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Scott Hosking
The Alan Turing Institute
27 days ago
🎓 Congratulations to Michael Wooldridge, now an Honorary Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute This accolade recognises his leadership in AI, strategic impact and public advocacy. Learn more:
bit.ly/4vVUykN
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Professor Michael Wooldridge made an Honorary Fellow
https://bit.ly/4vVUykN
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Climate and Biodiversity Aren’t Just Environmental Issues - They’re National Security
Why the UK is right to treat nature and a changing climate as strategic risks, and why business and policy must prioritise them.
https://scotthosking.substack.com/p/climate-and-biodiversity-arent-just
about 1 month ago
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The Alan Turing Institute
about 2 months ago
🌾UK food security is under pressure We’ve released CYCleSS: a new open dataset combining crop yields, satellite imagery, weather and soil data to improve ML forecasting and resilience. Read more in
@nature.com
:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A comprehensive UK crop yield dataset incorporating satellite, weather, and soil type information - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A comprehensive UK crop yield dataset incorporating satellite, weather, and soil type information
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-06528-x
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The Alan Turing Institute
about 2 months ago
How can societies adapt as powerful AI systems evolve rapidly? Join Dr Mikel Rodriguez at the first 2026
#TuringLectures
to explore resilience in the age of frontier AI. 📅 28 April – lecture, Q&A & networking: https://bit.ly/4beeV4y
#ArtificialIntelligence
#AiResilience
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The Turing Lectures: Frontier AI under pressure - building resilience across layers
How do we make our institutions resilient to frontier AI? What does it really take?
https://bit.ly/4beeV4y
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The Alan Turing Institute
3 months ago
📢 The
#TuringLectures
2026: tickets now available 💡 Explore how AI can bolster resilience across critical domains 💡 Examine the societal implications of its deployment 💡 Hear from leading experts Learn more & secure your place: https://bit.ly/4rkdgzg
#ResilientFutures
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Scott Hosking
The Alan Turing Institute
3 months ago
🏆Congratulations to Project Bluebird, winner of The Engineer’s Information, Data & Connectivity Award and Grand Prix Award Together w/ NATS &
@exeter.ac.uk
we're exploring how AI & ML can support the future of air traffic management. Learn more about the project:
bit.ly/45x3tOn
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Scott Hosking
The Alan Turing Institute
3 months ago
📢Registrations closing: Innovate UK
#BridgeAI
Annual Showcase Join us to explore how the BridgeAI programme is advancing responsible AI innovation & adoption throughout the UK. 📅9 Mar📍Convene Sancroft, St. Paul's 🎫Register now:
iuk-business-connect.org.uk/events/bridg...
@innovateuk.bsky.social
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The Alan Turing Institute
3 months ago
💡 Meeting the future of data science and AI innovation This week we met 100s of women studying STEM degrees at the London STEM Women Graduate Careers Event. We know there are many ways to build a career in data science and AI, and we’re proud to inspire the next generation of talent.
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Scott Hosking
The Alan Turing Institute
3 months ago
We’re pleased to announce that Dr George Williamson CMG has been appointed as the CEO of the Alan Turing Institute to lead a new phase in our evolution. Find out more:
bit.ly/3OnocOI
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The Alan Turing Institute
4 months ago
📢New AI weather initiative: Project Cumulus We’re working with UK and international partners to harness the latest advances in AI for weather prediction, with a goal of improving climate resilience and food security in West Africa:
bit.ly/49X86me
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The Alan Turing Institute
3 months ago
📢Applications closing for the Turing
#Undergraduate
Defence & National Security Data Science Internship programme ✅8-week paid summer internship ✅Develop machine learning & AI skills ✅Increase confidence when applying for future careers Apply now:
bit.ly/4sM8oEO
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Defence and National Security Data Science Undergraduate Internship 2026
Applications now openThis programme will run from Monday 6 July - Friday 28 August 2026.
