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Hurricane Isaias, which made landfall as a Category 2 on Friday evening, became the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 — a whopping 130 days after the season’s start.

@theatlantic recently featured Allison Wing, an associate professor in @fsueoas, who explains why the Atlantic has been unusually quiet while the Pacific has seen an influx of named storms.

To view the full article, visit: bit.ly/4hZyZtJ. Cover of The Atlantic featuring an article titled "The Pacific Is a Mess of Hurricanes" by Jacqueline Munis. The subtitle mentions Hawaii's frequent hurricane encounters this season. The cover image, credited to Gregory Bull/AP, shows palm trees silhouetted against a purple and pink sky. by @fsueoas

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Sharon Nicholson, a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita in @fsueoas, has earned the 2027 Hydrologic Sciences Medal from @ametsoc!

To learn more about breakthrough achievements made during Nicholson’s career — which include disproving accepted climate concepts and discovering several previously unknown phenomena, with a focus on the African continent — tap 'News' at the #linkinbio. Photo of Sharon Nicholson, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita of Meteorology and Environmental Science, standing in a dune field of the Namib Desert, which stretches along the coast of southwestern Africa. by @fsueoas

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How field trips can look when you're a student at @floridastateuniversity... 😎

Ming Ye, a professor in @fsueoas and faculty affiliate of @fsuscicomp, recently provided students in his Principles of Hydrology course the opportunity to kayak and canoe the Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve — only a 20-minute drive from FSU.

Lake Jackson is the only freshwater lake system in Florida unaffected by engineering constructions such as dams and canals. Instead of using manmade means to manage the ecosystem, Lake Jackson periodically dries out, which spurs a self-cleansing process that hinders invasive plants and restores conditions for native fish breeding, for example.

In getting up close and personal with the lake, students learned more about watersheds and how their quality and quantity can evolve over time. The field trip was preceded by a guest lecture from @friendsoflakejackson850's Sophie Wacongne-Speer, who spoke about the lake’s past, present and future conditions. The students' kayaks and canoes were provided by the Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve under @fl.dep.

To learn more about Ye's hydrology research, which was recently funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, visit: fla.st/OMVOHZMT.

📸 Ming Ye and Laura Short Image of Ming Ye and his students kayaking and canoeing at the Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve. by @fsueoas

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Visiting @fsueoas today! taken in Florida State University by @fsueoas

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Hot now, cold later? 🌡️

The present El Niño event is predicted to be the strongest on record, and many areas across the U.S. have been feeling the heat. However, it foreshadows an unusually cold and rainy holiday season in the South as El Niño reaches its full strength during the wintertime.

To learn more, check out the recent @nytimes article featuring Alyssa Atwood, an associate professor in @fsueoas: nyti.ms/46yYooD. Screenshot of a New York Times article, titled "Heard About the Super Godzilla Monster El Niño? Here's How It Could Actually Affect You." by @fsueoas

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Some interesting close range thunderstorm observations collected early this morning by @fsueoas students⛈️📡 by @fsueoas

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Nice thunderstorm off the coast this morning! @fsueoas taken in Florida State University Coastal & Marine Laboratory by @fsueoas

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What's that over there? Oh, that's just a rapid-scan X-band polarimetric mobile radar, or RaXPol.

Students in this fall's Radar Meteorology course, taught by @fsueoas' Chelsea Nam (pictured in photo one), got to officially deploy @uofoklahoma's RaXPol at @fsumarinelab!

The mobile, truck-mounted radar is on a two-week journey in the field, where it will track weather data from the ground. The opportunity for students to assist in deployment planning as well as data collection and analysis is part of a newly awarded @nsfgov grant supporting atmospheric science research.

To learn more about the @floridastateuniversity Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science — including Nam's Tropical Cyclone and Radar Research Lab — visit eoas.fsu.edu.

📸 @devincbittner and Rahaf Alshinhab Photo of Chelsea Nam. by @fsueoas

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