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Atmospheric scientist working with satellite data
Atmospheric scientist working with satellite data
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Joint statement from Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees: In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. This is an emergency. Please pay attention.
kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...
kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...
Ingress NGINX: Statement from the Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees
In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. The retirement of Ingress NGINX was announced for March 2026, after...
kubernetes.io
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Joint statement from Kubernetes Steering and Security Response Committees: In March 2026, Kubernetes will retire Ingress NGINX, a piece of critical infrastructure for about half of cloud native environments. This is an emergency. Please pay attention.
kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...
kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01...
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💡New Study: Southern Africa was hit by intense rainfall this month. Our analysis has found that downpours in the region are now 40% more intense than they were in pre-industrial times.
The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)
The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 AM
💡New Study: Southern Africa was hit by intense rainfall this month. Our analysis has found that downpours in the region are now 40% more intense than they were in pre-industrial times.
The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)
The resulting floods across Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Eswatini have been catastrophic. 🧵 (1/4)
Wonderful walk through a few centimeters of freshly fallen snow before work this morning 🌨️✨
January 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Wonderful walk through a few centimeters of freshly fallen snow before work this morning 🌨️✨
Russia is using the cold of winter as a weapon against Ukrainian civilians by continuously attacking the country’s energy infrastructure.
It’s cruel and a war crime.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
It’s cruel and a war crime.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
Russlands Krieg gegen Ukraine: Kälte als Waffe ist Kriegsverbrechen
Zweistellige Minusgrade und schwere russische Angriffe auf die Energieversorgung der Ukraine: Die Bundesregierung spricht davon, dass Moskau Kälte als Waffe einsetzt. Auch das Völkerrecht ist hier ein...
www.tagesschau.de
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Russia is using the cold of winter as a weapon against Ukrainian civilians by continuously attacking the country’s energy infrastructure.
It’s cruel and a war crime.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
It’s cruel and a war crime.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
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This isn’t a real photo of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti pinned down by federal immigration agents. The image has a digital watermark that shows it was generated using Google’s artificial intelligence tool, Gemini.
buff.ly/1uPt85V
buff.ly/1uPt85V
January 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This isn’t a real photo of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti pinned down by federal immigration agents. The image has a digital watermark that shows it was generated using Google’s artificial intelligence tool, Gemini.
buff.ly/1uPt85V
buff.ly/1uPt85V
It’s crazy and bad but I’m putting my hopes on the American people.
Autocracy can only exist with many people supporting it, silently or actively.
Speak up. Everyone, everywhere. Protest. Strike. Stay peaceful.
Autocracy can only exist with many people supporting it, silently or actively.
Speak up. Everyone, everywhere. Protest. Strike. Stay peaceful.
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:36 PM
It’s crazy and bad but I’m putting my hopes on the American people.
Autocracy can only exist with many people supporting it, silently or actively.
Speak up. Everyone, everywhere. Protest. Strike. Stay peaceful.
Autocracy can only exist with many people supporting it, silently or actively.
Speak up. Everyone, everywhere. Protest. Strike. Stay peaceful.
This article provides a good overview of all the fields in which NCAR is useful.
#SaveNCAR
#SaveNCAR
"NCAR: Serving critical American interests." Read the op-ed by CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati and @laspatcu.bsky.social Director Bethany Ehlman in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: buff.ly/vnM7iMD
January 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This article provides a good overview of all the fields in which NCAR is useful.
#SaveNCAR
#SaveNCAR
Snow storms looking all pretty this year. Mystic in the sky and in shape on the radar.
January 26, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Snow storms looking all pretty this year. Mystic in the sky and in shape on the radar.
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There were at least 200 people lining the intersection of 5th and B tonight in Davis, CA, in honor of Alex Pretti. It was moving to see so many people come out on short notice with our mismatched candles, bike lights, flashlights, and string lights.
January 26, 2026 at 3:20 AM
There were at least 200 people lining the intersection of 5th and B tonight in Davis, CA, in honor of Alex Pretti. It was moving to see so many people come out on short notice with our mismatched candles, bike lights, flashlights, and string lights.
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Sample data from the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) L-band imaging radar is now available from the NASA EarthData system. These are preliminary products with some caveats but include an interferogram for the November 2025 volcanic eruption in Ethiopia. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/nisar-s...
