Sporting Intelligence July 20, 2015 by Roger Pielke, Jr. The fastest time in the 100m in 2015 so far belongs to Justin Gatlin, the American sprinter twice sanctioned for doping violations. That Gatlin has come back from suspension during 2006 … Continue reading →

For 10 years, 2005-2014 Roger Pielke, Jr.  wrote a quarterly column for Bridges, a newsletter on science policy by the staff of the Office of Science & Technology at the Austrian embassy in Washington, DC.  All of Pielke’s columns have … Continue reading →

Urban Climate July 14, 2015 by Elizabeth A. Albright and Deserai A. Crow Abstract: In early fall of 2013 in the Front Range of Colorado, several communities experienced intense rainfall over a three-day period, exceeding annual average precipitation rates. Extensive … Continue reading →

by Elizabeth Koebele, Deserai A. Crow, Lydia A. Lawhon, Adrianne Kroepsch, Rebecca Schild & Katherine Clifford Society & Natural Resources July 13, 2015 Abstract: Due to rapid growth in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), the risk to lives and property from … Continue reading →

The Guardian June 2, 2015 by Roger Pielke, Jr. The past few weeks have seen some remarkable episodes in science. Through a hoax, evocative of the Sokal Affair of the mid-1990s, John Bohannon showed how trivially easy it is to … Continue reading →

by Maxwell T. Boykoff Mètode April 2015 Abstract: Against a contrasting backdrop of consensus on key issues on climate science, a heterogeneous group dubbed climate «skeptics», «contrarians», «deniers» have significantly shaped contemporary discussions of climate science, politics and policy in … Continue reading →

by Roger Pielke, Jr. Sporting Intelligence Global Sports Salaries Survey May 2015 This edition of the Global Sports Salaries Survey has considered the salaries and social media followings of the clubs that comprise the world’s major sports leagues, has considered … Continue reading →