Daniel Horton

Daniel Horton

@danethan.bsky.social

Earth System, Climate, Atmospheric, and Air Quality Scientist; Interdisciplinary! – impacts, extremes, hazards, equity, solutions, etc. – Prof @ Northwestern U; USAF 15WX Veteran; https://sites.northwestern.edu/danethan/

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Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

Precip products can be radar-based, satellite-based, gauge-based, physics-based, gauge-/radar-/satellite-based, radar-/gauge-/physics-based, hindcast, forecast, etc.

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

We look at many precip products in the context of post-wildfire debris flows in southern CA. We have some (5) recommendations, but chief amongst them is the first:

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Keerti Gopal
@keertigopal.bsky.social

It's not just about heat stroke — a new study finds extreme heat drives emergency room visits in Chicago for everything from accidental injuries to chronic disease. With climate change bringing more heat waves, healthcare professionals need to get ready. insideclimatenews.org/news/2608202...

insideclimatenews.orgIn Chicago ERs, Extreme Heat’s Toll Goes Far Beyond the Obvious - Inside Climate NewsNew research finds a wide range of medical emergencies spiked during heat waves in recent years.

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Steve Bowen
@stevebowen.bsky.social

August 11 8:45AM CT: Heads up to the Chicago metro area. An intensifying line of thunderstorms is approaching, and already has a history of >85 mph straight-line wind gusts. This will likely meet the derecho definition. Could be a very impactful / damaging few hours ahead.

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Emily Grubert
@gruberte.bsky.social

In which I yell at my favorite journal and its thoughtful, talented collection of researchers that we really need to take fossil phase-out seriously as a line of inquiry, and that we would not stand for the level of talking around it as a solution in other settings with very obvious problems:

iopscience.iop.orgThe state of energy transition research and the need for fossil phase-out: evidence from Environmental Research LettersThe state of energy transition research and the need for fossil phase-out: evidence from Environmental Research Letters, Grubert, Emily

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Sandra Newman
@sannewman.bsky.social

Writing tip: Before submitting your manuscript, read it aloud to yourself from beginning to end. Then go to the refrigerator and open its door. If the manuscript is good, all the potatoes will have turned into birds who fly out singing your name.

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

Elated to announce a banner NSF GRFP year for my lab group: Grad student Anna Oehlerking, ugrad researcher Kyan Shlipak (MIT bound), and incoming grad student Maggie Gonzalez were all selected. Proud of these amazing young scientists, and honored to work with them.

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Joseph D. Ortiz
@earthsciinfo.bsky.social

Update: The US Auto industry has retreated from EVs. That strategy will relegate them to the domestic market only or to extinction. The world is shifting to EVs. Global sales of fully internal combustion engine vehicles peaked in 2017. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 Paywalled link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Joseph D. Ortiz@earthsciinfo.bsky.social

For anyone wondering, global sales of internal combustion vehicles peaked in 2018. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

ourworldindata.orgGlobal sales of combustion engine cars have peakedTo decarbonize road transport, the world must move away from petrol and diesel cars and towards electric vehicles and other forms of low-carbon transport.

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Katie Mack
@astrokatie.com

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

🚨🧪🚨New research from Dr. Peter Graffy, just published in Journal of Biomedical Informatics: Heat and hearts: An exposure-anchored computational phenotyping framework for assessing cardiovascular vulnerability during extreme heat. 🔥+❤️=❤️‍🔥&🥵 doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...

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Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

We developed and validated a computational phenotype of exposure-anchored cardiovascular vulnerability (HECV) by linking health record data with high-resolution temperature metrics.

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

Using novel clinical informatics methods, we identified clinical features predictive of HECV and created a nomogram with strong time-dependent discrimination. This provides a scalable method and measurement tool to stratify patient-level vulnerability during extreme heat periods.

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

🚨🧪🚨New research from Dr. Peter Graffy, just published in Journal of Biomedical Informatics: Heat and hearts: An exposure-anchored computational phenotyping framework for assessing cardiovascular vulnerability during extreme heat. 🔥+❤️=❤️‍🔥&🥵 doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

Extreme heat is a growing climate threat that increases cardiovascular vulnerability, but there are few tools to identify patients most vulnerable during periods of heat exposure.

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

New review on the role of soil moisture in compound hazards led by Chuxuan Li, just out in Nature Geoscience #meteo #hydro #geo 🌧️🌲🗻🔥🧪

Nature Geoscience@natgeosci.nature.com

⚒️ Review: The critical role of soil moisture in compound hazards www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

New review led by Chuxuan Li (UCLA) on The Critical Role of Soil Moisture in Compound Hazards, out today in @natgeosci.nature.com. w/ @fuldenbatibeniz.bsky.social, @yannquilcaille.bsky.social, and many more

doi.orgThe critical role of soil moisture in compound hazards - Nature GeoscienceSoil moisture drives critical land–atmosphere interactions and compound hazards. Closing gaps in data and models is key to integrating soil moisture into predictive frameworks for improved hazard fore...
Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

Great coverage of Kyan Shlipak's recent #ScienceAdvances study on the health impacts of U.S. residential wood burning, by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social, for the @theguardian.com @science.org

