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#atmospheric — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #atmospheric, aggregated by home.social.

  1. desmog.com/2026/07/29/the-love. "'What seems to be important,' wrote the visionary #British #scientist, James #Lovelock, in June 1966, is 'the almost certain fact that the #climate is worsening & the #probability that the #combustion of #fuel is #responsible.' Commissioned by #Shell, the memo was the first in a series of #secret #reports by Lovelock for the [Anglo-Dutch] #oil giant exploring the 'large scale #atmospheric effects' of burning #fossilfuels." (Anglo-Dutch, NOT UK, @desmog.com.)

  2. WeatherNext – [An] AI Model Achieves Breakthrough In Forecasting Cyclones
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    deepmind.google/blog/weatherne <-- shared technical Google DeepMind blog post
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-109 <-- shared paper
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    deepmind.google/science/weathe <-- shared data
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    github.com/google-deepmind/wea <-- shared GitHub repository
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    H/T @juliet Rothenberg | Product Director of Earth & Resilience AI at Google
    [this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation or their approach]
    “[The Google WeatherNext AI team] are showing how the WeatherNext AI model from Google DeepMind and Google Research has achieved state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting a cyclone's track, intensity, and wind structure. On average, the WeatherNext Cyclones model gives forecasters an extra day’s worth of predictive accuracy- delivering an advance equivalent to roughly a decade of historical meteorological progress 🌀
    Here is how WeatherNext is transforming cyclone forecasting:
    • Gaining an Extra Day of Advanced Warning: WN 3-day forecasts are as good as what prior models were able to provide for 2-day forecasts, giving critical time for emergency response.
    • Overcoming Traditional Trade-offs: WN bridges the gap between massive global atmospheric currents (which steer a cyclone's path) and fine-grained thermodynamic processes around its core (which drive its intensity) into a single AI model.
    • Unprecedented Ensemble Scale: Using Functional Generative Networks (FGNs), WN now generates 1,000-member ensembles in less than a minute on a TPU to capture rare, consequential tail-risks like sudden rapid intensification – which means forecasters can see a broader range of possible scenarios.
    • Real-World Impact: During the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the WN model helped the National Hurricane Center (NHC) make a historic forecast for Hurricane Melissa by predicting rapid intensification and landfall five days in advance.
    [The] teams are open sourcing the operationalized models (WeatherNext Cyclones and WeatherNext 2), alongside a compact version (WeatherNext 2-mini) that can run on a single TPU in a free public Colab notebook – all with a goal of empowering local organizations worldwide.
    Weather affects everyone. By combining advanced AI with the real-world expertise of human forecasters, we can build a collaborative ecosystem that saves lives and helps communities adapt to a changing climate…”
    #Google #DeepMind #GoogleResearch #AI #ensembles #FunctionalGenerativeNetworks #WeatherNext #cyclone #operationalised #model #modeling #forecasting #spatialanalyis #spatiotemporal #track #intensity #windstructure #hurricane #weather #climate #metrology #cyclonetrack #risk #hazard #emergencyresponse #planning #tool #earlywarning #scale #magnitude #path #track #thermodynamic #scenarios #opensource #impacts #tropicalcyclones #WeatherNextCyclones #weathermodel #atmospheric #predictions #mitigation #warning #robust #publicsafety #infrastructure
    @Google | @WeatherNext

  3. theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/a. And screw the #climate #emergency, apparently. The level of #atmospheric #CO2 is higher now than at any time in the past 3.25 million years, but the authorities at #GatwickAirport don't care, & neither does Andy #Burnham, who wants to drill yet more #NorthSea #oil & #gas!

  4. Tampa Bay Lightning

    A massive, internally lit cumulonimbus cloud dominates the nocturnal sky, its roiling texture illuminated by a jagged bolt that fractures the darkness. Below, the calm, expansive water acts as a dark mirror, softening the violent energy above into shimmering, diffused reflections that stretch toward a faintly glowing horizon. The composition balances raw meteorological power with a serene, almost ethereal stillness, creating a scene of sublime tension between light and shadow.

    gregurbano.com/2026/07/11/tamp

  5. 🧊 Since 2020, the total ice mass in #Antarctica has stopped decreasing. How?

    Researchers from the UG & KNMI found that a sharp increase in snowfall is mainly due to ‘atmospheric rivers’ transporting extra moist air to the ice sheet.🌨️

    Curious? Read more 👇
    🔗 rug.nl/fse/news/climate-and-na

    🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #environmental #research #atmospheric #science #meteorology #atmosphericscience #oceanography #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen @knmi

  6. Currently playing EP '1467kHz' by Simon Arnold: simonarnold.bandcamp.com/album

    It's described that it 'can be understood as an acoustic short film rather than a conventional music production', and that 'the tracks unfold in a dense jazzy atmosphere imbued with spoken words, field recordings, and fleeting melodies. No song unfolds in a traditional way, but rather as an auditory narrative that opens up visual spaces to be absorbed as a cinematic moment.'

    It's damn cool. Vibes of Coil, Add N to (X) or the Avalanches.

    #electronica #experimental #downbeat #jazz #TripHop #SampleBased #atmospheric #weird #CrossoverJazz #downtempo #SimonArnold #NowPlaying @REEL @DanielTuttle