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The view from two weeks in

Over the summer, people asked me whether I was taking the summer off, and I had to explain to them that it wasn’t so much that I had a new job, as that I was simply moving my old job … Continue reading

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Flooding along the Mississippi River

In case other events have crowded it out of your news feed, there’s record-breaking flooding going on in the Mississippi River basin. Snowmelt in the headwaters, combined with weeks of heavy rains in the middle reaches of the river basin, … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology, Uncategorized

Thankfulness

Thanksgiving holds an odd place in my mind. Like anyone exposed to modern culture, with its strong twist of Americana, I am aware of the holiday’s existence and many of its associated trappings. And yet I have never really paid … Continue reading

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Stuff we linked to on Twitter last fortnight

Busy real lives and low Twitter activity led us to forgo last weeks link-fest, which means this week you’re all being treated to two weeks’ worth of interesting stuff which caught our eyes. But first… DonorsChoose Update We’ve finished out … Continue reading

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Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Chris, who holds the keys to the magic scripts that make our Twitter link fest something less than an all-day HTML formatting slog, is traveling at the moment. So forgive the leaner linky goodness this week, and savor the best … Continue reading

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