Topic: Meteorology

A Malaria Outbreak Predictor? This Time It's for Real

10 years of research and development has made a new, tested computer model a reality.READ»

Joe Russo Modernizes Agricultural Water Management With Modeling

Joe Russo creates programs that help farmers better manage their water use.READ»

• Fast Talk: Staci Palmer
• Fast Talk: Jared Hayes
• Fast Talk: Derek Morikawa

Climate Change Is for Real, Y'all

Ever wonder how to reconcile the gazillion arguments out there surrounding climate change? Probably not, because you likely agree with us that climate change is real, otherwise we wouldn't be writing about it all the time and you wouldn't be reading our stories! But hey, one more final study on this stuff won't hurt.READ»

Eat Fish to Save Fish, Say Conservationists

Can we save the oceans with strategic dieting? Conservationists in Palm Beach think so -- they're encouraging locals to chomp down on an invasive species of lionfish.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»

NOAA State of the Climate Report: Get Ready for a Warming World

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's just-released 2009 State of the Climate report bears few surprises for those who follow climate science--the past decade was the warmest on record, and the Earth has slowly been heating up for the past 50 years. READ»

Five Big Business Opportunities for the Next Decade

For young people graduating from college with mountains of debt, and for workers of any age who have been jobless for long periods of time in the current economy, the picture is ominous: if we are in a recovery at all, it's a jobless ...READ»

Why Are Tarball-Filled Florida Beaches Still Open?

The BP oil disaster has finally caught up with Florida, as evidenced by this video of a child with tarballs stuck to her feet on Destin Beach. Florida has already begun to close dangerous areas--Pensacola Beach reportedly became the ...READ»

National Research Council: We Need to Act Now to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change

The climate change debate is filled with questionable reports and studies from both sides. But now the National Research Council,  an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has come out with three comprehensive new reports ...READ»

Fast Talk: Darkstrand Connects Companies to Research Institutions

Michael Stein CEO, Darkstrand Chicago Stein, 40, offers companies access to a superfast network that can transfer vast amounts of data, in real time, from 187 universities and research institutions. "We found a unique asset ...READ»

• Nada Hashmi and Jean Pierre Nshimyimana
• Marjorie Hunter
• Lisa Lapin

Bad Idea of the Week: Covering Up Landfill Stench With Deodorant Guns

We're all for alleviating the nasty stench of landfills, but this is just not the way to do it. The UK Guardian reports that Beijing is installing 100 high-pressure deodorant guns at the overflowing Asuwei dump site in the city.The ...READ»

U.S. Climate Change Portal Could Birth Entirely New Industries

At long last, we can access the government's climate change data, info, products, and services all under one roof: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Services site, a portal that brings together the ...READ»

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»

IBM Technology Offers Real-Time Analysis of Forest Fires

Climate change has increased the unpredictability of weather patterns, and as residents of the Western U.S. know, that means a jump in the number of forest fires. In the past year alone, 76,000 individual fires have consumed 5.8 ...READ»

Navy-Marine Relief Society (NMCRS)

Since its inception back in 1904, the Navy-Marine Relief Society (NMCRS) has been providing emergency financial assistance to active duty and retired Navy and Marine Corps personnel as well as members of their families. READ»

Forget Global Warming; Could Wind Farms Affect the Weather?

Everyone (well, mostly everyone) is worried about the effects of climate change on global weather patterns. But what if wind power--one of the most prominent clean energy solutions--affects the weather too? According to scientists at ...READ»

Work/Life: NextGen Would Boost the Economy

With all the talk about using taxpayer funds to stimulate economic growth, you'd have to think that someone in Washington would have remembered how important air travel is to a healthy economy. Right now corporate America is ...READ»

Ottawa Students Take Prize for Desalination Technology

A recent estimate for the total global freshwater is 35,000,000 cubic kilometers. Sounds like a lot right? Not quite. Humans depend on freshwater to survive, but unfortunately it only accounts for 2.5% of the Earth’s total ...READ»

Boiling the Ocean

What this bit of management buzz-speak would really entail, courtesy of our Consultant Debunking Unit.READ»

Weathering the Storm

Weather.com is one of the Web's most unlikely success stories. It has parlayed its loyal following and its philosophical take on the weather into a site that is on course to attract 3 billion page views this year.READ»

A Smarter Way to Brainstorm

The Meeting I Never MissREAD»

If a Consultant Flaps His Lips in Yokohama ...

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