A very brief shout – Embedded here is an abridged copy of the syllabus for this year’s Marine & Coastal Resource Systems module, part of the core curriculum for Cardiff’s second-year students in Marine Geography. You can check out the readings we’ll be doing. Ambitious? You bet. But fun. Also, between now and May-ish (at…
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Hello & goodbye – a belated lab update
Regarding comings and goings in the Environmental Dynamics Lab, two important updates – which come with my apologies, because there’s “late-breaking news” and there’s news that’s just late. First, huge congratulations to Paul Evans – now Dr Paul Evans – for graduating with his doctorate in July’s ceremonies. Paul & I started working together in…
Read MoreThinking in (human–environmental) systems – a research triptych
Three papers were released into the wild this winter, making for exciting times at the Lab. Walking to and from the office the past few days, I’ve been thinking about where and how their themes overlap. Seems to me these three papers are connected by a process of argumentation: the work of sketching out the…
Read MoreHighlights from AGU 2012
At the AGU 2012 Fall Meeting, Dylan McNamara (UNC Wilmington), Andrew Ashton (WHOI) and I sponsored a session titled “The Future of Human–Landscape Systems,” which featured two invited speakers: Peter Haff (Duke) and Brad Werner (UCSD). Because of various changes to the session structure, both speakers were free to present for an easy half-hour each.…
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The Environmental Dynamics Lab (EDL) 