Improving Tropical Cyclone Forecasts
Tropical cyclones are usually associated with bad news, but a long-term study about these storms now posted online for publication in...
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Whose Flood Is It, Anyway?
When water-laden air lifts up the eastern slope of the Rockies, enormous thunderstorms and catastrophic flooding can develop. Americans may remember...
Cruising the Ocean’s Surface Microlayer
Oceans are deep, and they are integral to the climate system. But the exchanges between ocean and atmosphere that preoccupy...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
I love Paris.
The previous LOTRW post, Presidential power – not all it’s cracked up to be, argued that the President’s recent decision...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Presidential power –not all it’s cracked up to be.
(Yesterday’s furor over the President’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement may have been overblown. Here’s why.)...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The morning after.
“We learn geology the morning after the earthquake.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson President Trump’s speech announcing U.S. withdrawal from the...
AMS Programs, Perspectives
Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement Flouts the Climate Risks
by Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director President Trump’s speech announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement emphasizes his assessment...
Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has begun. If they haven’t already, people who could be affected by tropical storms and hurricanes should...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Climate change? Whatever changes this week, some things will stay the same.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet – William...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
E(arth)xit.
Stephen Hawking has been asking a proper question: How much time do we (humans) have here on Earth? His answer...
