SpaceNews
NOAA Shells Out Another $3 Million to See If Fancy Weather Tech Actually Works
NOAA extends its $3 million contract with Spire to test a fancy hyperspectral microwave sounder that might make weather forecasts slightly less wrong.
2026-08-04
SpaceNews
2026-07-19
MIT Technology Review
Someone Used a Hairdryer to Rig a Weather Station and Won $20,000. This Is Fine.
A hairdryer-wielding gambler rigged a Paris weather station to win $20,000. Now experts worry that AI-powered forecasting makes the whole system even easier to game.
2026-07-17
The Guardian Europe
Old English Saying About Clouds Turns Out to Be… Accurate, Apparently
An ancient English weather rhyme about fish-scale and horse-tail clouds is scientifically spot-on, confirming that sailors were smarter than we give them credit for.
2026-07-05
SpaceNews
Airbus Tapped to Build Wind-Watching Satellite Sequel, Because One Wasn't Enough
ESA picks Airbus to build a wind-monitoring satellite sequel with twice the lasers, launching in 2034 - because waiting a decade for better weather data is totally fine.
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