1. Pollution around the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

    Let the forecasting games begin

    As athletes worldwide prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the best of the best in weather research are also gearing up for a friendly competition. Several international weather research and forecasting organizations will collaborate to provide high-resolution forecast information for Olympics organizers as well as test the capabilities of experimental air quality and weather forecasting models.

    • Air Quality

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  2. African easterly wave convection moving over Africa into the Atlantic captured by the Meteosat Second Generation Satellite.

    Dampening the “seeds” of hurricanes

    Increased atmospheric moisture may alter critical weather patterns over Africa, making it more difficult for the predecessors of many Atlantic hurricanes to form, according to a new study published this month.

    • Climate

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  3. Artificial climate control might become ineffective

    A proposal to counter warming temperatures by brightening marine clouds could become ineffective.

    • Climate

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  4. Climate models underestimate carbon cycling through plants

    The carbon stored globally by plants is shorter-lived and more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought.

    • Climate

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  5. Tweet about Hurricane Harvey from the National Hurricane Center.

    Spinning up hurricane communications

    Forecasters can use images in social media to better communicate weather related hazards of hurricanes, according to a pair of new studies.

    • Weather

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