Earth, actually…

Oops!  Maybe that title is a little misleading… This post is about a speech given by climate scientist Richard Alley.  There is no evidence that Richard Alley himself has any influence on climate, nor would I ever refer to him as a “knob” of any sort. Penn State Cryosphere expert and Two-Mile Time Machine author Richard Alley gave the esteemed [...]

The prestigious University of Cambridge Programme (translation: ‘Program’) for Sustainability Leadership has released their list of the top 50 books on Sustainability, chosen by their alumni. This is a remarkable resource for anyone interested in catching up on their studies, or formalizing an opinion on today’s environmental issues.  I’m sure it would also be a great [...]

Recently, my research group published a journal article on the use of NASA’s GRACE satellites to highlight regional indicators of flood potential.  The article was highlighted by Discovery News writer Michael Reilly, and published on their website, here. This was a great honor, and a first time experience for me.  I also think that Michael did [...]

The recent Nature paper by Rodell, et al., (see We’re in Nature!) was such a hit that Nature decided to produce a (rather cleverly named) documentary on it. They were in our offices at the UC Irvine Earth System Science department few weeks ago shooting interviews and field work simulations (since remote sensing hydrologists don’t [...]

August 25, Cape Canaveral, FL — NASA’s space shuttle Discovery will launch from Kennedy Space Center at 1:36 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 25, 2009.  The mission is for International Space Station resupply and delivery of a new crew member. Here’s an excerpt from the website: Commanded by veteran astronaut Rick “C.J.” Sturckow, the STS-128 mission [...]

Well, not “we” per se, however my PhD advisor, UC Irvine Professor Jay Famiglietti, was a co-author on the recent “Satellite based estimates of groundwater depletion in India” with his former PhD student and current NASA Scientist Matt Rodell.  Also, 2nd author I. Velicogna is on my PhD committee.  (So it’s kind of like I [...]