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  • Maps and Missing Pieces

    Maps and Missing Pieces

    I have been thinking a lot about maps lately as I am making a bunch for work. Maps are one of key products in geology, oceanography, and climate science. We map the world, (or parts of it), to see how the landscape has changed, and then we closely examine this information, and more data, to […]

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    November 9, 2019
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  • The Coastal Sahara

    The Coastal Sahara

    It was cold when we arrived in the Sahara. The wind was blowing hard from the north as we got the plane. “We” were a group of 7 scientists, 3 professors from King Mohammed V University and its Institut Scientifique, two from Belgium, one from the College of Charleston, and me. We were here to […]

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    October 31, 2019
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  • The Language of Science

    The Language of Science

    Last week I had the opportunity to visit the natural history museum at the Institute Scientifique. I visited Dr. Nadia Mhammd, a geophysicist who studies sediment dynamics in coastal rivers. She invited me over to meet with her students and staff, examine some survey lines and look at sediment cores. There are few things in […]

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    October 18, 2019
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  • Markets, Marrakesh and More

    Markets, Marrakesh and More

    The markets and the old cities are some of the most amazing things about Morocco. They are rich in spirit, diverse, and fascinating. In Rabat, I live about a quarter mile from the Medina- the old city, which is about one-half of square mile, surrounded by old stone and clay walls, and lived in by […]

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    October 11, 2019
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  • Surf’s Up

    I went surfing last weekend. Spoiler alert: despite my time in California I’m not all that great. But, I can catch a wave and stand up a bit. The waves at the beach in Rabat on Sunday were modest but good- 2 or 3 feet.  And really, there’s no experience like intense boost from water […]

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    October 4, 2019
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  • A Trip South: Part Deux

    A Trip South: Part Deux

    The rest of my trip south was a set of contrast between worlds. There were contrasts between the developing and less developed worlds, between old worlds and new ones, and between populated and deserted landscapes.  Morocco’s coast, like so many coasts, is a mixture of landscapes, ecosystems, and peoples. I am here, in part, to […]

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    September 22, 2019
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  • A Trip South, Part 1

    I took my first trip down Morocco’s coast this past week. I want to see as much of it as possible this year.             There are many natural scientists who think that to really understand the system you are studying, you need to experience it first hand. Count me in this group. As important as […]

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    September 21, 2019
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  • I am here.

    September 11, 2019             I’m here. I arrived in Rabat last Wednesday, via Paris, via Atlanta, via New Orleans. Two people from the Fulbright office met me and a French instructor from Boston at the airport and took us into town. I put my bags down, rested, got a few things in order, and headed out […]

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    September 11, 2019
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  • July 7, 2019

    It is early July and I am looking through my three to-do lists before I head to Morocco. I have one list for everything I need to do at work before I leave, another list for everything I need to do at home, and a third list for things I need to get in order […]

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    July 8, 2019
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