs and students) again reassured me that I desperately want to be part of this community (due to amazing science and people). So scared for how many of us might not even get the opportunity to finish given all the cuts.

The more fucked everything gets, the more convinced I need to get this degree and not give up/in. Check in on your grad student friends y’all. Now off to dissociate over odd oxygen…

@govofco.bsky.social this is going to be a huge blow for Colorado jobs/manufacturing. Are you doing anything to stop this?