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.

Over the years, I have visited a number of cultures in the Global South to learn more about the sensitivity of people's lives to the weather and climate. This page includes various stories and thoughts from these ongoing travels. I've also included a number of older travel dispatches, some much less serious than others:

• Bali, after the fall
• Tanu Deru (Flores)
• The end of the west season (Flores)
• A Land called Honilee
• A note on language and race in Fiji
• 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
• Two days in Brunei
• Ankgor Thought (part one)
• World stair climbing championship
• The day the warth warmed
• Hitting a homer for climate
• The world comes to Tavewa