The U. S. military has decided to stop sharing weather satellite data with scientists and forecasters. This data has been crucial for tracking hurricanes and monitoring sea ice. The decision comes as hurricane season heats up and sea ice hits record lows. For decades, the Navy has been collecting weather data from satellites. This information has been used for real-...
Weather patterns are changing. This is a fact. The way these changes affect fire danger in Sweden is a bit more complex. For the past seven decades, weather observations have been collected. This data helps scientists understand how fire risks have evolved over time. The data comes from nine weather stations spread across Sweden, from north to south. These stations ...
The weather in Minnesota has been quite the rollercoaster this May. One day it was scorching hot, with temperatures hitting 93 degrees in St. Cloud on May 11th. Then, just a few days later, it was freezing, with a high of only 44 degrees on May 20th. It is a good idea to be prepared for anything in Minnesota. The Climate Prediction Center has some insight...
In the bustling city of Nanjing, a megacity in eastern China, the impact of extreme temperatures on emergency ambulance calls is a pressing issue. Researchers have been digging into hourly data from 2018 to 2021 to understand how extreme cold and heat affect the need for emergency medical services. They looked at emergency ambulance calls, weather conditions, and a...
Traffic prediction is a big deal in the tech world. It's about figuring out how traffic will move in the future. A new technique is gaining attention. It uses something called graph convolutional networks, or GCNs. These networks are good at dealing with connected data, like roads and traffic. Most current models have a blind spot. They don't use all the available i...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is changing how it buys weather data. Instead of just buying global datasets, NOAA plans to pay more for specific observations, like oil spills or fires. Steve Volz, NOAA's assistant administrator, said this is the future, but it's not ready yet. NOAA usually buys data that anyone can use. This way, they can...
Think of farming as a giant puzzle with pieces that change every day. Weather plays a big role in how crops grow. Scientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) to make predictions easier. They fed a huge dataset of soybean hybrids into two different AI models: one using something called convolutional neural networks (CNN), and another combining CNN with a long sh...
Weather is studied using weather stations scattered worldwide. These stations collect data on various weather phenomena. Many organizations set up networks of these stations to gather data. The data is then sent to processing centers. However, the methods used to transmit this data aren't ideal. They limit the stations' ability to use real-time data effectively. To ...