Matteo De Felice

Last year, the paper published by Kotz et al. made a huge impact. According to a recent commentary, the results were affected by an outlier, removing the outlier the prediction went from -19% to -6%. The full story here.
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France wildfire: Blaze is 'catastrophe on an unprecedented scale' The huge wildfire is the largest in France so far this year and has burned an area larger than Paris.

France's biggest wildfire since 1949. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state's largest blaze of the year Rising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that has injured four people as it has become the biggest…

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Map reveals best and worst places to live for natural disasters FEMA’s Risk Index ranks every U.S. county by disaster risk, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Here’s what it reveals—and how to use it.

Totally outside our area of expertise but fascinating information. Thinking of moving? This map has weather and climate threats and recovery ability by county.

www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...

This chart tells a wonderful story of medical advancements and on the impact of smoking. www.economist.com/briefing/202...

The deadliest floods in U.S. history » Yale Climate Connections The July 4 floods in central Texas rank as the 10th-deadliest flash flood in U.S. history.

The July 4 floods in central Texas rank as the 10th-deadliest flash flood in U.S. history.https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/the-deadliest-floods-in-u-s-history

Tampa Hits 100 Degrees for the First Time as Heat Grips the Southeast Extreme heat has settled across much of the region.

A dangerous stretch of extreme heat is gripping much of the Southeastern United States this week, with the most intense combination of high temperatures and humidity expected to persist through at least Wednesday. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...

During 2023 and 2024 , forests absorbed only a quarter of the carbon dioxide they do in an average year. www.wri.org/insights/for...

‘Boiling frog’ effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study Research shows people’s response to binary date could drive more effective ways of communicating gravity of crisis

Gradual changes are difficult to understand, in other words - binary events are easier to communicate than averages. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

Australia’s surge in household battery installations is ‘off the charts’ as government subsidy program powers up At current rate, households could have 10,000MW installed in five years – half the nation’s total coal power capacity, expert says

Australia’s surge in household battery installations is ‘off the charts’ as government subsidy program powers up: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Is climate change fuelling Europe’s early, extreme wildfire season? A ‘perfect storm’ of heatwaves, drought and poor forest management has burnt 232,000 hectares of European land so far this year, experts warn.

"A ‘perfect storm’ of heatwaves, drought and poor forest management has burnt 232,000 hectares of European land so far this year, experts warn." www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

A heat dome and "corn sweat" are driving this week's dangerous heat wave: www.axios.com/2025/07/22/h...

Climate catastrophes are creating a ‘new market reality’ for insurance carriers | CNN Business Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totaling an estimated $84 billion — for the first six months of the year, according to a report from…

"Climate catastrophes are creating a ‘new market reality’ for insurance carriers" edition.cnn.com/2025/07/18/b...

The term "moonshot" has a positive meaning because...it worked. But people were not particularly in favour back in the time: after Kennedy’s 1961 declaration to put man on the moon a poll revealed only 33% supported, compared with 58% opposed.

This is the summer of flooding across the US, and scientists know why | CNN Summer has increasingly become a season marked by deadly disasters, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.

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How Germany manages extreme heat and climate change – DW – 07/20/2025 The next heat wave has been forecast in Germany. How is a country known for its lack of air conditioning preparing?

"We need effective climate protection. Otherwise, summer will turn from a wonderful season to a very dangerous season for very many people." www.dw.com/en/how-germa...

"Winter Is Coming for Oil — And Not in a Positive Way" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Gas flaring created 389m tonnes of carbon pollution last year, report finds Rules to prevent ‘enormous waste’ of fuel are seen as weak and poorly enforced and firms have little incentive to stop

The Guardian on gas flaring: "Gas flaring created 389m tonnes of carbon pollution last year" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A nice paper, with code, illustrating how the CMIP6 models agree (or not) in classifying climate using the most common climate classification systems (e.g., Koppen). This article is very useful and shows a (visual) example of the uncertainty behind climate models. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) produces 360 TB of data per day. And they have more than 1200 Petabytes of data in their archives. www.ecmwf.int/en/newslette...

This articleis not saying anything wrong but it seems to suggest that the recent dramatic flash flood in Texas could have managed better with higher quality data. As far as we know, the forecasts were good enough, the main issue was the lack of a proper alert system.
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The European Commission presented its proposal for the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF): EUR ~2 trillion, including a new Competitiveness Fund and a renowned research framework (EUR 175 billion)
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Navigating forest gains and losses across the globe using 2000-2024 Landsat images: glad.earthengine.app/view/global-...

An open dataset of all the buildings across the globe (that's impressive): github.com/zhu-xlab/Glo...

Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity We conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we…

Vibe coding in a nutshell (it's just one study but...)

"When developers are allowed to use AI tools, they take 19% longer to complete issues—a significant slowdown that goes against developer beliefs and expert forecasts." metr.org/blog/2025-07...

Big partnership between weather intelligence and AI: Palantir and Tomorrow.io www.tomorrow.io/blog/palanti...

Maybe we are overestimating the future electricity demand of data centers: data centers. A new study: www.selc.org/wp-content/u...

Medium-haul flights are soaring – and it’s a problem for the planet The average mileage of an international flight departing the UK has increased about 60 miles since 2019

Last year, air travel returned to pre-pandemic levels. Passengers flying in and out of UK airports hit 300 million, almost exactly the same amount as 2019. Yet, provisional estimates suggest that the CO2 footprint of international aviation slightly increased.
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"Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy. Do we use them?

“Oh, no; we burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel. We live like squatters, not as if we owned the property."
Thomas Edison, 1910

Germany's balcony solar systems to reach 1 million in June The number of registered plug-in solar devices, also called balcony power plants, is set to reach 1 million in Germany in June 2025, the German Solar Association (BSW-Solar) said on Wednesday.

One million of balcony solar systems in Germany with a combined capacity is 1 GW. They are cheap and easy to install. renewablesnow.com/news/germany...