NISAR Sample Data Products Available | NASA Earthdata
NISAR L-band data products are now available, giving users a first look at data products from NISAR acquisitions.
www.earthdata.nasa.gov
January 23, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Sample data from the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) L-band imaging radar is now available from the NASA EarthData system. These are preliminary products with some caveats but include an interferogram for the November 2025 volcanic eruption in Ethiopia. www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/nisar-s...
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Few people are aware of the extreme precipitation event that transpired here over the last few days.
Again those who contributed the least to atmospheric pollution bearing the brunt of climate chaos.
Heating currently at ~1.5°C
Again those who contributed the least to atmospheric pollution bearing the brunt of climate chaos.
Heating currently at ~1.5°C
Mozambique's disaster agency has shared footage of a rescue of stranded residents in flood-stricken Gaza province. Weeks of heavy rain and storms in Mozambique and neighboring South Africa have killed at least 150 people.
January 21, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Few people are aware of the extreme precipitation event that transpired here over the last few days.
Again those who contributed the least to atmospheric pollution bearing the brunt of climate chaos.
Heating currently at ~1.5°C
Again those who contributed the least to atmospheric pollution bearing the brunt of climate chaos.
Heating currently at ~1.5°C
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Schöner Mond gerade eben ...
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Schöner Mond gerade eben ...
Great webpage showing the key global climate facts 2025.
Click and scroll down.
Click and scroll down.
🌍 The Global Climate Highlights 2025 report is out now 🌍
Data from the #CopernicusClimate service show that 2025 was the third-warmest year on record. Explore key findings, charts and data from the report.
Start here: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
Data from the #CopernicusClimate service show that 2025 was the third-warmest year on record. Explore key findings, charts and data from the report.
Start here: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
January 15, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Great webpage showing the key global climate facts 2025.
Click and scroll down.
Click and scroll down.
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🌍 The Global Climate Highlights 2025 report is out now 🌍
Data from the #CopernicusClimate service show that 2025 was the third-warmest year on record. Explore key findings, charts and data from the report.
Start here: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
Data from the #CopernicusClimate service show that 2025 was the third-warmest year on record. Explore key findings, charts and data from the report.
Start here: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
January 14, 2026 at 8:31 AM
🌍 The Global Climate Highlights 2025 report is out now 🌍
Data from the #CopernicusClimate service show that 2025 was the third-warmest year on record. Explore key findings, charts and data from the report.
Start here: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
Data from the #CopernicusClimate service show that 2025 was the third-warmest year on record. Explore key findings, charts and data from the report.
Start here: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
“It may take a while before we know the true scale of the bloodshed that’s taken place amid the internet blackout - but Iranians able to call out of the country for the first time in several days are telling their relatives abroad of terrible levels of death and destruction.”
Caroline Hawley, BBC
Caroline Hawley, BBC
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“It may take a while before we know the true scale of the bloodshed that’s taken place amid the internet blackout - but Iranians able to call out of the country for the first time in several days are telling their relatives abroad of terrible levels of death and destruction.”
Caroline Hawley, BBC
Caroline Hawley, BBC
So cool, can we do the same?
“The world overlooks Uruguay’s example at its own risk. In fact, renewables are ready, the playbook is in place, and the advantages are tangible. The only missing ingredient is the political will, which is often clouded by self-interest and money.”
“The world overlooks Uruguay’s example at its own risk. In fact, renewables are ready, the playbook is in place, and the advantages are tangible. The only missing ingredient is the political will, which is often clouded by self-interest and money.”
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
So cool, can we do the same?
“The world overlooks Uruguay’s example at its own risk. In fact, renewables are ready, the playbook is in place, and the advantages are tangible. The only missing ingredient is the political will, which is often clouded by self-interest and money.”
“The world overlooks Uruguay’s example at its own risk. In fact, renewables are ready, the playbook is in place, and the advantages are tangible. The only missing ingredient is the political will, which is often clouded by self-interest and money.”
Quite some snow chaos going on in Europe right now but recent radar images look quite pretty.
January 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Quite some snow chaos going on in Europe right now but recent radar images look quite pretty.
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The USA has become the only UN member state to turn their back on the UNFCCC foundational climate change treaty and @ipcc.bsky.social.
