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Hawking Building review – the Science Museum’s giant new shed of the weird and wonderful On an old RAF airfield, a no-frills metal barn has been built to house the reserve collections of the London museum and its associates, with 300,000 objects ranging from a 1960s nuclear missile

the Guardian

Hawking Building review – the Science Museum’s giant new shed of the weird and wonderful

On an old RAF airfield, a no-frills metal barn has been built to house the reserve collections of the London museum and its associates, with 300,00...

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New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding The method could help communities visualize and prepare for approaching storms.

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

With help from AI, MIT scientists developed a method that generates satellite imagery from the future to depict how a region would look after a pot...

"The method combines a generative artificial intelligence model with a physics-based flood model to create realistic, birds-eye-view images of a region, showing where flooding is likely to occur given the strength of an oncoming storm." #climatechange #climatecrisis #sealevelrise #hurricane

#silentsunday #maritime #maine

#silentsunday #maritime #Venice #venezia

Two photos of the frigate USS Constitution in Boston Navy Yard, taken 50 years apart. One is this month with the USS Nantucket, a "littoral combat ship" that's sort of a modern frigate, except not as well designed. The other was in 1974 as the Constitution underwent a major rebuild and I talked my way into a tour by the commander. Asked whether he liked the job, he said it was much better than his previous tour of duty in Vietnam. #Boston #maritime #history #navy

In the Boston Navy Yard, the USS Constitution fires her 8am cannon. Yes, the blast of air shakes the video. #Boston #maritime #history #navy

Not every city is prepared for climate change. Look up yours. https://wapo.st/3OkJysR (shared, I hope) "Overlaying risk and resilience is a road map to a community’s future. It paints a picture of why a place is positioned to thrive or struggle because climate change won’t be a singular disaster. It’s a succession of stresses, some small, others devastating." #climatechange #climatecrisis #sealevelrise

From Sea to Rising Sea (podcast) "What will it mean for the sea to rise two feet… 4 feet…even 7 feet by the end of the century? Turns out, it depends where you look. "In this episode, we’re going to drop in on communities on each of America’s three coasts, each coming up with their own set of solutions to the water that is slowly consuming their edges." https://www.wwno.org/podcast/sea-change/2024-11-18/from-sea-to-shining-sea #sealevelrise #climatecrisis #climatechange #environmentaljustice

#silentsunday #Boston #harbor