Back to blogging

Long hiatus – we’ve been busy. Projects, proposals, hiring, travel. And the Bioneers conference too. Details anon. In any case, I’m back. I think.

The War on Terra

Comedy Central’s ‘Man vs. Earth’ series reports on the Bush Administration’s ‘War on Terra.’ It’s not really melting icecaps… we say ‘the water’s been liberated’.

On the mountain conference circuit

I’m on the road this week. Up around 8,100 feet for the next few days: first in Snowbird Utah for the SRI (socially responsible investment) in the Rockies conference, and to facilitate the jury for the Our Daily Bread prize (for the best studies that captures...

Speaking of physics

[Physics Today]: The Discovery of Rapid Climate Change How fast can our planet’s climate change? … [C]ommon sense held that such transformations could only creep in over tens of thousands of years…. Today, there is evidence that severe change can...

What if…

…Hurricane Rita, the next major storm of this projected high intensity hurricane season – a Category 5, the 3rd most powerful storm on record, ever – isn’t the last? What if next year is also high intensity? What if the year after that is, too?...