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EXCLUSIVE: GM led a $108M financing round for Peak Energy, a sodium-ion energy storage startup building a California plant. Peak says it already has about $1.1B in customer orders.
🎁 link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Brian K. Sullivan retweeted
Asking a chatbot a quick question vs. having it build you a software app: the environmental gap between them can be 10,000x, according to new independent research from @ValsAI.
@shiringhaffary and I dug into what's driving it: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… (free gift link)
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El Niño has arrived - and it's on track to be a big one. From transatlantic flight times to Panama Canal shipping delays, to the cost of a candy bar or even just a bottle of soap, its effects can pop up all over the economy. (gift link) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Providence just destroyed the record books.
37.9 inches of snow, crushing the Blizzard of 78 by more than 9 inches.
The largest storm in Rhode Island history and the highest snowfall ever recorded at an I-95 Northeast climate site.
And it is still lightly snowing.
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A snow-covered I-80 in California turned into a parking lot near Emigrant Gap, where dozens of trucks were stuck and traffic was backed up for more than six miles after heavy snow forced a shutdown of the eastbound lanes.
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New: Trump admin moves to pull supercomputing center out of top weather and climate research center (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. Part of its effort to "break up" the lab. cnn.com/2026/02/13/weather/t…
Brian K. Sullivan retweeted
A deep freeze in the Northern Hemisphere would likely mean higher power and natural gas prices, adding to the cost burden for ratepayers as inflation remains stubbornly high, writes @WeatherSullivan @joewertz and @maryhui bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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Unfortunately some of the barrier islands near the Black River have been cut off, with their only road being washed away. Hoping aid is coming their way!
#Melissa #hurricane
NOAA is flying over over the area affected by Hurricane Melissa to support disaster response efforts in Jamaica. Find all the available imagery in our viewer: storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/m…
ALT Map of Jamaica indicating the areas where imagery is available
Brian K. Sullivan retweeted
There's a "tug of war" emerging between Arctic atmosphere (where air near surface is warming faster than high altitudes) and tropics (where high-altitude air is warming faster), and the as-yet TBD outcome will have major implications for global weather patterns. youtu.be/PDV0eCb7UAw
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Typhoon #Kaijiki is making landfall in #Vietnam, more powerful than forecast. Impacts likely to be over $1 Billion; that would be like a $60-70 Billion storm for the US (like a Helene or Sandy). Elsewhere no threats. enkiops.org/2025/08/25/typho…
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A large portion of the Atlantic coastline will see the risk for high surf and rip currents increase this week due to #Erin.
🟥Risk of Rip Currents is High🟥
Life-threatening rip currents are likely. Swimming conditions are unsafe for all levels of swimmers. Stay out of the water. Always follow advice from the local beach patrol and flag warning systems.
nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphic…
ALT Map of the U.S. rip current risk from Florida to Maine. A majority of the Atlantic coastline is colored red, designating a "high risk" of rip currents this week.
Brian K. Sullivan retweeted
That's an impressive pool of cool air in Northern Canada for late July! It's heading for the Eastern US for end of the week. Hopefully it hangs around until I return to Boston Aug 6. I have been enjoying the pleasant temps in Europe, heat & humidity would be a shock to the system
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It's my favorite term these days to describe the summer pattern - "ring of fire" as heat domes slosh around the continental mid to high latitudes. But where will the heat domes call home for most of the summer bring the warmest weather? Blog is now public: published.aer.com/aoblog/aob…
Brian K. Sullivan retweeted
JUST IN: Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have peaked for the year at 430.5 ppm.📈
This is 3.6 ppm higher than last year and the second largest May-May increase in the 67-year Mauna Loa record. In 2023, the CO2 peaked at 424 ppm.
🔗: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
ALT Graph showing the full record of combined Scripps data and NOAA data for atmospheric CO2 at the Mauna Loa Observatory
ALT Graph showing the last five complete years of the Mauna Loa CO2 record plus the current year
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HISTORIC: 47 DEGREES IN CHINA in spring !
47.0 Mangxiaohu ,Xinjiang, in the bottom of the Turfan depression.
HOTTEST SPRING DAY IN CHINESE HISTORY
Tomorrow the heat will spread allover China with hundreds of records pulverized with extreme margins.
【Breaking News】 Today, Dongkan Station in the Turpan Basin in Xinjiang rose to 44.0C, setting a new record for the highest temperature in China this year.
In addition, Mangxiaohu AWS reached 47.0C! So far, 21 stations have broken the May record! @extremetemps @ThierryGooseBC