This is a giant FU to international climate change research & action from the world's leading producer of oil and gas producer.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is a giant FU to international climate change research & action from the world's leading producer of oil and gas producer.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The USA has become the only UN member state to turn their back on the UNFCCC foundational climate change treaty and @ipcc.bsky.social.
This is a giant FU to international climate change research & action from the world's leading producer of oil and gas producer.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is a giant FU to international climate change research & action from the world's leading producer of oil and gas producer.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is really interesting. The country comparison table, and the corresponding extensive article on childhood vaccine schedules (linked in the post).
On Jan. 5, Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jim O’Neill signed a memorandum that reduced the number of diseases targeted in the childhood vaccine schedule for all children to 11, just one more than Denmark's schedule.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This is really interesting. The country comparison table, and the corresponding extensive article on childhood vaccine schedules (linked in the post).
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Venezuela hat die größten #Erdölreservenn. Wer auf #fossileEnergien setzt, sichert sie #militärischh. Europa hat kaum eigene Vorräte – und droht Spielball von Verteilungskämpfen zu werden. Eine schnelle #Energiewende, #Erneuerbare und das #VerbrennerAus sichern unseren #Frieden.
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Venezuela hat die größten #Erdölreservenn. Wer auf #fossileEnergien setzt, sichert sie #militärischh. Europa hat kaum eigene Vorräte – und droht Spielball von Verteilungskämpfen zu werden. Eine schnelle #Energiewende, #Erneuerbare und das #VerbrennerAus sichern unseren #Frieden.
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Denying medical assistance is unacceptable in any circumstances.
Israel’s threat to withhold registration from MSF & other INGOs is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent organizations from providing services in #Gaza and the #WestBank, #Palestine.
https://ow.ly/XQwE50XR5OE
Israel’s threat to withhold registration from MSF & other INGOs is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent organizations from providing services in #Gaza and the #WestBank, #Palestine.
https://ow.ly/XQwE50XR5OE
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Denying medical assistance is unacceptable in any circumstances.
Israel’s threat to withhold registration from MSF & other INGOs is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent organizations from providing services in #Gaza and the #WestBank, #Palestine.
https://ow.ly/XQwE50XR5OE
Israel’s threat to withhold registration from MSF & other INGOs is a cynical and calculated attempt to prevent organizations from providing services in #Gaza and the #WestBank, #Palestine.
https://ow.ly/XQwE50XR5OE
The German organization HateAid supports victims of hate speech with legal and psychological advice. One of its two CEOs received a medal of honor from the German president in October.
hateaid.org/en/press-rel...
hateaid.org/en/press-rel...
Press release: US entry ban on HateAid CEOs
On December 23rd the US State Department announced entry bans for Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballong, managing directors of HateAid among others.
hateaid.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The German organization HateAid supports victims of hate speech with legal and psychological advice. One of its two CEOs received a medal of honor from the German president in October.
hateaid.org/en/press-rel...
hateaid.org/en/press-rel...
Watch the 3-minute video on the Schneefernerhaus homepage if you like mountain landscapes. It shows the beautiful surroundings of the environmental research station at Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain.
schneefernerhaus.de/en/
schneefernerhaus.de/en/
Schneefernerhaus - Schneefernerhaus Home
Schneefernerhaus
schneefernerhaus.de
December 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Watch the 3-minute video on the Schneefernerhaus homepage if you like mountain landscapes. It shows the beautiful surroundings of the environmental research station at Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain.
schneefernerhaus.de/en/
schneefernerhaus.de/en/
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Canada’s recent loss of measles-elimination status underscores the looming threat to public health.
In Darfur, #Sudan, MSF teams are seeing the severe consequences of absent vaccination programs.
https://ow.ly/qU9t50XMMYm
In Darfur, #Sudan, MSF teams are seeing the severe consequences of absent vaccination programs.
https://ow.ly/qU9t50XMMYm
December 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Canada’s recent loss of measles-elimination status underscores the looming threat to public health.
In Darfur, #Sudan, MSF teams are seeing the severe consequences of absent vaccination programs.
https://ow.ly/qU9t50XMMYm
In Darfur, #Sudan, MSF teams are seeing the severe consequences of absent vaccination programs.
https://ow.ly/qU9t50XMMYm
Sun came out today.
December 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sun came out today.