Scott Robeson
Climate, statistics, and environmental change @IUBloomington and @IUGeography. Alum of @UDCEOE and @UBCgeog. Subsistence farmer. All views my own.
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Videoconferencing Alternatives: How Low-Bandwidth Teaching Will Save Us All
Daniel Stanford discusses solutions for online teaching that may help save bandwidth, be more accessible to students, and create a unified online learning environment.
Tulane offers special scholarships to returning Peace Corps volunteers and U.S. Fulbright Scholars
Tulane University is announcing a special initiative to make graduate study more accessible to U.S. Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) and Fulbright student grantees called back from international placements because of concerns over the spread of...
Beans, Mung
Use to grow delicious Chinese bean sprouts or as a short sprout. Should be grown in the dark to prevent bitterness.
Scott Robeson
Seems like a good time to get back into sprouting. I have this nifty tray but a jar also works fine. Instructions here (or do a search for a video):
sprouting.com/product/516/Be… pic.twitter.com/S5FZd7mBDE
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IU provides free Wi-Fi access in response to COVID-19 crisis
The free, 24-hour, high-speed Wi-Fi is available to IU students, faculty and staff and the general public who have little or no internet access.
Scott Robeson
More on the IU parking lot hot spots:
news.iu.edu/stories/2020/0… pic.twitter.com/PKOdvwvNUD
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How Europeans brought sickness to the New World
Isolated tribes who emerge today face echoes of the epidemics that began in 1492 and were repeated for centuries
Coronavirus School Closures Reveal a Stark Digital Divide
An education expert weighs in on the current crisis
Penn State World Campus | Courses - Geography Minor
View the course list and course schedule for the Geography Minor offered online through Penn State World Campus.
Forest Management Assistant | Nashville, IN
Mar 06 - The Nature Conservancy in Indiana hiring Forest Management Assistant in Nashville, Indiana on Conservation Job Board. Discover the latest conservation jobs and internships
Don’t Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus
This is a fast-moving epidemic—we'll update this guide regularly.
Scott Robeson
I found this to be a thorough summary. Looks like it'll be updated daily.
Don’t Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus
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WHO urges countries to make containing coronavirus 'highest priority'
All countries should make containing the outbreak of COVID-19 their top priority...
Brown sells 90 percent of fossil fuel investments
The University is in the process of selling all its direct investments in fossil fuels, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a March 4 [email protected] announcement. The letter also informed the community of the University’s new role as a founding...
National Solar Jobs Census
How many solar jobs are in the United States? Read the National Solar Jobs Census, a comprehensive assessment of clean solar jobs in America.
A Conversation with Amy Hessl and Valerie Trouet: What Tree Rings Reveal about Climate Change
In the 12th episode of Climate History, co-hosts Dagomar Degroot and Emma Moesswilde interview Amy Hessl of West Virginia University and Valerie Trouet of the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research at the...
Undergraduate opportunities for summer and beyond!
We are looking to hire a number of undergraduate researchers this summer for several projects. These are full-time seasonal positions running for ~12-16 weeks between May and August 2020 with a ~$9…
Momentous sprint at the 2156 Olympics?
Women sprinters are closing the gap on men and may one day overtake them.
Scott Robeson
not quite in this league however
nature.com/articles/43152… pic.twitter.com/QZbjBzL5It
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CPC - Monitoring & Data: Daily Arctic Oscillation Index
Scott Robeson
Daily Arctic Oscillation index is always "oscillating" but strictly postive through March 4 and likely to stay that way through mid-month cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/preci… pic.twitter.com/TqHvVRBT38
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Low-Frequency Modulation of the ENSO–Indian Monsoon Rainfall Relationship: Signal or Noise?: Journal of Climate: Vol 14, No 11
Scott Robeson
@AndrewDessler @ClimateOfGavin @RealClimate Also involves correlation or regression using pairs of stochastic time series that have nonstationarities or other low-frequency variation. Good article on this topic
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Letter: An obituary for UBC’s tallest tree
The tree belonged to the Douglas-fir species, or Pseudotsuga menziesii in Latin, which is native to the UBC campus and can live for over 1,000 years. This tree was the tallest, and possibly, the oldest living organism in the UBC campus at its time...