Kristian Pagh Nielsen
@kristianpagh.bsky.social
Physicist working at the Danish Meteorological Institute. Technical Coordinator of the Destination Earth On-Demand Extremes (DE_330) project.
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Breaking: Virolahti Koivuniemi in SE-Finland has provisionally broken the national daily rainfall record for November with 58.2 mm by 21.00 local time and still counting.
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/saa/virolahti
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/saa/virolahti
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Breaking: Virolahti Koivuniemi in SE-Finland has provisionally broken the national daily rainfall record for November with 58.2 mm by 21.00 local time and still counting.
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/saa/virolahti
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/saa/virolahti
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So this is pretty amazing - yesterday EarthCARE sampled Hurricane Humberto straight across the eye! The eye of a tropical cyclone is small so a direct hit is rare: this is the first time EarthCARE has hit one after over a year in orbit! (Showing here also VIIRS on NOAA-20 for context.)
September 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So this is pretty amazing - yesterday EarthCARE sampled Hurricane Humberto straight across the eye! The eye of a tropical cyclone is small so a direct hit is rare: this is the first time EarthCARE has hit one after over a year in orbit! (Showing here also VIIRS on NOAA-20 for context.)
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McCarthy-ism is back!
Shame on UC Berkeley! They handed 160 names over to the Trump regime
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Shame on UC Berkeley! They handed 160 names over to the Trump regime
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
McCarthy-ism is back!
Shame on UC Berkeley! They handed 160 names over to the Trump regime
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Shame on UC Berkeley! They handed 160 names over to the Trump regime
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Governor of Utah, "I was praying that it was an immigrant."
The USA is a hellhole, to smear immigrants like this on stage in front of the whole country when they had nothing to do with it.
This is disgusting.
The USA is a hellhole, to smear immigrants like this on stage in front of the whole country when they had nothing to do with it.
This is disgusting.
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Governor of Utah, "I was praying that it was an immigrant."
The USA is a hellhole, to smear immigrants like this on stage in front of the whole country when they had nothing to do with it.
This is disgusting.
The USA is a hellhole, to smear immigrants like this on stage in front of the whole country when they had nothing to do with it.
This is disgusting.
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Polar lows - fast-developing Arctic storms - are among Norway’s most hazardous weather systems.
However, satellite data (e.g. from our Metop series) are helping improve forecasts to save lives at sea and on land.
@met.no's Dr Roger Randriamampianina explains in our latest article: bit.ly/3Ifvp0y
However, satellite data (e.g. from our Metop series) are helping improve forecasts to save lives at sea and on land.
@met.no's Dr Roger Randriamampianina explains in our latest article: bit.ly/3Ifvp0y
September 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Polar lows - fast-developing Arctic storms - are among Norway’s most hazardous weather systems.
However, satellite data (e.g. from our Metop series) are helping improve forecasts to save lives at sea and on land.
@met.no's Dr Roger Randriamampianina explains in our latest article: bit.ly/3Ifvp0y
However, satellite data (e.g. from our Metop series) are helping improve forecasts to save lives at sea and on land.
@met.no's Dr Roger Randriamampianina explains in our latest article: bit.ly/3Ifvp0y
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This evening, our Director-General @frabier.bsky.social received the EMS Silver Medal 2025!
This award honours her scientific, academic and leadership career, marked by her proactive role positioning #ECMWF at the forefront of the #machinelearning revolution.
➡ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
This award honours her scientific, academic and leadership career, marked by her proactive role positioning #ECMWF at the forefront of the #machinelearning revolution.
➡ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
September 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This evening, our Director-General @frabier.bsky.social received the EMS Silver Medal 2025!
This award honours her scientific, academic and leadership career, marked by her proactive role positioning #ECMWF at the forefront of the #machinelearning revolution.
➡ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
This award honours her scientific, academic and leadership career, marked by her proactive role positioning #ECMWF at the forefront of the #machinelearning revolution.
➡ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
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🚀 Europe’s first exascale supercomputer is here!
JUPITER, launched in Germany, is the EU’s most powerful system and fourth fastest worldwide.
100% powered by renewables, it has also ranked first in energy efficiency. It will boost AI, science, and climate research.
Read more - europa.eu/!vcWBqW
JUPITER, launched in Germany, is the EU’s most powerful system and fourth fastest worldwide.
100% powered by renewables, it has also ranked first in energy efficiency. It will boost AI, science, and climate research.
