Tag Archives: climate change

Climate change, Hurricane Sandy and contemporary human infrastructure

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Late last winter I wrote a brief post about what I called the Age of Global Weirdness in relation to climate change. If there is any good that comes from the recent megastorm Sandy that has wrought havoc on the … Continue reading →

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Entering the age of global weirdness

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Two years ago, Wellesley broke a record by receiving more than 18 inches of rain in the month of March, largely the result of two “100-year” storms separated by just a week (here is Wellesley’s five-year weather record, courtesy of … Continue reading →

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Cannibalism, not just for Neandertals anymore

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Adam Van Arsdale

Everyone’s favorite topic, cannibalism, is in the news today because of a a report in the journal Arctic of cannibalism in polar bears. The abstract, from I. Stirling & J.E. Ross, says this: We report three instances of intraspecific killing … Continue reading →

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Evolution in a changing world

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Adam Van Arsdale

The upcoming edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) features two articles that address global climate change, both of which have already generated press headlines. Rahmsdorf and Coumou have a paper on the expected increase in … Continue reading →

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