Colombia’s Ecopetrol polluted hundreds of sites, including water sources and wetlands, the BBC finds.Owen Pinnell (BBC News)
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The number of satellites is exploding, and we still don’t have a fully safe way to dispose of them.The Conversation
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Another global sea level update with satellite altimetry data now processed by CNES/AVISO through late January 2025. It's accelerating.
+ Note that this graph was produced by aviso.altimetry.fr/en/data/pro…
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And now the regional temperature anomalies across the #Arctic over the last 12 months...
Data from ERA5 reanalysis at doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7
ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather for the past 8 decades. Data is available from 1940 onwards. ERA5 replaces the ERA-Interim reanalysis.doi.org
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“What was the first thing scientists discovered?” Asks Jacobl, age 9, from Santiago, Panama.
In our latest Curious Kids column, University of Colorado Boulder engineering professor James Byrne discusses this age-old question. buff.ly/12weacW
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Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built on.The Conversation
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A look at the global temperature over land areas (where we live) for every average January-February period since 1850...
Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-ba…)
The NOAA Merged Land Ocean Global Surface Temperature Analysis (NOAAGlobalTemp, formerly known as MLOST) combines long-term sea surface (water) temperature (SST) and land surface (air) temperature datasets to create a complete, accurate depiction of …National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 480,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 870,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,290,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,810,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-ex…
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentrat…Zachary Labe
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Nearly all of the waters surrounding the current area of #Arctic sea ice were warmer than average during the month of February 2025. This was particularly notable at the ice edge near Alaska.
Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 (ncei.noaa.gov/products/optimum…) 🌊
The NOAA 1/4° Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) is a long term Climate Data Record that incorporates observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys and Argo floats) into a regular global grid.National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
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Methane (CH₄) is a potent greenhouse gas. Here are the latest monthly observations...
November 2024 - 1940.75 ppb
November 2023 - 1931.75 ppb
+ Data: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_ch4/
+ More info on trends: pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.…
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Looking back at temperature departures in February 2025 - find your location...
🟥 [red] warmer than average
🟦 [blue] colder than average
Dataset (NOAAGlobalTempv6) described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0012…
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 427 ppm in February 2025 (new record high) 🚨
10 years ago February averaged about 401 ppm. Preliminary data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
Meanwhile... "Cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii" (reuters.com/sustainability/cli…)
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As the 21st century progresses, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations will cause urban and indoor levels of the gas to increase, and that may significantly reduce our basic decision-making ability and complex strategic thinking, acco…News-Medical
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London Rules
I recently watched an intriguing series on Apple TV titled Slow Horses. Spanning four seasons, the show features a stellar cast led by Gary Oldman, who delivers a compelling performance as Jackson Lamb, a seasoned yet shrewd MI5 agent in charge of a team of misfit spies. The series masterfully blends humor with thrilling espionage, making it irresistibly engaging—I was hooked from the very beginning. Each season is adapted from one of Mick Herron's novels in the Slough House series, with the first season closely mirroring the events of the first book, and so forth. After finishing the final season, I craved more and decided to delve into the books. I recently completed the fifth installment, London Rules, and highly recommend adding it to your reading list. Needless to say, Mick Herron has firmly secured a spot on my list of must-follow authors.
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Temperature anomalies by latitude band in February 2025. Pay close attention to the magnitude of this warmth in the #Arctic (x-axis). This is really jaw-dropping.
[Latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). Data from NASA GISS (GISTEMPv4) using a 1951-1980 climate baseline]
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🧵 I'd like to share some of the recent and ongoing collaborative projects I’m most proud of from my time at NOAA. Some will continue on in one form or another, but others will not - a direct result of the cuts hitting science across the board.
First off, I acknowledge that I am incredibly lucky to have had such supportive mentors that encouraged me to follow my own scientific and cross-disciplinary interests, as broad as they may sometimes be.
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We were developing a prototype for the rapid attribution of extremes in the U.S., with a particular focus on working with communities to understand their needs for this type of information.
This includes a collaboration with civil engineers for infrastructure adaptation: doi.org/10.1016/j.rcns.2024.03…
We were designing new future overshoot climate scenarios using large ensembles with the fully-coupled 25-km version of GFDL SPEAR.
This includes introducing a new cost-benefit framework to understand the importance of the timing of enacting climate mitigation on regional extreme weather events.
2025 Summer Research Internships (CLOSED)Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES) Research Internship Program at Princeton UniversityThe Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES) at Princeton University in collabo…Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System
Susan B. Vanek, Zachary M. Labe, Olga Lauter, Kevin Shionalyn, Mohammad Afzal Shadab, Elena Adasheva, Annika Margevich, Meghan N. Schaberg, Lavanya Ashokkumar & Jonathan N. Naoukin Navigatingarcticyearbook.com
This was just a quick snapshot, but I am so thankful for all of these opportunities. I look forward to wherever my future lands in continuing to make climate data more accessible, actionable, and trustworthy to ensure communities understand these risks.
If you read this far, thank you. Done. ☺️
How sure are we that the world is not a silly dark comedy?
aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20…
Maybe it is...idk
#USA
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Looking at temperature anomalies over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) across the #Arctic... Yikes!
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7
ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather for the past 8 decades. Data is available from 1940 onwards. ERA5 replaces the ERA-Interim reanalysis.doi.org
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We need to pay for the yearly backups for all of our services and content - gofundme.com/f/paying-for-the-…
This means all of our TROM.tf services (friendica, peertube, nextcloud, etc.), all of our websites like tromsite.com, videoneat.com, tromjaro.com, and so on.
We only need 230 Euros to cover another year of backups. Please if you can help out since we are underfunded and cannot afford to pay for them.
The payment is yearly. We need to pay by the end of this month (March).
Thanks a bunch!
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My monthly #Arctic temperature graphics have just been updated through February 2025, which was one of the most anomalous months on record for this region: zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatur…
#DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentrat…Zachary Labe
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