Read more - europa.eu/!vcWBqW
September 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🚀 Europe’s first exascale supercomputer is here!
JUPITER, launched in Germany, is the EU’s most powerful system and fourth fastest worldwide.
100% powered by renewables, it has also ranked first in energy efficiency. It will boost AI, science, and climate research.
Read more - europa.eu/!vcWBqW
JUPITER, launched in Germany, is the EU’s most powerful system and fourth fastest worldwide.
100% powered by renewables, it has also ranked first in energy efficiency. It will boost AI, science, and climate research.
Read more - europa.eu/!vcWBqW
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Fun fact: this would be true if we lived on Pluto
September 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fun fact: this would be true if we lived on Pluto
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Following an extraordinary meeting of the EUMETSAT Council on 2 Sept, we can announce that MTG-I2 will launch on an Ariane 62 rocket, scheduled for 2026 🚀
MTG-I2 will help Europe’s NMHS further improve nowcasts of severe weather, vital for early warnings.
More on the decision here: bit.ly/3JDaC7H
MTG-I2 will help Europe’s NMHS further improve nowcasts of severe weather, vital for early warnings.
More on the decision here: bit.ly/3JDaC7H
September 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Following an extraordinary meeting of the EUMETSAT Council on 2 Sept, we can announce that MTG-I2 will launch on an Ariane 62 rocket, scheduled for 2026 🚀
MTG-I2 will help Europe’s NMHS further improve nowcasts of severe weather, vital for early warnings.
More on the decision here: bit.ly/3JDaC7H
MTG-I2 will help Europe’s NMHS further improve nowcasts of severe weather, vital for early warnings.
More on the decision here: bit.ly/3JDaC7H
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Seen today near Tampa Bay. A Pileus / Cap cloud…like a lenticular cloud on top of mountains except it appears above cumulus clouds.
A horizontal wind aloft hits the cumulus and it is forced upward, it cools and condenses and forms caps. Thanks Xanny Stoll for the picture from Parrish.
A horizontal wind aloft hits the cumulus and it is forced upward, it cools and condenses and forms caps. Thanks Xanny Stoll for the picture from Parrish.
September 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Seen today near Tampa Bay. A Pileus / Cap cloud…like a lenticular cloud on top of mountains except it appears above cumulus clouds.
A horizontal wind aloft hits the cumulus and it is forced upward, it cools and condenses and forms caps. Thanks Xanny Stoll for the picture from Parrish.
A horizontal wind aloft hits the cumulus and it is forced upward, it cools and condenses and forms caps. Thanks Xanny Stoll for the picture from Parrish.
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Lest we Canadians start feeling complacent…. 😱
August 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Lest we Canadians start feeling complacent…. 😱
"Kamp må der til, skal livet gro,
ej kamp blot for dagligt brød,
men kamp for frihed i liv og tro -
thi evig stilstand er død!" #Højskolesangbogen
ej kamp blot for dagligt brød,
men kamp for frihed i liv og tro -
thi evig stilstand er død!" #Højskolesangbogen
August 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Kamp må der til, skal livet gro,
ej kamp blot for dagligt brød,
men kamp for frihed i liv og tro -
thi evig stilstand er død!" #Højskolesangbogen
ej kamp blot for dagligt brød,
men kamp for frihed i liv og tro -
thi evig stilstand er død!" #Højskolesangbogen
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Just dreadful satellite imagery of the rapidly escalating wildfire outbreak across parts of northern Portugal and western Spain.
Look at the size of that smoke plume!
Look at the size of that smoke plume!
August 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just dreadful satellite imagery of the rapidly escalating wildfire outbreak across parts of northern Portugal and western Spain.
Look at the size of that smoke plume!
Look at the size of that smoke plume!
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US really just pulled out a red carpet for an indicted war criminal huh
August 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
US really just pulled out a red carpet for an indicted war criminal huh
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Short opinion in Nature with my friend Bernard Pinty. Historical climate data records are so essential for monitoring the climate.
rdcu.be/eAmBQ
Good luck @ec.europa.eu, @esa.int and @eumetsat.int with the launch of MetOp-SG and Sentinel 5 tonight. This is European leadership!
rdcu.be/eAmBQ
Good luck @ec.europa.eu, @esa.int and @eumetsat.int with the launch of MetOp-SG and Sentinel 5 tonight. This is European leadership!
