--- description: Blum is the author of The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast and Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Andrew Blum ## Andrew Blum Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Blum is the author of _The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast_ and _Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet._ ## Andrew Blum Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Sep 15, 2022 ### [How Amazon Became World's Largest Buyer of Renewable Energy](https://time.com/6213666/amazon-renewable-energy/) Amazon is now the largest buyer of renewable energy as it races to reach net zero and helps drive an... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Feb 3, 2022 ### [How America Saved Millions of Dogs—By Moving Them](https://time.com/6144366/dog-adoption-relocation-aspca/) [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 16, 2021 ### [Nuclear Reactors Could Hold the Key to a Green Future](https://time.com/6117041/nuclear-energy-reactors-green/) [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Jun 28, 2021 ### [America's Semiconductor Shortage Is Wreaking Havoc on Our Lives. Can We Fix It?](https://time.com/6075425/semiconductor-chip-shortage/) Semiconductors drive the world, but America is running short on them. Can the country catch up? [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Sep 12, 2019 ### [The Tech Innovations We Need to Happen if We're Going to Survive Climate Change](https://time.com/5669039/technology-fight-climate-change/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-blum/","name":"Andrew Blum"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-blum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/andrew-blum/"},"name":"Andrew Blum","jobTitle":null,"description":"Blum is the author of The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast and Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet.","url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-blum/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```