https://bit.ly/4sM8oEO
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The Alan Turing Institute
3 months ago
🌍Climate Change to Climate Action: Supporting research, innovation and sustainable practice This week, we joined experts at the Knowledge Quarter's Carbon Net Zero Summit to explore how collaboration can enhance climate science and innovation to achieve net zero. Learn more:
bit.ly/4qwNk2I
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The Alan Turing Institute
5 months ago
❄️ How is IceNet helping to protect endangered caribou in Arctic migration? IceNet is a deep learning sea ice forecasting system, led by
@bas.ac.uk
& the Alan Turing Institute, and is helping to prevent ice-breaking vessels from disrupting migration routes. 🔎 Learn more:
bit.ly/4s0OdCK
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The Alan Turing Institute
6 months ago
🌧️ AI is helping to protect against future water shortages We’re working with the Environment Agency to identify early signs of drought. This is crucial to help improve how the country plans for and responds to water scarcity. Learn more about our work:
https://bit.ly/3X99JqK
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My first starter pack - please do suggest people to join
go.bsky.app/9T8hneP
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over 1 year ago
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Environmental Data Science
8 months ago
Recently published! Precipitation prediction over the upper Indus Basin from large-scale circulation patterns using Gaussian processes 👉 https://bit.ly/4nojwoo ✍️
@kenzatazi.bsky.social
, Andrew Orr,
@scotthosking.bsky.social
& Richard E. Turner
@theturing.bsky.social
@bas.ac.uk
#precipitation
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The Alan Turing Institute
10 months ago
📈Results from our 3B parameter model How well can a small, open-weight language model succeed when using lightweight tools without huge infrastructure? Our 3B model achieved near-frontier reasoning performance on synthetically generated health queries – and is small enough to run on a laptop.
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🌤️We are currently recruiting for two new roles in AI for Weather Forecasting, including in West Africa (Project Cumulus)
cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/en/ca...
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Cezanne OnDemand
Career Page Cezanne OnDemand
https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/en/career#vacancies
9 months ago
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Dr. Orna Izakson
10 months ago
World Economic Forum 2024 global risks report. This graphic really got me:
#Misinformation
and climate crisis/environmental destruction topping the short- and long-term lists. 1/3
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We're hiring! The Aardvark Weather team is looking for a Senior Research Associate in end-to-end AI weather forecasting Looking for experience in vision language models, Earth system forecasting, deep generative models, + strong software engineering
cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/...
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Senior Research Associate, AI for Weather Forecasting
The Turing has recently undergone a restructuring and is now operating a challenge-led model with three Grand Challenges (Environment &Sustainabil
https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/senior-research-associate-ai-for-weather-forecasting-55424/en/
10 months ago
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We're hiring! The Aardvark Weather team is looking for a Senior Research Associate in end-to-end AI weather forecasting Looking for experience in vision language models, Earth system forecasting, deep generative models, + strong software engineering
cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/...
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Senior Research Associate, AI for Weather Forecasting
The Turing has recently undergone a restructuring and is now operating a challenge-led model with three Grand Challenges (Environment &Sustainabil
https://cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/senior-research-associate-ai-for-weather-forecasting-55424/en/
10 months ago
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Leo Hickman
12 months ago
The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles. By my count, that is now the TENTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 13 separate articles). I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
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FMRI Future Marine Research Infrastructure
about 1 year ago
🚨 Episode 3 - not to be missed! 🌊 The way we are exploring our oceans is evolving fast. But how do we ensure innovation is efficient and equitable across global collaborations? Tune in for more from
@helenczerski.bsky.social
and guests 🎧
www.fmri.ac.uk/podcasts
or wherever you get your podcasts
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Zack Labe
about 1 year ago
"The office in Houston for example... is effectively without its top three management positions. Other offices are struggling to maintain 24/7 operations. Experts with contacts at NOAA told the BBC of battles to get basic maintenance over the line, from computer systems to toilets."
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Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts.
The warning comes as cuts to American research raise fears over the ability to track and prepare for them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp855prygj1o
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Edit Szegedi
about 1 year ago
Prof Adam Sobey, at the UK’s Alan Turing Institute, an AI research body, said more transparency was needed on how much energy is consumed by artificial intelligence systems, and how much they could save by helping to make carbon-emitting industries such as transport and energy more efficient.
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⛅ A well-written and balanced piece by the FT on how AI is revolutionalising weather forecasting; the need for human experts & democratision of data and models; the disruption to forecasting caused by the US gov; and the new wave in "end-to-end" AI weather forecasting
www.ft.com/content/a1b6...
