Dr. Jeff Masters, September 5, 2010
Director of Meteorology, Weather Underground
For the first time since August 22, when Danielle became a tropical storm, there are no named storms active in the Atlantic. There no indications that today's break in the action represents a beginning of an extended quiet period in the Atlantic, though. The remains of Tropical Storm Gaston, located about 700 miles east of the Lesser Antilles Islands and moving west at about 13 mph, are close to reaching tropical depression status again. Gaston may threaten the Lesser Antilles Islands on Tuesday, Puerto Rico on Wednesday, the Dominican Republic on Thursday, and Haiti, Jamaica, and/or the Turks and Caicos Islands by Friday.
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Dr. Ricky Rood, September 3, 2010
Professor, University of Michigan
Who is the Audience? What to Do ? (2) At the bottom is a short Pakistan update.In the previous article I argued that much of the “opposition” to climate change was politically motivated or politically aligned. With such political positioning a communications and education strategy motivated by the opposition only feeds the political argument. This is especially true in “crisis situations,” where reactions to the crisis serve to build and perpetuate the crisis. Then some become vested in maintaining the crisis, including those whose primary goal is to seed doubt ...
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