Living on the Real World, Perspectives
How seven billion…make that nine billion!…can live well on the real world
With a title like that? What follows has to be an outrageous simplification. Please read it as such, and cut...
Science Run Amuck
Let no one claim that student hydrologists do not gain a deep understanding of their subject. The University of Wisconsin-Parkside...
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Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The human race, seven billion strong…and behind the curve
Monday’s Washington Post featured an article by Juliet Eilperin, entitled “Population growth taxing planet’s resources.” Her message? The world’s population...
Python in New Orleans: Once Bitten, Quickly Smitten
The upcoming 2012 AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans is only the second with a whole symposium devoted to the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The infrastructure spending we sorely need
In the Outlook section of Sunday’s Washington Post, the Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards questioned the utility of federal investments in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Another day closer…to a major earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone
Last week NOAA ran an interesting – make that significant – conference in Seattle focusing on the tsunami threat to...
UCAR's Next President, Thomas Bogdan
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) announced today that Thomas Bogdan will succeed Richard Anthes as its next president,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A tale of two projects
1. The Myitsone Dam Here’s a quick Trivial Pursuit question for you. How many dam construction projects do the Chinese...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Preparing for the next earthquake…and what Rex Grossman and the Redskins can teach us
The editorial in this morning’s Washington Post asked if we were ready for the next earthquake (or hurricane, or tornado,...
