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Wednesday thoughts

Jag såg en man ligga och dö på en bänk en natt
det var inte mycket att göra
Hans vän sa: Jesus tar hand om dig nu
men han kunde varken se eller höra
Månen blänkte i fjärden
nordens renaste vatten
Man la en filt över kroppen
sen gick vi sakta hemåt i natten

Death

This earth sometimes takes and sometimes gives. The other day earth took someone from me, a little too early. Quick and unexpectedly my mom got sick, her aorta burst and she went to the hospital in an ambulance and then had a 6 hr long surgery. Unfortunately she lost too much blood, and had other complications so she passed away before we really understood what had happened.

Monday

Monday, November 14th, the day of the super moon, the super moon that didn't really look like a super moon compared to what I have seen in Alaska. Mom was so happy to be able to go to Alaska, TWICE. She saw Denali and Northern Lights. Now I will travel home to Sweden much sooner than what I had anticipated. I just wish it was under better circumstances.

Mom

Mom touched so many people, she connected so well with everyone and anyone. It brings joy to my heart to know how much she meant to other people. Now she's gone but she will always be in our hearts and with me from now on.

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Wednesday Thoughts, The great wide open, Stockholm, Sweden and tagged Family Sweden Stockholm.

When the USA dumped Climate Change 11/08/16

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"The problem of climate change involves a fundamental failure of markets: those who damage others by emitting greenhouse gases generally do not pay.
Climate change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen. The evidence on the seriousness of the risks from inaction or delayed action is now overwhelming. We risk damages on a scale larger than the two world wars of the last century. The problem is global and the response must be a collaboration on a global scale" - Nicholas Stern. Nov, 2007

A dark day in History

The day after one of the most important days in history, our history. The day we most likely will look back at and wonder what the hell happened. There are many things that don't look great with the outcome of this election, but I am not gonna talk about that. I am going to talk about the consequences of choosing a president who don't believe in Climate Change. My research is based on climate change, my husbands research is based on climate change. The national science foundation (NSF) is a federal agency and funds many climate related projects, every year.

Det blev ju en ganska mörk dag i historien efter valet. Vi kommer troligen se tillbaka på denna tiden och undra vad det egentligen var som hände. Det är väldigt många dåliga saker som resultatet av valet bar med sig, men jag kommer inte nämna något av de. Det jag vill ge större uppmärksamhet är konsekvenserna då ett land så stort som USA väljer en president som inte tror på klimatförändringar. Min forskning, min mans forskning och många andras forskning är faktiskt baserat på klimatförändringar på ett eller annat sätt. National Science Foundation (NSF) är ett regeringsorgan som städer mycket forskning inom klimatförändringar varje år.

The result of this election might be the death of science and research as we see it today.

Det är många som menar att detta är undergången av allt som innefattar forskning.

Obviously I am not the only scientist worried about the future of science in this country.

Jag är ju förstås den enda som är orolig över detta.

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Here is a nice letter by a professor at the university of Columbia, worth a read in order to cheer up maybe? Click on the image below to get to the full letter on his website.

Nedan är ett fint brev som en professor skickade ut till sina studenter efter valet, tycker det är viktigt nu att verkligen visa vad vi går för!

Well, I think that is all. I'll share some pictures from the field below. What are your opinions about the outcome of this election when it comes to the environment? Are you worried?

Det var nog allt, här kommer även några fina bilder från mitt fältarbete. Vad tycker ni om valet, alltså konsekvenserna för vår natur? Är du orolig?

And, if you want to know more about my research:

Om du vill veta mer om min forskning:

Work and Research

Learn more about my research and what I do. Doktorera i USA.

Environmental Awareness

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"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." - Lyndon B. Johnson

Pollution over Fairbanks in 40 below weather

Environmental Awareness

Do you ever think about the future of the environment and the landscape? What will still be left in 50 years from now? Usually when we talk about long-term change, especially climate change we talk about hundreds of years, in geology thousands of years. The past decades we have seen very distinct changes of the landscape on such a short time scale. Coastal erosion, permafrost thaw, wildfires, sea-ice shrinkage and many other things. Are we already past the tipping point, and is there no return?

Type I and II Errors

As with statistics, I would rather do a type I error than a type II error (when it comes to the environment). If the null hypothesis is that humans have no effect on the climate change, then type I error in this sense would be that we accept (based on statistical testing) that humans actually do have a large impact on the environment when in fact they do not. Whereas a type II error would mean that we accept the null hypothesis, humans don't have an impact on climate change, when in fact they do. A lot of people justify their opinion against climate change (that is they do not believe in climate change, or that it is driven by humans) and then think that we are wasting millions of dollars on something so ridiculous. But really, is it that ridiculous to try and have a working planet for future generations, even if the hypothesis is wrong? Would it be better to just sit here and watch as the planet deteriorate?

The Consciousness Traveler

Sometimes I think about the irony, when people travel far to see the "last" of anything, let it be sea-ice or glaciers, it's ironic but we all do it in one way or another. What is the best approach to mitigate the impact that humans have on the environment, should we all stop traveling? Living in Alaska is like the irony of everything combined. Alaska are seeing the greatest increase in temperatures, and as a result permafrost is thawing, wildfires are burning larger and more frequent. Yet there are occasions when we do not have any potato or other vegetables at the store around the wintertime because a truck broke down, train broke down, a bridge collapsed, a snowstorm happened etc. Alaska is so far away, from everything, and we are not able to produce as much as we would need to feed the whole state within the state. We are dependent on importing groceries into Alaska. You are not environmental friendly when you live in Alaska unfortunately, but there is no other way. Living in a dry cabin at least decreases the amount of water you use, but driving a car to the store when it's 40 below? Ok, I actually used to bike or ski to work so at least i wasn't that bad, but still. Last year the main road to the oilfields thawed/melted.....likely because the temperatures were so warm...how ironic is that???