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Foreign Aid to Haiti: Unintended Consequences and World GIS Day Hurricane Mathew struck Haiti on October 4, 2016, killing hundreds of people and devastating this impoverished nation, the poorest in the western hemisphere. As with the aftermath of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, which destroyed the capitol of Port au Prince, charitable organizations, NGOs, faith-based groups and […]
Read MoreMars versus Global Warming Elon Musk, CEO of Space-X and Tesla Motors, gave a talk on September 27, 2016 to the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. Musk advocated for a human colony on Mars, and claimed that the cost per person of a trip to Mars could be reduced to the cost of an average […]
Read MoreTim Dixon, author of Curbing Catastrophe is a Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the University of South Florida, In his second blog Tim considers the relative risk of Terrorist attacks
Read MoreSewage Treatment and Sister Cities In 2015 and 2016, tropical storms and hurricanes dropped large amounts of rainfall on the municipalities surrounding Tampa Bay on the west coast of Florida. In 2016, Hurricane Hermine alone dropped up to 20 inches (50 cm) over several days in some parts of west-central Florida. The extra fresh water […]
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Landscapes of the Anthropocene So it seems that the Anthropocene is really here and the Holocene is over. Humans have significantly altered the surface of the Earth. Geologists in the Working Group on the Anthropocene reported to the International Geological Congress in Cape Town at the end of August 2016 that there is now clear […]
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Professor Grant R. Bigg, author of Icebergs has worked with industry on iceberg and sea-ice related topics since 2007, here he talks about climate change in the polar regions and discusses how the the differences in Arctic/Antarctic geography leads to varied responses in the arctic regions.
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What is the most exciting research going on at each of the Poles currently? In the Arctic there are major efforts to understand the drivers of the irregular decline in sea ice extent and thickness since the 1980s-90s. Multiple sensors (satellite and buoys) provide high-resolution data spanning 35 years and sparse historical records, from whaling […]
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Professor David Walton, Cambridge author, Editor of Antarctic Science and Emeritus Fellow at the British Antarctic Survey talks about climate change in the polar regions and what opportunities there are to address climate change holistically. Come back next Monday to hear more from other top scientists in polar and climate science!
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