Weather forecasting today runs on rivers of data. But there’s almost no data available from vast stretches of the planet—open ocean, polar regions, and remote sections of the world. That’s a problem WindBorne Systems, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., aims to tackle with its long-duration…

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