The authors of this weather-and-climate study did not resist the allure of shiny words: “Improving Weather and Climate Predictions by Training of Supermodels,” Francine Schevenhoven, Frank Selten, Alberto Carrassi, and Noel Keenlyside, Earth System Dynamics, epub 2019. (Thanks to Tom Gill for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at the University of Bergen, Norway, […]
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Patents (De)pending on Weather
Inventors have reason to squirm a bit over the weather, suggests this new study about the granting — or rejection — of patents. The study is: “Too hot to reject: The effect of weather variations on the patent examination process at the United States Patent and Trademark Office,” Balázs Kovács [pictured here], Research Policy, vol. […]
Beach study suggests tourists like good weather
Do not assume that tourists prefer good weather when they visit a beach. A study published in the International Journal of Biometeorology in 2013 challenges that easy-to-make assumption. The researchers gathered evidence – rather than relying on mere guesses and assumptions – as to what kind of weather brings beachgoers to the beach. Here is […]
Foghorn Requiem in the North Sea, on June 22
“The mournful sound of a foghorn is a product of the landscape through which it travels, but up close the foghorn is probably the loudest, most exciting sound you will ever hear.“ If you happen to be near Tyneside, in the NorthEast of England on June 22nd at around 12.30, you have a chance to […]
