Sentences with phrase «field notes from»

If he sincerely wants to understand global warming as he claims, he should take up Gavin's invitation to meet and listen with an open mind, as Elizabeth Colbert did for her fine objective book» Field Notes From A Catastrophe».

[David Rind, GISS climate scientist, p111, Kolbert, Field Notes from a Catastrophe]»

As Elizabeth Kolbert put it so memorably in Field Notes from a Catastrophe, â $ œIt may seem impossible to imagine that technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing.â $

In Edward Struzik's new book Future Arctic: Field Notes From a World on the Edge, he avoids the apocalyptic and offers a vision of how pragmatists could tackle some of the region's many environmental problems.

Kolbert is the author of the book Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.

Mark Seth Lender Field Notes In this blog series, Living on Earth's Explorer - in - Residence Mark Seth Lender shares field notes from his encounters with wildlife in the Arctic, the African Savannah and beyond.

Elizabeth Kolbert, author of «Field Notes from a Catastrophe» (2006) writes about global warming for The New Yorker.

Years later, I read mainstream popular books on climate change, such as Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert in 2006, The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery in 2007, and Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman in 2008.

I hear that this will be published in April under the title Field notes from a catastrophe.

The three I've read are; Eugene Linden's The Winds of Change, Elizabeth Kolbert's Field Notes from a Catastrophe and Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers.

The exhibition brings together journals, manuscripts, letters, books, and field notes from the Morgan Library & Museum in New York with the personal items of the Concord Museum's collections, which include the simple green desk on which Thoreau wrote «Walden» and «Civil Disobedience.»

REFERENCE Weisman, Alan The World Without Us New York, St. Martin's Press: 2007 Diamond, Jared Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed New York, Penguin Books: 2005 McKibben, Bill The End of Nature New York, Random House, 1989 McKibben, Bill Eaarth: Making Like on a Tough New Planet New York, St. Martin's Press: 2010 Kolbert, Elizabeth Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change New York, Bloomsbury: 2006 Kolbert, Elizabeth The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History New York, Picador, 2014 Smith, Lawrence C.

[3] Clyfford Still's handwritten field notes from first trip to Nespelem, 1936.

The Ultimate Loot Chest Limited Edition ($ 149.99 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC) will include all of the Deluxe edition's items, plus a collectable scaled replica of the red loot chests; steelbook case; Creatures of Pandora wide - format ID chart; lithograph postcard set; field notes from Sir Hammerlock; cloth map of Pandora; and a numbered certificate of authenticity.

In their field notes from the Regional School Choice Office (RSCO) fair on February 7, 2015, Alix Liss and Sara Guernsey observe that «despite the fair being particularly minority heavy in attendance, the individuals looking at the specialized schools, whether performing arts or science based, were predominantly white.»

The following data were collected at each school: structured interviews of approximately an hour for each building principal and five to seven early reading program staff; school and classroom observations of approximately 12 hours per school; field notes from observations and informal conversations with school staff; and selected artifacts from the early reading programs.

Field notes from the group totaled 260 pages, and the doctoral students took two days together to do data analysis and a literature review of effective teacher programs.

Drawing on detailed field notes from a single night at the shelter, Seider opens the book with a vivid chronological description of what happens between the arrival of the first Harvard volunteer at 6:30 p.m. and the...

-- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe

Now here's a quote from «Field Notes From A Catastrophe» by Elizabeth Kolbert.

Kolbert's book, Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (Bloomsbury, $ 22.95), is based on articles that appeared in The New Yorker.

Joseph Feldblum at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and colleagues have re-examined Goodall's field notes from the chimp feeding station she established at Gombe to work out what led to the conflict.

read Adventure of Ascent: Field Notes from a Lifelong Journey by Luci Shaw.

Adventure of Ascent: Field Notes from a Lifelong Journey by Luci Shaw.

Not exact matches

If you suddenly saw trucks come from the fields with strawberries in a higher level of rejection than usual, you can stop harvesting immediately, and not wait until the end of the day,» Hennessy says, noting that such decisions immediately cut losses.

Because if you're going to excel in many fields, no amount of listening skills or handwritten notes gets you off the hook from having to speak in front of people.

Some inspectors prepare and deliver their written report on site, while others write the report after the inspection from their field notes.

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While we believe that current energy market fundamentals justify an oil price of $ 50 or above, we also note that productivity gains in US shale fields have increased the elasticity of supply from these critical swing producers, a factor that could cap any significant price appreciation.

When two prepubescent boys toss their hats in the air as they skip across the stadium field on their way to the inquiry room, Martin dryly notes, it is evident that not every conversion flows from the «deepest well - springs of heart or mind.»

