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"A new wave of forecasting advances is unfolding, driven by artificial intelligence, drones, and new types of satellites. The Internet of Things has turned everything from cellphones to cars into ubiquitous weather sensors. Equally significant are new efforts to understand how people respond to forecasts and warnings. Scientists and government officials are realizing that how people get their weather information, and how they use it, are crucial to the outcomes of weather events. Among other things, some inequities, such as economic and health issues, as well as language barriers, can put vulnerable groups at increased risk due to weather. In [this book], veteran journalist Thomas E. Weber takes us on a ... tour of how meteorologists, scientists, and officials track and prepare for major weather events, such as hurricanes, tornados, floods, forest fires, extreme heat, and winter storms. As climate change is altering our planet and making weather events more extreme, readers will meet those on the front lines of weather preparation and prediction"--
About the author
Thomas E. Weber is a veteran writer, editor, and newsroom executive with a lifelong interest in how science and technology shape society. He was
The Wall Street Journal's first internet columnist and later became a bureau chief for the paper. As executive editor of
TIME, he supervised the magazine's feature journalism. He has taught journalism and publishing at Columbia University and New York University, as well as at his alma mater, Princeton University.
Summary
The unprecedented inside story of the people pushing boundaries of science and technology to build better weather forecasts - providing life-saving warnings and crucial intelligence about nature’s deadliest threats.
