Excited to speak at @mainerusergroup.bsky.social next Thursday at 10:00PST//13:00EST//18:00BST where I will be talking about how we can move modeling into the database with {orbital}!

Fully remote event, all are welcome!
www.meetup.com/maine-r-user...

The tiny particles from wildfires can lodge in the lungs or make their way to the bloodstream. Years of repeated exposure to wildfire smoke can increase chances of a premature death.
www.sciencenews.org/article/what...

Climate change could nearly double water bills in some U.S. cities by mid-century, according to a new modeling framework from Stanford researchers.

The model could be adapted to assess water affordability risks in cities like L.A., San Diego, S.F., Cape Town, and Melbourne.

🔗 bit.ly/4wgewGV

Most one-sided World Cup final in history surely? #WC2026 #ARGSPA

Registration is open for #HackingLimno & #DSOS26 10-14 August!! This FREE, VIRTUAL event will host 3 workshops and 20 presentations in all things #datascience #openscience #limnology #ecology #hydrology #oceanography. aquaticdatasciopensci.github.io/registration/

We're excited to share bluffbench2, a next-generation data science LLM evaluation. The eval measures how well models notice subtle data quality issues in plots. Even the most capable models today score in the mid-teens.

opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...

We are delighted to announce Reticulate 1.41!

You can now simply declare your dependencies using `py_require()`, and Reticulate will handle the rest. This seamless experience is powered by uv, an extremely fast #Python package manager written in Rust.

Learn more: posit.co/blog/reticul...

#RStats

ICYMI: Earth has been hotter than it is today, but does that mean today's warming is natural? Not quite. Read more about the planet's hottest eras and what they teach us about today's climate. www.climate.gov/news-feature...

Climate change could cause 2.3 million deaths in Europe by 2100, warns new research by @lshtm.bsky.social scientists and colleagues in @natmedicine.bsky.social with the increase in heat-related deaths outweighing potential declines in cold-related deaths from milder winters. eos.org/articles/eur...

CUAHSI is hosting an introductory webinar, March 11, at 1PM ET, covering access to free cloud computing services, launching CUAHSI compute, different available environments, and more. There will be a question period at the end. Register-
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A trifecta of fire-friendly climate conditions fueled the January 2025 fires around Los Angeles: back-to-back wet winters that boosted vegetation, a record-dry fall, and extremely strong Santa Ana winds. See the map for how drought helped set the stage.

www.climate.gov/news-feature...

DRI’s Christine Albano co-authored a study that examined how the changing climate is creating an atmosphere more prone to extreme weather and how these atmospheric changes contributed to wildfires. Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/weatherwhipl...

Turned the old blog post of LLM-based tools for #rstats into a Quarto guide.

Includes even more packages now plus a roundup of relevant courses and tutorials

luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/

The {mapgl} #rstats package's new Story Map feature allows you to create immersive interactive experiences for viewers with the help of @mapbox.com's 3D terrain

Check out this example to get you started: a 3D tour of peaks in the Oregon Cascades!