As discussed in the previous chapter, in reviewing the situation in the mission field, this Commission noted the fear of missionaries, and missionary societies, about the new developments in the mission field and the possibility of churches in the mission field breaking away from western ecclesiastical traditions and control.

Long before the astonishing victory of his colt, Dark Star, over Native Dancer in the 1953 Kentucky Derby, Guggenheim was both noted for and rich from his endeavors in other fields.

Skelly was eager to get back on the field, but Morey wanted him to take it easy — he wrote notes to Skelly's professors asking them to excuse him from his classes.

(NOTE: The existing, meritocratic BCS formula for selecting which conferences earn this distinction will remain in effect, leaving the door open to the Mountain West, WAC, Conference USA, etc., to earn «Big Six» status, and keeping, say, the ACC and Big East from becoming entrenched if they fail to perform on the field.)

I didn't watch the match last night as I was on the field playing I ran my heels off I was in their faces I was angry I got a well - deserved yellow and could have been sent off later on I intercepted a good few balls and assisted with 2 goals and won the match From the highlights and the analysis I understand the Arsenal were weak in midfield the Arsenal needs an enforcer someone just like me a motivator and in the face of the opponents a thorn in the side I also believe MR wenger was at fault we all knew we would be weak in defence the least MR wenger should have had is a strong fresh midfield after all we had a tough encounter with city + traveling why didn't he use Rosciky, Carzola and Campbell On a different note I like chamberland stature he is tall and has pace and energy why not adapt him to the defensive midfield position with clear emphasis to be in the opponents face The arsenal and Mr wenger need to wake up fast now we have this weekend to prepare for Chelsea if we believe we are title contenders

It's to limit the angles from which the signals can be seen from field level, with its most noted application perhaps saving Florida State's 2013 national title.

We should note that the field expanded from 64 teams to 65 teams in the 2001 NCAA Tournament.

I'm going to take him up on the offer and will revive «Notes from the Field» as soon as I can.

I've also been surprised as I do my «Notes from the Field» features to see how often dessert is served as part of the school lunch in my kids» cafeteria.

Longtime readers may remember my «Notes from the Field» feature, where I'd pop into my kids» elementary school lunch room regularly to snap photos and talk with the kids about what they were eating.

This page gives an overview of TLT's regular features — Notes from the Field; the Kids» Snack Hall of Shame; the Friday Buffet — as well as links to some of our best past conversations, like those about picky eaters; kids and table manners; sneaking veggies into kids» food; and our TLT Reader Exchanges on lunch box ideas, cookbooks and more.

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Notes from the Field: Severe Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Associated with Coxsackievirus A6 — Alabama, Connecticut, California, and Nevada, November 2011 — February 2012.

I'm a little late with the Notes From the Field feature this week — I guess all that Palin / school treats debate distracted me!

Bettina Siegel said: Notes from the field: mashed potatoes and Frito Pie in my kids» lunchroom.

Longtime readers may remember my» Notes from the Field» feature, where I'd pop into my kids» elementary school lunch room regularly to -LSB-...]

In my «Notes from the Field» feature I visit and photograph the food in my kids» lunch room weekly and one thing I've noticed is that a surprising number of kids do take the vegetables, despite the fact that it's an offer - versus - serve system and they're not required to.

In fact, I'm planning some «field trips» to some middle and high schools for my «Notes from the Field» feature onfield trips» to some middle and high schools for my «Notes from the Field» feature onField» feature on TLT.

ENDS Notes to Editors UK Alcohol duty context For a short video summary of the issues around alcohol pricing, please visit: https://vimeo.com/191959217 Following heavy lobbying from the alcohol industry, the last four Budgets have seen real terms cuts in alcohol duty Alcohol is 60 % more affordable than it was in 1980 — the alcohol duty escalator, introduced in 2008, which ensured that duty rose above inflation, helped mitigate this trend, but this progress has reversed since the duty escalator was scrapped in 2013 In real terms, spirits duty has halved, and wine duty fallen by a quarter since 1978 - 9 The Government estimates suggest that the duty cuts since 2013 will cost the Exchequer # 2.9 billion over four years The University of Sheffield estimated that an additional 6,500 people would be hospitalised each year as a result of the alcohol duty cuts in 2015 The report The report was peer reviewed by academic experts the fields of economics, public health and public policy prior to publication.

Still, as Bob McCarthy noted in The Buffalo News, the field on the Democratic side to replace Grisanti is muddled at best, with former County Legislator Chuck Swanick backed by officials in Albany, but not garnering support from the county committee.