Balloon Madness

Reviews are in. Pictures are loaded. Results: weather is looking beautiful to put it lightly (if indicative of a changing climate). Weather balloons are a critical to our understanding of the structure and behavior of the atmosphere. Without the twice daily weather balloon launches which take place simultaneously at over 800 sites around the world, we would not …

Homer At First Glance

The first few days of this class were absolutely nothing like what I expected. I signed up because I’d been flirting with the idea of majoring in classics, and loving classical mythology is the reason I started taking Latin in the first place, so a class structured around the study of homeric epics sounded right …

“Hey guys test this week, pressure is on…”

Things to do while attempting to make NO and NO2 measurements during chemistry lab: 1) Take measurements from the magic so called NOx box 2) Make up air puns A selection: “Whoever says this class is easy is full of hot air” – Nico “When this class is done I’ll be on cloud 9” – Katie “Don’t …

Welcome to EV431: The Class Where We Launch A Weather Balloon

Today was day two of EV431 Air: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The classroom for me is a familiar one for me, and I am sure for most of the other students taking this course, since most of us are Environmental Science majors and have wandered the same rooms in Tutt Science for a few years now. This …

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