It’s rainy and cold today. As a relative newcomer to the Pacific Northwest, I assumed there was nothing to be done about that until spring. But Cliff Mass opened my eyes. Cliff, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, rides his bike almost every day, but avoids getting soaked. He knows black ice is [...]

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Go public. That's what Cliff Mass learned from his professor, famed astronomer Carl Sagan, as an undergraduate at Cornell University. Sagan shared his science with everyday Americans by writing books and giving talks. Mass, now a UW professor and local weather personality, has done both of those things, as well as appeared on local radio for nearly two decades. But he's found his greatest reach via a modern avenue: blogging.