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  • More Intense Non-Tropical Storms Causing Increased Rainfall in U.S. Southeast

    More Intense Non-Tropical Storms Causing Increased Rainfall in U.S. Southeast

    In the Southeastern United States, the increasing amount of rain during hurricane season is coming not from hurricanes but from non-tropical storms created by weather fronts, new research finds.

  • North to Patuakhali and Barisal for the End of Our Fieldwork

    North to Patuakhali and Barisal for the End of Our Fieldwork

    We added a campaign monument to the tide gauge at Khepupara on the way to our last GPS and SET installation site at Patuakhali. We faced challenges such as bad roads and broken bridges, and leeches, but got the work done. The field work was now coming to a close.

  • Khulna to Barishal and Kuakata

    Khulna to Barishal and Kuakata

    We replaced the GPS at Khulna University, then met some colleagues in Barisal. We continued to Khepupara and the beach at Kuakata for more installations. The beach on the Bay of Bengal is fresh water in the summer due to the enormous water discharge at the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta.

  • New Article: Engineered CO2 Removal, Climate Restoration, and Humility

    New Article: Engineered CO2 Removal, Climate Restoration, and Humility

    Senior research scholar Julio Friedmann examines the roles of technical experts, financiers, and government officials in advancing carbon dioxide removal projects.

  • You Asked: If CO2 Is Only 0.04% of the Atmosphere, How Does it Drive Global Warming?

    You Asked: If CO2 Is Only 0.04% of the Atmosphere, How Does it Drive Global Warming?

    Short answer: A little bit goes a long way.

  • Finishing on the Boat

    Finishing on the Boat

    Silting rivers and bad roads made it difficult to find a last site. After a successful installation and an upgrade to an existing GPS site, we left the boat for land. We then discovered the local river had washed away some of our equipment.

  • Photo Essay: Living on the Ice in Juneau, Alaska

    Photo Essay: Living on the Ice in Juneau, Alaska

    We’re developing a technique that uses ice-penetrating radar to measure how quickly snow turns to ice. To take our measurements, we needed to camp out in the Juneau icefields for a few weeks.

  • Hiron Point Once More

    Hiron Point Once More

    We sailed to Hiron Point in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest to upgrade old and install new equipment. I have been to this beautiful remote site several times before. After competing the work, we sailed for over a day to reach our next site on a primary school roof.

  • From Sonatola to the Sundarbans

    From Sonatola to the Sundarbans

    By working a 16-hour day, we managed to get both GPS and SETs completed at our first field site. We then sailed into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest, the world’s largest, to visit an existing site and make measurements.

  • More Intense Non-Tropical Storms Causing Increased Rainfall in U.S. Southeast

    More Intense Non-Tropical Storms Causing Increased Rainfall in U.S. Southeast

    In the Southeastern United States, the increasing amount of rain during hurricane season is coming not from hurricanes but from non-tropical storms created by weather fronts, new research finds.

  • North to Patuakhali and Barisal for the End of Our Fieldwork

    North to Patuakhali and Barisal for the End of Our Fieldwork

    We added a campaign monument to the tide gauge at Khepupara on the way to our last GPS and SET installation site at Patuakhali. We faced challenges such as bad roads and broken bridges, and leeches, but got the work done. The field work was now coming to a close.

  • Khulna to Barishal and Kuakata

    Khulna to Barishal and Kuakata

    We replaced the GPS at Khulna University, then met some colleagues in Barisal. We continued to Khepupara and the beach at Kuakata for more installations. The beach on the Bay of Bengal is fresh water in the summer due to the enormous water discharge at the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta.

  • New Article: Engineered CO2 Removal, Climate Restoration, and Humility

    New Article: Engineered CO2 Removal, Climate Restoration, and Humility

    Senior research scholar Julio Friedmann examines the roles of technical experts, financiers, and government officials in advancing carbon dioxide removal projects.

  • You Asked: If CO2 Is Only 0.04% of the Atmosphere, How Does it Drive Global Warming?

    You Asked: If CO2 Is Only 0.04% of the Atmosphere, How Does it Drive Global Warming?

    Short answer: A little bit goes a long way.

  • Finishing on the Boat

    Finishing on the Boat

    Silting rivers and bad roads made it difficult to find a last site. After a successful installation and an upgrade to an existing GPS site, we left the boat for land. We then discovered the local river had washed away some of our equipment.

  • Photo Essay: Living on the Ice in Juneau, Alaska

    Photo Essay: Living on the Ice in Juneau, Alaska

    We’re developing a technique that uses ice-penetrating radar to measure how quickly snow turns to ice. To take our measurements, we needed to camp out in the Juneau icefields for a few weeks.

  • Hiron Point Once More

    Hiron Point Once More

    We sailed to Hiron Point in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest to upgrade old and install new equipment. I have been to this beautiful remote site several times before. After competing the work, we sailed for over a day to reach our next site on a primary school roof.

  • From Sonatola to the Sundarbans

    From Sonatola to the Sundarbans

    By working a 16-hour day, we managed to get both GPS and SETs completed at our first field site. We then sailed into the Sundarban Mangrove Forest, the world’s largest, to visit an existing site and make measurements.