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Latest Readings- TVA Touts Efforts to Ready for Mother of All Floods April 23, 2013Lessons from Fukushima: TVA nuclear plants' flood readiness is scrutinized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. […]
- Dead Forests Release Less Carbon into Atmosphere than Expected April 19, 2013Study took data from two locations in Colorado, found carbon release from soil around dead trees actually decreased for a period of time. […]
- Government Budget Cuts Force Leading Meteorological Training Program to Seek Donations April 19, 2013COMET online weather training program forced to address $2 million shortfall. […]
- Obama Issues National Plan for Ocean Economy, Health April 19, 2013Plan outlines implementation of National Ocean Policy, including improved forecasting of ocean conditions and sharing of data on storms and sea levels. […]
- UC Berkeley selected to build NASA’s next space weather satellite April 17, 2013$200 million project for 2017 launch will help scientists understand how ionosopheric fluctuations might be tied to Earthly weather below, not just to solar activity from afar. […]
- Snowflakes Falling on Cameras April 17, 2013University of Utah instrument photographs snowflakes in midair. […]
- After Tornado Strikes, Contractor Is Glad He built home to Survive Severe Weather April 17, 2013For his own home, Alabama electrical contractor chose to put in extra reinforcements, and after a direct hit from an EF-2, he sees the benefit of his own handiwork. […]
- TVA Touts Efforts to Ready for Mother of All Floods April 23, 2013
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- The IPCC consensus process: lessons from the Manhattan Project, mapping the human genome, measuring GDP… and Charles Darwin“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.” – Charles Darwin Call … Continue reading → […]William Hooke
- Infrastructure and ResilienceLast week, Bracken Hendricks, Cathleen Kelly, and Adam James of The Center for American Progress released a well-crafted report entitled Infrastructure and Resilience: Forging a National Strategy for Reconstruction and Growth. The report is worth reading in its entirety. Here … Continue reading → […]William Hooke
- Earth observations, science, and services: How good is good enough?Writing for the AMS blog The Front Page, Ellen Klicka posted a nice article building on last week’s AMS Washington Forum entitled The value of knowing our value. Her comments take off from the first panel at the Forum, which … Continue reading → […]William Hooke
- The IPCC consensus process: lessons from the Manhattan Project, mapping the human genome, measuring GDP… and Charles Darwin
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