Archive of entries posted by jfleck
The Little Mermaid
In my time wandering around Copenhagen, the Little Mermaid statue was not high on my priority list. But Tom Yulsman had arrived early for the conference and done a bit of scouting, which revealed that the statue was in fact on loan to the Shanghai World Expo. In its place down at the waterfront, Tom …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: Water Conservation in a Wet Place
From the work blog, water conservation in a wet place: The rooftop rainwater catchment system and other features built into Kay Helt’s home and surrounding neighborhood in Stenløse, in the Danish farm country outside Copenhagen, captures some 70 percent of the annual rain that falls from the sky. It seems like a wet place – …
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200: the Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Birdwatching in Europe is a whole new deal for me, fabulously entertaining, because pretty much everything I see wherever I go is new. And since I’m a recently minted keeper of lists, it’s also productive. Most of the time I’ve been in Denmark I’ve been working, so I’ve left the binoculars and bird book in …
Poppies
These things are blooming like nutso in the countryside around Copenhagen. They average around 24 inches of rain a year here, so it’s not a super wet place, but wet enough that there’s stuff growing everywhere. But not so wet that they don’t have problems with overdrafting their aquifers. Sound familiar? (More when I’m not …
International
Mexican fans watching Mexico v. Argentina on a giant TV on the waterfront in Copenhagen, June 27, 2010.
Climate Change for Kids
I just got my copy of my friend Chuck McCutcheon’s new book,What are Global Warming and Climate Change?: Answers for Young Readers (Worlds of Wonder). It’s the latest in the UNM Press series that includes my book. Haven’t read it yet, but it looks great! If you have a young friend or relative you’d like …
Copenhagen
I’m headed to Copenhagen next week for a journalism workshop. While the workshop will fill most of my time there, I’ve scheduled a few extra days to play. Suggestions?
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere: Dry Times Ahead in the West
From this morning’s newspaper (sub/ad req), a story about the new paper in today’s Science by Jonathan Overpeck and Brad Udall about climate change in the West. Udall and Overpeck have become fixtures on the western water meeting circuit over the last several years delivering this message, and the paper contains no real surprises. But …
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River Beat: Chances of Mead Hitting 1075
I’ve written in the past about the remarkable fact that, despite the 10 driest years on record on the Colorado River, no one’s had their allocation reduced or cut off. The first plausible scenario under which that would change happens when the surface of Lake Mead drops to 1,075 feet above sea level. Under the …
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