AER in the News
2010
July: WBZ AM
Air date: July 21, 2010
How Much does the Weather Impact Business?
July: Mass High Tech
Published: July 21, 2010
Whims of the weather could drive the BP spill
July: BNN (Business News Network) Canada
Air date: July 14, 2010
Weathering the Heatwave: Get Set for a Long, Hot Summer
July: CNBC
Air date: July 7, 2010
Violent & Volatile Summer? Discussing the impact of record heat and gulf storms on business
June: CNBC
Air date: June 28, 2010
Bracing For 1st Named Storm: The first named storm of the hurricane season could hit the gulf area as early as next week.
June: Businessweek
Published: June 6, 2010
The Rise of the Climate Consultant: As the SEC asks for climate risk disclosure, an industry blooms
BlackRock’s Dan Rice, managing director of the $1-billion Energy & Resources Fund, relies on AER’s “weather forecasts to gauge heating demand that moves the oil and coal markets...Rice commissioned Atmospheric & Environmental Research (AER), a Lexington (Mass.) consultancy to synthesize the climate literature.”
June: CNBC Squawk Box
Air date: June 1, 2010
Hedging Hurricane Season
Hurricane season has officially started, and experts expect it to be the worst since 2005.
Air Date: May 12, 2010
Heavy Hurrican Season Ahead (Video)
Paul Walsh, meteorologist and Senior Vice President at Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), discusses the potential severity of the approaching hurricane season and the impact of the Gulf oil spill and storm surge.
February: CNBC.com - Consumer Nation
Published: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Hurry Up and Buy Those Flip-Flops — A Blizzard Is Coming
February: National Public Radio (NPR)
Air Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
News Item #1 - Snowstorm Economic Impact (MP3)
News Item #2 - Snowstorm Economic Impact (MP3)
January: TIME
Published: Friday, January 22, 2010
Studies Predict Fewer but Stronger Hurricanes
2009
December: USA Today
Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009
Frozen in place, East Coast scrambles toward holidays
December: NPR: National Public Radio (News)
Air Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009
News Item #1 (MP3) News Item #2 (MP3)
December: Washington Post
Published: Saturday, December 19, 2009
For retailers, snow would pile on
November: Barron's
Published: Monday, November 23, 2009
Winter Wonderland
October: CNBC (TV)
Air Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | 10:50 AM ET
Weather's Retail Impact
October: Fox Business (TV)
Air Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Title: How Companies Can Cash in on Climate Change
October: Philadelphia Inquirer
Mild or wild? Forecasts look toward winter
October: USA Today
Retail Sales Hint at ‘Less Bad’ Holidays
October: CNBC - Consumer Nation
Why These Retailers May Beat Sales Estimates Tomorrow
2008
November: WBZ TV 4 - with Mish Michaels
Winter Weather Outlook (video)
2007
December: Newsweek
On Science Snow Domes and Crystal Balls
November: Scientific American (Russian)
Controlling Hurricanes (Russian)
November: Fox 25- Cindy Fitzgibbons
Winter Forecasting using Siberian Snow Cover (video)
November: WBZ TV 4- with Mish Michaels
Winter Weather Outlook (video)
October: The Telegraph (UK Publication)
Scientists a step closer to steering hurricanes
October: The WFLA- Fox News Orlando & WIOD-Fox News Miami
Ross Hoffman aired on two talk radio shows in Florida and a taping for CBSNEWS The Early Show - Hurricane Modification
September: Sciencentral
Predicting Winter Using Siberian Snowcover (video)
August: The Discovery Channel
Ross Hoffman listed as one of three experts on the SuperStorm Program
April: Nature
Warmer waters could spin the Earth faster
2006
December: The Charles Osgood Files CBS Radio Network
Perfecting long range weather forecasting
January: Science Magazine Netwatch- Database Something in the Air
2005
December: Wall Street Journal
Business Section Forecasters Looking Beyond El Nino Predict Cold, Snow for the East
October: WDR-TV Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Interview on West German television
October: Business Week
Rainmakers has its true believers and --- skeptics.
September: CNBC-TV
Interview with Maria Bartiromo
September: VARA (Dutch Television station)
Interview with Menno Bentveld on Neuwslicht
September: Tallahassee Democrat
No easy answers in waging war against hurricanes
September: NewScientist
Could humans tackle hurricanes?
September: Suddeutsche Zeitung
Die Wettermacher
May: Northrop Grumman News
NGST Presents Second Annual NPOESS Outstanding Supplier Awards
February: Live Science
A New Spin on Earth's Rotation
January: Time Magazine
Tweaking Mother Nature - The Storm King
2004
October: Scientific American
Controlling Hurricanes - Can hurricanes and other
severe tropical storms be moderated or deflected?
July/August: Weatherwise Magazine
Olympic Heat
Appeasing the Olympic
Weather Gods
2003
December: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Newsletter
Industry Profile:
Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.
November 12: American Gas
Higher-then-Normal
Temps Forecasted for the South, Southwest
November 10: The Philadelphia Inquirer
It Snowed in Siberia
- feel the chill?
January/February: Platts Energy Business & Technology
Risk Management: Better
Ways to Weather Volumetric Risk
January 8: United Press International
Winter natural gas prices may
hit $6 MMbtu
January 2: Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
Tinkering
with clouds
2002
December 26: The Boston Globe - Boston.com
Colder,
wetter winter may lie ahead, according to new forecast
December 16: The Boston Globe - Boston.com
Rain,
snow bury drought worries
December 13: Oil & Gas Journal Online
AER
forecasts colder than average winter despite NWS forecast for warm
winter
November 13: MSN Money
How will stocks
handle the Big Chill?
September 24, 2002: ABC News
Taking On
Mother Nature
Is Science Ready to Change the Weather?
2001
July 17: ABC News
Looking For
Triggers
Wary of Winter Flooding, Meteorologists Are Honing Ways to Predict
Rain
2000
July 25: New York Times
Air and Oceans Keep the Earth Wobbling Along
March 15: CIO Magazine
A Smile Makes a Lousy
Umbrella
1999
Feb 8 - 12: Mass High Tech - Volume 17 Issue 6
AER's Technology Solutions Center was featured in an article by Mass High Tech. A copy of the article, through Acrobat PDF, can be read here.