Two Weekends: June 5-6/12-13, 12-6 PM Science Fair @ Flux Factory 39-21 29th Street, Long Island City Featuring a WATER BAROMETER by SP Weather Station in collaboration with Daniel Robie The first barometer wasn't invented to measure air pressure. In the 17th century, columns of water were used to disprove the church's position that a true vacuum was … [Read more...]
Tomas Saraceno – Cloud Cities
Tomás Saraceno / Cloud Cities Atelier Calder 19 June – 4 July 2010 12 Route du Carroi F-37190 Saché, France http://www.atelier-calder.com/ More info on e-flux: Over the course of his residency at the Atelier Calder, 2009 Calder Prize laureate Tomás Saraceno has continued to develop his project Cloud Cities-Air Port City, a proposed use of space that empowers … [Read more...]
MeteoWorld: A Cool Meteorological Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo
Guest post from SPWS friend and 2010 Weather Interpreter Tim Dye: On the banks of the Huangpu River, MeteoWorld showcases the weather community’s technological accomplishments. It’s the first-ever pavilion for the weather community and a really cool place if you’re a weather and technology geek. Its cloud-like roof mists, sending a cooling rain on visitors who … [Read more...]
From the NY Times: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
Published: April 15, 2010 By SIMON WINCHESTER Sandisfield, Mass. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/opinion/16winchester.html?scp=1&sq=tale%20of%20two%20volcanoes&st=cse IN planetary terms, it was just a tiny pinprick that opened up last month underneath the Eyjafjalla Glacier in southern Iceland, when a long-forgotten volcano started to erupt again after a … [Read more...]
SPWS 2009 Report Portfolios under way!
As of yesterday, we're 90% of the way to collating and boxing the 2009 SP Weather Reports! The folio for 2009 will include works by: Mike Estabrook & Vandana Jain (January); Susan Goethel Campbell (February); Emily Larned (March); Luke Strosnider (April); Andrea Polli (May); Mark Nystrom (June); Patricia Zarate (July); Jane D. Marsching (August); Stephanie Rothenberg … [Read more...]