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- Bali, after the fall
- Tana Deru (Flores)
- The end of the wet season (Flores)
- A land called Honilee
- A note on language and race in Fiji
- Return to Tavewa
- Tiabo (Goodbye), Kiribati
- Lovely bunch of coconuts (Fiji)
- My conversations with the I-Kiribati
- The Marshalls, because they are there
- Onward to Abaiang (Kiribati)
- A stormy day in Tarawa
- Initial impressions of Tarawa, Kiribati
- An introduction to Kiribati
- High tide on Caqelai
- Tavenui, Fiji's Garden Isle
- The world comes to Tavewa
- Ankgor Thought (part one)
- Two Days in Brunei
- The world stair climbing championship
- The day the warth warmed
- Hitting a homer for the climate

Dispatches

Tolerance or broad, wholesome charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in our little corner of the earth all one's lifetime  

    - Mark Twain

Climate research is mostly conducted in the developed world, where we often only experience the weather for a few brief moments each day, usually on a mad dash between our homes and our vehicles. I’ve always been amused by the fact that I completed my PhD in Atmosphere and Ocean Science in Madison, Wisconsin, a wonderful town, but a place where the only salt water can be found in the seal exhibit at the local zoo.

I am currently traveling to gain a better appreciation for the sensitivity of people’s lives to the weather and climate in the other parts of the world, mostly the Global South. I hope to communicate those findings to those of us who spend most of our lives more insulated from nature and climate.

This page includes various stories and thoughts from my ongoing travels. It will be updated regularly, so stay tuned!

I’ve also included a number of older travel dispatches, some much less serious than others:

Bali, after the fall (January 2006)
Tana Deru (Flores) (April 2005)
The end of the wet season (Flores) (April 2005)
A land called Honilee (April 2005)
A note on language and race in Fiji (March 2005)
Return to Tavewa (March 2005)
Tiabo (Goodbye), Kiribati (March 2005)
Lovely bunch of coconuts (Fiji) (March 2005)
My conversations with the I-Kiribati (March 2005)
The Marshalls, because they are there (March 2005)
Onward to Abaiang (Kiribati) (February 2005)
A stormy day in Tarawa (February 2005)
Initial impressions of Tarawa, Kiribati (February 2005)
An introduction to Kiribati (February 2005)
High tide on Caqelai (February 2005)
Tavenui, Fiji's Garden Isle (February 2005)
The world comes to Tavewa (February 2005)
Ankgor Thought (part one) (November 2002)
Two Days in Brunei (November 2002)
The world stair climbing championship (October 2002)
The day the warth warmed (January 2002)
Hitting a homer for the climate (June 2000)

Lombok Indonesia at dawn

Bas relief , Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Copan, Honduras

Kokusai St., Naha, Okinawa