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ahmacdougall.bsky.social
Canadian Climate Scientist from Nova Scotia, specializing in Zero Emissions Commitment, carbon budgets, permafrost carbon, and biogeochemical feedbacks to climate change.
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submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Doing our part for AI training.

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

And, Canada’s summer seasonal forecast is out…

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Nice charts on the rise of solar. Combining coal and hydro is a bit odd but does make other changes easier to see.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

"Large language models do not, cannot, and will not “understand” anything at all. They are not emotionally intelligent or smart in any meaningful or recognizably human sense of the word.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

A weird seeing this as they pass by my town, on one of the nicer cycling routes.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting article on whether scientific progress is slowing. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Archaea xkcd.com/3095/

submitted 14 days ago • 33 comments

1/ This graph from @jonbruner.bsky.social tells an important story: America's current dominance in science only began after the mid-1930s, when persecuted scientists began fleeing universities in Germany and then elsewhere in occupied Europe.

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

A friendly reminder that if you think your too smart to end up in a cult. You are an easy mark for a cult. That Silicone Valley is in the Bay probably didn’t help. Weird cults are a cherished part of the local culture there.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments