meteorology
Why Weather Predictions Will Never Be Perfect
The blizzard predicted for the East Coast was mostly spot on, except for one area: Manhattan.
Supercomputer-Powered Models Are About to Make Weather Forecasts More Accurate
The UK Met Office has an improved forecasting model, but it's already awaiting the next revolutionary supercomputer system.
The Weather Channel Gives a Forecast in the Year 2050: The Outlook? Apocalyptic
That time the UN and the Weather Channel teamed up to produce science fiction.
Hopes for a Drought-Rescuing El Nino Winter Are Fading
The NOAA downgrades its El Nino predictions to "weak."
Kim Jong-un Berates North Korea's Weather Service for 'Incorrect' Forecasts
The supreme leader toured North Korea's meteorological facilities and gave workers "guidance" on improving their weather predictions.
A Warmer Pacific Ocean Leads to More Tornadoes
The surface temperature of the Pacific also influences where twisters are more likely to form.
How Big Smells Help Cool the Earth
A new study explains how exhaust, sea spray, pine forests, and other stinks help create a natural sunscreen.
Want to Help Study Hurricanes? Stick a Jar Out Your Window
Stable isotopes in the water could help answer questions about how water is being moved around inside this giant storm system.
How We All Pay for the Weather Channel
The Weather Channel — or Weather Underground or your TV weather person or your DIY forecasting buddy — pretty much just have what we have, which is the internet and the ability to access government-supplied data.
Will the Real Meteorologists Please Stand Up?
TV weatherpeople seem like such a goofy anachronism these days that I forget they even still exist until I'm in a motel room in some small town somewhere watching the local 10 o'clock news and, hey, there's someone calling themselves a meteorologist...
Motherboard TV: Upgrade: Using Lasers To Make It Rain
World water use is "rising faster":http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/25/us-population-water-idUSTRE79O3WO20111025 than our world population. Tiny island nation Tuvalu "has been crippled":http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tuvalu-fresh-water...