Sylvain Marcoux
@sylvainmarcoux.bsky.social
ing. MBA, Pollution Atmosphérique & GHG, en français et/ou en anglais. Proprio d’un bengal psychopathe. dreams of founding the Centre for centralized Center. Will repost cloud pics
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The North Atlantic is aging fast and losing its breath, new study finds: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/10/n...
North Atlantic Ocean Is Aging Fast
This blog post and the “Deep Dive” podcast, created by NotebookLM, are based on “North Atlantic ventilation change over the past three decades is potentially driven by climate change” by Guo et al.…
ocean2climate.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The North Atlantic is aging fast and losing its breath, new study finds: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2026/01/10/n...
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Furious Trump demands to know why Minneapolis shooting hasn’t sparked civil war yet
Furious Trump demands to know why Minneapolis shooting hasn’t sparked civil war yet
MAR-A-LAGO, FL - Following the shooting death of a Minneapolis woman at the hands of ICE agents, President Donald Trump is ordering Americans to "hurry the fuck up" descending into a nationwide confli...
www.thebeaverton.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Furious Trump demands to know why Minneapolis shooting hasn’t sparked civil war yet
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🧪We all know there is global warming.. hopefully. Well, how do we know? 🌍Measurements, global collaboration and a bit of physics:
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/12/1...
@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/12/1...
@lbscience.org
How Do We Know That the Earth is Warming Up? - Little, Big Science
The Earth is warming due to the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While the temperature increase is attributed to human activity, in this post we will focus solely on the...
www.lbscience.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
🧪We all know there is global warming.. hopefully. Well, how do we know? 🌍Measurements, global collaboration and a bit of physics:
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/12/1...
@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/12/1...
@lbscience.org
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Southern Plains Drought in 2020-2025 Cost Ag $23 Billion
Drought in the Southern Plains during 2020-2025 caused an economic loss of more than $23 billion to agriculture in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Crop yields were low, and cattle herds were sold.
#drought 🧪
www.drought.gov/news/souther...
Drought in the Southern Plains during 2020-2025 caused an economic loss of more than $23 billion to agriculture in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Crop yields were low, and cattle herds were sold.
#drought 🧪
www.drought.gov/news/souther...
NOAA Study Finds Southern Plains 2020-2025 Drought Cost Ag $23 Billion
Significant losses in wheat, cotton and livestock occurred during the Southern Plains five-year drought.
www.dtnpf.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Southern Plains Drought in 2020-2025 Cost Ag $23 Billion
Drought in the Southern Plains during 2020-2025 caused an economic loss of more than $23 billion to agriculture in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Crop yields were low, and cattle herds were sold.
#drought 🧪
www.drought.gov/news/souther...
Drought in the Southern Plains during 2020-2025 caused an economic loss of more than $23 billion to agriculture in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Crop yields were low, and cattle herds were sold.
#drought 🧪
www.drought.gov/news/souther...
Someone wants to play Risk fullsize
The “Donroe doctrine” is about power and natural resources, not values. America’s adversaries—and its allies—have been warned
In Donald Trump’s world, the strong take what they can
That will be bad for America—and everyone else
econ.st
January 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Someone wants to play Risk fullsize
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Stephen Miller goes on a rant defending Trump's imperialist aggression against Venezuela: "We’re a superpower… we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Stephen Miller goes on a rant defending Trump's imperialist aggression against Venezuela: "We’re a superpower… we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
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Americans do not want war with Venezuela
Military intervention in the country is even more unpopular than Trump’s tariffs and health care cuts.
Military intervention in the country is even more unpopular than Trump’s tariffs and health care cuts.
Americans do not want war with Venezuela
Military intervention in the country is even more unpopular than Trump’s tariffs and health care cuts
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Americans do not want war with Venezuela
Military intervention in the country is even more unpopular than Trump’s tariffs and health care cuts.
Military intervention in the country is even more unpopular than Trump’s tariffs and health care cuts.
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I'm not one to cite Thucydides all the time, but the saying "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" bears repeating these days.
Europe's decisionmakers should take note.
Europe's decisionmakers should take note.
Turns out defending international law in a world of predators is impossible if you don't have sufficient force to defend yourself.
European weakness on full display by these horribly contorted responses from Merz, Macron and Starmer - neither condoning nor condemning US actions in Venezuela
Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland)
Such weakness only risks making the Europeans more vulnerable (ie Greenland)
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I'm not one to cite Thucydides all the time, but the saying "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must" bears repeating these days.
Europe's decisionmakers should take note.
Europe's decisionmakers should take note.
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🚨🚨🚨 2025 finished in the top 10 for warmest year on record in the Contiguous U.S. (1895-present). For most of the areas from the Rocky Mountains westward, it was a top 5 warmest year. No areas had a historically cool year.
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
🚨🚨🚨 2025 finished in the top 10 for warmest year on record in the Contiguous U.S. (1895-present). For most of the areas from the Rocky Mountains westward, it was a top 5 warmest year. No areas had a historically cool year.
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You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
theconversation.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️
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I wrote a book about the problems with bottled water ("Bottled and Sold") several years ago. Here's just another reason to avoid it.
www.wired.com/story/people...
www.wired.com/story/people...
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who ...
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I wrote a book about the problems with bottled water ("Bottled and Sold") several years ago. Here's just another reason to avoid it.
www.wired.com/story/people...
www.wired.com/story/people...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Canada's worst wildfire season produced so much smoke that it spilled across national borders.
A group of UMD researchers discovered that chemical compounds from the wildfires remained in the atmosphere months after the smoke subsided.
