L'argomento più vecchio contro le rinnovabili era che non funzionano sempre: il nuovo rapporto IRENA pubblicato a maggio dice che oggi, accoppiate alle batterie, funzionano 24 ore su 24 e costano meno di gas e carbone: 54-82 dollari per megawattora contro i 100+ del gas globale.

Dal 2010 il prezzo delle batterie è crollato del 93%, quello del solare dell'87%. Ora non è più una questione di tecnologia: ora si tratta di investimenti e di intenzioni.

https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2026/05/irena-fotografa-la-fine-di-un-alibi-rinnovabili-24-ore-su-24

#energia #Batterie

A timeline of our rapidly changing planet (through 2025)...

I've now added this visualization permanently to my climate change indicators webpage (at the bottom): https://zacklabe.com/climate-change-indicators/. Check it out there, as it looks much better in its full resolution!

The new version of the terra package is now available on CRAN! It includes several notable new features:
- tool for parallelize functions on a raster: `tile_apply()`,
- smooth blending between overlapping rasters: `mosaic(fun = "blend")`,
- hexagonal and rectangular grids: `tessellate()`,
- custom CRS transformation pipelines in `project()`,
- and fixes for many long-standing issues!

Read the full changelog here: https://rspatial.github.io/terra/news/index.html#version-19-24

#rstats #rspatial #gischat

Europe, our home 🌍

Today, we celebrate the European dream and the values that bring us together.

The Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950 laid the groundwork for the European Union that we know today.

And if you are in Brussels or nearby, come celebrate and visit us, at our Berlaymont building.

Europe Day is your day! 💙

Come visit us: https://commission.europa.eu/europe-day_en

“What to know about the predictions for a potentially record-breaking El Niño” by Jennifer Mcdermott for the @apnews. The article provides some very helpful context, but I would take issue with the headline. It is entirely unclear we’re going to see a “record-breaking El Niño”. The current consensus forecast is for a Niño3.4 value of similar magnitude to 2023/2024 (~2.0C) & much smaller than 2015/2016 (~2.7C). The article closes with the key larger point (courtesy of yours truly).

https://apnews.com/article/el-nino-climate-hurricane-heat-drought-rain-d9b3de8acc849198fbb1097fbb0eb4f6

Elettricità e gas: la coppia non si disaccoppia

Il mercato elettrico europeo lega i prezzi di elettricità e gas attraverso il meccanismo del marginal pricing. Per riformarlo non esistono proiettili d'argento. Nel frattempo, i costi della transizione ricadono in modo regressivo sui consumatori

https://phastidio.net/2026/05/07/elettricita-e-gas-la-coppia-non-si-disaccoppia/

@salute

https://www.rainews.it/video/2026/05/paracetamolo-i-giovani-se-abusano-e-rischiano-grosso-0e65cb22-092b-47b3-96da-99b28099ac54.html