A quick break from water science: Arpas Eternas (en español).

Un pequeño descanso de la ciencia del agua: Arpas Eternas

I got this book as a birthday present from my cousin, after having left my copy in my beloved Kaigan Lab. The book basically tells the story of Jesus that is not written in the Bible. What I like about it is that it does not claim to contain the "real story" (no one could); it just provides an interesting perspective of what was, or what it could have been, the life back then. It was recommended to me by Anita, my support during my journey, and I recommend it back to you, my fellow postgraduate degree pursuers (especially those living abroad), because it helped me a lot during the days of self-discovery kindly provided by my doctoral studies. The book is written in Spanish; however I think you may be able to translate it using google services, perhaps after downloading it in google docs format.

You may ask yourself why is this post related to the contents of this blog? Answer: because a PhD course comprises more than a load of technical knowledge.

Freddy

PD. Aún no estás interesado en leerlo?, probablemente las charlas de Wolfang Kellert acerca de este libro (en español) cambien tu perspectiva.

Geo-environmental data for Bolivia

Datos geo-ambientales para Bolivia

Estás estudiando fuera del país?, or are you interested in establishing some project in Bolivia and you can not find any geo-environmental data? I had the same issue, and even though I could not find the amount of data available for countries such as the USA, I found some interesting links with useful information for environmental applications (please let us know if you find more info). The links are shown below the figure.

New to climate change? Here you have some WEB links to start!!

¿Nuevo en el tema del cambio climatico? Aquí tienes algunos links en la WEB para comenzar!!!

Today, everybody seems to blame climate change for their disgraces. Is the melting of the poles the worst threat? Will tropical diseases spread to today´s cold areas? But, how much of all we hear is likely to occur? I am not asking "how much of all climate change-related stuff we hear is true?", because most of the works published are based on predictions.

If you feel curious, I would recommend you to have a look first on the reports published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC, which is a renowned international instance. Remember the Al Gore´s movie and the Nobel Prize awarded?, well..the contents is based on the research conducted by the experts from the IPCC.

Next I am posting some WEB links where you can find relevant and trusty information on this topic, climate modeling, ENSO, climate change impacts in mountains, and similar resources. Please, take a look and If you wish, suggest some other links if you think I have omitted some relevant information.