Category Archives: Earth System Observer

Analysis and observations about the science of our complex planet

Undergraduate students scouring internet for global warming articles

Posted on 2013-09-08 by Brian Magi

I’m teaching my Global Environmental Change this semester and the students have been busy reading and putting together response papers to the readings. This past week, I asked the students to find a news article published in 2013 about climate … Continue reading →

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Ramping up for teaching with NOAA NCDC

Posted on 2013-08-07 by Brian Magi

Summer is a time of dedicated research for me. Finished one project, waiting for peer reviews on that manuscript, tinkering with twitter, planning out research conference travel in the next school year, and working on a grant proposal to NSF. … Continue reading →

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Life expectancy reductions in the polluted air of China

Posted on 2013-07-10 by Brian Magi

Shockingly little has been published in the peer-reviewed literature about the air pollution in China, although there has been plenty of press coverage. I talked a little bit about the US Embassy twitter data and how fires polluted the air … Continue reading →

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Earth observations gallery

Posted on 2013-07-07 by Brian Magi

I used to really like photography. A big chunk of my senior year in high school and freshman year in college were spent in a dark room experimenting with developing processes and photograph creation. Film cameras are a thing of … Continue reading →

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Activity on twitter

Posted on 2013-07-05 by Brian Magi

I haven’t posted anything here for about a week – an eternity in the land of constant chatter (the internet). I’m working on a couple of publications, which take a lot of concentration, so that’s my main excuse. My secondary … Continue reading →

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Beijing air quality and agricultural fires

Posted on 2013-06-28 by Brian Magi

As I browsed through my favorite twitter feeds which includes @BeijingAir and the other US Embassies, I saw there was some really really poor air quality in Beijing. The US Embassies in China tweet particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) concentrations in … Continue reading →

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The Climate Change Speech transcript and video

Posted on 2013-06-26 by Brian Magi

Here’s an update from my post yesterday about the Climate Change Speech. Link to the video on Youtube via whitehouse.gov. The video is downloadable (mp4) so you can show students how a speech embodies leadership on an issue that will, … Continue reading →

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Interactive USA wildfire map from Climate Central

Posted on 2013-06-25 by Brian Magi

Amazing what a team of scientists, techs, and a pile of data will bring you. I tried to embed a great map interface by the group at Climate Central here, but it didn’t work so here’s a screenshot of the … Continue reading →

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May 2013 climate in North Carolina and the world

Posted on 2013-06-24 by Brian Magi

With global warming and all of the impacts, it’s very important to constantly consider the question of time and space scales. May 2013 is a good example for those of us living in the Southeastern USA or North Carolina. Namely, … Continue reading →

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Twitter and science

Posted on 2013-06-14 by Brian Magi

I’ve been starting to use twitter – mainly to supplement my research interests. I have zero confidence in facebook as a useful platform for anything remotely scientific or supportive of science, but twitter somehow seems different. The first twitter account … Continue reading →

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