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LATEST ARTICLES ( 57 )

• Rewinding the Clock

  I don’t really care about the panda bears. But that’s not saying this problem isn’t serious. This is a people problem, this is a billion dead people problem.... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• My Cartoon Supervisors

  

  My supervisors are so distinguished that they now exist in cartoon form! If that’s not the mark of a successful science communicator, I’m not sure what is. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• A New Chapter

  It has been a very busy few months. Here are some of the things I have done since I last wrote: Moved out of our apartment in Canada Spent three weeks in Irelan... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• Explaining the Seasons on ‘Game of Thrones’

  If you haven’t yet watched the television series Game of Thrones or read George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books on which the show is based, I would... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• Two Great TED Talks

  Both are about climate modelling, and both are definitely worth 10-20 minutes of your time.The first is from Gavin Schmidt, NASA climate modeller and RealClimat... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• What I Am Doing with My Life

  After a long hiatus – much longer than I like to think about or admit to – I am finally back. I just finished the last semester of my undergraduate degree, whic... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• The Arctic Has Barfed

  

  I was scanning my blog stats the other day – partly to see if people were reading my new post on the Blue Mountains bushfires, partly because I just like... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• The Blue Mountains, Then and Now

  

  During our time in Australia, my partner and I decided on a whim to spend a weekend in the Blue Mountains. This national park, a two-hour train ride west of... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2014 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• Cover Your Ears and Sing Loudly

  At public hearings on the environmental impacts of proposed oil pipelines, Canadians are no longer allowed to discuss climate change: any testimonials concernin... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• A Simple Stochastic Climate Model: Climate Sensitivity

  

  I haven’t forgotten about this project! Read the introduction and ODE derivation if you haven’t already.Last time I derived the following ODE for temperature T... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• Explorers

  

  On Monday evening, a Canadian research helicopter in northwest Nunavut crashed into the Arctic Ocean. Three men from the CGCS Amundsen research vessel were on... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• Bits and Pieces

  Now that the academic summer is over, I have left Australia and returned home to Canada. It is great to be with my friends and family again, but I really miss... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• The Mueller Glacier

  

  Recently I was lucky enough to pay a visit to the South Island of New Zealand. I am actually a Kiwi by birth (that’s why it’s so easy for me to work in... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• A Simple Stochastic Climate Model: Deriving the Backbone

  

  Last time I introduced the concept of a simple climate model which uses stochastic techniques to simulate uncertainty in our knowledge of the climate system. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• A Simple Stochastic Climate Model: Introduction

  This winter I took a course in computational physics, which has probably been my favourite undergraduate course to date. Essentially it was an advanced numerica... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• Milestones

  You may have already heard that carbon dioxide concentrations have surpassed 400 ppm. The most famous monitoring station, Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii,... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• From the Other Side of the World…

  It seems that every post I write begins with an apology for not writing more. I’ve spent the past few months writing another set of exams (only one more year... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• Well, This is a Problem

  

  The back gardens of Mayflower, Arkansas aren’t looking too good:Yes, that’s oil. Canadian oil, no less. You’re welcome.I’ve heard surprisingly little about... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• A Visit to NCAR

  

  Last week I was lucky enough to attend the Second Workshop on Coupling Technologies for Earth System Models, held at the National Center for Atmospheric Researc... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER

• A Phone Conversation

  Me: Hello? Caller: Hello? Me: Yes, hello? Caller: Hi, I’m from the local paper. Me: Okay. (We get these calls several times a week. It’s getting kind of... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, WEATHER