Weather

Science matters – and the weather is proof. We like to joke about the weather forecast always being wrong. But the truth is that meteorological science, supported by highly complex computer models, is twice as accurate today than in the 1980s. With each passing decade, meteorologists can see one day further into the future. This matters. When Cyclone Fani struck India in May, a million people had been evacuated. Although 89 still died, a similar storm in 1999 killed more than 10,000. The global forecasting system works because of free and open data sharing between nations. Collaboration makes the difference.

— Wayne Visser

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