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
YSSP 2016 at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Members of the Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) for 2016 heard from Presidents Heinz Fischer of Austria (above) and Tarja Halonen of Finland, who spoke on the importance of science in policy-making. It was interesting to hear directly from them, who were involved in many of the high-level negotiations towards international climate change agreements aboutContinue reading “YSSP 2016 at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis”
Marcus James Thomson, Ph.D. 