Peeing and Pooping in the Field
If you need to pee or poop without a toilet around… Don’t be embarrassed. Everyone needs …
Author: Dawn Y. Sumner
Links to advice for doing well in the outdoors
Here’s a nice page with information for recreational camping from REI: https://www.rei.com/learn/series/intro-to-camping. And they provide a whole …
Camping in the Rain
A good tent can keep you nice and dry, even in a major rainstorm. However, it …
Keeping Warm When It Rains
It is easy to get cold when you are wet. Thus, one of the most important …
A Gear List for an Overnight Sed/Strat Trip
Here is a gear list for our sedimentology/stratigraphy field trip in California in May. It won’t …
Keeping Warm While Camping
It is actually fairly easy to stay warm at night if you prepare in advance. My …
NSF Collaborators Template for Hundreds of Collaborators
Here’s the NSF collaborator template (as of May 2017) with hundreds of rows for collaborators. You …
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Uncertainty in Climate Predictions
I find Bret Stephens NYT first opinion piece appalling because he conflates uncertainty in human behavior …
Djerassi Dream Vortex Project
My artist friend Meredith Tromble and I spent July at the Djerassi ranch in the Santa Cruz …
Siphonophores and Multicellularity
I just read Wired’s Absurd Creature of the Week post on siphonophores. They are amazing creatures, …