Bill Travis
@climaterisks.bsky.social
Professor of Geography CU-Boulder studying climate adaptation and disasters
While much of the Katrina coverage rightly focuses on enduring social vulnerability, this perspective by an NWS MIC speaks to the strengths and weakness of forecasts and warnings, how far the entreprise has come, and needs our support.
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BalancedWx Special: My Mississippi memories of Katrina
Remembering a historic event 20 years ago today
balancedweather.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
While much of the Katrina coverage rightly focuses on enduring social vulnerability, this perspective by an NWS MIC speaks to the strengths and weakness of forecasts and warnings, how far the entreprise has come, and needs our support.
balancedweather.substack.com/p/balancedwx...
balancedweather.substack.com/p/balancedwx...
Important work: Swain et al www.nature.com/articles/s43... Whiplash plus disrupted seasonal patterns socio-enviro sys are adapted to. Probably 1000's of small scale cases emerging & palpable now. CO ranchers told us gap b/w snow and summer convective P had grown affecting forage & grazing strategy.
Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal impacts. This Review outlines observed and projected changes in hydr...
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January 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Important work: Swain et al www.nature.com/articles/s43... Whiplash plus disrupted seasonal patterns socio-enviro sys are adapted to. Probably 1000's of small scale cases emerging & palpable now. CO ranchers told us gap b/w snow and summer convective P had grown affecting forage & grazing strategy.
Aurora from Gunbarrel Hill Boulder CO
October 11, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Aurora from Gunbarrel Hill Boulder CO
We’re searching for an assistant professor with tenure home in Geography (my dept) or Sociology, joint with the Institute of Behavioral Science, in social dimensions of hazards with attention to differential vulnerability and environmental justice. Posting at: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Assistant Professor
jobs.colorado.edu
September 20, 2024 at 7:13 PM
We’re searching for an assistant professor with tenure home in Geography (my dept) or Sociology, joint with the Institute of Behavioral Science, in social dimensions of hazards with attention to differential vulnerability and environmental justice. Posting at: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...