Perspectives

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Want to learn more about community resilience?

February 15, 2012

Readers of the previous post and related posts on the Weather-Ready Nation may be well aware of the work pioneered...

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“Single-Station” Weather-Readiness

February 15, 2012

“Red sky at night, sailors delight…red sky in morning, sailors take warning.” Before the Valentine’s Day digression, the topic was...

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Valentine’s Day 2012

February 14, 2012

Prologue, Part 1: One of the perks of having blogged for over a year? Significant dates start rolling around a...

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Weather-Ready Nation. Just a slogan? Or a way of life?

February 13, 2012

In junior high, I had a shop teacher who would tell us repeatedly, “Plan your work and work your plan.”...

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This just in…Data (from a recent study) tend to confirm scientists are human too…

February 10, 2012

Hopefully blog readers will try a little experiment with me today. As you know, I read The Economist, and I’m...

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Social science: the right tool for the job

February 9, 2012

Yesterday here in the office I was having a conversation with a new (and welcome) colleague.  Our topic? Social science....

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Roger Pielke, Sr. weighs in on Human choice and climate change…

February 9, 2012

…with some interesting bits of commentary and a few useful links. You can find his post on his blog Climate...

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Leopold Leadership Program

February 9, 2012

Last evening I received an e-mail from Pam Sturner, who is executive director of the Leopold Leadership Program. [Remember that...

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(Social science and) the case for a NOAA in Commerce

February 8, 2012

This week we’ve been looking at social scientists’ ten suggestions for policymakers. [Want to catch up? You can start here...

AMS/UCAR Congressional Fellowship Application Deadline Approaching

February 8, 2012

by Jack Fellows and Paul Higgins Every year the AMS and UCAR together send one member of our community to work...

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