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Plowed field.

Finding common ground in water

June 3, 2019 by Alex Reshanov

When pressed to summarize the path of his wide spanning career, Paul Adams offers one word,  “discourse.” Adams, a professor at UT Austin’s Department of Geography and the Environment, is interested in how people discuss often contentious subjects and what makes these communications more or less successful. As a geographer of media and communication, Adams […]

Sadaham Yathra monks walking along a wooden path.

The Earth’s Keepers: How Religion Can Guide Environmentalism

April 22, 2019 by Rachel White

If you knew in the next life you’d become a tree, you might hesitate before you cut one down. Or if you were to become one of the ocean’s fish, perhaps you’d be more careful about how you dispose of certain plastics. That’s Karma, at least as it’s applied in an environmental context, which might […]

Pastoruri Glacier, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, 2014. . Photo by Kenneth Young.

Meanwhile in Peru: Report from an Epicenter of Climate Change

May 22, 2015 by Susanna Sharpe

In the Peruvian Andes, the future is now. In fact, people there are incredulous that lawmakers in the United States actually debate climate change, and baffled that many North Americans challenge the worldwide scientific consensus that Earth’s average temperature is steadily on the rise. South American climate observers (i.e., regular citizens as well as scientists) […]

Meteorologist Troy Kimmel Talks Tornadoes and Climate Change

August 9, 2013 by Jessica Sinn Leave a Comment

Troy Kimmel is a senior lecturer of Studies in Weather and Climate in the Department of Geography and the Environment. He is a committee member/instant meteorologist for University of Texas Campus Safety and Security, as well as committee chief meteorologist, KOKE FM Radio, Austin. A monster EF-5 tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb of […]

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