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Nature's parasol: aerosols cool, but uncertainties rule... for now
The aerosol layer: courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center STS043-22-12 [1] Aerosols have had a...
Mark Osborne
Sep 27, 202412 min read
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Climate chaos, tipping points and the dance of the double pendulum
The climate pendulum As a first play with python on a mobile app, I was impressed by the seemless install, ease of coding, excution and...
Mark Osborne
Mar 22, 202412 min read
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Only web in black or very, very dark grey, pt II: footprints of clicks n pics
Footprints of the world wide web So the quick dive into shedding light on the dark "slide" (eek) of the webpage in pt I, becomes a full...
Mark Osborne
Feb 8, 20248 min read
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Only web in black or very, very dark grey, pt I: screen modes and themes
Quick thoughts on the design of this website. What are the energy footprints of the components that make and deliver the webpage. It's by...
Mark Osborne
Feb 7, 20244 min read
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Marangoni magic: the art of forced fluid flow
From the coffee ring left on the desk, the tears of wine clinging from your glass of good vintage, the swirling rainbows patterning a...
Mark Osborne
Dec 19, 20234 min read
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Solexa sequencing: a spin on the origin of a genomics game changer
In 1998, Solexa sequencing emerged at the University of Cambridge from pioneering work of Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and Sir David...
Mark Osborne
Nov 21, 20239 min read
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