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A range of environmental issues — from biodiversity to ocean acidification — have linkages to climate change.  Yet, given polarized views on climate change, how can these linkages be effectively […]

As the year draws to a close, it’s time again to take a look back at some videos that really struck a chord with our audience this year.  A glance […]

There has been some discussion over the years here on Eruptions about what might happen if you were to bomb an eruption volcano. Now, this might be to divert a […]

There have been many things to blog about lately – Salih’s meeting in Amran with shaykhs from Bakil, even while the Hashid governor watched, Bakil.net’s mocking take on Tariq al-Fadhli’s […]

There are plenty of places on Earth that seem alien to us. The deep sea is a perfect example: it’s been said that we know more about Mars than we do about the bottom of the ocean.

The largely unregulated capitalism of the 19th century meant terrible conditions for many ordinary Americans and was a source of social unrest that threatened to bring down our economic and political system.

New York’s art world is the subject of Steve Martin’s third novel, filtered through the eyes of an ambitious young woman. For Martin, the new book comes with greater confidence.

This is not an advertisement for The Education Trust, nor is it an endorsement of all that The Education Trust stands for.  This post is merely my commentary on one […]

When people discuss “rationality” they can mean any of five different concepts.

I read with great interest the other day Jeff Utecht’s post regarding his declining Technorati authority. Although I agree with others that Technorati has some deficiencies as a blogging metric, it […]

I hate the whole concept of Fox’s television show, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Here’s why… The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thought it would be fun to have local […]

Listen to this post! Over the past couple of days, David Warlick has posted several times about the decreasing need for students to memorize discrete, unconnected factual bits of academic […]

A little over a week ago I wrote a post on what I saw as the tribal jockeying that was taking place against the backdrop of the protests in Yemen.  […]

Long gone are the days when Clapham was a small, rustic village well beyond the gates of medieval London. Also gone, but less long, is the era of Clapham as […]

I have had some more conversations today about the truce that al-Ghad reported, and at least some government sources are pouring cold water on the report. This is the first […]

The ice remains here in Ohio – and the weather is truly crazed. The temperature when I woke up this morning: 36F. Temperature an hour and a half later: 25F […]

The announcement that Susan Philipsz had won the Turner prize—Britain’s most embattled arts prize—was rendered almost inaudible by the chants and whoops of student protesters.

Over the past few years, scholars and scientists have been re-examining both the goals and the nature of science communication initiatives.  In a guest post today, Melanie Gade reviews much […]

While reusable bottles and tap water filters are by far the best alternative to bottled water, they can be, to use the highly scientific term, a hassle. To address this, […]

“Are Georgia, Alabama and Florida fighting over water or over growth?” The Economist explains that population growth has put pressure on regional water resources.

Earlier this week Waq al-waq was rightly criticized for ignoring a number of Yemeni issues and while we don’t claim or even aim to be a one-stop shop for all […]

What if the Big Muddy was 

Foreign Policy, in collaboration with the Fund for Peace, has published their annual “Failed States Index“, a highly scientific ranking of failed states. In what can only be interpreted as […]

Dear Scott, I haven’t really answered your question, “What do administrators need from teachers?” Instead, I’ve deferred to a colleague who has a most unique perspective. I’d like to share […]

“Yemen faces a potential national security crisis if its water resources continue to dry up, however solutions do exist.” A Harvard professor of Arab studies explains.

For the past several weeks I have been following the efforst of Shaykh Husayn Abdullah Bahanhan of Al al-Faqih and his attempts to secure the release of eight individual, It […]

“A planet census suggests that there are 50bn with the same mass as Earth and that around a fifth of these have liquid water.”

Yemen is a confusing place and of all the opaque places within the country my vote for the most confusing is Abyan.  Last week we talked about jihadi tensions that […]