ERA-5 data is in. March was indeed the warmest on record in the US. But what’s even more astonishing is the trend. Since 1940 March in the US has warmed 7.2°F (that’s like 9° per century and accelerating!) Do the math on what this means for future generations if it continues. The pace of warming is remarkable.
🌡️ For the third year in a row, every day in 2025 was more than 1°C warmer than the 1850–1900 pre-industrial level. Over a third of days were above 1.5°C.
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@danmcquillan How do you see private (Duck, Confer, etc) and local (open-weights) AI fitting into this picture, especially when we think of publicly funded and democratically aligned AI (what France is pursuing)?
This sort of rhetorical gotcha that goes viral on X reflects a deep misunderstanding of what scientists actually found. The vast majority of the Earth’s glaciers are losing mass as the planet warms.
This can either come from top-down melting (in cases where the glacials are mostly stabile and don’t have anywhere to easily flow) or through meltwater lubricating the base of the glacier and increasing the flow of ice (e.g. into the ocean).
The latter, which we refer to as dynamical (rather than static) processes, is actually a lot more worrying as it can lead to much more rapid loss of glacial ice than simple top-down melting.
If scientists had found 3,100 glaciers gaining mass it would indeed be baffling. But 3,100 glaciers flowing faster into the ocean as a result of ice melt is not a good thing.
We're back! Join us tomorrow at the Bernal Village Marketplace in the Baukunst Studio.
We won't be selling in person again until late December, so come say hey and get a holiday gift before the rush. :)
🕚 11/16—11–5pm
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🌄 Good morning.
Before we officially launch later this month, we'll be at the Bernal Village Marketplace today in the @_baukunst studio selling Ground wallets in-person!
Can't make it? We'll be back on November 16th & December 21st. :)
Stay tuned: https://t.co/6Z5VqrdLwH