No One Knows How To Read Hurricane Forecasts—Here’s Why
As Hurricane Nate approaches the Gulf Coast, tens of thousands of Americans are turning
to hurricane forecasts to understand the risks they face. But despite decades of improvements
in meteorology, there’s no perfect way to display that information to the public.
New research from Lace M. Padilla, graduate student; Ian T. Ruginski, graduate student;
and Sarah H. Creem-Regehr, professor of psychology, shows significant misunderstandings
of the two most commonly used storm forecast visualization methods. Click to read more.
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