Posts
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Installing the First Two GPS Sites
From our base in Srimongal, now came the challenging work of finding appropriate locations to install the GPS. It requires a combination of the right tectonic setting and reinforced concrete buildings.
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Cape Town Water Crisis Highlights a Worldwide Problem
Upmanu Lall, director of the Columbia Water Center, explains South Africa’s water shortage and why places in the U.S. could be at risk, too.
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Tracing Our Roots
High school students in a science communication class blog about research from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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Turning Assessment into Action: Advancing China’s Urban Sustainability
How do you encourage cities to race to the top in sustainability performance?
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Fellowship of the Seismometers
I am back in Bangladesh to start deployment of seismometers and GPS for a large new project that crosses 3 countries: Bangladesh, India and Myanmar.
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How Green Are Your Imports? This Index Provides an Answer
Many “green” countries depend on imports from more polluting countries. A new index takes this into account and could shake up rankings on global environmental report cards.
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Scientists Find Strong Link Between Climate Change and Wildfires
High school students in a science communication class blog about research from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and More: A Primer on the Different Types of Polar Ice
Plus: Why they matter for climate change.
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The Politics of Technical Complexity
In addition to understanding basic science, we need to think about the use of the technologies that we develop.
