Research in this field is only going to get more precise so long as public interest and demand remains. The best part about studying atmospheric phenomena is that we learn about systems that affect huge swaths of the earth, so it benefits everyone to be able to predict them. As we saw with Hurricane Helene (just looking at a recent US storm for example), weather events are only going to be more unpredictable as climate change accelerates, and the supply chain is affected by every one of these storms each time, not to mention the untold damage to the entire area. As long as we continue to stay on top of learning, we can update our climatological models and thus forecasts for weather. It's still less expensive overall to act and adapt rather than not.
this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2024
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