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"Dark Sky" Reinvents Weather Apps With Hyper Local Forecasts

What is it with these innovative weather apps lately? I wouldn't have thought this useful-but-boring space would be so attractive to designers and developers, but here's another one that really raises the bar: Dark Sky, an app that ...READ»

The "New Normal" Weather

It seems like there is a new flood, tornado, or hurricane every day. Is this the kind of meteorological insanity we need to learn to expect? READ»

The New Weather Is Going To Make Food Prices Soar

Climate change will cause the price of staple foods like corn, rice, and wheat to more than double over the next 20 years. It's already starting in China.READ»

How To Turn Climate Skeptics Into Believers: Argue With Them On Warm Days

A new study finds that your perception of what the current temperature should be says a lot about your thoughts on the environment.READ»

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Managing Data in the Pakistan Flood Crisis

When numbers get washed away, everything falls apart.READ»

Google Earth Now Shows Rain and Snow in Real Time

Google Earth just got even cooler. Now you can pretend to be a meteorologist and track precipitation patterns over the globe, in real time. READ»

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iFive: Weather Crucial for BP, Google Mobile Payment System, Venrock Raises $350M, Anna Chapman on Film, Bieber to N. Korea?

While you were setting off fireworks, throwing a coyote on the barbecue, and squeezing on your Stars and Stripes Speedo, innovation was releasing mobile payment systems, scraping together $350 million, and wearing 3-D specs. But not ...READ»

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It May Be Freezing Today, but Global Warming's Still a Fact

That's the message from scientists who are keen to dispel some of the public misunderstanding on the matter.READ»

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Cloud Sourcing: National Weather Service Finds a Thousand Sam Champions on Twitter

Search Twitter for the topic "snow new york" and all sorts of uslessness might pop up. For instance: "dear sky. please let it snow or freeze bad so no school but get better for the 14th so mom can go to new york and get me ...READ»

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Early Identification of Risks to the Global Agricultural Supply Chain

In April 1998, a Foresight workshop was convened which focused on seasonal weather forecasting as a tool for better understanding the risks to the global agricultural supply chain. This event was represented by attendees from ...READ»

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iMapWeather.com BETA has launched!

iMapWeather™ | Local, National and Global Weather Conditions, Forecasts, Animated Radar and Watches    iMapWeather provides local, national and global current conditions, weather forecasts, watches and ...READ»

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Mental Ilness - a recent reply to a victim of discrimination - interesting

Re: Accusing Discrimination due to Disability When You are Mentally ill.... By hogs12 in Mental Health - NEW Lack of knowledge by support organizations or people in authority is typical.  The school systems, with all the ...READ»

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I Believe I Can Fly ...

There is something about that lyric that has always given me a lift.  Simple, yet it can create many different images.  For me, I have come to realize I can fly, but not on my own.  I need wings, lift, and most importantly, the ...READ»

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Election 2008

Barak Obama has charisma, and is very intelligent.   I am concerned about the entire package he would bring to the Whitehouse.  John McCain has been tested in the field of battle, and in Washington.  He is also intelligent, ...READ»