Chris Thorncroft
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Chris Thorncroft
@cthorncroft.bsky.social
UAlbany - Meteorologist - ASRC Director
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NEWS: 7 new #UAlbany research projects powered by the latest AI hardware from IBM Research will tackle problems from cancer to climate change.

@timesunion.com story: www.timesunion.com/business/art...
IBM, UAlbany AI collaboration fueling research on campus
IBM, which operates an artificial intelligence research program at Albany NanoTech, is partnering with UAlbany scientists on research projects.
www.timesunion.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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You might think aviation's biggest #climate impact is the CO2 created by the enormous amount of jet fuel burned by planes crisscrossing the globe. And you'd be wrong.

It's contrails — and @albany.edu atmospheric scientists are working to solve that problem.

www.albany.edu/news-center/...
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Proposes Innovative Method to Reduce Aviation’s Climate Impact
ASRC's Fangqun Yu suggests that adding a tiny amount of ice-nucleating particles into aircraft engine exhaust could make contrails far less harmful by shortening their lifespan.
www.albany.edu
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A.I. is a powerful tool for weather prediction — but can it replace human expertise?

On The Short Version, Kara Sulia of #UAlbany's Atmospheric Sciences Research Center explains how A.I. helps us understand weather and where it hits its limits. 🌩️🎙️
the-short-version.simplecast.com/episodes/he-...
The weather machine: Kara Sulia on what AI can (and can't) tell us about weather | The Short Version
Kara Sulia, director of the xCITE Lab at UAlbany's Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, explains how artificial intelligence can help us understand the weather and risks it poses — and why human scie...
the-short-version.simplecast.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow! 🙁
December 22, 2024 at 3:58 PM
One more chance for DCL!
November 23, 2024 at 11:13 AM