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Continued warm, dry weather in Colorado raises alarms about reliability of power systems

Colorado utilities are preparing for what’s shaping up to be a hotter-than-normal and relatively dry summer while regulators are assessing how to keep the lights and power on as the climate changes.

The Denver Post · Jun 1, 2022

AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won't replace human experts

A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea for that time: constructing a systematic process based on math for predicting the weather. In his 1922 book, “Weather Prediction By Numerical Process,” Richardson tried to write an equation that he could use to solve the dynamics of…

The Conversation · May 26, 2022

First Named Hurricane Struck US Soil 75 Years Ago. Can You Guess Its Name?

Major hint: Think of the first President of the United States.

Zenger · May 23, 2022