[ad_1] In between beaming internet to people in developing countries and sometimes passing for UFOs, Alphabet’s Loon balloons have been busy helping scientists study how our planet works. A team led by Stanford professor Aditi Sheshadri recently published a report on gravity waves, ripples created by gravity when it pushes down on air forced up into the Earth’s upper […]
Category: weather
Google’s next Wear OS update will bring more speed and a weather app
[ad_1] A Wear OS update rolling out this fall will bring improved performance and a new weather app. Today, Google announced that the next update will allow faster access to info and apps, more intuitive controls for managing watch modes and workouts, as well as a simplified pairing process. These changes are thanks, in part, […]
Dark Sky on Android shuts down following Apple deal
[ad_1] Website access is still available after an indefinite extension, although embedded material no longer appears to be an option. Third-party apps using Dark Sky’s data have until the end of 2021 to transition to other services. This isn’t the end for hyperlocal weather on Android. Accuweather and other titles can fill the gap. However, […]
Android users can get Dark Sky weather updates for one more month
[ad_1] Apple purchased one of the best weather apps in the business this spring, and unfortunately that meant Dark Sky pulled its Android app. If you haven’t already installed it, it’s gone from the Google Play Store, and the company initially informed subscribers they would lose access as of July 1st. However, there is one […]
The COVID-19 shutdown is making weather prediction more difficult
[ad_1] WMO The ground and satellite components of that system are largely automated and generally immune to at least the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Director, Earth System Branch in WMO’s Infrastructure Department believes that the impact of losing those aerial observations will still be “relatively modest.” However, he explained in […]
Alexa can now provide traffic updates and severe weather alerts
[ad_1] Severe weather can be another problem that sidelines your plans or your commute. By saying, “Alexa, tell me when there’s a severe weather alert,” you’ll be notified in the case of particularly choppy storms. If you missed an NBA game, you can now catch the highlights on any Alexa-enabled device with a screen. You […]
MIT helps self-driving cars ‘see’ through snow and fog
[ad_1] Most autonomous vehicles use LIDAR sensors and/or cameras to figure out where they are on the road, but cameras can be thrown off by lighting conditions or snow-covered signs and lane markings, and LIDAR often becomes less accurate in inclement weather. GPR, on the other hand, sends electromagnetic pulses into the ground to measure […]
UK to spend $1.6 billion on the world’s fastest weather supercomputer
[ad_1] The Met said the computer will create a “digital twin” of our atmosphere with data like wind speeds, air temperatures and pressures, and more. It will create forecasts down to an area just 1,000 meters (.62 miles) across compared to 10 km (6.2 miles) currently. Around large airports, accuracy will focus down to just […]
2019 was Earth’s second-warmest year on record
[ad_1] 2019 was 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (0.98 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). To collect the data, NASA took exhaustive readings from over 20,000 weather stations, sea surface buoys and ships and Antarctic research stations. The full dataset is available on the agency’s […]
800,000 Californians could be without power by the end of the day
[ad_1] Why cut the power? It’s become evident that overhead power lines are to blame for some of California’s worst wildfires. Sparks from those power lines have ignited some of the largest and most deadly fires in recent history, including the Camp Fire in Paradise, California. As the state enters peak wildfire season, officials are […]