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September 14, 2012

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12:10 PM | Wildfire Restoration
In September, as the fire season slows and the smoke clears, it’s obvious that 2012 was another big, bad year for wildfires. With a heat wave, a drought, and fires taking out thousands of homes in Colorado Springs and elsewhere, it seemed like everyone was talking about the weird weather this summer. Finally, after years [...]

May 07, 2012

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1:17 PM | What Cartography taught me about science writing
Just like in journalism, the first thing one learns in a cartography class is that good maps tell stories. This semester, I’m taking cartography and journalism simultaneously, and I’ve realized that the constructions I’ve learned for how to think about making maps actually make me a better writer. In cartography, they teach that maps gain [...]
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