Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Tooth, Tail, and Territory? Relationships among the three are as vital to innovation as they are to military conflict
[a great societal] “challenge, a development problem, is the widening gap between advancing scientific knowledge and technology and society’s ability to...
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Batter Up! How Higher Temperatures Impact Baseball Stats
By Brandon Koch and Anna Panorska Forget rain delays, temperature “is the most important meteorological variable affecting fly ball distances...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Observing Hang-together Day – July 5
“We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin (on occasion of the...
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All the Colors of the Sky: Decoding Rainbows, Halos, and Coronas
By Gunther Können What do you see when you look up? Clues to the state of the atmosphere are all...
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Decoding the Sky: Identifying Clouds in Edvard Munch’s The Scream
By Fred Prata, Alan Robock, and Richard Hamblyn Art has an interesting role to play in weather observing. Paintings, sketches,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Policy nous: the superpower you use to harness your science to “the benefit of life.”
“Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all — that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge,...
In History
From Kamikaze to Katana: How Weather Protected Japan from Mongolian Invasion
By J. Neumann At the time of Genghis Khan’s death in 1227, the Mongolian Empire stretched east to west from...
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Can We Predict Weather on Mars as We Do on Earth?
By Dr. J. Cory Demko A very thrilling, nervous, and euphoric moment occurred back on February 18th with the touchdown...
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13 April Fool’s Jokes for the Atmospheric, Space, and Weather Crowd
April Fool’s jokes have been around since the 16th century, even though the origins of the practice are disputed. Whatever...
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A Day in the Life of Stratocumulus
By Ted Best Perhaps one of the most important yet unappealing cloud types is stratocumulus. Although they create overcast skies...
