Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Hurricane Harvey: The REAL world intrudes on the VIRTUAL one… and sharpens minds.
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion.” “Ooh” said Susan. “I’d thought he was a man. Is he-quite...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Living on the REAL world: suffering and sorrow.
“Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
“Forecasting the weather” vs. “protecting life and property?”
A big leap. Just how big a leap? And why? Why is it so difficult to go beyond a forecast...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Weather services and social science: the tail (re)-discovers the dog.
For the past year or so it’s been my privilege to be part of a National Academy of Sciences study...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A televised red-blue debate on climate change?
One of the topics that came up while I was on the road for the past month. Haven’t seen anything...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Remembering C. Gordon Little, 1924-2017
I returned to my desk this morning after a month out of the office to the (belated) unhappy news that...
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...
