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This Simulator Shows the Devastating Consequences of Global Nuclear War
Nuclear War Simulator, launching in 2020, lets the user design a plausible doomsday scenario and study the humanitarian impact. Just don't call it a "game."
The Shutdown Is Weakening Our Understaffed Weather Service
Salaried meteorologists at the National Weather Service aren’t getting paid, and this could have long-term implications for your weather forecasts.
This Country Tune About Not Dying in Floods Is the Real Song of the Summer
The National Weather Service of America wants you to know that you should "Turn Around Don't Drown" in this alarmingly catchy and terrifyingly dystopian new ad.
Last Month Was the Hottest May on Record in Alaska
Temperatures for the month were over seven degrees warmer than the 20th-century average — the latest in a two-year streak of broken temperature and precipitation records.
Why Birds Make Weird Circles on Weather Radars
Ominous donut-shaped radar bursts are 'roost rings', not doomsday explosions.
The Amount of Climate Data Collected Every Day Is Awesome
Hopefully you caught "Motherboard's post":motherboard.tv last Thursday about James Leng's very cool sculpture/weather data visualization art project, ""Point Cloud":http://vimeo.com/42896836." I was hoping to have a comment in there from the NOAA with...