One of my colleagues and fellow PhD candidate at UCLA, Emma Colven, is a critical political geographer through whom I learnt about the Great Garuda Project, the Indonesian government’s grand plan to defend Jakarta from sea level rise. It may also be described as a cynical ploy to attract direct foreign investment to a Dubai-styleContinue reading “Sea level rise in the Global South”
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Our new paper just came out in PLoS One: Little Ice Age climatic erraticism as an analogue for future enhanced hydroclimatic variability across the American Southwest
The American Southwest has experienced a series of severe droughts interspersed with strong wet episodes over the past decades, prompting questions about future climate patterns and potential intensification of weather disruptions under warming conditions. Here we show that interannual hydroclimatic variability in this region has displayed a significant level of non-stationarity over the past millennium.Continue reading “Our new paper just came out in PLoS One: Little Ice Age climatic erraticism as an analogue for future enhanced hydroclimatic variability across the American Southwest”
Know that you’re buying into geo-engineering with coal power and its consequences
It’s lonely preaching to the converted. đ„ “As the Trump administration repeals the U.S. Clean Power Plan, a new study from the University of Michigan underscores the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissionsâfrom both environmental and economic perspectives. “For the U.S.’s most energy-hungry sectorsâautomotive and electricityâthe study identifies timetables for action, after which the researchersContinue reading “Know that you’re buying into geo-engineering with coal power and its consequences”
Multiple Indigenous occupations of Newfoundland since the Younger Dryas
“Indigenous people have been on the far northeastern edge of Canada for most of the last 10,000 years, moving in shortly after the ice retreated from the Last Glacial Maximum. Archaeological evidence suggests that people with distinct cultural traditions inhabited the region at least three different times with a possible hiatus for a period betweenContinue reading “Multiple Indigenous occupations of Newfoundland since the Younger Dryas”
Global hunger index
“The number of hungry people in the world ‘remains unacceptably high’ with millions still experiencing chronic hunger and many places suffering from acute food crises and even famine, according to the latest Global Hunger Index (GHI). “The 2017 GHI, which is jointly published on Thursday by Concern Worldwide, the International Food Policy Research Institute andContinue reading “Global hunger index”
DTLA
Looking down on DTLA and the 110 Freeway from US Bank Tower. Wandering the Arts District.
Sonic Sea wins an Emmy
Joel Reynolds, senior attorney for the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and executive producer for “Sonic Sea”, a Discovery Channel documentary about protecting whales from sonic pollution, just won an Emmy last night.
Life imitates art
It’s hard to sit in an old Schloss without A/C and write code when it’s this hot outside and in; but it’s easy to see why we’re here investigating climate change and what to do about it in the future. Source:Â https://phys.org/news/2017-06-heatwave-europe-london-siberia.html
Los Angeles
Arts District district art and Echo Park Lake. Hollywood Forever Cemetery, when Cinespia showed “The Fifth Element” with Luc Besson, Milla Jovovich, and Chris Tucker presenting. (Bonus: Johnny Ramone grave stone.) DTLA on Bunker Hill, and looking across Vista Hermosa Park, at Bunker Hill.
Canada’s next GG to be Julie Payette
Julie Payette spoke at Queen’s while I was a student (whether I was a senior undergraduate or Master’s student at the time, I cannot recall). She was an amazing person to hear — down-to-earth, unassuming and friendly, but self-confident and committed to NASA’s exploration mission. At that time, there was a lot of uncertainty aboutContinue reading “Canada’s next GG to be Julie Payette”
Marcus James Thomson, Ph.D. 