Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What are blogs (vertebrates) good for?
Judith Curry had an interesting post over the weekend: What are blogs good for anyways? In it, she draws our...
Congressional Staff Hear Unified Call for a U.S. Weather Commission
by Ellen Klicka, AMS Policy Program Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Lewis Fry Richardson
Lewis Fry Richardson, born October 11, 1881, died on September 30, 1953, exactly 59 years ago to the day this...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Berezow and Campbell on social science.
My wife loves me. [and I love her, BTW.] How do I know she loves me? Why is this an...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Commerce’ best idea.
Today’s subject may not be Commerce’ best idea…but it’s certainly in the Top Ten. The U.S. Department of Commerce has...
AMS Dedicates 45 Beacon Room to Joanne Simpson
Last week, AMS held a ceremony at our 45 Beacon Street headquarters in Boston to celebrate the life and accomplishments...
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Weekend thoughts…on hope and despair…and their attribution
On September 12-14, Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute held a workshop on Extreme Meteorological Events, mores specifically on Attribution of...
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Non-partisan? Or irrelevant? Or both?
Is it just me? Or do the candidates in this year’s U.S. elections appear to be debating just about every...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Gray is beautiful.
I’ve reached that stage in life that many younger people associate with the color gray. Think graybeard. Pale stale male....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Public-private collaboration…on the big screen.
The Earth observations, science, and services community rightfully frets about public-private collaboration. How can the nation mesh sector roles and...
