Interesting Stuff Online
An assortment of fun and useful things found somewhere in the cloud.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Climate Havens vs. Heavy Rain & Flooding
Sure, there are no 'true' climate havens, but to me northern Vermont & other remain places remain 'practical' climate havens despite their exposure to risk from heavy rains & associated flooding (e.g. Asheville, NC).
WMO 2024 State of the Global Climate Report
Here is the 2024 State of the Global Climate Report from the World Meteorological Organization.:
- State of the Global Climate 2024
- State of the Climate 2024 (Esri Story Map)
- Extreme Events 2024 (Web Map)
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Deep Research Tools from OpenAI & Google
These tools can basically synthesize the information from 100s of websites into nice and tidy cited literature reviews. And that's great for many basic science & technology topics where there is enough information available out there on reputable online sources.
But the notion that this can replace a classic scientific literture review of meta-analysis is incorrect. First, these AIs do not have access to the actual scientific literature (which tends to sit behind paywalls). Second, there is a difference between a summary, a review, and a synthesis. Sure, a competent & trained amateur such as an AI can summarize, but reviewing & synthesizing requires a familiarity with the subject matter that can only be gained by years and years of deep immersion (aka. 10,000 hours...).
Air Tours & UpToWhere
Here are two cool apps for exploring the world:
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index
From the website: Pulling in 184 sets of data to rank more than 70,000 U.S. Census tracts, the U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index helps you see which communities face the greatest challenges from the impacts of a changing climate. This tool shows what is driving the challenges, so policymakers and communities themselves can take action to build climate resilience where it is needed most.
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