He charted evidence that investments in basic research, testing and development by the federal government lay behind the private - sector initiatives that have since fundamentally reshaped global forecasts for energy, economies and geopolitics. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Based on Gordon's interpretation of the Kondratieff theory, the current global forecast calls for a long, cold economic winter with a 100 % probability of short - term total chaos. (canadianbusiness.com)
The American Global Forecasting System (GFS) predicted the storm would make landfall on the U.S. while the European Center for Medium - Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) expected Joaquin to skip the East Coast entirely. (scientificamerican.com)