This was a cool Christmas present! Each year, participants in IIASA’s Young Scientists’ Summer Program (YSSP) have a slim chance of going back to Austria for a further 3 months of research, funded by grants from generous donors who believe that much in the institute’s mission. From some 51 final projects submitted by last summer’sContinue reading “Awards from IIASA: Mikhalevich Award for Simulated Southwest Indian Corn”
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AGU Paleoclimatology session
They never know quite where to put me at AGU. But I was very pleased to see that this year others are getting into the same things I have been: (1) strange behavior of the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) in the Southwest USA; and (2) computer models! Omid Mazdiyasni (UC Irvine & YSSP2016) came byContinue reading “AGU Paleoclimatology session”
Meeting up with other YSSPers at AGU2016
Ran into YSSPers at AGU2016
Individual atoms keep away from each other or bunch up as pairs | MIT News
http://news.mit.edu/2016/atomic-interactions-room-temperature-superconductors-0915 This is neat: supercooled potassium atoms develop electron-like behaviour, giving a possible mechanism for high-temperature superconductivity.
Bloomberg: Earth Just Experienced the Hottest Five Years on Record
Bloomberg: Earth Just Experienced the Hottest Five Years on Record. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwsMjL8yk
Guest lecture in Food cluster by Gene Baur
Gene Baur, one of the founders of a group called Farm Sanctuary, came to give a guest lecture in our “Food: A Lens for Environment and Sustainability” course Monday. He is an engaging speaker who is passionate about his project — all around a pretty cool guy. And his presentation was well received by theContinue reading “Guest lecture in Food cluster by Gene Baur”
Ancient humans and ecological benefit
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/quirks-quarks-for-october-15-2016-1.3803790/coastal-clamshells-1.3803872 Nutrients crucial to plant growth can develop from human habitation sites.
Annual Alexander von Humboldt Memorial Lecture by UCLA Geography
Be there or be square.
The new normal
I am visiting my hometown of Kingston, Ontario, in Canada. The image is of a severe storm warning issued by Environment Canada. For the first time I can remember, we had a serious tornado warning in Kingston.
Mammoth discovery just outside of Vienna
‘Sensational’ mammoth tusks found in Vienna http://www.thelocal.at/20160829/million-years-old-mammoth-tusks-found-in-vienna
Marcus James Thomson, Ph.D. 