Johannes Koch of Simon Fraser University says “many” glaciers in Western Canada are the smallest they’ve been in the last 7,000 years: Glacier retreat in western Canada and other regions is exposing fossil tree stumps, soils, and plant detritus that, until recently, were beneath tens to hundreds of metres of ice. Dating of these fossils …
The Imperial Valley of southeastern California is a remarkable creation of a modern industrial-hydraulic society. One might argue that the story of the modern western United States begins there. It was ambitious Imperial Valley land speculators shortly after the last turn of the century who, as much as anyone else, drove the development of what …
Big Toe and Icebat at the Village Inn Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. I was going through some photos I took Thursday night when I found this. Nora and I went to the Village Inn on Central, in part because they have sugar-free apple pie and in part because it’s an endlessly amusing place. Apparently Big …
The folks at Spa and Billiard Supply in Albuquerque must be delighted. Work is underway on a new bicycle trail along the north side of Interstate 40 that will give cyclists excellent access to their store. In the past, cyclists who wanted to buy a spa or billiard supplies didn’t have any good options. As …
We’re experimenting with video at the office. Here’s a piece video guy Troy Simpson and I did on research being done out at Sandia Labs.
On the evolutionary origins of war.
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has asked my friend Dave to take shorter showers: The Governor of North Carolina, Mike Easley, announced on Tuesday he is calling on citizens across North Carolina to cut water consumption by 50 percent between now and Halloween. I guess you could think of this as a big science fair …
Aquafornia has a great compilation of reporting on the question of a climate change link with respect to the California fires. The bottom line? Yes! No! Maybe! The most compelling research to me on this question is Westerling et al. in Science last year. Aquafornia quotes an LA Times piece with a nice summary of …
Andrew Revkin, the New York Times’ climate beat reporter, has a blog. (Hat tip David.) Update: Malcolm points out that Revkin’s blog is on the Internet. 🙂
Atlanta drought in a New Mexico newspaper: The problems New Mexicans face are different than those of Atlanta. We use groundwater for most of our cities’ drinking water, an option Atlanta does not have. In addition, the arid climate of the West is much more variable than in the South. In response, we have built …