Mars and Earth: A Tale of Two Energy Budgets

Editors’ Highlights are summaries of recent papers by AGU’s journal editors. Source: AGU Advances The balance between a planet’s absorbed solar energy and emitted heat—its radiant energy budget—shapes its weather and climate. Guan et al. [2024] present the first detailed view of Mars’ energy budget across latitudes, revealing stark contrasts with Earth: Mars experiences energy…

Budgeting tips for a financially healthy new year

If you’re starting 2025 with a holiday spending hangover and some fresh credit card debt, it might be time to focus on improving your finances. If your New Year’s resolution is to get your finances in better shape, it’s going to take a little sweat. Mark Hamrick, a senior economic analyst at Bankrate, compares it…

Interactive Brokers enhances PortfolioAnalyst by adding Budgeting tool

Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers continues to enhance its solutions, with the latest updates concerning PortfolioAnalyst. All IBKR clients have free access to PortfolioAnalyst. Simply log in to Portal and select the Performance & Reports > PortfolioAnalyst menu item to get started. If you have an individual, joint or trust account with IBKR, you can…

Budgeting considerations for 2025 milk price

Budgeting is an important task every year, although on dairy farms, budgets and projected profit and losses should be updated at least quarterly. This allows you to know how profitable your farm is, so you can make adjustments before you lose money. Soon, we will know the average all-milk price for 2024, but current projections…

Area school boards finalizing fiscal 2026 budgets | Local News

BENNINGTON – Proposed fiscal 2026 school budgets for Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union communities are moving toward the final form they will take on annual town meeting day warnings. The SVSU board approved its budget in December as the first step in a process that also includes the Mount Anthony Union School District and the Southwest…

South Dakota Libraries threatened as new budgets plummet – Rapid City South Dakota news, weather, sports

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Local librarians are giving their reactions to Governor Noem’s proposed budget, which would cut nearly $2.5 million from the State Library. On December 3rd, 2024, Governor Noem presented her annual budget address to the state, in which she recommends a 1.25% increase on what she called “The Big 3,” including healthcare…