Tracy Fanara, Ph.D.

Engineer & Scientist • Chasing Water, Unraveling 🌎 Mysteries • 📺 @weatherchannel• @discovery • @natgeo • 📚@sos.comicbook•@marvel Agent GIRL

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

Here it is! A reel of how we want 2 bring real, exciting scientific investigation, experimentation & discovery 2 the public while getting them involved! W/ @UF @TayKatBat @Nick_H_Engineer @dacia92 this was created for a grant application & modified to protect grant ideas #science

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

@ReedTimmerUSA YESsssssss

[AccuWeather @accuweather]

A South Florida paddleboarder tried to paddle right through sargassum along the beach. It didn't go as planned.

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

@beccaderex Ahhhhh INCREDIBLE!!!!

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

@blamarre 😂🤣

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

So I was too late making a decision on chasing to get to this one so I tried the system further south. It never organized. I learned a lesson- when your gut tells you to chase, you chase.

[Brian LaMarre @blamarre]

A public information statement was issued earlier today discussing detailed findings from the NWS Tampa damage survey for the tornado impacts in Pasco County on Tuesday afternoon, May 12, 2026. #flwx #tornado

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

Super El Niño… what does that mean?
It depends on timing!

[Becca Derex @beccaderex]

Receding glaciers in Alaska are leaving behind destabilized cliff faces that can cause massive tsunami waves — this is not theoretical. The last one just happened in 2025 and resulted in the second biggest tsunami wave ever recorded by scientists.

I was on a ship in Tracy Arm, in this exact location, in September 2024.

“This is how it happened: On August 10, at 5:30 in the morning, an entire mountainside at the mouth of the receding South Sawyer glacier detached, falling into the ocean and producing a monster wave. At its peak, the wave raced up over 1,500 feet on the opposing wall of the fjord — a height taller than Kuala Lumpur’s twin Petronas towers.”

This is incredibly scary, considering the lack of environmental observations we have throughout these areas in Alaska AND the large volume of tourists that sail through them on cruise ships. With sparse data, we can’t even begin to think about forecasting these events, which seem to be increasing in frequency as much as ~10-fold in recent decades.

https://t.co/d4wmHH3Yfh

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

@HeyKevDad @hollyisloud @TylerJRoney @chaser_summit @JWatson_Wx @PoshLilies Heck yeah!

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

@NThom1979 @MoteMarineLab 🙏🙏🙏 thank you for that!

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

I love you @MoteMarineLab !!! Thanks @WeathGeeks er!!!

[Weather Geeks Podcast @WeatherGeeks]

You know what they say...if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life! 💙

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

@MyRadarWX 😂😂😂😂

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

@WxFront Seriously! Only one year!!??? I’ve been using it since your launch!

[Matt Jones @wxmattjones]

NC State hurricane powerhouse on the @weatherchannel this morning with @GregPostel.

@NCSUCane, @JeremyDeHartWX and @mbrennanwx are all graduates from @NCState. Go Pack! 🐺🔴

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

To accelerate iterative development of earth systems models with increasing accuracy in a changing world, we need to build our modeling workforce and community. Thank you @WeatherGeeks

[Weather Geeks Podcast @WeatherGeeks]

Never seen our host Dr. Shepherd's jaw drop like that on the show before 😲

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

Inspiration is all around us. My little cousin and her obsession with the kardashians changed the course of my career. Thank you @WeatherGeeks !

[Weather Geeks Podcast @WeatherGeeks]

She couldn't find female role models on TV, so @inspectorplanet became one!! 👏

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

I had so much fun talking to Dr. Marshall Shepard! Thanks for having me @WeatherGeeks

[Weather Geeks Podcast @WeatherGeeks]

If you’ve ever fallen down a science rabbit hole and thought, “Wow… I just learned something and had fun doing it,” there’s a good chance you’ve crossed paths with @inspectorplanet! 🌎

WATCH or LISTEN to our new episode with Dr. Tracy Fanara 👉 https://t.co/c5jcqYgbLu

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

We had our largest group yet helping clean Santa Cruz beach yesterday (over 120 people came)! Thank you Santa Cruz volunteer center, UC Santa Cruz and Santa Clara University!!!! The next Inspector Planet Beach Cleanup with be on May 30th at Ocean Beach San Francisco!

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

Give @beccaderex a follow if you love wildlife- she’s in Alaska right now capturing some incredible moments

[Becca Derex @beccaderex]

New to X so have a lot to catch up on, but follow me for photography, ocean policy discussions, and general science nerdiness 🤓🌊🏔️🤙🏼

#ocean #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #oceanpolicy #alaska

[Tracy Fanara, Ph.D. @inspectorplanet]

👏👏👏 great job @tlynnr85 ! For those who may not know, we have a comic book series called Seekers of Science and have given out over 1 million copies worldwide, everything up to this point has been out-of-pocket, so we are trying a GoFundMe for the next issue

[The Nerd Trek Podcast @NerdTrekPodcast]

Tamara Robertson joins The Nerd Trek Podcast reviews Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s “Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night,” https://t.co/Iaja49MXOw
Check out her new project for Seekers of Science and back their kickstarter at https://t.co/6Fw1ud4VSb.

[Jeff Piotrowski @Jeff_Piotrowski]

Breaking Weather: The OTUS Project team first ever 360 drone video inside of the Wyoming IA tornado today! Contact me via DM to license the footage. #iawx #WyomingTornado