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Long-term records reveal the impact of climate change on atmospheric circulation
The global map shows global cloud cover on July 11, 2005, based primarily on observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor aboard the NASA Terra satellite. Patterns in cloud cover reveal large-scale atmospheric circulation. Credit: NASA How climate change affects thermodynamic signals such as atmospheric temperature is relatively well understood. However, its influence on atmospheric circulation is more…
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Environment
Earth records second-warmest October on record in 175 years: 2024 on pace to become world’s warmest year on record
Annotated world map plotting the most important climate changes for October 2024. Credit: NOAA Headquarters Earth had another unusually warm month, with October 2024 ranking as the second-warmest October in NOAA’s 175-year global climate record. October will add another mild month to 2024, almost certainly the warmest year on record on Earth, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Center for…
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Other Sciences
AI finds racial restrictions in millions of real estate records
Credit: Stanford University California law requires counties to remove racially restrictive language, which has been constitutionally unenforceable since 1948, from property deeds. Researchers trained large-scale language models to help them do that. When Dan Ho bought a home in Palo Alto, he said, “We believe that this property cannot be used or occupied by anyone of African, Japanese, Chinese, or…
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Environment
Hurricane Helen drone flight breaks data collection and flight time records
S0 Drone Sensors, Components, and Hardware. Credit: Black Swift Technologies As Hurricane Helen formed in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA researchers collected critical data from the sea and air to better understand tropical cyclones and support forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. This real-time data gives meteorologists a clearer picture of the storm environment and structure, reducing forecast uncertainty. Researchers…
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