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In History
Triumph from Tragedy: How a Discovery from the 1974 Super Outbreak Saved Countless Lives
By Bob Henson Like many of you, I’ve found that some weather events – even if they don’t directly affect...
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A hidden gem at the AMS 2024 Annual Meeting? Rising Voices.
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t...
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The AMS 2024 Annual Meeting: Schumpeter’s gale hits, this time from the user side.
The previous LOTRW post focused on the growth and importance of AI to the meteorology and to the AMS 2024...
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Schumpeter’s Gale makes landfall at the 2024 AMS Annual Meeting
The previous LOTRW post found me eager to attend the (then-upcoming) American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting, which took place from...
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In praise of meetings.
“I meet, therefore I am.” – (what Descartes might say were he alive today?) “It’s the community, stupid!” – (with...
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Regifting: personal (and meteorological) reflections on Christmas Day 2023.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall...
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COP-28 re-enters the real world.
Earth’s atmosphere is warming, but when it comes to institutions of marriage and honeymoons, the air seems cooler, bordering on...
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This Advent season, there’s hope at COP 28
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. – Lyrics from the...
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The real world. No place for wishful thinking. Part 5. Reparations (by any other name)? Money is just the start.
In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines. – Proverbs 18:17 When I...
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The real world. No place for wishful thinking. Part 4. Climate (and other) reparations.
“Don’t fix the blame. Fix the problem.” – (origin unclear…) Happy Thanksgiving! Climate reparations are indeed no place for wishful...
