From 2018-2023, states with largest cumulative change in home insurance rates were Texas (59.9%), Colorado (57.9%), and Arizona (52.9%) per ⁦S&P Global⁩ Market Intelligence
⁦Arbor Data Science⁩

For awareness
China is close to launching an attempt to sample a very old portion of the lunar surface and return that sample to Earth
The Chang’e-6 mission
nature.com/articles/d4158…

US CO2 emissions declined by 3% in 2023
Primary driver was electrical generation sector
eia.gov/todayinenergy/…
Read the notes carefully for key points

Positive and negative influences of data visualization - from the Broad Street pump (cholera transmission) to the Goddard's Kallikak Family (used to promote eugenics) to warming stripes (showing AGW in action) twitter.com/royalsociety/s…

WTF?
Refusing to treat pregnant women in extreme abortion states?
apnews.com/article/pregna…

Constraining the high end of climate sensitivity ranges based on understanding the Last Glacial Maximum
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Threads by Hausfather twitter.com/hausfath/statu…
Armour twitter.com/karmour_uw/sta…

Energy transition in Europe continues to move forward as wind and solar growth maintains pace
twitter.com/EmberClimate/s…

Time lapse of Landsat satellite images makes clear the recent retreat of an Alaskan glacier
twitter.com/tomosglaciolog…

twitter.com/carlquintanill…

Earth's Energy Imbalance (EEI) has been increasings
Rohde breaks this down into global regions which show some large differences - and notes maritime aerosol pollution reductions & Antarctic sea ice reductions may be involved along with GHG emissions
twitter.com/RARohde/status…

Some sort of afternoon blip today on the production from our solar panels 😉😉😉

OK, this video, growing truffles from laboratory inoculated pine trees in North Carolina hooked me in to watch this morning
wsj.com/video/series/o…

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment issue has multiple articles on climate subjects in 2023 from sea ice to extreme heat waves to ocean heat content
nature.com/natrevearthenv…

I had just turned 8 - we lived across the river in North Little Rock
washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04…

Don't tell the children
twitter.com/David_Leavitt/…

While Tesla and most other EV makers cutting prices has been news as a pricing war broke out ...
This MAY BE STARTING to extend to the key and most expensive part of EVs: the battery pack
theconversation.com/a-battery-pric…

Chicken and the egg
To sell EVs, you have to make the cars AND their new batteries & battery packs
GM tried to design and to operate these new systems itself
GM has run into problems and delays esp in No America, less so in China
Long but worthwhile read
insideevs.com/features/70970…

Cold snaps can interrupt natural gas production from well head thru processing and transportation in a number of ways
EIA article provides history, analysis on 3 major basins, and some technical insight where cold weather impacts nat gas supply
twitter.com/EIAgov/status/…

Improving cancer detection
Especially at early stages or even in the precancerous stages (earlier the better)
twitter.com/EricTopol/stat…

The night sky may put on a show from a periodic nova this summer
1946 was the last eruption of T Coronae Borealis
blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skie…