Even as our unwitting alterations to Earth's carbon and hydrological cycles slowly make storms more damaging, our ability to monitor our planet from space and make reliable short-term forecasts have equipped us enormously to withstand them.

Through space-based climate studies, my colleagues and I have learned that a stable and comfortable climate is not something to take for granted.

Humans are possessed, to some degree, with the power of foresight. Yet we so often learn things the hard way, through disaster.

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