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the DeepMind researcher making faster, more accurate forecasts
Rémi Lam had heard about San Francisco’s microclimates, but he didn’t realize how idiosyncratic they could be until…
Abundant plant gas forms aerosol particles at high altitude — and could affect the climate
Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03844-x Aerial observations and experiments with a simulated atmosphere show that isoprene,…
Isoprene nitrates drive new particle formation in Amazon’s upper troposphere
The CAFE-Brazil mission took place in Brazil between 30 November 2022 and 29 January 2023, which covers the…
DeepMind AI weather forecaster beats world-class system
Typhoon Hagibis approaches Japan in 2019. The storm was one of the events used to study the accuracy…
I help researchers to measure methane at a local level so that we can make global changes
“I work for the Clean Air Task Force, a non-profit organization in Boston, Massachusetts, which aims to reduce…
Is COP29 climate deal a historic breakthrough or let-down? Researchers react
Activists protest during at the COP29 climate meeting in Baku.Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA via ZUMA/Alamy A last-minute deal that…
Ferocity of Atlantic hurricanes surges as the ocean warms
A man surveys the damage done to his house by Hurricane Helene, which left a path of destruction…
Revised historical record sharpens perspective on global warming
Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03551-7 An analysis has revealed that global temperatures were warmer in the…
Farmers’ fires leave long-lasting smudge on African weather
Smoke plumes from African fires make the weather cloudier and cooler than usual in parts of western and…
Global warming is on the cusp of crucial 1.5 °C threshold, suggest ice-core data
Global warming caused by humans might be closer to a crucial climate threshold than current estimates suggest. A…