Patrick McGuire

Welcome to #ReadingUK and the #UofReading, Paul!

Today, we're at a University of Reading meeting on "South American #Climate and Society"! #SouthAmerica #UofReading @uniofreading.bsky.social

We just left the University of #Birmingham! #UofBirmingham #BirminghamVisits #NationalCentreForAtmosphericScience #NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social

Re-remembering Benjamin Whisoh Lee, promoter of gauge theories The Korean American physicist made the framework underlying the standard model accessible to a generation of particle physicists.

This interesting article about Benjamin Whisoh Lee was in the recent #PhysicsToday. #physics #history #historyofscience #korea #BenjaminWhisohLee pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

The Phoenician Scheme! #ThePhoenicianScheme #ReadingBiscuitFactory #movies

Heavenly Ever After! (Korean: #천국보다아름다운!) #HeavenlyEverAfter #Netflix #JTBC #TV

We have 4 #cygnets! This is yesterday on the lake at my workplace, the University of Reading. @uniofreading.bsky.social @swanwatchuk.bsky.social #uofreading #swans

@cnn.com @davidaxelrod.bsky.social

I went to an event earlier this week at the #London campus of the University of Chicago #UChicago featuring a discussion about #politics between Christiane #Amanpour and David #Axelrod! #londonvisits @uchicagoalumni.bsky.social

I went to the #TowerOfLondon a few days ago! Pictured is the main tower (The #WhiteTower). #London #LondonVisits

Today & tomorrow, we're having the annual #EXPECT (EXplaining and PrEdiCTing the #weather & #climate) General Assembly (GA). Today, I gave a talk at the EXPECT GA, entitled "Soil-moisture #DataAssimilation in Europe". #LandSurfaceModeling @expect-project.bsky.social @ncas-uk.bsky.social

I'm on the way to #London! #LondonVisits

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Life’s Building Blocks Found in Bennu Samples - Eos The discovery of amino acids, abundant ammonia, and the bases of DNA and RNA on asteroid Bennu suggest that materials essential to life might be widespread throughout the solar system.

I just read this article in the paper version of the #Eos magazine (April). "Life's building blocks found in #Bennu samples". #astrobiology #PlanetaryScience eos.org/articles/lif...

Rainfall Rescue: 5 years on A citizen science success story

Rainfall Rescue: 5 years on

A citizen science success story

climatelabbook.substack.com/p/rainfall-r...

Researchers share computational tricks at unique Los Alamos conference Scientists encompassing multiple disciplines and security clearance levels spent more than a month discussing how to efficiently capture both small- and large-s

I recently read this interesting article in the paper version of Physics Today... Researchers share computational tricks at unique Los Alamos conference #physics #ComputationalScience pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

Birdlike robot flies steady without a vertical tail A pigeon-inspired design for mechanical flight uses avian-like movements to achieve autonomous, rudderless flight.

Birdlike #robot flies steady without a vertical tail! #physics pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

Today, I'm giving a talk at the University of Reading entitled "Data assimilation of soil properties for the region of Europe"! #DataAssimilation #SoilScience #ClimateScience #EXPECT @expect-project.bsky.social #NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social @uniofreading.bsky.social

Nobel Prize highlights neural networks’ physics roots The road to the modern machine-learning marvels was paved with ideas from statistical mechanics and collective phenomena.

I just finished reading this article on "Nobel Prize highlights neural networks' #physics roots" by Johanna Miller in the paper version of December's Physics Today. It's definitely worth reading. #NeuralNetworks #JohnHopfield #GeoffreyHinton pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

What does JULES stand for? Research scientist @mcguirepatrick.bsky.social at the University of Reading shares insights on how #DataAssimilation & #JULES are enhancing climate science!

Discover how his research improves soil moisture predictions in the European region 👉 bit.ly/3X6sNq2

Yes, the beach is indeed beautiful!

We just landed in #London! #LondonVisits #KoreaVisits

We're in #Incheon! #IncheonVisits #KoreaVisits

A lot of folks asked why I through this January's record global temperatures were so unexpected.

I think this graph shows it pretty clearly: pretty much every other January with La Nina conditions has been a cooler than the surrounding years.

I’m happy to share that my job title is changing! Now, it's "Land Surface Processes Research Scientist" at the University of Reading @uniofreading.bsky.social, Department of #Meteorology & NCAS @ncas-uk.bsky.social! #LandSurfaceProcesses #ClimateScience #JobTitles

Korean cafes welcome students and workers as cagong trend invigorates industry In a hypercompetitive cafe market, local coffeehouses are transitioning from hating to loving cagong. The attitude shift has even given rise to a new and popular genre of cafes catering to customers w...

#campingout #cagong #cafes koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-01...

Did you know #SoilMoisture is a key variable in monitoring the impacts of #ClimateChange?🤔

🛰️We’re using advanced satellite data from NASA’s SMAP & the ESA’s Climate Change Initiative to improve its #modelling.

Read our interview with @tquaife.bsky.social: expect-project.eu/news/obtaini...

YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder Have Researchers Found The First Evidence For String Theory?

The BBC claims that researchers have found the first evidence for string theory.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bp...

CO2 levels

And my second nerdy post: CO2 levels. The red is all the plane ride! #AMS2025

My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year yet These ‘warming stripes’, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, now include another dark red stripe for 2024.

The data is in.

2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the pre-industrial period.

More than 1 billion individual thermometer measurements have been condensed into a single vital number.

theconversation.com/my-new-dark-...