Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

The Weather Machine: How We See Into the Future

*Shall we take an umbrella… or evacuate the city? The Weather Machine is about a miraculous-but-overlooked invention that helps us through our daily lives – and sometimes saves them – by allowing us to see into the future. When Superstorm Sandy hit North America, weather scientists had predicted its arrival a full eight days beforehand, saving countless lives and astonishing us with their capability. Their skill is unprecedented in human history and draws on nearly every major invention of the last two centuries: Newtonian physics, telecommunications, spaceflight and super-computing. In this gripping investigation, Andrew Blum takes us on a global journey to explain this awe-inspiring feat – from satellites circling the Earth, to weather stations far out in the ocean, through some of the most ingenious minds and advanced algorithms at work today. Our destination: the simulated models they have constructed of our planet, which spin faster than time, turning chaos into prediction, offering glimpses of our future with eery precision. This collaborative invention spans the Earth and relies on continuous co-operation between all nations – a triumph of human ingenuity and diplomacy we too often shrug off as a tool for choosing the right footwear each morning. But in this new era of extreme weather, we may come to rely on its maintenance and survival for our own.

Related Products:

Planet Earth The Future Numerical Weather Prediction The Map and the Territory 2.0: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting Our Future Earth Weather – A Force of Nature: Spectacular images from Weather Photographer of the Year Weather Lore: Weather in General: A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings & Rules Concerning the Weather The Weather Makers Wild Weather: The Myths, Science and Wonder of Weather The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future Campbell`s Weather Compendium Mapping The Weather Weather Almanac 2022: The perfect gift for nature lovers and weather watchers Instant Weather Forecasting: You Can Predict the Weather Uncharted: How to Map the Future Human Nature : Twelve Photographers Address the Future of the Environment We are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist`s Guide to the Climate Crisis Weather Forecasting – The Country Way A Planet of 3 Billion: Mapping Humanity`s Long History of Ecological Destruction and Finding Our Way to a Resilient Future – A Global Citizen`s Guide to Saving the Planet Peace in the Age of Chaos: The Best Solution for a Sustainable Future Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine The Weather of the Pacific Northwest Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine Strange Weather in Tokyo Great British Weather Disasters Extreme Economies: Survival, Failure, Future – Lessons from the World`s Limits First Earth Encyclopedia: A first reference book for children A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future Default ThumbnailThe Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene The Moon: A History for the Future How the Weather Works – Pop-up Book The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth My First Book of Weather Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide Voices of the Future: Stories from Around the World Heavy Weather Sailing The Future Is Asian: Global Order in the Twenty-first Century Polar Tales: The Future of Ice, Life, and the Arctic Supercontinent: 10 Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet