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Climate Features Recent Work

How does climate change influence extreme weather?

 Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston area when it stalled over southeastern Texas in August 2017. In the weeks that followed,…

August 29, 2018October 31, 2018
For Kids Uncategorized

Ahead of the wave

  Bump a glass and any water inside might slop over the side. Splash in the bathtub and waves slosh.…

February 18, 2013August 8, 2018
Climate For Kids Physics

Searching for underground water, from the sky

Keeping track of water makes for tricky science. It drains through soil, slips through cracks in rocks and refills underwater…

January 10, 2012August 8, 2018
biology For Kids

Germy weather

Some people see hail; others see opportunity. I wrote a short snap for Science News for Kids about what a…

June 21, 2011August 8, 2018
Climate

A Tennessee Time Machine

For OnEarth magazine, I covered a climate change experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Read the whole story here.

April 22, 2011August 8, 2018

RECENT WORK

  • Looking for LUCA, everyone’s shared ancestor
  • Math long resisted a digital disruption. AI is poised to change that
  • No one’s sure if synthetic mirror life will kill us all
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  • Human-built ‘beaver’ dams help save struggling streams

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