Five Things: Summer, Travel, Energy, Climate, Elvis
Aaaaand we're back with another Sunday Morning edition of Five Things!
Welcome to the latest edition of Five Things! I’m Nico, I read a lot and I like to share the best articles I read this week with you.
After a few weeks of a very sunny and warm June, we’re back to rain and wind and it feels like fall. Kind of like the Junes from the past, when the weather would change a lot in Northern Germany. So let’s focus a bit on the climate this week! I hope you enjoy this week’s picks!
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It’s summer. But in the Northwest, spring never showed
I don’t live in the Northwestern part of the US, but I think it makes sense to pay more attention to these developments. If we go from winter directly to summer, this changes nature in a lot of ways. And for us humans it is also stressful if the weather changes from cold to warm right away. (High Country News)
The Case Against Travel
“Travel is fun, so it is not mysterious that we like it. What is mysterious is why we imbue it with a vast significance, an aura of virtue. If a vacation is merely the pursuit of unchanging change, an embrace of nothing, why insist on its meaning?” (New Yorker)
Energy Change Sweeps the North Sea
My home state Schleswig-Holstein has two coasts: the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The rough and windy North Sea is now being converted into a wonderful source of energy. I still don’t understand why this took so long. (New York Times)
We’re Building Things Based on a Climate We No Longer Live In
I always assumed the climate forecast models would be continously updated and that probable future changes are being taken into account. Do people still think that “wacky weather” is just a spontaneous thing that will go away again next year? (Scientific American)
Ready to Sing Elvis Karaoke … as Elvis? The Weird Rise of AI Music
One could argue that artificial music has been around since The Monkees, but now GenerativeAI can do so much more that I assume we will quickly see personal music. Really, perfect music just for you. The recent developments are really change the way music will be produced. I’m not sure I like it. (Rolling Stone)
That’s it. Have an amazing Sunday!