Great video below from NASA showing the retreat of the Pine Island Glacier. But, dear NASA: please realize that a normal does 'see' this retreat because it is not clear to them where the seasonal sea ice end and the 'proper' glacier starts. Easy fix: annotate it!
Friday, February 14, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Climate and Art
Two useful sources here about the connection between art (paintings) and climate change. The basic conclusion is somewhat obvious: weather and climate are reflected in the art produced in a given period, but not in a quantifiable way that would make art a climate proxy.
Vertical Urban Farms
The basic idea is not new, but These vertical farms could turn Brooklyn into an agricultural oasis definitely look cool. To me this looks like a case of where form dictates function, but, maybe this works!
Sunday, February 9, 2020
The New 3D Printing
3D printing via fused deposition modelling (FDM) is now pretty much mainstream, but there are of course much more cutting-edge techniques out there - see 3D printing gets bigger, faster and stronger (Nature, 6 February 2020).
Software for Scientific Collaboration
Tech tools to make research more open and inclusive (Nature, 6 February 2020) is a nice read and mentions some of the well-known and lesser-known 'apps' such as Slack, Mattermost, or MindView. It would be great if Westfield State could offer a suite of these apps for use in learning and learning!
Old Weather
Old Weather is a cool citizen science project to transcribe weather observations recorded by ships since the 1850s or so. Have a look at the Weather Time Machine for context and examples as a Story Map.
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