Could an Earth observatory make a billion dollar manned space station seem practical?
Transatlantic Flight, 1919
Aviation meteorology for stamp collectors.
Silk Wind and Current Map, 1944
Climate data from Scripps and the Weather Bureau helped pilots evade capture during World War II.
"Eliminates Environmental Scare," 1970
Two historians debate the lessons we should take from a forgotten environmental worry.
Air Quality & Meteorology, 1975
How a niche forecast was made.
Caltech's Fabulous Weather Factory: 1949-71
Climate control cured an outbreak of physics envy amongst botanists.
Ten whimsical cartoons against air pollution, 1955-1958
Humor and PR helped make environmental policy popular.
Weather Cadet Generation: William H. Rehnquist
This future Chief Justice took a curious lesson from World War II.
Weather Cadet Generation: Maud E. Greenwood
After sexism drove this artist/scientist out of meteorology, she became a medical illustrator and professor of anatomy.
The Weather Cadet Generation: Clifton Hillegass
From meteorologist to student savior.
Meet the Weather Cadet Generation
Introducing a series on remarkable people who learned meteorology during World War II.
POW Meteorology: Hong Kong, 1941-45
These prisoners kept weather records on cigarette wrappers.
Drought Survivors, 1936
Distinguished geographers explore the intersection of fine art and climate history.
To See That It Keeps on Working, 1940
This automated system delivered forecasts to tens of thousands of telephone users daily.
George Washington Carver observes the Great Miami Hurricane, 1926
Interpreting of weather work of a scientist and symbol.
Valentine Meteorology, 1972
A snow of hearts leads to the sociology of office work...
Coleman on Chicago, 1985
Was this TV weatherman a harbinger of Trump?
The Computer Business, c.1968
Nat Woodrick was both typical and surprising.
Charlie Brown Clears the Air, 1979
The Peanuts Gang highlighted a hopeful moment in EPA history.
The Path of History, 1943
Does meteorology lead inevitably to weather control?