Agrovisión, una economía de futuro
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All graduate students should read this article.
This post is part of the Diversity in Science Blog Carnival on Imposter Syndrome, hosted by Scicurious over at Neurotic Physiology.
When I started graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, I felt like an imposter. I thought that all of my fellow grad students were more together, had more basic science training (I never took calculus, intro bio or chemistry as an undergrad), were more articulate, less doubtful. I felt like I’d somehow fooled everyone into thinking I was qualified to get into graduate school, and couldn’t shake the anxiety that someone would ultimately figure out the error. When something good would happen– a grant, or an award– I subconsciously chalked it up to luck, rather than merit. It wasn’t until I was a year or two into my PhD that I learned that these feelings have a name: “imposter syndrome.” Imposter syndrome is incredibly prevalent amongst…
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Must-Read: Tom Friedman On Climate Change And ‘The Other Arab Spring’
NOAA concluded in 2011 that “human-caused climate change [is now] a major factor in more frequent Mediterranean droughts.” Reds and oranges highlight lands around the Mediterranean that experienced significantly drier winters during 1971-2010 than the comparison period of 1902-2010.
Denmark Passes Legislation: 100% Renewable Energy by 2050!
from sustainablebusiness.com
New parameter better match current climate reality, scientists say
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — After evaluating the latest satellite data from the past few months, the World Meteorological Organization announced April 1 that, starting this year, the official winter season will be shortened by one month, two weeks at either end.
A warming global climate, especially in the Arctic, requires the change in order to keep the seasons in synch with climatological realities, said Manny Fairweather, lead long-range climate analyst for the Geneva-based group.
Instead of beginning Dec. 21, winter will officially start Jan. 6, and instead of ending March 21, it will end two weeks earlier, on March 7.
“It just doesn’t make sense for winter to last for three months anymore,” Fairweather said at an April 1 press conference. “The reality is that we just aren’t seeing winter conditions in December, so we’ve decided to delay the…
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Wow, check out the temperature anomalies in the far north!
Climate, avalanches and … cattle genetics?
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY — Global warming stayed at the top of the charts, but just barely. By late Sunday night, a science story on the genetic origins of domestic cattle was within a few page views and steadily climbing, thanks to a link from Fark.com. Stories on a pair of unfortunate backcountry skier deaths during the weekend, and coverage of the Lower North Fork Fire in Jefferson County rounded out this week’s most-viewed list. Click the headlines to read the stories and pass them along on your own favorite network with the share buttons at the end of each story.
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Monthly average solar radiation images for Puerto Rico can be downloaded at the following link:
http://academic.uprm.edu/hdc/GOES-PRWEB_MONTHLY_RESULTS/solar_radiation/
The images includes 26 months of data starting in January 2010. Other atmospheric/hydrologic data images are also available at the following link:
https://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/
This week we announced that GOES-PRWEB is operational. Daily data since January 1, 2010 is now available at the link:
http://academic.uprm.edu/hdc/GOES-PRWEB_RESULTS/
Today, 26 months of monthly averages and totals were uploaded to the link: http://academic.uprm.edu/hdc/GOES-PRWEB_MONTHLY_RESULTS/
Annual averages and totals will be uploaded next week.
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Incidently, I noticed an interesting result in yesterdays data. In the area of the Arecibo Space Observatory, there was approximately 300 mm of rainfall and almost as much surface runoff. This was a really huge storm, 300 mm is around 12 inches!! Over 12 inches of rain was measured at the USGS Station 50028000 RIO TANAMA NR UTUADO. The precipitation, discharge and gauge height plots from the USGS website are given below.
PRAGWATER 
