Monthly Archives: February 2012

Here’s a not-entirely whimsical assignment for anyone who claims to be interested in the link between social science and our goal of weather-readiness. Take the Ten suggestions for policymakers listed in Monday’s post – suggestions originally framed by Steve Rayner … Continue reading →

Ok, ok. So this looks like an ad. Here’s the background. After I blogged yesterday on Human Choice and Climate Change, edited by Steve Rayner and Elizabeth Malone, Judith Curry made a kind mention on Climate, Etc. Her post gave … Continue reading →

“Full many a gem of purest ray serene…The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear: Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen…And waste its sweetness on the desert air…” from Elegy written in a country churchyard, Thomas Gray (1751) … Continue reading →

Climate scientists and political leaders could learn a lot from airline pilots. __________________________________ Really, Bill? …and why tackle this today? Why today? Because over the weekend, not one, but two influential environmental blogs with big readerships are touching on the … Continue reading →

Many readers of this blog are interested in this topic. Even so, you may have missed David Goldston’s thoughtful contribution to the subject. [I did.] Entitled “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Why NOAA Shouldn’t be moved to … Continue reading →

As a winter storm spins up out west, with Denver looking forward to a foot or so of accumulation and the middle of the United States awaiting its turn, let’s pause to remember what we’re told was the deadliest blizzard … Continue reading →

To note this year’s  Groundhog Day,                                                                                        Let’s quote what poet Frost did say,                                                                                           Sad to tell – worse luck!                                                                                                                    He used a synonym: woodchuck. A Drumlin Woodchuck By Robert Frost One thing has a shelving bank, Another a rotting … Continue reading →

In our household, growing up, math and physics were held in high regard. My mother had been a math major in college; my father was a Ph.D. mathematician, by turns a professor and then a researcher in government and the … Continue reading →