Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Followed by… and following?
My morning rhythm includes joining 800,000 others (give or take) in a DC-area-wide Metro commute. During rush hours, this includes...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The latest UN report on species extinctions – climate change’s “nuclear winter?”
Print and virtual media have been abuzz these past several days with the rollout of a new United Nations report...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A 72-hour exploration of the climate-change challenge – distilled into 5-10 minutes of your time.
Last Saturday (April 27th), at a meeting of the American Philosophical Society, Ernest Moniz, former Energy Secretary for President Barack...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Inadequate priority to STEM today? A compromised U.S. workforce – and a correspondingly weaker Nation – tomorrow.
Years ago, a friend of mine moved into a new house. In the process, he discovered one of the electrical...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
How to close out Earth Day, April 22, 2019
The sun is setting on Earth Day 2019. All the commemorations, celebrations, and orations – a world of them! –...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
New Minds for New Science: The Forecast for Work in Weather, Water, and Climate.
The American Meteorological Society’s Policy Program is hosting a workshop here in Washington, DC, on April 29th-30th, examining the future...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
“A $100 Trillion here, a $100 Trillion there, pretty soon you’re talking real money.”
I’d apologize to Everett Dirksen, but according to those who’ve actually checked, he never really said, “a billion here, a billion...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Making science more moral
A bit over a month ago, Raj Pandya , who directs AGU’s Thriving Earth Exchange, shared a blog post with...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Think like a leader. You can’t start too soon.
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”– Peter Drucker Have the feeling you’ve seen this quote...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The AMS: a single “point of light?” Or some (much) larger number?
Just what is the American Meteorological Society? Ask this of most of our 13,000 members, and chances are good that you’ll...