Europe must safeguard climate data following NASA cuts | Nature
Letter to the Editor
rdcu.be
August 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Short opinion in Nature with my friend Bernard Pinty. Historical climate data records are so essential for monitoring the climate.
rdcu.be/eAmBQ
Good luck @ec.europa.eu, @esa.int and @eumetsat.int with the launch of MetOp-SG and Sentinel 5 tonight. This is European leadership!
rdcu.be/eAmBQ
Good luck @ec.europa.eu, @esa.int and @eumetsat.int with the launch of MetOp-SG and Sentinel 5 tonight. This is European leadership!
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Here we go. The Juneau flood is starting. A record crest is forecasted.
August 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Here we go. The Juneau flood is starting. A record crest is forecasted.
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We should never forget the suffering that resulted from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. Oh wait, I’m told this is Gaza today.
August 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We should never forget the suffering that resulted from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. Oh wait, I’m told this is Gaza today.
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The next time you hear conservatives use any of the following terms, ask for a definition.
"Woke"
"DEI"
"Critical race theory"
"Socialism"
They won't have any.
They just want to stoke culture wars to divert attention from economic looting and oligarchy.
"Woke"
"DEI"
"Critical race theory"
"Socialism"
They won't have any.
They just want to stoke culture wars to divert attention from economic looting and oligarchy.
August 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The next time you hear conservatives use any of the following terms, ask for a definition.
"Woke"
"DEI"
"Critical race theory"
"Socialism"
They won't have any.
They just want to stoke culture wars to divert attention from economic looting and oligarchy.
"Woke"
"DEI"
"Critical race theory"
"Socialism"
They won't have any.
They just want to stoke culture wars to divert attention from economic looting and oligarchy.
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“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
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If Trump has his meeting with Putin next week, and then gets Zelensky alone and friendless in a room--Ukraine could come under unbearable pressure to agree a terrible deal. Trump is not Ukraine's friend and never was--but he never ceased being Putin's.
August 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If Trump has his meeting with Putin next week, and then gets Zelensky alone and friendless in a room--Ukraine could come under unbearable pressure to agree a terrible deal. Trump is not Ukraine's friend and never was--but he never ceased being Putin's.
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Meet Dr Sreerekha Thonipparambil, one of the many experts behind the upcoming #MetopSGA1 satellite. Sreerekha's preparing the users, so that they can make the most of the data from day 1!
Hear how one professor changed the course of her career - and how she's now helping others: bit.ly/41ak3B4
Hear how one professor changed the course of her career - and how she's now helping others: bit.ly/41ak3B4
August 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Meet Dr Sreerekha Thonipparambil, one of the many experts behind the upcoming #MetopSGA1 satellite. Sreerekha's preparing the users, so that they can make the most of the data from day 1!
Hear how one professor changed the course of her career - and how she's now helping others: bit.ly/41ak3B4
Hear how one professor changed the course of her career - and how she's now helping others: bit.ly/41ak3B4
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Every day @stephenking.bsky.social proves he is a really good writer.
August 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Every day @stephenking.bsky.social proves he is a really good writer.
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Looks like Rovaniemi, Lapland's capital and the biggest city, had today their hottest August day on record with 31.1 °C at the train station (Rautatieasema).
And the heat streak continues in Sodankylä Tähtelä with 30 °C, the 22nd consecutive 25-degree day.
And the heat streak continues in Sodankylä Tähtelä with 30 °C, the 22nd consecutive 25-degree day.
August 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Looks like Rovaniemi, Lapland's capital and the biggest city, had today their hottest August day on record with 31.1 °C at the train station (Rautatieasema).
And the heat streak continues in Sodankylä Tähtelä with 30 °C, the 22nd consecutive 25-degree day.
And the heat streak continues in Sodankylä Tähtelä with 30 °C, the 22nd consecutive 25-degree day.
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Right then...
A quick review of the DOE's new 'critical review' of climate science. Whether it's worth a formal community response - I'm still not sure, but here's my first thoughts
/thread/
A quick review of the DOE's new 'critical review' of climate science. Whether it's worth a formal community response - I'm still not sure, but here's my first thoughts
/thread/
I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science
July 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Right then...
A quick review of the DOE's new 'critical review' of climate science. Whether it's worth a formal community response - I'm still not sure, but here's my first thoughts
/thread/
A quick review of the DOE's new 'critical review' of climate science. Whether it's worth a formal community response - I'm still not sure, but here's my first thoughts
/thread/