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Effective habits for turbulent times. #2. Begin with the end in mind.
(Continuing the seven-part LOTRW mini-series) “What do you want to be when you grow up?” (we all remember this question...
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Effective habits for turbulent times. #1. Be proactive.
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi[1] In the face of today’s national turmoil...
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Additional perspective on oral history in the geosciences.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” – Stephen Covey...
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Who Tells your story? Reflections on oral history in the geosciences. Part 2.
Let me tell you what I wish I’d knownWhen I was young and dreamed of gloryYou have no controlWho lives,...
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Reflections on oral history in the geosciences (with a NOAA/AMS terroir). Part 1.
Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear: Full many a flow’r is...
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Fire and Ice: a forecast for the end of the world – and sometimes, for the same-day’s national weather.
Leave it to the poet Robert Frost, writing more than a century ago, to capture in 9 short lines and...
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Mysterious Auroras: The Complicated Awe-Inspiring Northern Lights
By Lourdes B. Avilés, Ph.D. Aurora, 10 May – Zenith View by Lourdes B. Avilés, Ph.D. Experiencing the aurora borealis...
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The Indonesia tsunami of December 26, 2004
On this day, twenty years ago, Indonesia (and much of southeast Asia) experienced a catastrophic tsunami. The physical impacts extended...
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Community-level stress tests (with a nudge from AI).
“Civilization exists under geological consent – subject to change without notice.” – attributed (sometimes) to Will Durant. “If you are...
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Salient differences between aviation safety and community resilience.
The previous LOTRW post left this question hanging: Why, in the aftermath of natural disasters, do we simply rebuild as...