The Guardian@theguardian.com

Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds

theguardian.comWood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study findsWood is primary heating in 2% of homes but contributes to producing 21% of country’s wintertime particle pollution Air pollution from home wood burning is estimated to lead to 8,600 premature deaths in the US each year, according to research. Just 2% of US homes use wood for primary heating. Another 8% burn wood for pleasure, aesthetics or supplementary heating, but combined they produce 21% of the country’s wintertime particle pollution. Continue reading...
Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

New research out today in #ScienceAdvances, in which Kyan Shlipak et al. explore the health impacts of burning wood for heat across the U.S. Of note: ~8600 premature deaths w/ more urban impacts than expected, disproportionate impacts to POC www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org

science.orgAmbient air quality and health impacts of PM2.5 from US residential wood combustionAir pollution from residential wood burning contributes to thousands of premature deaths annually, with unexpected urban impacts.
Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

🚨New research, led by Dr. Peter Graffy, that identifies temperature thresholds in Chicago associated with increased CVD and coronary heart disease mortality – published in Journal of the American Heart Association @ahajournals.bsky.social, w/ Drs. Ben Barrett, Abel Kho, & Nori Allen

ahajournals.orgCritical Temperature Thresholds for Identifying Vulnerability to Heat‐Related Excess Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality | Journal of the American Heart Association
Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

Pleased to share new research from @victorialangwx.bsky.social that computes differences in air quality & GHG changes between heavy- and light-duty vehicle electrification scenarios. I.e., for our electric transition, which vehicle type should we prioritize w/ incentives? 🧪 doi.org/10.1088/2752...

doi.orgWatts-to-wheel comparison of the air quality, health, and equity impacts of light-v. heavy-duty vehicle electrification in the U.S. Midwest - IOPscienceWatts-to-wheel comparison of the air quality, health, and equity impacts of light-v. heavy-duty vehicle electrification in the U.S. Midwest, Lang, Victoria A, Camilleri, Sara F, Montgomery, Anastasia,...

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CSDMS
@csdms.bsky.social

CLaSH is seeking an Assistant Director to help lead an ambitious, interdisciplinary effort to transform the science of and advance community resilience for hazards like landslides and flooding. Apply by November 15th. See also csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs

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Chicago Sun-Times
@chicago.suntimes.com

Chicago completed installation of 277 pollution sensors and said it will make data publicly available early 2026, allowing residents to get a detailed look at air quality in their own neighborhoods. trib.al/d0US9Pe

trib.alChicago moves a step closer to neighborhood air-pollution monitoringA network of almost 300 air sensors installed across the city is the largest of its kind in the U.S. The pollution data are expected to be made public next year.

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Chicago Sun-Times
@chicago.suntimes.com

Chicago is racing to put up 277 air-pollution sensors by the end of summer as city officials try to get a handle on the poor air quality that severely affects the polluted Far South Side, Southwest Side and West Side neighborhoods. trib.al/2zr9ghn

trib.alChicago aims to have largest number of air-pollution monitors in the U.S.The city is racing to put up 277 sensors. Once installed, Chicago will have the biggest number of high-quality air monitors in the country, a model that rivals only London.
Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

In this study she applies these methods to a California case study, i.e., the December 2022 to January 2023 parade of 9 consecutive landfalling atmospheric rivers that caused 100s of landslides across the state.

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

The methods presented in this study are innovative and interesting, but there's still lots of work to be done to advance the methodology, much of which is outlined in the Discussion section, so please have a look :)

Daniel Horton
@danethan.bsky.social

Chuxuan's thesis, funded by an NSF PREEVENTS award, explores methods to integrate regional hydrological modeling into land surface hazard research. Chuxuan developed a water balance framework that provides a means to assess hydrological conditions relevant to landslide events over a regional domain.

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WBEZ
@wbez.org

Northwestern University researchers studied tens of thousands of data points to figure out who is most likely to get sick or die from extremely hot weather and will present 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives. https://trib.al/1MvHweu

trib.alThirty years after historic heat wave, Chicagoans are still at riskNorthwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.

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Chicago Sun-Times
@chicago.suntimes.com

Chicagoans said in a survey that they want the city to plant more trees and create additional greenspace, protect outdoor workers and provide more cooling centers during extreme weather. https://trib.al/JW78ku9

trib.alChicagoans want more greenspace, worker protections ahead of heat waves, survey findsThirty years after a heat wave left more than 700 people dead, Northwestern researchers asked residents to rank solutions for the city to improve planning before extreme heat hits.

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Chicago Tribune
@chicagotribune.com

The tool shows which Chicago neighborhoods are at the highest risk during heat waves, based on not only their history of heat-related deaths but also on several other factors, including demographics, land use and air conditioning access.

chicagotribune.comChicago creating index to identify neighborhoods most vulnerable to heat wavesTool shows history of heat-related deaths, demographics, land use and air conditioning access across communities.

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Keerti Gopal
@keertigopal.bsky.social

In the neighborhoods where Black residents were hit hardest by Chicago's 1995 heat wave, many systemic disparities remain unaddressed. insideclimatenews.org/news/1707202...

insideclimatenews.org30 Years After Chicago’s Deadliest Heat Wave, Systemic Racism Is Still the Root Problem - Inside Climate NewsCHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson was watching the news during the worst heat wave in her city’s history when she learned that a man she’d known since she was a child had been found dead on the steps of a church...