
Oliver Morton
Senior Editor, Briefings at The Economist
Author of The Moon: A History for the Future https://t.co/C1MHjWie26 Views not discernible from RTs
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Nov 19, 2024 |
economist.com | Oliver Morton
By Oliver Morton, Senior editor, The Economist and chair, The Degrees InitiativePROJECT POPEYE was an attempt by America to vanquish its Vietnamese enemies using cloud-seeding techniques to wash out their supply lines. It didn’t work. But a few years after the fact, in 1977, it did bring about a treaty aimed at stopping others from following suit.
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Dec 2, 2023 |
bookbrowse.com | Oliver Morton
Media Reviews "Starred Review. Award-winning science journalist Morton's (Mapping Mars) latest book is a beautiful example of what science writing can achieve and serves as a unique contribution to the public understanding of a research field underrepresented in popular science literature." - Library Journal.
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Dec 20, 2021 |
fivebooks.com | Oliver Morton
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Aug 10, 2021 |
thenation.com | Oliver Morton |Amy Westervelt
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May 4, 2021 |
crookedtimber.org | Oliver Morton
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