A group of UMD researchers discovered that chemical compounds from the wildfires remained in the atmosphere months after the smoke subsided.
Chemical Traces of 2023 Canadian Wildfires Detected in Maryland Months After Smoke Subsided | College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences | University of Maryland
A new University of Maryland study of campus air samples revealed that chemical compounds from Canada’s historic
go.umd.edu
December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Canada's worst wildfire season produced so much smoke that it spilled across national borders.
A group of UMD researchers discovered that chemical compounds from the wildfires remained in the atmosphere months after the smoke subsided.
A group of UMD researchers discovered that chemical compounds from the wildfires remained in the atmosphere months after the smoke subsided.
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My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years.
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Violence over water resources reaches record levels
The number of violent events over water resources reported in 2024 was nearly 20 percent higher than 2023 and nearly 80 percent higher than 2022.
thebulletin.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years.
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Record levels reported in 2024.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
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Les faucons, ces précieux alliés des producteurs de cerises
Les faucons, ces précieux alliés des producteurs de cerises
Placés près des vergers, les rapaces évitent les razzias menées par de plus petits volatiles et les potentielles maladies provoquées par leurs fientes.
www.lemonde.fr
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Les faucons, ces précieux alliés des producteurs de cerises
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If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end
Sunday thought: Really, truly, the end of Trump is near
MAGA is cracking up, but beware
robertreich.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you’re taking some satisfaction from the MAGA crackup, don’t let your guard down. It’s when Trump feels he’s in trouble that he does the biggest and craziest things to deflect attention. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-really-truly-the-end
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Snowpack in the West is lacking as shown by the snow water equivalent. Many basins across the West have snow water equivalents below 50% of normal as shown in red.
#snow #snowpack #drought #precipitation 🧪
nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov/imap/#versio...
#snow #snowpack #drought #precipitation 🧪
nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov/imap/#versio...
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Snowpack in the West is lacking as shown by the snow water equivalent. Many basins across the West have snow water equivalents below 50% of normal as shown in red.
#snow #snowpack #drought #precipitation 🧪
nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov/imap/#versio...
#snow #snowpack #drought #precipitation 🧪
nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov/imap/#versio...
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“the combat decisions HE has made”
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“the combat decisions HE has made”
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JD Vance pushed the recent Russia-friendly "peace" plan, effectively trying to get Ukraine to surrender.
It didn't work.
But it's hardly the first time. Why does he keep trying to help Russia win? Because he's a far right ideologue who sees Putin as a culture war champion.
New from me, in @ms.now
It didn't work.
But it's hardly the first time. Why does he keep trying to help Russia win? Because he's a far right ideologue who sees Putin as a culture war champion.
New from me, in @ms.now
Opinion | Why JD Vance keeps trying to help Russia win the war with Ukraine
The vice president pushed a Russia-friendly peace plan — which tracks with his far-right worldview that sees Putin as an “anti-woke” culture war ally, says Nicholas Grossman.
www.ms.now
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
JD Vance pushed the recent Russia-friendly "peace" plan, effectively trying to get Ukraine to surrender.
It didn't work.
But it's hardly the first time. Why does he keep trying to help Russia win? Because he's a far right ideologue who sees Putin as a culture war champion.
New from me, in @ms.now
It didn't work.
But it's hardly the first time. Why does he keep trying to help Russia win? Because he's a far right ideologue who sees Putin as a culture war champion.
New from me, in @ms.now
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
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This is a good article about the relentless onslaught of climate disinformation that distorts US and global politics.
I just wish it acknowledged that disinformation is sticky precisely because it often resonates w the speech of “our side.”
For example…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
I just wish it acknowledged that disinformation is sticky precisely because it often resonates w the speech of “our side.”
For example…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is a good article about the relentless onslaught of climate disinformation that distorts US and global politics.
I just wish it acknowledged that disinformation is sticky precisely because it often resonates w the speech of “our side.”
For example…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
I just wish it acknowledged that disinformation is sticky precisely because it often resonates w the speech of “our side.”
For example…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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Hey America, elections have consequences.
Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as Louisiana's surgeon general ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and who has called COVID vaccines 'dangerous' — there is no evidence to suggest COVID vaccines are dangerous — has been named the second in command at the CDC.
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hey America, elections have consequences.
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As soon as this new information was unleashed, people began looking at the location data for accounts that primarily serve to stoke political tensions in the U.S. with far-right narratives that are often misleading or outright false.
X's Top MAGA Trolls Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As soon as this new information was unleashed, people began looking at the location data for accounts that primarily serve to stoke political tensions in the U.S. with far-right narratives that are often misleading or outright false.
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“You are constantly invited to be what you are.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
At Dusk in November (1891)
🎨 Hugo Darnaut
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
At Dusk in November (1891)
🎨 Hugo Darnaut
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“You are constantly invited to be what you are.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
At Dusk in November (1891)
🎨 Hugo Darnaut
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
At Dusk in November (1891)
🎨 Hugo Darnaut
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The percent of normal precipitation map for the last 30 days shows that many parts of the US have received 50% or less (dark orange) of normal precipitation. Meanwhile, areas of California and the West have gotten 400% to 800% of normal precipitation.
#precipitation 🧪
hprcc.unl.edu/products/map...
#precipitation 🧪
hprcc.unl.edu/products/map...
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The percent of normal precipitation map for the last 30 days shows that many parts of the US have received 50% or less (dark orange) of normal precipitation. Meanwhile, areas of California and the West have gotten 400% to 800% of normal precipitation.
#precipitation 🧪
hprcc.unl.edu/products/map...
#precipitation 🧪
hprcc.unl.edu/products/map...