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- Forerunner is software for NFIMBYs, or no flooding in my backyard Wed, 8 Sep 21, 11:41pmMayors have the toughest job in the world, and leading a city is only getting harder. Even as populations swell in urban cores across the world, climate change is constraining the geographies where that growth can happen....
- BreezoMeter, which powers air quality in Apple’s Weather app, launches Wildfire Tracker Thu, 26 Aug 21, 11:00pmBreezoMeter has been on a mission to make environmental health hazards accessible to as many people as possible. Through its air quality index (AQI) calculations, the Israel-based company can now identify the quality of air...
- FloodMapp wants to predict where water goes before it washes away your home Thu, 19 Aug 21, 12:24amFloods are devastating. They rip asunder communities, wipe out neighborhoods, force the evacuation of thousands of people every year, and recovering them can take years — assuming recovery is possible at all. The U.S. government...
- Increased indoor humidity may decrease #Coronavirus #COVID-19 transmission Sun, 29 Mar 20, 5:58amNote: The suggestions in this guest essay may or may not be useful in your personal situation. It is provided here for review and discussion. There is some supporting evidence that increased heat and humidity will have an...
- FEMA loses the global warming plot on hurricanes Fri, 1 Jun 12, 2:15amFrom the we’ve been telling you so department, comes this honest briefing to the White House: (CNSNews.com) – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Craig Fugate said the frequency of tornadoes and hurricanes...
- USGS enters the weather porn business with ARkStorm Mon, 17 Jan 11, 5:06pmIt used to be enough to push worry about El Niño in the news, now the USGS takes it to whole new level. I don’t dispute the historical evidence of the 1861/62 flooding, but scaring the crap out of the … Continue...