As seen on the NC water-research listserv: Call for Applications (see attached) CUNY Environmental Cross-Roads Initiative and Northeast Consortium for Hydrologic Synthesis Third Annual Summer Synthesis Institute: The 20th Century: Relationships Linking Water and People June 1 – July 16, 2010 City University of New York, New York. We invite …
On January 16th, I am convening a session on Casting a wider net: Promoting gender and ethnic diversity in STEM at Science Online 2010 conference. Science Online 2010 is an unconference, which means that it is built around audience participation rather than a succession of speakers getting up and giving …
Just in time for my ScienceOnline 2010 session, Kim Hannula has done a wonderful job writing up the results of our study on how women geoscientists use blogs. She’s got lots of pretty histograms for those interested in the details, but here are the take home messages from our study: …
Want to work outdoors, in a lab, or in front of a computer? Want to work on solving practical problems in the environment? Want to be a geoscientist with job prospects after graduation? Become a hydrologist. Over the past 18 months, hydrology hires have increased 30%, while geology hires have …
The Catawba Riverkeepers provide their take on the water and environment issues facing the Catawba River watershed and surrounding areas. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut130iDhaKo] Since I’m posting this on January 1st, I suppose I should offer some prognostications for Charlotte area water resources in the coming year. I’m not much at predictions, but …
For undergraduates thinking about graduate school, here’s a program that incorporates the classes and research of an MS program with the opportunity to work in K-12 classrooms and building your teaching and outreach skills and credentials. I know some of the faculty at Central Washington, and they would be great …
Note: If any of my students are interested in attending and/or presenting, just let me know and we will make it happen. WRRI Annual Conference Call for Presentations Abstracts http://www.ncsu.edu/wrri/conference/cfa.html The Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina (WRRI) requests abstracts for oral and poster presentations for …
This post cross-posted at Highly Allochthonous. The Earth’s axis has a 23.44o obliquity or tilt to it. As the Earth revolves around the Sun over the course of a year, the axial tilt means that different parts of the Earth’s surface receive direct sunlight at different times of the year. …
Cross-posted on Highly Allochthonous Doing some last minute shopping for the young’uns on your list? Want to inspire a love and respect for the natural world? Then take the kid outside for a hike up a mountain or splash in a stream and let them experience first-hand how amazing Earth’s …
It is not that there was no October literature to pick. My time to read articles simply disappeared in the lead-up to and excitement of the Geological Society of America meeting. This month, however, I am back on track and I will try to update this post as I move …