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The AI revolution changing how we predict the weather
Rapidly advancing technology is helping meteorologists to make more accurate and detailed forecasts even further into the future
https://www.ft.com/content/a1b6ab08-9703-45fb-b967-a40b4855bc17
about 1 year ago
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James Hetherington
about 1 year ago
Did the welcome for
@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social
at the
#aiforclimate
summit with
#khemkafoundation
and
#turingInstitute
hosted at UCL IoE. UCL core themes: “disagree well” and “useful knowledge” pertinent. And
@ucl-arc.bsky.social
’s craftsperson-and-scholar theme - making it practical.
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Surprise storms and chaos theory: How AI is about to cause a ‘weather revolution’
A model pioneered by the person who came up with the concept of the butterfly effect is still being used in forecasting systems, writes Anthony Cuthbertson. A new method uses similar tech to ChatGPT –...
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-weather-forecast-storms-deepmind-b2726920.html
about 1 year ago
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🌍 3 opportunities with
@bas.ac.uk
and ARIA Looking for 💪 background in Maths/Engineering/ML 🧊 Ice/Ocean Modeller
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
🧊 Ice Modeller/Emulation Scientist
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
🧊 Ice Damage Modeller
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
about 1 year ago
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British Antarctic Survey 🐧
about 1 year ago
BAS team are back from AI UK! We highlighted IceNet, our AI forecasting sea ice 6 months ahead. Great conversations with fellow innovators tackling environmental challenges
@scotthosking.bsky.social
#AIUK2025
#AI
➡️Explore IceNet:
www.bas.ac.uk/project/icen...
📸credit: Scott Hosking Bryn Ubald BAS
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Manuel Linsenmeier
about 1 year ago
We are witnessing a (second) revolution of weather forecasting
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Wessel
about 1 year ago
Incredibly excited to see that Aardvark-Weather is finally out in Nature!! An amazing project with a truly fantastic team. The lead authors Anna Allen and Stratis Markou have worked really really hard to make this project happen.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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End-to-end data-driven weather prediction - Nature
Nature - End-to-end data-driven weather prediction
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08897-0
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Michael Peel
about 1 year ago
NEW: AI weather forecast project eyes access through desktop computers Aardvark prediction model developers hope system will ‘democratise’ the powerful technology for poorer nations
www.ft.com/content/7349...
Register here to read some
@financialtimes.com
articles free:
www.ft.com/register
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AI weather forecast project eyes access through desktop computers
Aardvark prediction model developers hope system will ‘democratise’ the powerful technology for developing nations
https://www.ft.com/content/73492128-5822-4bb2-b953-64217eb303e4
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🌤️ Our
#AI
weather forecasting model has been published today in Nature 🤖 🥇the first AI weather model to learn directly from raw environmental observations 🌎 compared to existing AI models it is cheaper to train, uses less carbon and easier to deploy locally
www.turing.ac.uk/news/fully-a...
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Fully AI driven weather prediction system could start revolution in forecasting
A new AI weather prediction system, Aardvark Weather, can deliver accurate forecasts tens of times faster and using thousands of times less computing power t
https://www.turing.ac.uk/news/fully-ai-driven-weather-prediction-system-could-start-revolution-forecasting-0
about 1 year ago
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Martine Wauben
over 1 year ago
Spending today at the Alan Turing Institute thinking about the potential of satellite data for policy.
@darribas.bsky.social
put together a fantastic lineup of expert speakers, including inspiration from
@oecdlocal.bsky.social
Really good food for thought!
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Earlham Institute
over 1 year ago
Research at the Earlham Institute and The Alan Turing Institute is bringing together cellular and molecular biologists with
#computerscientists
, to transform the processing and analysing large scale cellular imaging data. 🖥️ 🧬
https://buff.ly/3ERe6RC
#AI
#datascience
#genomics
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Analysing cell imaging data at scale with AI
Researchers from the Earlham Institute and The Alan Turing Institute are using AI to examine the relationship between a cell’s structure and function.
https://buff.ly/3ERe6RC
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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️
over 1 year ago
Brilliance from
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
!!
@bas.ac.uk
❄️🥼🧪🌊
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Climate Informatics
over 1 year ago
[🚨🚨🚨 Deadline Extension:] Given some technical issues reported by participants on the submission platform, we are extending the deadline to this Sunday (Feb 2nd, 11:59 pm AoE). If you have any problems, don't hesitate to contact us!
