June 2011
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November 2010
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Democratizing Seasonal Forecasting in Latin... →
As part of its ongoing efforts to improve the understanding and use of seasonal forecasts, the IRI recently helped lead a two-week training workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Extendiendo el uso de de la predicción estacional... →
Un principio central del trabajo del Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones de Clima y Sociedad (IRI en inglés) es que proveer a las personas e instituciones información sobre el clima es tan…
March 2010
2 posts
Tackling Climate Threats to Food Security →
Latest news from the IRI:
A new multimillion dollar research program by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research aims to alleviate climate-related threats to the food…
New Program Aims to Mitigate Climate Threats to... →
The CGIAR— a network of agricultural research centers that supports thousands of scientists in more than 100 countries— considers climate change an “immediate and unprecedented threat” to the food…
February 2010
4 posts
santa fe sneak peek →
A few photos from a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. I’ll post more on my istockphoto and regular portfolio pages (links above).
Here a SimpleViewer Flash gallery should be displayed. Click here to…
poetry:
i am thrown two hours to be
profound but i spend them waking
up. for the last seven days, my windshield has bent mountains. whole canyons, miles of tree lines, snow drifts-pushed into each other,
compressed, distorted, discarded by
a cruel tectonics of glass, sunlight,
drive.
Climate Risks in Haiti →
In this Q+A, IRI staffers discuss some of the climate-related risks that could affect Haitians over the next year as they struggle to rebuild their country after a devastating earthquake in January….
Are Haitians Vulnerable to Climate? →
We just put out an informative Q+A over on the IRI site about the risks from climate that the people of Haiti may face in the coming year. Currently, about a 1.2 million Haitians are without…
January 2010
1 post
German Lang. Media: Do nothing, it’s good for your... →
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German Lang. Media: Do nothing, it’s good for your brain
Here’s news everyone likes to read at the beginning of a…
December 2009
2 posts
Google Earth tour on Climate and Meningitis →
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society and Google are offering a guided tour of Africa to teach you about the relationship between climate and deadly meningitis outbreaks there….
Meningitis: the Climate connection →
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society and Google are offering a guided tour of Africa to teach you about the relationship between climate and deadly…
November 2009
2 posts
IRI Climate Scientist Appointed to NAS Advisory... →
Lisa Goddard, a climate scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, has been appointed to the National Academies of Science’s prestigious Climate Research Committee….
Climate Research Committee’s newest member →
With her recent appointment to the National Academies of Science’s prestigious Climate Research Committee, IRI scientist Lisa Goddard hopes to continue fostering connections between climate science…
October 2009
6 posts
How to Build an Igloo by Douglas Wilkinson, – NFB →
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my new favorite addiction: National Film Board archives
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The potential impacts of the current El Niño →
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society has published two documents designed to walk policy makers through the potential impacts of current El Niño conditions. Readers can use…
The potential impacts of the current El Niño →
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society has published two documents designed to walk policy makers through the potential impacts of current El Niño conditions. Readers can use…
IRI’s work to benefit farmers in India →
A colleague has written a nice story about a new project at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society that aims to improve forecasting of the Indian monsoon…
In May and…
Living with an Uncertain Monsoon: IRI's work to... →
In May and June each year, speculation about the coming of the monsoon fills newspapers and conversations across India. Urban dwellers eagerly await respite from overbearing heat. Investors…
A preschooler’s perspective →
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September 2009
3 posts
Leaders in index insurance expand their... →
Swiss Re, Oxfam America, The Rockefeller Foundation and Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society announced a joint Commitment to Action at the Clinton Global…
PHD Comics: Science News Cycle →
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as someone who has worked in many parts of this cycle, i find this tragically hilarious.
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August 2009
5 posts
Public-health implications of the 2009 El Niño →
We just posted our second audio interview about the 2009 El Niño. In this one, I sit down with public-health expert, Madeleine Thomson, one of IRI’s senior research scientists. The interview…
El Niño Impacts on Health →
A new bulletin published by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society provides an update on the emerging El Niño and its potential health impacts. Responding to growing concerns…
Top misconceptions about El Niño and La Niña →
Forecasts by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and other institutions show that a weak El Niño has developed in the equatorial Pacific, and is likely to continue…
Top misconceptions about El Niño →
Forecasts by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and other institutions show that a weak El Niño has developed in the equatorial Pacific, and is likely to continue evolving…
July 2009
1 post
poetry:
what isn’t is unless less is plenty and time is just yesterday.
June 2009
6 posts
Audio slideshow on Index insurance →
Index insurance for development and disaster management from IRI Video Pages on Vimeo.
This is our latest audio slideshow, which Jason and I produced in record time for…
Climate information hot topic in World Disasters... →
The latest World Disasters Report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies argues that disaster-relief agencies need to shift focus from expensive response…
Climate information seen as key in new Early... →
The latest World Disasters Report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies argues that disaster-relief agencies need to shift focus from expensive response operations…
Climate training for health professionals →
We kicked off the second annual Summer Institute this week. Twelve public-health professionals and climate scientists from ten countries are visiting the Lamont campus, where the International…
Training public health decision makers →
Starting this week, 12 public-health professionals and climate scientists from ten countries are visiting Columbia University’s Lamont campus, where the International Research Institute for Climate…
AMNH biobulletin on peatland fires →
The Science Bulletins crew at the American Museum of Natural History has created brief but excellent feature about the work the International Research Institute for Climate and Society is…
May 2009
5 posts
Nobel Laureate Rajendra Pachauri new IRI Board... →
Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, has agreed to serve as the…
Nobel Laureate Rajendra Pachauri new IRI Board... →
Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, has agreed to serve as the next board…
visual communication + science →
I have been asked to give a brownbag seminar on using visuals to communicate science at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. Should make for an interesting discussion….
more film sticks →
some of my favorite photographs came into being because of mechanical glitches
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“And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning...”
– “The Burial of the Dead,” from The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot (via poetry)
April 2009
3 posts
Betting on the Rains →
Rising global food prices and favorable rainfall patterns in recent decades have allowed farmers in South America’s Southern Cone region to grow crops on formerly marginal lands. But if climate…
Photherapy →
Our Mongolian friend, Byamba, who is currently studying in Vienna, recently wrote us to say she visits our image gallery often, especially when she misses her friends and family in Ulaanbaatar….
March 2009
8 posts
Climate and Coconuts →
By using climate science and better agricultural forecast models, the IRI has helped increase the resilience of coconut plantations to climate variability in one of the world’s major producers, Sri…
Climate and coconuts - a Sri Lanka story →
Millions of people in the tropics depend on coconuts for food, raw materials and liveli-hood. They are a high value commercial crop. But like any crop, coconuts are at risk of drought…
Earth Hour - what we did →
Earth Hour - what we did →
Earth hour may end up meaning different things to different people, but for us, it meant spending quiet time together, in the company of candles. Here’s an hour, in pictures…
Earth Hour in Nyack →
We’ve lit our candles and are ready to spend the next hour in blissful lightlessness. Not sure how many of our neighbors are going to end up celebrating earth hour with us. Guess we’ll see once we…
IRI’s first Q&A →
We just kicked off a new series on our home page. Over the next year, I’ll be interviewing many of the luminaries that pass through our halls here at the International Research Institute…