Environmental

September 20, 2012Environmental, General, Physical Geography, Political Geography

The Cost of Carbon

Ars Technica is reporting that some researchers are having issues with the US’s pricing of carbon emissions. The price of carbon emissions is notoriously difficult to pin down, but these […]
May 30, 2012Education, Environmental, GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography

Climate Models Ignored by Media

Ars Technica is reporting an interesting article for science, I think. Researchers at George Mason University have looked at climate reporting in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The […]
March 22, 2012Environmental, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography

Counting the True Cost of Coal

Obviously being a native West Virginian and living in the state, this is an issue near and dear to my heart. Ars Technica does a wonderful job of summing up […]
March 5, 2012Environmental, GeographyAwareness

Earth Microbiome Project

An article by Alan Boyle in MSNBC’s Cosmic Log discusses How Scientist’s Map the World’s Microbes. The Earth Microbiome Project is a project to collect and analyze microbial communities from […]
December 21, 2011Data, Education, Environmental, general

Project Bird Feeder Watch

It’s that time of year again in North America, Project Bird Feeder Watch for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bird Studies Canada. It is a great opportunity for an easy to […]
November 11, 2011Education, Environmental

Zebra Stripe App

A short article in this month’s National Geographic magazine gives me a chance to tell a funny kid’s joke about zebras. “There were two chickens standing at crosswalk. One says to […]
October 28, 2011Environmental

Tweets of a Different Kind

I have subscribed to the wonderfully informative eNature website and email list for years because of the kid in me loves that it is a grown up Ranger Rick. They […]
September 26, 2011Cartography, Data, Environmental, GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography

Always… Never Forget To Check With The Experts

Thanks to Real Genius for the title. Climate scientists are engaged in a little damage control after Britain’s Time Comprehensive Atlas of the World mistakenly claimed Greeland’s glaciers are melting […]
September 13, 2011Education, Environmental

Tracking Happy Feet

National Public Radio (NPR) has been closely following the story of Happy Feet, the penguin who got off course and ended up in New Zealand. They recently posted a heart […]
August 16, 2011Environmental, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

Storm Tracks Move Toward The Poles

Climate models have predicted this for years, but it’s never been observed… until now. Ars Technica discusses the issue in brief. For the non-physical geographers out there (of which I […]