http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com science writer and book author Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:18:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/arctic-blast-science-stories-missing-in-action http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/arctic-blast-science-stories-missing-in-action#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:51:34 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=1685 The New Year has brought us a blizzard of stories about frigid temperatures and snow storms, but I’ve been unable to find any stories that closely examine what’s going on. I had been wondering whether I just hadn’t looked hard enough until I read the Jan. 6 Knight Science Journalism Tracker blog and saw that [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/arctic-blast-science-stories-missing-in-action/feed 4 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/an-ozone-challenge-to-science-writers http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/an-ozone-challenge-to-science-writers#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:34:20 +0000 Jack Williams ©2011 http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/?p=963 NOAA’s announcement on August 28, 2009 that nitrous oxide is replacing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as the most abundant ozone-depleting substance emitted by human activities offers a big challenge to science writers. Making sense of ozone and the substances that deplete it is always difficult because the atmospheric chemistry involved is complex. This story is a continuation [...]]]> http://www.weatherjackwilliams.com/archives/an-ozone-challenge-to-science-writers/feed 0