Restoring the Forests

DG Victor, JH Ausubel. Foreign Affairs 79 (6): 127–144 2000

…place. Studies by forest experts in Finland reveal that by the 1980s, wooded areas were increasing in all major temperate and boreal forests. These mid- and high-latitude forests account for…

The Census of the Fishes: An Update

…use of the new data to explain and predict changes in populations and relations among them would probably cost little. A major outcome of the program would be an on-line

Some Ways to Lessen Worries about Climate Change [PDF]

JH Ausubel. The Electricity Journal 14 (1): 24–33 2001

…Washington DC, https://www.udidata.com/ [Endnotes] 1 J.H. Ausubel, Does Climate Still Matter? Nature 350:649-652, 1991. [2] D.G. Victor and J. H. Ausubel, Restoring the Forests, Foreign Affairs 79(6):127-144, 2000. [3] See J.H. Ausubel, Productivity, Electricity, Science: Powering…

Does Climate Still Matter?

JH Ausubel. Nature 350: 649–652 1991

…or years. Larger and more costly innovations, like electric refrigerators, may take 20 or 30 years to become pervasive. At the other end of the spectrum, large systems, like those…

Simulating the Academy: Toward Understanding Colleges and Universities as Dynamic Systems

JH Ausubel, R Herman, WF Massy, SV Massy. What Higher Education is Doing Right, W.F. Massy and J.W. Meyerson, eds., Princeton University 107–120 1997 120

…management and (lack of) leadership costs, especially tuition and overhead rates the rationale for and length of time to the doctoral degree employment terms for the academic workforce curriculum content…

Community Risk Profiles: Summary

…share control of consumer products that are sources of ionizing radiation. A further cadre of agencies govern occupational exposures. This highly organized yet unwieldy situation does not result from ill…

Decarbonization: The Next 100 Years

…matching rising estimates of the gas resource base, which have more than doubled over the past 20 years.  Preaching the advent of the Methane Age 20 years ago I felt myself…

International Conflicts over Environment: Scientist’s Roles and Opportunities

JH Ausubel. Scientific Cooperation, State Conflict: The Role of Scientists in Mitigating International Discord, "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences" 866: 253–258 1998

…fisheries, which contributed to their decline. Canada and Spain came to the brink of serious conflict over the cod on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland in the early 1990s. Widespread…

The Census of Marine Life and the Role of Aquariums

JH Ausubel. Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco 20 (1): 67 2001 Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco, no spécial 20, fascicule 1

…the program will be the field projects, which are likely to cost about $5-$25 million each. While Sloan and other private funders can catalyze the Census, most of the support…