The Sunday Read: ‘The Amateur Cloud Society That (Sort Of) Rattled the Scientific Community’

<p>The cultural history of clouds seemed to be shaped by amateurs — the likes of Luke Howard and the Honorable Ralph Abercromby — each of whom projected the ethos of his particular era onto those billowing blank slates in the troposphere. Gavin Pretor-Pinney was our era’s.</p><p>On today’s Sunday Read, the story of the Cloud Appreciation Society and how Mr. Pretor-Pinney, backed by good will, challenged the cloud authorities.</p><p><i>This story was written by <strong>Jon Mooallem</strong> and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, </i><a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nytmag&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=amateur_cloud_society_mooallem" target="_blank"><i>download Audm for iPhone or Android.</i></a></p>