Month: September 2017

The Worst Hurricane Since the Invention of Colour Satellite Photography

People have died from Hurricane Irma, one on Barbuda and eight on the French side of the French/Dutch island of St Martin, so it’s no joking matter. The physical damage is immense, but there are few images of the kind that would suggest massive casualties, like Tsunami-type waves or the collapse of large buildings, and … Continue reading

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September 7, 2017 at 11:46AM

Vindicated: Bureau not following WMO guidelines

TWO decades ago the Australian Bureau of Meteorology replaced most of the manually-read mercury thermometers in its weather stations with electronic probes that could be read automatically – so since at least 1997 most of the temperature data has been collected by automatic weather stations (AWS). Before this happened there was extensive testing of the […]

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September 7, 2017 at 11:33AM

“The Uncertainty Has Settled” to be screened at European Parliament

Contributed by Marijn Poels © 2017 (Dutch language version follows)

Dutch filmmaker Marijn Poels is to showcase his new film in Brussels at a special screening and discussion in the European Parliament on October 18th.

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September 7, 2017 at 11:33AM

The sun belches out a 3rd X-class solar flare in as many days

Earlier this week, on Sept 4th, active sunspot AR2673 hurled a CME toward Earth. Now a second monster sized flare has been released from the same region. On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed a major X9.3-class solar flare–the strongest solar flare in more than a decade. Now, at about 1430 UT today, the…

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September 7, 2017 at 10:21AM