Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The 2012 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium
Been reading this blog for a while? Then you perhaps remember that last year at this time, I wrote extensively...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Time for a gut check.
Gut check? Part of the 21st century vernacular. Look it up on dictionary.com and you’ll find this definition: a pause...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
21st-century science and its FOIAbles
“Science is his forte, and omniscience is his foi(a)ble.” Quote (forgive the 21st-century twist) attributed to the English clergyman and...
First Meeting: Atmospheric Biogeoscientists Join Agriculture, Forestry Specialists
The First Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences last month in Boston was introduced to broaden the scope of the long-running AMS Conference...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Are you feeling energized or drained?
Yesterday, a good friend and valued colleague sent me a link. Entitled Scientists discover a stem cell that causes heart...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
More on National Weather Service kairos…
Maybe 25 years ago, before I moved from Boulder to Washington, I was in DC for a few days on...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
O Canada…who stands on guard for thee?
Even as our world rapidly globalizes, the vast majority of us continue to take pride in our countries of origin....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Challenges in science and public policy redux.
In a post on April 3, 2012, I presented a notional list of ten substantial challenges for science and public...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A kairos moment for the National Weather Service
Scholars tell us that the ancient Greeks had two words for the English word time. The first was khronos (or...
The Silver Lining of Disaster
There aren’t many reasons to consider a volcanic eruption a positive event, but if results from recent research by Amato...
