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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1h

Lake Las Vegas residents concerned about dust from former mine site www.fox5vegas.com/2025/10/15/l...

Lake Las Vegas residents concerned about dust from former mine site

Strong winds this week have kicked up dust concerns for Lake Las Vegas residents living near a former mining site that’s being developed into thousands of homes.

www.fox5vegas.com

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Nature @nature.com · 11h

Next week will see a first in computer science, with the launch of a scientific conference in which all of the papers — and all of the reviews — have been produced by machines

go.nature.com/3J82tYH

AI bots wrote and reviewed all papers at this conference

Event will assess how reviews by models compare with those written by humans.

go.nature.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 9h

modernsciences.org/earth-magnet...

Study Reveals How Earth’s Magnetic Field Shifted 41,000 Years Ago and Impacted Early Human Life - Modern Sciences

New research shows that a dramatic shift in Earth’s magnetic field 41,000 years ago exposed early humans to increased radiation—and may have spurred key survival innovations.

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 9h

www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/...

Smithsonian museums and national zoo shutter amid government shutdown

The Smithsonian said funds from the prior year enabled it to keep museums open since the shutdown began Oct. 1, but those funds are now depleted.

www.travelweekly.com

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 10h

Air pollution is stealing sunshine from India
www.bbc.com/news/article...

How air pollution is stealing India's sunshine

India’s sunshine hours have fallen over the past 30 years due to clouds, aerosols and local weather.

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Dr Kaja Fenn (she/her) @drloessismore.bsky.social · 10h

So we have a lot of fieldwork planned in Aotearoa NZ and Tasmania this coming winter & spring 🌏 as well as the 11th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology

Watch this space....

#SouthernDustscapes #Palaeoclimate #NewZealand #Tasmania #Geochronology

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Dr Kaja Fenn (she/her) @drloessismore.bsky.social · 10h

We can tackle this gap by studying past dust levels and deposits (loess). But to date Southern Hemisphere has been under-studied, with a handful of sites with continuous record in comparison to 100 high-resolution terrestrial sites in Northern Hemisphere.

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 10h

Attn @sangasso.bsky.social et al.!

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Dr Kaja Fenn (she/her) @drloessismore.bsky.social · 10h

In another exciting news I am kicking off a new project generously supported by the @royalsociety.org 🙏

The title tells you the whole story: “SOUTHERN DUSTSCAPES – Reconciling scales of past dust fluxes and their impact on climate in the Southern Hemisphere.”

#LoessIsMore #Dust #Quaternary

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 23h

El Paso is now over 9 inches of precipitation for the year- more than we’ve gotten in a full year since 2021 and more than the long-term average for a full year going back 145 years (which is 8.7”) #txwx

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

news.uci.edu/2025/10/14/s...

Study links wind-blown dust from receding Salton Sea to reduced lung function in area children

UC Irvine-led researchers urge continued monitoring, intervention to mitigate air pollution

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

news.uci.edu/2025/10/14/s...

Study links wind-blown dust from receding Salton Sea to reduced lung function in area children

UC Irvine-led researchers urge continued monitoring, intervention to mitigate air pollution

news.uci.edu

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

scitechdaily.com/earth-could-...

Earth Could Overcorrect Global Warming, Triggering an Ice Age

New research reveals how the Earth might overcorrect for global warming. For a long time, scientists believed that the gradual breakdown of silicate rocks played the leading role in regulating Earth’s...

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

A brief flurry of snow fell on top of San Benito Mountain, the highest peak in California's Diablo Range, elevation over 5200 feet, this afternoon. From the @alertcalifornia.bsky.social webcam.

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

Record rainfall overnight in El Paso last night! #txwx

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 2d

Iraq's Traffic directorate warns of dust storm reducing visibility across multiple governorates en.964media.com/41174/

Traffic directorate warns of dust storm reducing visibility across multiple governorates

Monday

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 2d

Snowing on the highest peaks of the Inner Coast Range in California. View this afternoon from Anthony Peak ALERTCalifornia webcam in Mendocino National Forest at 6954 feet elevation.

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 2d

Airborne dust expected Tuesday in Las Vegas, Clark County issues advisory - Las Vegas Sun News lasvegassun.com/news/2025/oc...

Airborne dust expected Tuesday, Clark County issues advisory

Clark County’s Division of Air Quality issued a dust advisory for Tuesday, warning residents to prepare for airborne dust as strong southerly winds sweep through the Las Vegas Valley ...

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Eugene Day, DSc @eugenedaydsc.bsky.social · 3d

100% stand by this.

A cartoon supporting hand writing references in manuscripts rather than a software product.

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Santiago Gassó @sangasso.bsky.social · 6d

🛰️🌬️🌍
By sunset over Patagonia today, copious amount of #highlatitudedust was being injected in the southern Atlantic region.

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Worldview Earth Data 🌍🌱 @wed-explorer.bsky.social · 2d

A strong #dust plume rises from the dry bed of Lago Colhué Huapí, Patagonia. Intense westerlies lift fine sediments from the exposed playa, driving eastward transport. Regional aridity, surface desiccation, and sparse vegetation amplify this frequent aeolian activity.🌵🌬💨🟤2025 OCT 13 #highlatitudedus

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Mark Ranger @markr4nger.bsky.social · Sep 15

Oak‑savanna birds thrive after fire, a new study found.

Dozens of species preferred areas that burned in the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire over unburned areas. So far, these ecosystems are proving resilient to increasingly severe wildfires, the authors concluded. 🧪🌿🌎