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The Weather Expert Who Answered the $64,000 Question

2025/6/19
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Peggy Limon
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June Bacon-Bercy: 我希望通过自己的专业知识证明，女性在气象学领域不仅仅是花瓶，而是可以凭借真正的科学素养做出贡献。我致力于向公众普及气象知识，并为有色人种女性树立榜样，鼓励她们追求科学事业。 Carol Sutton Lewis: June Bacon-Bercy 不仅仅是第一位黑人女性电视气象学家，更是一位先驱。她一生都致力于扩展大气科学领域，让更多女性，特别是更多有色人种女性参与进来。她的贡献超越了天气预报，她是一位真正的科学倡导者。 Dale St. Clair: 母亲看到蘑菇云后，首先想到的是原子粒子对环境的影响，这促使她投身于大气科学研究。她坚信教育是改变现状的关键，并鼓励女性和有色人种追求自己的梦想。她的一生都在为打破障碍而奋斗。 Christine Harper: June Bacon-Bercy 在气象学领域取得了卓越的成就，她能够利用专业知识进行准确的天气预报，并向公众传递重要的气象信息。她对大气科学的深刻理解和对教育的热情使她成为一位杰出的气象学家。 Janice Huff: 作为一名黑人女性气象学家，我深知 June Bacon-Bercy 所面临的挑战。她打破了种族和性别障碍，为我们铺平了道路。她的勇气和毅力激励着我不断前进，克服困难。 Peggy Limon: June Bacon-Bercy 不仅是一位杰出的气象学家，还是一位积极的社会活动家。她致力于提高女性和有色人种在科学领域的代表性，并为他们争取平等的机会。她的努力为我们创造了一个更加包容和多元化的科学界。

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June Bacon-Bercey's career in meteorology started with a question sparked by a nuclear explosion. Her early life and education, influenced by strong women in her family, laid the foundation for her remarkable achievements as a pioneer in a male-dominated field. She became the first Black woman to graduate with a degree in meteorology.
  • June Bacon-Bercey's inspiration from the image of a nuclear explosion.
  • Influence of her family on her scientific pursuits.
  • First Black woman to graduate with a meteorology degree.

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In the mid-1940s, a teenage June Bacon-Bercey) saw the image of a nuclear explosion on the cover of Time magazine and immediately had questions. How would the particles in the mushroom cloud move through the air? What effect would this have on our atmosphere? To find the answers, she set out to study atmospheric science, just as the field of meteorology was coming of age.

Her career would take her to places few Black women had gone before: the Atomic Energy Commission as a senior researcher; a TV news station in Buffalo, New York, as an on-air meteorologist; and even a TV game show. As a Black woman entering a STEM career at the height of the Civil Rights movement, June’s goal was always to be a role model for women and people of color. And she marched through life to the tune of her favourite composer, John Philip Sousa, who just happened to help her answer the $64,000 question.

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