http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com science writer and book author Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:51:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/washington-post-upgrades-web-weather http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/washington-post-upgrades-web-weather#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:01:12 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=2302 The Washington Post is jumping headfirst into using weather to attract readers; something television stations have been doing since the 1960s but that newspapers have mostly ignored. In his Dec. 10 Sunday column Andrew Alexander, the Post’s Ombudsman,  said: “Many readers have called or e-mailed asking what’s behind the expanded [online weather section]. The answer: opportunity, [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/washington-post-upgrades-web-weather/feed 2 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/snowy-science-lessons http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/snowy-science-lessons#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:43:11 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1778 From the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 5 through the afternoon of Tuesday Feb. 9, I spent roughly eight hours shoveling snow, thanks to the record-breaking “Snowmageddon” that brought two to three feet–in some cases even more–of snow to the Washington, D.C. area. Shoveling snow is a good time to think about the science of winter [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/snowy-science-lessons/feed 2 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/journalists-and-climate-science http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/journalists-and-climate-science#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:14:51 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=777 The political, diplomatic, and military consequences of climate change can be a minefield for journalists. Lately most such coverage has been about the cap and trade legislation making its way through the U.S. Congress. More complex topics are on the horizon, however, and intelligent reporting of these will require deeper scientific knowledge than needed for [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/journalists-and-climate-science/feed 1 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/ask-jack-weather-textbook http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/ask-jack-weather-textbook#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:26:45 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=751 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/ask-jack-weather-textbook/feed 4 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/climate-change-exhibit-gets-it http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/climate-change-exhibit-gets-it#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:34:02 +0000 Jack Williams ©2012 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=31 NEW YORK CITY—The American Museum of Natural History at Central Park West and 79th Street is always worth a visit when you’re in New York City. If you are curious about all of the talk about climate change, the museum is especially worth visiting to see “Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future” exhibit.]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/climate-change-exhibit-gets-it/feed 4