Perspectives

Neutralizing Some of the Language in Global Warming Discussions

February 22, 2011

By Keith Seitter, Executive Director, AMS The topic of anthropogenic global warming has become so polarized it is now hard...

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To be relevant in 2026, NOAA must master the social graces.

February 22, 2011

Think of NOAA[1] as young. Though founded in 1970, in agency-years it’s a mere adolescent! Everyone agrees it’s precocious, bursting...

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What will it take to keep NOAA as relevant in 2026 as it is today?

February 21, 2011

The past two posts, prompted by the FY2012 federal government budget rollout, and John Knauss’ challenge of twenty years ago,...

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NOAA’s relevant today, but perhaps no longer so dominant.

February 18, 2011

Yesterday’s post asked the question, “Is NOAA as relevant today as it was fifteen or twenty years earlier?” and answered...

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Challenges for NOAA…other federal agencies…and the rest of us

February 17, 2011

Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) rolled out the President’s FY2012 agency budget at a stakeholders’ meeting. Similar...

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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…Why you and I can and should get a good night’s rest, despite the 2012 budget picture.

February 16, 2011

Yesterday’s post listed reasons why the President’s budget for 2012 triggered insomnia everywhere inside the Beltway. Some lost sleep because...

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One-a.m. thoughts on the President’s FY2012 Federal Budget.

February 15, 2011

Living on another planet? Perhaps you’re unaware that today President Obama is making public his proposed 2012 federal budget. Those...

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Valentine’s Day, the Real World, and the Five Languages of Love

February 14, 2011

You’re multi-lingual. Maybe you didn’t know that! But you are. It turns out, according to Gary Chapman’s best selling book...

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For whom the bell tolls

February 11, 2011

Yesterday morning I got an e-mail from a colleague and good friend, a hazards geologist. He mentioned in passing that today,...

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The Earth Whisperer.

February 10, 2011

Back in 1998 Robert Redford produced, directed, and starred in a remarkable film entitled The Horse Whisperer. [With those three...

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