@biometlab.bsky.socialI took more M33 last night. Up to 255 min. Bortle 4,2, 20 s exposures
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@biometlab.bsky.social@biometlab.bsky.social@biometlab.bsky.socialWhat treat. I was heading out to the cow field to throw my 4kg hammer on a beautiful fall day...and this very large bob cat came ambling through. And before a kestrel, or small raptor, was sitting on the fence post
@leahstokes.bsky.socialReposted by @biometlab.bsky.socialWrote about California's El Niño reality in today’s
@sfchronicle.com. Between heat waves, widespread flooding, and a wet winter ahead, our state needs climate leadership now more than ever. Gift link!
@ametsoc.orgReposted by @biometlab.bsky.social#HispanicHeritageMonth Spotlight: Jose D. Fuentes (@jdfuentes.bsky.social)is a professor of atmospheric science at Penn State University, where he studies and teaches the processes governing exchanges of energy and gases between Earth’s surface and the lower atmosphere.
More: https://bit.ly/4yMuGZH
@biometlab.bsky.socialFascinating. We continue to keep learning by making connections and pondering how and why
@eos.orgReposted by @biometlab.bsky.socialHow did the Silk Road prosper in Central Asia during a period of drought and little rain? A multidisciplinary team examined sediments from Jili Lake to find out.
🖊️ @santiagoflorez.bsky.social
@oceansclimatecu.bsky.socialReposted by @biometlab.bsky.social(3 of 3) Assistant Professor in Boundary-Layer and Coupled Earth System Processes with Physics-Informed Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
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@climatedaddykqed.bsky.socialReposted by @biometlab.bsky.social‘A Potential Catastrophe’: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Prepares for Super El Niño
The pivotal region for CA water supply sits below sea level & behind aging levees. Ahead of potential flooding from “Super El Niño” conditions, residents are worried...
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@biometlab.bsky.socialInsightful reporting by
@climatedaddykqed.bsky.social
I remember Sherman & Brannan islands flooding
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@thirstygecko.bsky.socialReposted by @biometlab.bsky.socialBeautiful piece of writing in the New Yorker - 'How tree rings challenged the myth of American wilderness' www.newyorker.com/science/elem...
@biometlab.bsky.socialThe author Lily Klinek was an undergraduate in ESPM She did her senior thesis in the @biometlab.bsky.social on testing phenology observations with flux dara and soil temperatures. Happy to see her success in further research
@biometlab.bsky.socialNew book to read this autumn
The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World by Nathaniel Philbrick www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
@davisallen.bsky.socialReposted by @biometlab.bsky.socialThe climate crisis we face today wasn't inevitable, and we have the receipts.
@quantamagazine.orgReposted by @biometlab.bsky.social“It gives me comfort to know there are these silent beings underneath my feet who are just biding their time and waiting for a geological event.” — Karen Lloyd, microbial geochemist https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-pursuit-of-life-where-it-seems-unimaginable-20250820/
@biometlab.bsky.socialTalk about microclimates. There is a 10 to 15F gradient west vs east side of Arlington
@aaronjbecker.bsky.socialReposted by @biometlab.bsky.socialEvery river in North America, every day for two years. The combined flow to the sea sinks as low as 53,000 m³/s in winter and swells past 290,000 by late June, more than quadrupling each spring. Data: GloFAS, @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
@biometlab.bsky.socialI tried again. Much clearer. First focused on Vega. Hooked a lithium battery to the seestar to power the anti dew heater and ran until midnight. Ps my genatori are from Lucca
@biometlab.bsky.socialLooking at our solar production today I see it was less due to high clouds. All helps moderate the surface energy balance in our favor