Living on the Real World, Perspectives
NextGen – and the Age of Renovation
What makes the present – this point in history – unique? Does this age have a name? Is this perhaps...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
In(ter)dependence Day
Yesterday, the United States celebrated July 4th. National Public Radio (NPR) joined in, beginning on Morning Edition with their annual...
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Let freedom ring!
It’s July 4th – Independence Day. So, a question for the occasion… When climate scientists talk with political leaders, is...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
July 4th – Independence Day! Time for gratitude – and liberté oblige.
Huh? Liberté oblige? We know what noblesse oblige means. Translated literally, “nobility requires,” it’s the idea that those of noble...
NOAA: 'Unmistakable' Global Warming Continues
NOAA released the 2010 edition of its annual State of the Climate report this week revealing that Earth’s atmospheric and...
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Thoughts on checking out from a hotel in Austin.
One of NOAA’s most innovative and intriguing programs? RISA. The acronym stands for Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments. Imagine a...
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Your work matters.
“We can’t get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the...
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More on cyberthreats
Cyberthreats? They’re an undercurrent throughout the newspapers and other print media, broadcast news, and the internet itself. The most ominous...
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Disaster management: cyber-threats
Cyber-threats? Nasty. Different. And a focus at this year’s World Conference on Disaster Management. Let’s start with some background –...
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A future magnitude-9.0+ earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone
“The big one.” Perhaps you’ve heard that term used to refer to some possible future catastrophe. All too easy to...
