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Read more about the article Mapping the Ocean Floor – Hawaii Sea Grant College Article
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Mapping the Ocean Floor – Hawaii Sea Grant College Article

The University of Hawaii Sea Grant College assigned me to research and write this article on the process of digitally mapping the ocean floor. Published in August, 2023. Here's a direct link to where my article appears in the Sea Grant College Ka Pili Kai magazine. My article appears on pages 41 and 42. While you're there, feel free to browse the rest of the magazine. Lots of great information and great writing!

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Read more about the article Climate Change: Avoiding the ‘natural variations’ pitfall

Climate Change: Avoiding the ‘natural variations’ pitfall

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” For over a century, this comment has served as the standard retort when a friend or colleague laments hot and humid weather or complains about a massive snow storm. But when University at Albany Interim President James R. Stellar uses it to talk about work at UAlbany’s  Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Studies (DAES), he’s not grumbling. He uses it as a setup line before he talks about what he, his colleagues, and many others in academia are actually doing about the weather as…

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