“It’s a shallow lake. It’s a cold lake. But it is, actually, a lake,…”
global warming
Course offerings this semester at UPRM: Farm Irrigation and Agroclimatology (TMAG)
I will be offering the following two courses this semester at UPR-Mayaguez. Please click the following links for the course fliers.
TMAG 5017 Agroclimatology
TMAG 4019 Farm Drainage and Irrigation Systems
Please feel free to contact me if you would like additional information about either course.
Eric Harmsen, Professor
University of Puerto Rico
Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681
email: harmsen1000@hotmail.com, eric.harmsen@upr.edu
phone: 787-955-5102
websites: http://pragwater.com , http://bahai.org
Smart Irrigation
Impacts on Water Quality after Hurricane Sandy
Impacts on Water Quality after Hurricane Sandy
NOAA – Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center
Center Director: Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi
The City College of New York
June 12, 2013
Solar Radiation Data Available for Northern Caribbean Region
Solar radiation data can be downloaded for the Northern Caribbean Region. Daily, monthly and annual data are available.
How Climate Change is Destroying the Earth – Infographic by LEARNSTUFF.COM
Is Global Warming Real?
I gave this homework assignment to my Agroclimatology class today. Perhaps you would like to try it?
Homework Problem: Do you believe that global warming is real?
Please read the articles and watch the YouTube video at the following links and provide me with a 1 page argument either for or against man-made global warming. (If you are not in my class, you don’t have to submit the 1 page argument, however, you may want to leave a comment below.)
Climate Change: ‘Hoax’ Or Crime Of The Century?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhendrickson/2012/09/16/climate-change-hoax-or-crime-of-the-century/
Most Used Climate Myths and what the science says….
http://www.skepticalscience.com/
TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege – David Roberts – Climate Change is Simple
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A7ktYbVwr90
Why 2013 will be a year of crisis
Why 2013 will be a year of crisis
- David Frum: The drought in the U.S., Russia and Australia is driving up food prices
- He says sharp rises in prices have long been tied to unrest among the world’s poor
- High prices have been cited as a cause of last year’s upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia, he says
- Frum: The winner of November election in U.S. will have to deal with the consequences
Bill to Shift NOAA Resources to Short-Term Forecasting
Singapore issues national climate change strategy
Singapore issues national climate change strategy
Perhaps Singapore’s plan is something that Puerto Rico could benefit from.
PRAGWATER 