2025.climateinformatics.com.br
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Climate Informatics 2025
Hosted by IBM Research Brazil at _Centro Cultural Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)_ from **April 28 to 30, 2025**.
https://2025.climateinformatics.com.br
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Paul Lehmann
over 1 year ago
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform!!!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00177-1?linkId=12635521
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Andrew Fleming
over 1 year ago
Brief escape from the ship to Sky-Blu.
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Peter Gibbs
over 1 year ago
Met Office saying the quiet bit out loud. But 1.5C was an aspiration, not a threshold. 1.6C is better than 1.7C is which better than 1.8C etc.....
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Environmental Data Science
over 1 year ago
The
@eds-book.bsky.social
is an important tool for reliable, reproducible
#datascience
for the
#environment
. This paper reflects upon a challenge
@climformatics.bsky.social
in which researchers used this computational notebook to interrogate data and code underlying publications:
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Improving the reproducibility in geoscientific papers: lessons learned from a Hackathon in climate science | Environmental Data Science | Cambridge Core
Improving the reproducibility in geoscientific papers: lessons learned from a Hackathon in climate science - Volume 4
https://doi.org/10.1017/eds.2024.35
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Ricardo Barros Lourenço
over 1 year ago
New climate paper alert! 🧪 Thrilled to collaborate with
@alejo-coca.bsky.social
,
@annefouilloux.bsky.social
, Andrew McDonald, Yuhan (Douglas) Rao &
@scotthosking.bsky.social
on
#reproducibleresearch
for
#climatescience
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Improving the reproducibility in geoscientific papers: lessons learned from a Hackathon in climate science | Environmental Data Science | Cambridge Core
Improving the reproducibility in geoscientific papers: lessons learned from a Hackathon in climate science - Volume 4
https://doi.org/10.1017/eds.2024.35
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James Murray
over 1 year ago
There's been increasing attacks on climate action from the Tories and Reform, but it remains the case 80% of Brits are worried about climate change, 68% think it should be a 'high'/'v high' priority for government, and 82% support the use of renewable energy.
www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
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How Brits remain more worried about climate change than their American counterparts
New study from Yale University compares US and UK attitudes to climate change to reveal the UK is more aware and concerned about escalating climate impacts
https://www.businessgreen.com/news-analysis/4395529/brits-remain-worried-about-climate-change-american-counterparts
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Matt Burgess (WIRED)
over 1 year ago
Strong pass “Starmer said the “AI industry needs a government that is on their side”. Regulators will be told to “actively support innovation”, setting up a potential clash with people who believe regulators’ primary role should be to protect the public from harm.”
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‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks-veins-labour-announces-huge-public-rollout-of-ai?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Michael E. Mann
over 1 year ago
"‘Wildfires will get worse as the planet gets warmer’, says climate scientist" | My full interview today with
#Channel4News
UK:
www.channel4.com/news/__trash...
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‘Wildfires will get worse as the planet gets warmer’, says climate scientist
We spoke to Michael Mann, a climate scientist from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
https://www.channel4.com/news/__trashed-2
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Julia Milton
over 1 year ago
JPL is one of NASA's major science and climate centers—home to the Mars rovers and 1000s of people. Firefighters held back the flames at JPL’s gates, but many of our coworkers lost their homes. Here’s a thread of their public GoFundMes if you can share & support however possible:
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@rachelfurner
over 1 year ago
5 days till
#EGU
abstract submission deadline. I'm convening Machine Learning for Ocean Sciences, with
@aida-alvera.bsky.social
@brajard.bsky.social
@redouanelg.bsky.social
. Very excited to have solicited speaker Julie Deshayes. Send us your abstracts
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/54037
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ai@cam
over 1 year ago
“For me, the biggest barrier is building sustainable research quality software and building in the legacy so that teams can work together..” -
scotthosking.bsky.social
@bas.ac.uk
⬇️ Read our latest
#Accesstodata
case study
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/blog/breakin...
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Climatologist49
over 1 year ago
🚨🚨🚨 2024 was the warmest year on record globally. An astounding 32% of the Earth had it's single warmest year since 1940. 🔥🔥🔥
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