Perspectives
Perspectives
The real world. No place for wishful thinking. Part 3. (Water) Pollution.
Earlier LOTRW posts revisited the two of the three simultaneous challenges to living on the real world – building resilience...
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Remembering Richard E. Hallgren, 1932-2023.
On November 5th, the Nation and the world lost a towering figure. Only a relative handful may have known his...
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The real world. No place for wishful thinking. Part 2. (Water) Resources.
Recent LOTRW posts noted that the real world punishes us if we fail to face hazards realistically. What does realism...
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The path to getting climate change sorted goes through babies and toddlers.
My daughter is fond of reminding me that climate change can’t claim to be the #1 challenge facing the world...
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The real world – no place for wishful thinking. Part 1. Hazards. An (extended) postscript.
(For starters, I hope that all of you who read the previous LOTRW post on hazards will revisit that post...
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The real world – no place for wishful thinking. Part 1. Hazards
This week’s print edition of The Economist includes an article entitled Uninsurable America. The subtitle reads, succinctly: Insurance is supposed...
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18-, 19-, 20-years… Time’s up! (sort-of)
At twenty years on, it’s once again time to revisit J.F. Rischard’s 2003 book, High Noon: Twenty Global Problems, Twenty...
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Meteorologues sans Frontieres
(Forgive this post – the idea came to me during last night’s bout with insomnia. And no shaming, please; we...
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Anticipating (weather’s) chaos; meshing government- and for-profit weather services; and the elephant in this room.
Historically, monitoring weather and issuing weather forecasts and warnings has been the province of governments. But recently, both the incentives...
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Earthlings, your host Planet would like a word.
“Gravity: it isn’t just a good idea. It’s the law.” – Adam Savage “Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to...
