biometlab
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We are the Biometeorology lab at UC Berkeley. We report on biogeoscience pubs + news on ecosystems, climate, California agriculture/water/energy/food/weather nexus, discus & soccer + defend our constitutional form of govt
Among the lessons the lawyer Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump were that the facts could always be drowned out by strident counterclaims, and that the pyrotechnics of publicity were more important than the law. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/uiBQMr
Nicholas Ferroni is a nationally recognized high school history and cultural studies teacher. Ferroni profiles Horace Mann, the reformer known as the father of America's public schools, who championed free, universal education as democracy's great equalizer. #WeAreAmerica250
We finally streamed the movie Pressure. It is about weather forecasts under pressure with sparse observations making life and death decisions. It does overlook the role of Sverre Petterssen of the Norwegian school of weather forecasting, whose textbook we used www.focusfeatures.com/pressure
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In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Pressure follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launc...
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8/1/2026 update: The 3 things that have our attention to start August when it comes to the weather all are linked to fire danger and wildfire activity. #BayArea #California #wildfire #airquality
I'm screaming inside reading this. The implications are beyond comprehension.
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
“No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation.” Bars.
Legendgerry@gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · 5d agoOh wow. FIFA is done. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
"Tinderbox conditions" created by climate change set the stage for the rapid spread of wildfires across France and Spain this month. 🧪 eos.org/research-and...
Climate Change Made Spain Wildfires At Least 20 Times More Likely - Eos
Over the past two weeks, large wildfires in southwestern France and central Spain have burned 255,000 hectares, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and created extremely poor air quality even h...
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“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
This graph shows how rapid global warming has transformed the summer heat of western Europe. When we wrote our 2000 BAMS paper growing season temperatures at many #fluxnet sites were in the 15 to 20 C range interactive.guim.co.uk/datawrapper/...
Western Europe recorded its hottest ever June in 2026
Average surface air temperatures anomalies in June, relative to a 1990-2020 baseline
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Unsustainable use of groundwater may have caught up with California’s Sacramento Valley. A study shows that land subsidence accelerated during the 2020–2022 extreme drought and is likely to be permanent, reducing the capacity of the aquifer. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/lmTP50ZuqcO
Bad news for Bordeaux: France's celebrated wine industry faces wake-up call over wildfires www.france24.com/en/france/20...
Bad news for Bordeaux: France's celebrated wine industry faces wake-up call over wildfires
France's largest wine region is facing a wake-up call as the wildfires blazing near Bordeaux's famed vineyards underscore the climate challenges posed by severe drought and repeated heatwaves. Many ch...
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In Iowa, the state's water quality is so concerning that it could play a part in who wins the governor's race. n.pr/4w6gcSA
High cancer rates and dirty water: The crisis shaping Iowa's toss-up governor's race
In Iowa, the state's water quality is so concerning that it could play a part in who wins the governor's race.
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👇🔥Well there it is. Thus far 2026 is already ranking #4 for number of hot days (defined as >34°C) as of only June 28th. Based on the current 10-day forcast this year is on track to absolutely smash all previous records. 😬😬 #wine #viticulture #climatechange
👇 To help understand the fires and just how crazy this year is: here are the last 70+ years relating the # of days above 34°C and the rainfall for April-July for Bordeaux. 😶 There are outliers and then there are outliers. May we have a mild August! 🙏 #climatechange #wine #wildfires #viticulture
The U.S. Geological Survey’s California Water Center estimates 15% of the Central Valley’s groundwater storage capacity has been permanently lost because of subsidence. www.kqed.org/science/2001...
California Scientists Find Early Warning Sign of Irreversible Groundwater Damage | KQED
The U.S. Geological Survey’s California Water Center estimates 15% of the Central Valley’s groundwater storage capacity has been permanently lost because of subsidence.
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When i went to UC Davis I recall that a professor reminded us that all civilizations that relied on irrigation eventually failed. Will be California's fate? I hope we can be smart about this share.google/WgT6IE4mVGgn...
Groundwater pumping increases subsidence creating major damage
Corcoran is the proverbial canary in the mine when it comes to the invisible damage droughts are likely to inflect. Between May of 2015 and September 2016 areas near the South San Joaquin Valley commu...
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"Scientists decry Trump’s ‘blame game’ after he claims Canada ‘poisoning’ US air" by @olliemilman.bsky.social for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Scientists decry Trump’s ‘blame game’ after he claims Canada ‘poisoning’ US air
Trump told Mark Carney ‘you got to stop these fires from coming in’ as experts say wildfires symptom of climate crisis
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Everyone should read it! bsky.app/profile/coff...
LadyCat311 🇺🇲@coffeecat311.bsky.social · 2w agoMarch 24, 1945 Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 FASCISM! A sheet printed and distributed by the United States War Department as an educational tool for use with soldiers. Published by the War Dept Army Orientation Branch: Information & Education Division dn710607.ca.archive.org/0/items/Army...
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California wants to build biggest reservoir in 50 years. There may not be enough water to fill it
The plan to build California’s largest new reservoir in 50 years has hit a major snag, threatening to undermine the $6 billion water-supply project and prompting outcry from supporters.
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For more details, check out the full article (and associated GitHub repo with code to replicate the analysis) over at The Climate Brink:
Hot days, cold thermometers
Why a viral graph on US days above 95F is misleading and overstates regional warmth
theclimatebrink.com
As water restrictions hit farmers in the Central Valley, solar is making sense "We had to find a use for this ground," one farmer said. "We see the writing on the wall." @blancabegert.bsky.social @myungchun.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/environment/...
As water restrictions hit farmers, solar is making sense
Solar is exploding in the Central Valley as drought-stressed farmers look to alternatives.
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Collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current projected to increase land falling California atmospheric rivers, making them more frequent and stronger when they arrive. www.sciencealert.com/a-major-ocea...
Preliminary maximum rainfall amounts exceeding 20-25" have occurred during the last four days across parts of south-central TX, leading to catastrophic flooding in the area. Raining continues across south-central TX.
