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David Ho

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Yesterday would have been the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, but oceanographers and our ability to make predictions called for a one-day delay. This ensured that the landings were a success. 🧪

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Mark Shore's avatar Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social
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a few years ago Munk said that addressing climate change and eliminating fossil fuel use would require efforts on the scale of D-Day, noting that "we did that once" (I'm paraphrasing)

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Steve Worcester 's avatar Steve Worcester @stevewfolds.bsky.social
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I would add American meteorologist Irving P. Krick to the decision. His methods were historical data & what had happened in the past. Controversial but correct. Grew up w/his forecasting tools in 50s & 60s.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_...

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