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Doug McNeall

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I'm a climate scientist. | UK Met Office & University of Exeter | AI, UQ, emulation and ML in climate modelling |Countering mis/disinfo dougmcneall.com

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 24m

Looking for genuinely useful applications for AI. So far I got weather forecasting and scheduling zoom calls.

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 36m

nothing says academics like a 50-email exchange to figure out when a group of four people can meet on zoom. "I'm out of town, but I can meet the following week." "no, that won't work for me." "I have a meeting, but could meet at 5 pm ET." "I teach, so that's out."

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 25m

Genuinely useful ai opportunity.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d

easy. ipcc wgi, wgii, wgiii

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea

Three dudes dressed three very different ways - first in a more conservative suit and tie, second in a short sleeve shirt and hat, third in a pink vest and tie

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 1d

Also, tell the team they’ve had an extraordinarily positive impact on our lives.

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 1d

The Met Office is full of ‘em! (I’ve been advocating for a while lol).

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 1d

Two teenagers - that’s good work! Ours are 6 and 10 so still fit, but we might need help at some point persuading them on.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 1d

Crikey, that’s a big day out.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 2d

Nice, sounds like we’re on track for similar. The thing I try and get across is how much *better* it is as a mode of city transport than almost anything else, across a range of criteria.

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Peter!

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 2d

By the library - on the way to Gandy street.

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 2d

I think there is a changed and increased responsibility to get safe bike infrastructure in - lots of families using these bikes.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 2d

When we bought the bike, we used to get lots of attention with both kids up - questions etc. it’s great that cargo bike use has exploded to the extent we rarely get a raised eyebrow anymore.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 2d

We can’t yet afford an electric car, which is frustrating, but we spent money on the bike instead. It means we *very* rarely have to use the car in the city.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 2d

This is the moment we passed 5555 miles on the @ternbicycles.com GSD. It’s been critical infrastructure for us for just over 3 years.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 2d

We need more of this kind of optimism and hope. My boy in front of a new mural in Exeter.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 6d

Software engineer? Data scientist or data engineer? Want to develop AI that actually helps people? Come and work with us building data-driven climate models. Closes 12th October so hurry hurry.

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 15d

Come and join us developing AI for solving climate problems. careers.metoffice.gov.uk/join-us/sear...

Met Office Careers

careers.metoffice.gov.uk

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 7d

lol, “accidental”. I think @drkatemarvel.bsky.social had something to say about this.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 7d

lol, “accidental”. I think @drkatemarvel.bsky.social had something to say about this.

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Bjerknes Center for Climate Research (BCCR) @bjerknes.uib.no · 8d

Climate models can be a challenge to understand, but a new app from the NorCPM-team is using AI to make complex data understandable.

- The idea is that anyone could use it, says Eurico Noleto-Filho, a postdoc with the University of Bergen and the Bjerknes Center. 🧪

bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/brin...

Bringing Climate Models to Everyone

How AI is making complex data understandable

bjerknes.uib.no

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 12d

We should make rich people aware of how much their lives are being made worse by climate change. It probably cuts through more than letting them it makes poor people’s lives intolerable.

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 12d

Generally, these make life less tolerable, more expensive, or more shit for many many people. They enshittify the climate.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 12d

There are a very large number of low- or medium-probability impacts of climate change that are either high probability or ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 12d

A lot of climate communication has always focused on the “low probability, high impact” events. Apocalyptic stuff like loss of the AMOC. And so it should, there are lots of civilisational-risk type worries.

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, I’m aware that this is the mis-use of a phrase with a very specific meaning. But hear me out.

Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 12d

Do everything you can to stop the enshittification of the climate.

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