Finland Might Have Solved Nuclear Power’s Biggest Problem

That title is an exaggeration, but at-least Finland has some kind of facility to handle nuclear waste. Is it safe? Sure! But: Is is save for long enough?

Climate Change = More Extremes

It's really not that complicated and here are two quick videos:

• We're making hurricanes stronger (54 seconds)
• Climate-Fueled Disasters (1:54 minutes)

OSS and OSH/OSHW

Here's a great paper and some of the associated resources - it's pretty cool what you can do nowadays with open-source software and hardware. That being said: I have seen too many crappy weather stations for one reason or another (see pic below) - making consistemt and high-quality environmental measurements is complex, especially in harsh environments.

• Chan et al. (2021): Low-cost electronic sensors for environmental research: Pitfalls and opportunities
• http://www.freestation.org/home
• King's College London Geocomputation on GitHub

Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage

This is awesome: Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture and Storage

Unlearning Racism in Geoscience (URGE)

Unlearning Racism in Geoscience (URGE) ran a 16-week program in the Spring of 2021 using a cool 'pod' idea where interested individuals and organization formed pods of 12 people to work-through each of the 8 two-week units. The program is obviously over, but the curriculum remains accessible and it would not be too difficult to modify & run this program 'stand-alone' and include other STEM fields such as Biology or Environmental Science.

• The URGE Curriculum
• Example of a deliverable (2YC URGE)

Laura Guertin shared her 'pod' experience over on her GeoEd Trek Blog.

Climate at a Glance

Climate at a Glance (from NOAA) is simple and effective: see the data as a table or chart, then DL for further analysis.

Fires & Smoke

Plenty of maps like that - this one now has the smoke forecast layer: https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/wildfire/#@=-96.003,32.304,4