Category Archives: environment

The moment for nuclear power to save us was twenty years ago – and it didn’t happen

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Chris Rowan

Via Dr. Jonathan Foley on Twitter, a recent opinion piece in the NYT argues that despite it remaining popular amongst some advocates, “Nuclear power still doesn’t make much sense”. The problem with nuclear is that we’ve been having the same conversation … Continue reading →

Categories: environment, society

The Cuyahoga River burned today for the first time in 51 years. Here’s what we can learn from it.

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Anne Jefferson

How many of you had “Cuyahoga River catches fire” on your 2020 bingo card? Yet that’s what happened today.  A tanker-car collision/fire near the Cuyahoga River in Akron this morning spilled burning fuel into a storm sewer and then the … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, environment, geohazards, geology, hydrology, public science, society

Announcing STORMS

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Anne Jefferson

I’m pleased to announce that I’m leading a new multi-institution NSF-funded project investigating how stormwater decision making translates to environmental outcomes at the watershed scale. I’m collaborating with Aditi Bhaskar (Colorado State University), Kelly Turner (UCLA), and Dave Costello (Kent … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, environment, hydrology, public science, society

#365climateimpacts: Snow, ice, flooding, and football (February 1-15)

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Anne Jefferson

In January, I launched the #365climateimpacts project, in which I’ll spend a year tweeting stories of the many ways climate change is impacting people, ecosystems, and the earth; ideas for how to communicate about climate change more effectively; and analyses … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, climate science, environment, hydrology, ice and glaciers

A year of climate impacts, one day at a time (#365climateimpacts)

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Anne Jefferson

Our changing climate is already affecting lives in a multitude of ways, and the impacts of climate change will only increase as the world continues to heat up. But because climate operates in the background, it’s easy to ignore the … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, climate science, environment, hydrology, society