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What we killed Thursday – Thanksgiving edition
Just one collection of Flabellidium spinosum was ever made. Theodor Herzog found this moss growing in the Tres Cruces Cordillera almost a century ago. Theodor Herzog was a German bryologist and is famous (What? You haven’t heard of him?) for his work on the biogeography of mosses. The area and others of they type where […]
Well, that’s depressing
I attended a conference on water issues a few weeks ago and left feeling like there’s no way to implement successful policies before it’s too late. My research focuses on a tree that is quickly being extirpated from my state and is likely to go almost extinct in the next century or so, and lately […]
This is what climate change looks like
The best recipe ever
2 cups cooked quinoa about 4 cups chopped greens (Mustard, beet, kale, turnip or anything else you like. Works just as well with combinations.) 1 can black beans 1 medium yukon gold tomato sliced thinly 1 cup mushrooms (shitake, button, whatever) 1 medium onion, chopped a tablespoon or so of olive oil 2/3 cup vegetable […]
Just a shoe
Stats and accompanying music
I’m taking an upper division statistics class for math majors this semester that’s not going so well. I’ve never had to work so hard to connect concepts to solving problems before and even when I do finally get everything figured out and am confident about any of the problems found in our text, the exam […]
Water
I had this crazy thought that things would slow down a little after the conference. I definitely wasn’t considering what missing a week of classes was going to do to my workload. Oh well. The conference was a good experience for me. It was a smaller conference that brought together policy makers, social scientists, and […]