
Who benefits from the privatization of weather data?
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Who benefits from the privatization of weather data?
Nearly 150 years after its founding, the National Weather Service now uses supercomputers to predict forecasts. But the privatization of data interchange and app-driven technology is raising concerns about how weather data is being exchanged and who may benefit from that information. Andrew Blum, author of "The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast," joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.
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Who benefits from the privatization of weather data?
Clip: 7/6/2019 | 7m 6s
Nearly 150 years after its founding, the National Weather Service now uses supercomputers to predict forecasts. But the privatization of data interchange and app-driven technology is raising concerns about how weather data is being exchanged and who may benefit from that information. Andrew Blum, author of "The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast," joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.
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