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The Future of Flood-Fighting Is Being Charted in Hong Kong Intense storms in recent years has pushed the government and businesses to upgrade their responses to rain and flooding, and those efforts are working.

"An unsexy department with a compelling story:" how Hong Kong's drainage authorities (and the private sector) are charting the future of flood-fighting: 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Highways Baking at 158F Signal a Red-Hot Summer From China to the US Extreme heat in the coming months threatens to tax power grids, wilt crops and inflict billions of dollars in economic losses.

Weeks before the official start of the Northern Hemisphere’s summer, signs are emerging that the coming months will be blistering in North America, Europe & Asia, threatening to tax grids & wilt crops. With @weathersullivan.bsky.social and @joewertz.bsky.social.
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How AI Could Change the Future of Weather Forecasts Weather forecasting helps industries avert billions in losses from extreme events, and AI could make predictions faster, cheaper and more accurate.

Nevertheless, weather predictions are imperfect and every forecast contains an element of uncertainty.
In that vein, meteorologists like to quote the 20th century statistician George Box: “All models are wrong but some are useful.”
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Weather Maps in 3D Could Help Explain Extreme Climate Patterns Graphics remain overwhelmingly two-dimensional, even though the atmosphere operates across three dimensions, and that presents limitations.

“Weather isn’t extremely abstract, but the way we present the data is, and we can fix that,” said Knoweather Chief Executive Jonathan Chui. “We’ve been stuck with 2D graphics for too long.”

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"Tariff War - Big Sale." Poster on a furniture shop storefront.

Interesting sales pitch from this furniture shop in Hong Kong; "Tariff War - Big Sale 🇺🇸🇨🇳"

AI Weather Models Promise Super Granular, Specialist Forecasts The insurance industry is helping develop a new way to predict flooding down to the neighborhood level and warn communities.

For decades, public agencies have run global weather models that require supercomputers to crunch complex equations to spit out predictions. Now, AI is opening space for smaller, commercial players to provide super granular & specialist forecasts: 🎁🔗
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Thank you so much. I'm very grateful to have been a small part of the mighty Quartz newsroom.

Working at Quartz and being given the independence and creative space to report on Hong Kong at a time of historic upheaval will always be the privilege of a lifetime.

The Next Frontier of Forecasts Will Go Beyond Weather Data Artificial intelligence is driving the next frontier of forecasting beyond traditional weather data to analyze non-meteorological factors.

The next frontier of forecasting will go beyond traditional weather data as forecasters, aided by new AI techniques, turn to non-weather inputs to help predict emerging weather risks and volatile climate patterns.
With @joewertz.bsky.social; 🎁🔗:
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US Weather Agency Experts Seek Jobs Abroad After Trump Cuts Hedge funds are paying top dollar for weather and climate experts, while China aims to attract foreign talent to advance its meteorological capabilities.

US scientists are looking to the private sector & abroad for jobs as NOAA cuts headcount.

China is well positioned to take advantage: it aims to recruit 100 top experts from around the world by 2035 to tackle “key, core technical chokepoints” in the weather domain
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Hong Kong’s $5 Billion Bid to Become Sporting Powerhouse Faces Barriers In this week’s Hong Kong Edition, we look at the city’s plan to develop its sports industry, interview an investment banker who’s also a successful race car driver, unveil the results of our birthday ...

It’s not easy being an elite athlete anywhere. But Hong Kong presents a unique set of challenges: an unforgiving climate, high cost of living, limited sporting facilities and a culture that generally prizes boardrooms over locker rooms.

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At Least 880 Workers Were Fired at US Weather Agency Hundreds of employees at the top US agency overseeing weather and climate research were fired as the Trump administration moves to shrink the size of the federal government.

NOAA, which oversees the National Weather Service fired 800 today as tornado season ramps up next week across parts of Texas, and the South. The story with colleagues @bloomberg.com colleagues: @laurenthal.bsky.social @arinatter.bsky.social
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Volatile Climate Splits Weather Agencies on El Niño Messaging An accurate read is essential for governments, energy markets and farmers, especially as global warming exacerbates extreme weather.

Weather agencies caught between demands for certainty when delivering forecasts based on probabilities have taken different approaches when it comes to El Nino/La Nina. Colleague @maryhui.bsky.social led our @bloomberg.com reporting here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Southern Hemisphere looking very active with six formed tropical cyclones. Source: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html

Volatile Climate Splits Weather Agencies on El Niño Messaging An accurate read is essential for governments, energy markets and farmers, especially as global warming exacerbates extreme weather.

