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With US climate research taking a backseat to human spaceflight, deep-space exploration, European scientists have focused on finding new ways to understand changing atmosphere.
Europeâs Satellites Could Help Catch the Next Climate Disaster
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January 17, 2021
Monthly seasonal forecasts of temperature, precipitation and atmospheric pressure need to increase levels of accuracy Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service
(Bloomberg) Spain began the new year battling Storm Filomena, a once-in-a-generation weather event that blanketed Madrid in snow and paralyzed the economy. Health workers were stranded, supermarkets shut, and the army was called in. At least four people died.
âNow, consider a government or company that knew two weeks ago there was a risk that this would happen,â said Francisco Doblas-Reyes, a physicist at Barcelonaâs Supercomputing Center. âKnowing the risk that a 1-in-20-year event was going to happen would have given more possibilities to prepare.â