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Charlotte Microburst
By Brandi Johns Live video caught on security camera during a microburst within a cold front moving through Charlotte.
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When it comes to artificial intelligence and weather, think like the Wright brothers.
On May 13th the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate held a...
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Cramming for my finals, Part 3. Heaven, if it exists, a poem by Robin Smith Chapman.
Heaven, if it exists, will be made of plastic, that glowingsky space of eternity floating abovebright colors of every size...
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Cramming for my finals, Part 2. High Tension, FDR’s Battle to Power America, by John Riggs.
“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.” – Will...
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Remedial reading: Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free, by Jed Rakoff.
“But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands,...
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Global Change Research for a More Secure World
Earlier this month, Benjamin L. Preston, Hila Levy, Heather Tallis, Rod Schoonover and Jane Lubchenco published an opinion piece in Eos Buzz by this title....
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Climate change, faith… and the Golden Rule.
Generally speaking, our successive thoughts are connected, rather than disjoint; hence, metaphors such as “train of thought” and “stream of...

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A Smattering of Books for the Amateur Weather Enthusiast
By Ben May, Board Director of the National Weather Association Foundation I tend to go overboard for books. I value...