Posts Tagged ‘hydrology’
Surveying Alaska after World War II
“The person that owned that had no requirement to say hey there’s a big ice lens under here, don’t build your house there.”
Read MoreTwo career paths from El Yunque to Alaska
“When you get out to the real world the skills that you need are going to be really varied. I think that’s helpful for a new generation of scientists, be aware that there’s not one way to do it.”
Read MoreFifty years of Arctic change
“When you lose half of your sea ice volume, in fact we’ve lost more than half of the volume in such a short period of time, that’s something that I don’t think people really anticipated.”
Read MoreBreaking the ice with a steam bath in rural Alaska
“I told him we have a sand dune that’s erupting in the middle of our airstrip and there was a tribal member who got stuck in a sinkhole.”
Read MoreGrowing a collaboration
“I think what I’ve been focusing on is how can we take something that can spill out of people in such a negative way and make it neutral?”
Read MoreBraving thin ice
“I’d say within the last 20 years maybe about 15 of those years we’ve seen a lot of changes in our climates with floods, erosions, fall storms.”
Read MoreDisaster preparedness: Alaska braces for change
“First and foremost, we should be addressing our people And then addressing our scientific needs.”
Read MoreWelcoming a newborn just before an avalanche cuts power
“So it’s been a challenge just trying to get out and teach students about what’s going on with the snow pack when it doesn’t really exist.”
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