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meteorology

[mee-tee-uh-rol-uh-jee] / ˌmi ti əˈrɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
weather science
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In a 2025 paper in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, I documented one of the clearest examples of self-correction failure in climate research that I’ve encountered in nearly three decades of research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

A new study from the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna provides a clearer picture of where these airborne microplastics come from.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Tropical Cyclone Narelle was inching towards the coast of Western Australia on Friday morning, according to the government Bureau of Meteorology.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The Bureau of Meteorology says that parts of the state have seen all-time temperature highs - with one area hitting a high of 48.9C.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

The national utilisation of Meteorology in forewarning of storms, and the increasing employment of instruments as weather indicators, render a knowledge of their construction, principles, and practical uses necessary to every well-informed person.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry



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