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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 45m

With the overnight rainfall, El Paso has now gone above average rainfall for the year to date! The drought is not over, but it's a good sign. #txwx

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Santiago Gassó @sangasso.bsky.social · 3d

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Santiago Gassó @sangasso.bsky.social · 4d

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Streaks of #highlatitudedust emitted in southern #Iceland.

This example illustrates an important fact about using polar sensors to detect pollution (dust in this case) and sensor spatial resolution.

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

38-year-old's startup, backed by Bill Gates, has raised $33M to reinvent butter without cows cnb.cx/4o9CNtC

38-year-old's startup, backed by Bill Gates, has raised $33M to reinvent butter without cows: We want 'to save the world'

Food tech startup Savor wants to change the way people eat butter, and help save the environment in the process. It has a long way to go to reach those goals.

cnb.cx

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

Phytomining on the way...
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Scientists discover gold nanoparticles hidden in spruce tree needles

Spruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles — and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface.

www.livescience.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

Using black mamba snake scales as a pollution monitor
theconversation.com/toxic-pollut...

Toxic pollution builds up in snake scales: what we learnt from black mambas

Black mambas were found to be indicators of toxic poisons from heavy metals.

theconversation.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

www.healthday.com/health-news/...

Air Pollution Particles Hitch A Ride On Red Blood Cells, Into Major Organs, Study Says

MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The tiny particles inhaled from air pollution stick to our red blood cells, hitching a ride to do damage throughout our

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

Practical aerosol science!
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

‘Mist opportunity’ reveals how onions make cooks cry | Cornell Chronicle

One solution for preventing pungent aerosols from ejecting into the air: Cut onions slowly with a sharpened blade.

news.cornell.edu

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

Very practical aerosol science here.
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

earthsky.org/space/water-...

New study says water in Venus’ clouds surprisingly abundant

earthsky.org

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

Wang et al., Environment & Health: Are “Clean” Days Really Clean? Single Particle Elemental Signatures of PM2.5 Unveil Their Pulmonary Health Risks
doi.org/10.1021/envh...

Are “Clean” Days Really Clean? Single Particle Elemental Signatures of PM2.5 Unveil Their Pulmonary Health Risks

Ambient PM2.5 mass concentrations inadequately reflect health risks due to compositional heterogeneity. This study utilized single-particle inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry ...

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

Kansas Humanities presentation by @jayantle.bsky.social remembers the Dust Bowl- and other dust storms that came before
www.bladeempire.com/stories/the-...