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Oriol Rodríguez Ballester @oriolrb.bsky.social · 4d

[EN] @remote-nico.bsky.social and I are very happy to share with you our paper just published in Tethys (@acam_cat), titled: "Assessment of tornado damage utilizing Sentinel-2 imagery and orthophoto maps: case studies in the Balearic Islands"

🔗 doi.org/10.3369/teth...

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Scott Bachmeier @wisc-satellite.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hurricane #Kiko rapidly intensified to a Category 4 storm on 03 September, as shown by 1-minute #GOES18/#GOESWest Visible and Infrared images (with an overly of GLM Flash Points). More details on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · Aug 26

Here’s a 48-hour water vapor loop of Ex-Hurricane Erin spinning on its final approach to Europe. Truly mesmerizing.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · Aug 20

As reported by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, in the past 6 days emissions for Spain have reached the highest annual total fire emissions on record.

A false-colour image of the border between Spain and Portugal neat Ourense and Braganza.
The false-colour image shows vegetation in green and burnt scars from wildfires in the region in dark red/brown. several active wildfires are also visible in bright red.

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Thilo Kühne @thilokuehne.bsky.social · Jul 18

ESWD - JUNE 2025: 5,171 #severewx reports

Largest Hail: 12cm (4.2'') i.d. in Gaiarine (Italy)

Fatalities: 25 || Lightning: 18 | Wind: 7 | Rain/Floods: 1 ||

@bramvantveen.bsky.social @federicopavan.bsky.social @sarahhants.bsky.social @meteomabe.bsky.social @rued.com @dnsrop.bsky.social

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · Jul 11

An impressive upwelling event has occurred across the NW Mediterranean Sea over the past few days. Sea surface temperatures along the south coast of France have dropped by up to 10°C in less than 24 hours in some spots. This is only temporary however.

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Ecolandlab @ecolandlab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Bon moment per recordar-les. ‘10 recomanacions científiques per mantenir vius els boscos’ @CREAF_ecologia t.co/YSa95J4CWq

https://www.creaf.cat/ca/articles/10-recomanacions-cientifiques-mantenir-vius-els-boscos

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Nico @remote-nico.bsky.social · Jul 8

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El matí de Catalunya Ràdio - Jordi Vendrell: "Catalunya ha de cremar, però ha de cremar bé" - 3Cat

En el programa especial d'"El matí de Catalunya Ràdio" sobre l'incendi del Baix Ebre parlem amb Jordi Vendrell, director de la Fundació Pau Costa i expert en prevenció d'incendis.

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · Jul 1

Let's 'meet' the satellite soon leaving Earth for its new home 36,000km up in space and the star of the show today: #MTGS1🛰️

Training Manager Mark Higgins is here to tell us everything: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMW6...

*Don't forget to join us LIVE from 21:15 for the launch: bit.ly/4lbIjem

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CEAM Meteo @ceammeteo.bsky.social · Jul 1

June 2025 ends with SST values three to five degrees above normal for this time of year in the western Mediterranean. Only the Aegean Sea shows a negative temperature anomaly.

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · Jun 30

MTG-S1 is now encapsulated and ready for launch no earlier than 1 July.

The satellite has been integrated with the launch vehicle interface and enclosed within the rocket fairing, standing by for lift-off. 🚀

Join the watch party! View the launch live with us from EUMETSAT HQ: bit.ly/44rd5sm

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Scott Bachmeier @wisc-satellite.bsky.social · Jun 17

Ash RGB images from #Himawari9 showed the volcanic cloud from an eruption of #Lewotobi in Indonesia -- this volcanic cloud was a mixture of Ash (shades of red) and SO2 (shades of yellow). Full resolution: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...

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Mike Charnick @charnick.bsky.social · Jun 17

Career tornado intercept just now Dickens Nebraska!

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Doppler on Wheels (DOW) @dowfacility.bsky.social · Jun 16

⚡️🌈 a DOW, COW, MiniCOW at the end of every rainbow 🌈⚡️. End of @nsficechip.bsky.social IOP 17

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Nico @remote-nico.bsky.social · Jun 16

#eARTh #earthasart

Federico Pavan @federicopavan.bsky.social · Jun 15

Before I go to bed, here are the best hailstones from today in Lazio. Photos by Pierluigi Recchia

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Greg Fiske @gfiske.bsky.social · Jun 4

Taking a quick peek at firesmoke.ca/data/ ... things are heating up.

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EUMETSAT AC SAF @ac-saf.eumetsat.int · Jun 2

#Wildfires in #Canada have emitted massive amount #smoke that is clearly visible in GOME-2 (B+C) #AAI observations. Long range transportation over northern #Atlantic. AAI data either from #EUMETCast or SAF archive acsaf.org/products/arp...

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · May 20

'Airglow Over Asia'

429 images captured by Don Pettit are processed, graded & interpolated to create this video footage from ISS Expedition 72 with music by Chris Zabriskie. Cropped and edited from 2m32s 4k original.

Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran

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Liene Spruženiece @bymindandhammer.bsky.social · Jan 23

Rainbow (and other common) color scales distort scientific data perception and make them unreadable for people with color-vision deficiency.

Here is a very important paper by @fcrameri et al. explaining the issue in detail:

nature.com/articles/s4146…

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · Apr 5

Are you presenting your research at #EGU25 and wondering about the #accessibility of your #presentation? In this #Geolog post, you will find all the tips you need for more accessible presentations.

Interested in reading more? Check this out🔗 : egu.eu/62X0F9

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Chris Vagasky @coweatherman.bsky.social · Apr 4

To stay safe from thunderstorms:

1. Plan to be inside before thunderstorms develop
2. Keep moving towards a lightning-safe place if thunderstorms develop when you're outside
3. Don't use the lightning crouch!

#LightningSafety

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Don't listen to this common thunderstorm safety advice

The lightning crouch, a baseball-catcher-like stance some cite as a safeguard against lightning strikes, offers no meaningful protection, experts say.

www.usatoday.com

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Nico @remote-nico.bsky.social · Apr 1

cloud-free night across Europe, Suomi NPP - VIIRS Day/Night image #NASAWorldview #earthbynight

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European Severe Storms Laboratory @essl-ecss.bsky.social · Mar 17

New ESSL study: Lightning kills about 64 people per year across Europe, 78% of them being men. In eastern Europe most victims were at work, whilst in West Europe people engaging in leisure activities are hit more often. Read more in our article here: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

A map showing the distribution of fatal lightning accidents across Europe, distinguishing between leisurely and work activities of the impacted people.

A map showing the number of lightning fatalities recorded between 2001 and 2020.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 15

This excellent interactive tutorial on misleading data visualizations explores the idea of a "counter chart" — the graph you draw in response to refute a misleading claims

flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

Defense Against Dishonest Charts

This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.

flowingdata.com

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