Forecasters are always weighing demands for certainty vs inherently uncertain (& increasingly volatile) weather. Threading that needle is crucial for agencies' public comms—not least for something as important as El Niño & La Niña. W/ @weathersullivan.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China’s AI Weather Forecasting Goals Face National Security Test The country’s meteorological agency is considering using DeepSeek to help power predictions, but Beijing’s tight control of the sector signals risks ahead.

China is delving into the realm of AI to help bolster its weather forecasting clout, but it’s facing the dilemma of balancing national security priorities with being at meteorology’s cutting-edge. 🎁🔗
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DeepSeek in Running to Power China Weather Agency’s Forecasts China’s state weather agency is considering using DeepSeek, the local startup whose artificial intelligence model shook global markets last month, to power its forecasts and observations.

China's state weather agency is considering using DeepSeek, the local startup whose artificial intelligence model shook global markets last month, to power its forecasts and observations www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Global Warming Could Be Making It Less Windy in Europe Global warming is driving down wind speeds during European summers, putting additional stress on the region’s energy systems as soaring temperatures boost cooling demand, new research shows.

"The ripple effects of even small declines in wind speeds highlight a fundamental shift in Europe from a temperature-dependent energy market to one determined by the wind and the sun:" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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‘It’s a Circus’: Trump Unleashes Chaos at Key US Science Agency Muddled directives and early-morning emails at NOAA, one of the world’s top weather and climate forecasters, have put the agency on edge.

NEW:

Trump and Musk have unleashed chaos at US weather forecaster: muddled directives and early-morning emails put NOAA on edge.

Exclusive by
@laurenthal.bsky.social @weathersullivan.bsky.social

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America’s Weather Forecaster Is On Edge as Trump Returns to Power NOAA is among international agencies that track the progress of climate change, putting it in direct conflict with many of the political positions held by the new administration.

In studying the pillars of US maritime dominance, Chinese academics cite govt-wide coordination & heavy investment in basic ocean sciences research. Rolling back those efforts may shake US leadership in all things oceanic & atmospheric. @weathersullivan.bsky.social
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Hong Kong has a cum problem The archaic Latin word haunts local life, to much amusement and chagrin.

Hong Kong's Information Services Department has a few remnants of protocol from the days it was a British colony, so it occasionally uses Latin terms such as "cum".
Here's something from @maryhui.bsky.social to explain it

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China Opens Huge Weather Market Wider to Commercial Operators The need for better satellite data will only grow as more extreme weather raises the urgency for even more accurate and timely high-resolution forecasts.

China's weather agency has started using data from commercial satellites for the first time, years after US & EU agencies started doing the same. It "is a game-changer for operational weather forecasting,” says Jonathan Chui of Macau-based startup Knoweather. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Trump’s Return Gives China a Shot at Being the Next Weather Superpower The conservative Project 2025 roadmap calls for slashing NOAA funding at a time when China is investing heavily in climate research.

Pres-elect Trump has been handed a playbook for how to weaken NOAA - the agency that's made the US a global superpower in predicting the weather.

The risk? "China is going to take over and expand on this," one ex-NOAA official said. "And the US is going to lose."

Story with @maryhui.bsky.social:

When I visited China a few weeks ago for a WMO conference, I got to see some of the investments they are putting into international training and it is quite substantial like this giant building. Article is a great dive into what is going on behind the scenes and the implications.

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From 2013–2023, China increased its spending on "weather diplomacy" by nearly 500%. Now, Trump's return could mean funding slashes for climate & meteorological work–and create an opening for China to take the weather superpower crown. W/ @laurenthal.bsky.social:
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Fascinating story from @maryhui.bsky.social: “President Xi Jinping has said he wants China to become a “weather superpower,” and made it a national priority to win the world’s second-largest economy a bigger say in global meteorological governance.”

Trump’s Return Gives China a Shot at Being the Next Weather Superpower The conservative Project 2025 roadmap calls for slashing NOAA funding at a time when China is investing heavily in climate research.

The weather has long been tied to military and national security interests. Now it's primed to emerge as another flashpoint in the US-China rivalry. On how Trump's return gives China a shot at being the next weather superpower, w/ @laurenthal.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...