Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Prediction 2. Hazards will prove more dangerous and disruptive than we expect.
The tremendous success of the human race over the past century or so – our rapid population growth, increased resource...
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If Climate Isn't Stable, Are We?
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director a portion of a series of essays from the AMS Project, Living on...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Prediction 1. The future will be characterized by adverse climate shifts.
Today, let’s start with a bit of review. The last several posts have argued that: On the skin of the...
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Uncertainty: A Mathematician's Perspective
by Sean Crowell, Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Oklahoma One thing we enjoy in mathematics is certainty of our knowledge....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The human race is on a roll (Part 2). Metamorphosis!
The human race is on a roll. Our numbers are up, dramatically. So is our rate of resource use per...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The human race is on a roll.
A lot of people question this. Why? Their reasons vary all over the map, but share a bit of this...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Earth’s two-minute drill
Sports fascinate in part because games are a microcosm of life. Reflect on two sports that command our attention each...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Can this marriage be saved?
You can and should be forgiven if you can’t hearken back to the August 17th post, “We’re Earthlings, till death...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Two hands for beginners! Another disaster-reduction policy.
Want to bring down the cost of future disasters? As we tackle the problem, instead of showing off, let’s use...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The real cost of disasters? Destruction of social fabric. (Or – just maybe – not.)
Late last week a colleague who had just started reading this blog and noted the passing reference to Hurricane Earl...
