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• newFebruary Fantasy Redux
  Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach This is an extension of my previous post entitled “February Fantasy Versus Reality“. Please read that to get the basic ideas. To recap, a study…The post February Fantasy Redux first appeared on Watts Up With Tha…
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• newIf wishes were horses, we’d all get ponies for Christmas: Geothermal Edition
  "[I]f the Texas drilling industry drilled as many geothermal wells as it currently does oil and gas... the state could run itself off geothermal power by 2027."If wishes were horses, we'd all get ponies for Christmas.The post If wishes were horses,…
  - 7 hours ago 1 Feb 23, 6:00pm -
• newAIs Trained on Climate Models Predict Faster Warming
  Why did they train the AI initially using climate models? Why not ignore the models, and directly use the observations to directly train the AIs?The post AIs Trained on Climate Models Predict Faster Warming first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
  - 11 hours ago 1 Feb 23, 2:00pm -
• newElite Billionaire Foundations Fund Wave of Green Climate Propaganda Flooding into British Schools
  ...flooding into British schools, funded, it would appear, by the dark green money of elite billionaire foundationsThe post Elite Billionaire Foundations Fund Wave of Green Climate Propaganda Flooding into British Schools first appeared on Watts Up…
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• newIs Freedom of Speech at Risk at the University of Washington?
  UW's Executive Order 31 allows the university "to discipline or take appropriate corrective action for any conduct that is deemed unacceptable or inappropriate, regardless of whether the conduct rises to the level of unlawful discrimination, haras…
  - 19 hours ago 1 Feb 23, 6:00am -
• newEmperor penguin ESA listing in 2022 used Antarctic sea ice models known to be flawed
  ...ea ice experts now say those old sea ice models are quite useless for predicting future sea ice conditions and have known this for more than a decadeThe post Emperor penguin ESA listing in 2022 used Antarctic sea ice models known to be flawed fir…
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• Feds push ignorance defense for whale killing by offshore wind development
  We know nothing about it so it must not be happening.The post Feds push ignorance defense for whale killing by offshore wind development first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
  - 1 day ago 31 Jan 23, 10:00pm -
• Sea Level Rise: Hockey Stick or Roller Coaster?
  ...apparent sea level acceleration may have oscillated about a mean of zero and an amplitude of roughly 0.4 mm/yr/yr.The post Sea Level Rise: Hockey Stick or Roller Coaster? first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
  - 1 day ago 31 Jan 23, 6:00pm -
• Forget Net Zero: Oil and gas investment needed for another 30 years, BP warns
  The assessment is likely to spark backlash from climate groups and campaigners who argue that investment should be immediately stopped in order to meet net zero goals.The post Forget Net Zero: Oil and gas investment needed for another 30 years, BP …
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• The Washington Post Gets Iceberg Story Right
  The article goes into detail about the theory and mechanics of the ice shelf and the natural growth of the chasm that eventually caused a split—in part due to the growth of the ice shelf itself.The post The Washington Post Gets Iceberg Story Rig…
  - 2 days ago 31 Jan 23, 10:00am -

American Meteorological Society

• Even without a White Christmas….Snow Measurements Must Go On
  The Pacific Northwest still is one of the few shining spots on the snow map for this holiday, but if Seattle is waiting with bated breath (and outstretched tongue)  for a big, beautiful White Christmas, Cliff Mass throws a bucket of cold (flakes?) o…
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• Derecho Possible in the Upper Midwest Today
  Severe thunderstorms are expected to erupt late this afternoon in the upper Midwest and, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), they could organize into a single, large bowing line capable of widespread damaging winds called a derecho tonig…
  - 28 Jul 21, 5:01pm -
• Southeasterners Perceive Tornado Risk Dangerously Different Than They Should, Especially at Night
  While a major winter storm last month was plastering the United States from Texas and New Mexico to New England with heavy snow and ice, volatile conditions in the Southeast (SE) spawned damaging and deadly tornadoes. One of these overnight Monday, F…
  - 17 Mar 21, 4:45pm -
• The 101st AMS Annual Meeting: Find Your (Virtual) Pathways of Major Themes
  We’re on the verge of the first ever all-virtual AMS Annual Meeting—yet another milestone in a time of milestones, but nonetheless our 101st Annual Meeting. And like all of the mega-gatherings AMS has held for the weather, water, and climate comm…
  - 13 Jan 21, 2:48pm -
• AMS Annual Meeting: Choose Your Own (Virtual) Pathway. Part 5: Community Engagement
  As we mentioned in the first post in this series of potential “Virtual” Pathways through the rich AMS Annual Meeting program of parallel conferences, this year’s overarching theme is especially powerful: “Strengthening engagement with communi…
  - 10 Jan 21, 4:10pm -
• AMS Annual Meeting: Choose Your Own (Virtual) Pathway. Part 4: Social Justice
  After a year of substantial social injustice-fueled upheavals, the 101st AMS Annual Meeting builds on social justice themes all week and you could make social justice the theme of you own virtual programming, picking and choosing your way through the…
  - 10 Jan 21, 12:28am -
• Annual Meeting: Choose Your Own (Virtual) Pathway. Part 3: Pandemic Topics
  Often our Annual Meeting week feels like a chance to get away from some of the day-to-day issues of work to focus on exchanging scientific ideas with colleagues. This year, the AMS Annual Meeting is a virtual gathering, however, so there’s little c…
  - 9 Jan 21, 4:53pm -
• Annual Meeting: Choose Your Own (Virtual) Path- way. Part 2: Weather Extremes and Climate Change
  As we noted in the previous blog post, there are multiple ways to navigate an AMS Annual Meeting, even though we’re usually channeled into separate rooms devoted to parallel conferences, each focused on an area of specialization. But this year’s…
  - 8 Jan 21, 3:35pm -
• The 101st AMS Annual Meeting: Find Your (Virtual) Pathway of Major Themes
  We’re on the verge of the first ever all-virtual AMS Annual Meeting—yet another milestone in a time of milestones, but nonetheless our 101st Annual Meeting. And like all of the mega-gatherings AMS has held for the weather, water, and climate comm…
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• Not Just in Their Heads: New Research Confirms Connection Between Weather and Chronic Pain
  Stormy weather increases pain. That fact is actually good news for people suffering from chronic pain whose complaints are often dismissed by family, their friends, and even their doctors. Speaking, and likely complaining, about the effect of weather…
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