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UPDATED Graduate Fellowship: The American Meteorological Society announces its 2010 Graduate Fellowship in History of Science. Applications are due 1 March 2010 for this US$15,000 fellowship to support doctoral research and writing. (Note: Candidates must be U.S. citizens or hold permanent resident status and must be pursuing a degree at a U.S. institution.) Further Details.

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) Climate Change first issue now launched. Further details.

Graduate Fellowship: History of Science Society Fellowship in the History of Space Science. The History of Science Society Fellowship in the History of Space Science, supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) History Division, funds a nine-month research project that is related to any aspect of the history of space science, from the earliest human interest in space to the present. The program is broadly conceived and includes the social, cultural, institutional and personal context of space-science history. Applications are due 3 March 2010. Further Details.

Graduate Fellowship: The American Geophysical Union announces its 2010-2011 Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science. Applications are due 15 February 2010 for this US$5,000 fellowship to support doctoral research. (Note: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or hold permanent resident status, and must be pursuing a degree at a U.S. institution.) Further Details.

Post-Doc: The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is seeking a Postgraduate (post- doctoral) Scientist to conduct research on the socioeconomic aspects of weather and the communication, use, interpretation, and value of weather forecasts and warnings. The scientist will join a multidisciplinary team of researchers in NCAR’s Mesoscale and Microscale Division, Integrated Science Program, and Collaborative Program on the Societal Impacts and Economic Benefits of Weather Information. Deadline: 5 February 2010. More Information (pdf file).

Calls for Papers

"Environmental History of the Sky," essays sought for an edited volume. Deadline: 8 January 2010. Full Announcement.

Recent Publications

Luis Enrique Ramos recently presented his new book, Huracanes: Desastres naturales en Cuba (1750-2008) at the International Book Fair of La Habana, Cuba.

Just published: Weather, Local Knowledge and Everyday Life: Issues in Integrated Climate Studies, edited by Vladimir Jankovic and Christina Barboza (Rio de Janeiro: MAST, 2009). Features 29 papers presented at the ICHM's meeting in Rio in May, 2008.

ICHM News

Roger Turner (University of Pennsylvania) will defend his dissertation, "Weathering Heights: The Emergence of Aeronautical Meteorology as an Infrastructural Science" on February 5, 2010.

You can contribute information for ICHM's redesigned Web site. Learn how.

Conferences

History of meteorology papers at the 2009 History of Science Society meeting, November 19-22nd, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

ICHM Members

ICHM welcomes new members Randy Peppler, Ruth Morgan, Emily O'Gorman, and Xingang Dai. Full membership list.

Archived Postings

2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001.

 

 

In 1959, Disney produced a vision of how human access to outer space would affect the future. In this section of the film, it imagines weather control implemented by a military-type agency that defends the United States, and perhaps the world, from hurricanes as well as floods that result from moving hurricanes.

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