Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Earth observations, science, and services for the 21st century
Got that flash of déjà vu? That feeling you’ve seen the headline before, maybe even on this blog? That’s because...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Collaboration in Earth observations, science, and services
The previous post tables the subject of public-private-sector collaboration. Jerome Ravetz cites UK examples showing that such relationships are fraught....
Across AMS
NOAA Appoints New Director for Hurricane Center
Rick Knabb has been named the new director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. He replaces outgoing director Bill Read and...
Cracks in the Ice
Floating ice shelves off the western coast of Antarctica are breaking up at their margins, causing them to disengage from...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Jerome Ravetz comment on public-private-sector collaboration
Jerry Ravetz is an extraordinary scholar whose work and thought defy easy characterization. Fortunately, he’s done the job for us!...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Hindenburg remembered
As I start to write this, in the evening of May 6, it is 75 years to the day that the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Dawn.
It is early morning as I write this. And we all know – or realize with a moment’s reflection –...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Titanic…and the Sultana
Chances are, you’ve heard of the first, but not the second. Both were vessels. Both sank, disastrously. Both tragedies occurred...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Move NOAA satellite acquisition to NASA? …and other compartmentalized decisions
How serious are those rising weather satellite costs? Here’s a comparison. If you’re reading this, chances are good you have...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Notional move of NOAA satellite acquisition to NASA revisited
So all of us have slept on the idea…sort of…for six days. Even with the added reflection, it still looks...
