Nearly a year ago, I got an email from Liam Shen, who was interested in getting seriously involved in palaeontology. He asked for advice on doing a Ph.D part time, and I realised what what I had to say in reply might be of broader interest. Here’s Liam’s question, lightly edited: And my reply (which I did send to Liam the next day, but am only now getting around to posting here): I never set out to do a Ph.D really.

The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change “reveals the health threats of climate change have reached record-breaking levels” and provides “the most up-to-date assessment of the links between health and climate change”. Yet its treatment of experiential knowledge – particularly the direct observations and understanding developed by frontline health workers and communities – reveals both progress and persistent gaps in

A new article by Andy Haines, Elizabeth Wambui Kimani-Murage, and Anya Gopfert, “Strengthening primary health care in a changing climate,” outlines how climate change is already impacting health systems worldwide, with primary health care (PHC) workers bearing the immediate burden of response. Haines and colleagues make a compelling case for strengthening primary health care (PHC) as a cornerstone of climate-resilient health systems.

A health worker in rural Kenya notices that malaria cases are appearing earlier in the season than usual. A nurse in Bangladesh observes that certain neighborhoods are experiencing more heat-related illnesses despite similar temperatures. These observations often remain trapped in the realm of “anecdotal evidence.”

Dealing with Rancher Snapshots A bare kubernetes cluster managed with rancher is hosted and provided by our computing center (GWDG). They offer great support when we have to scale the nodes, but after all some parts of the maintenance is our business. Setting the kubernetes version from a provided list or managing ingress controller or certbot are those tasks.

Reposted from the original at https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/python-cli-click-cookiecutter. --- In the spirit of Learning in Public, I wanted an excuse to explore (1) click for creating command line interfaces, (2) Cookiecutter project templates, and (3) modern tools in the Python packaging ecosystem.

In the spirit of Learning in Public, I wanted an excuse to explore (1) click for creating command line interfaces, (2) Cookiecutter project templates, and (3) modern tools in the Python packaging ecosystem. If you’re primarily an R developer like me, I recently wrote about resources for getting better at Python for R users.

“`html Exploring the Wonders of Wildlife This Week Step into the magical realm of nature as we explore the captivating sights of the week in wildlife. From a leisurely strolling pelican to an alluring psychedelic swamphen, this week unveils some of the most fascinating creatures and their natural habitats. To delve deeper into the original article, visit the original post.

The x-odus continues and there is a wave of researchers moving from X to another walled-garden called Bluesky. This is good and bad. First, it is good that people are leaving X (imho) and it is good that they move to a platform that supports open standards, the AT Protocol. But I am less sure, about moving to another closed source platform. I prefer Mastodon.

Methods for comparing spatial patterns in raster data This is the fifth part of a blog post series on comparing spatial patterns in raster data. More information about the whole series can be found in part one. This blog post focuses on comparing spatial patterns in categorical raster data for arbitrary regions.

Overview of Iceland’s Whaling Situation In a significant move regarding environmental conservation and the future of whaling in Iceland, the President of Iceland is being urged to intervene in the contentious issue of whaling licenses. This appeal has been brought to light particularly concerning the last remaining whaler in Iceland, whose license is under scrutiny.