A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Image generated by AI. By Anders Lorenzen Data released earlier this month by the UK governments Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) revealed what many in the UK farming and food sector feared that several bouts of extreme weather resulted in one of the worst ever arable crop harvests with the third lowest total production for wheat, barley, and oilseed rape since records began in 1984.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Rapid progress in the use of machine learning for weather and climate models is evident almost everywhere, but can we distinguish between real advances and vaporware? First off, let’s define some terms to maximize clarity. Machine Learning (ML) is a broad term to distinguish any kind of statistical fitting of large data sets to complicated functions (various flavors of neural nets etc.), but it’s simpler to think of this as just a kind of large regression.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2024

NOTICE: Due To A Significant Family Health Issue, The Schedule For Publishing The PA Environment Digest Will Be Uncertain Thru At Least January 1. -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 28 [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Jan. 29 Hearing On Title V-RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Wheatland Tube LLC Plant In Hermitage, Mercer County [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb. 6 Hearing On Tit

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