Father / husband / professor in forestry / astronomer / musician / Aotearoa born / raised in Suisse & USA / super curious / driven / keen to improve the world
A ground-based LiDAR scan of the base of a tree. Weβre checking to see whether or not ground-based LiDAR adds anything to aerial drone-based LiDAR for predicting tree biomass. #climateAction#forest
So sorry to hear of her death. While Fleetwood Mac appeared to epitomise the notion that great art is built on suffering, she was the exception that broke that theory, providing a stable foundation that enabled the band the flourish. #FleetwoodMac https://t.co/HVjjxoBxcX
Itβs like a war, punctuated by guile, play acting and unwarranted head-holding combined with false impressions if having been hit by a Mack truck. Pathetic really. Certainly not #football. #ARGMEX#FIFAWorldCup
@JohnCleese They want more mass in their feet to get good distance, and internal redistribution of mass makes their arms so light that they naturally rise in the atmosphere.
The @NZNationalParty's boot camp policy signals a departure from their pledge to rely on evidence. Reports world wide show that it won't work. It's clearly populist garbage.
#nzpol
@NZMorningReport Scott Simpson uses a strawman argument when he claims Jacinda Ardern wants Indonesian coal to be burned at Huntly power station. She has said no such thing. The @NZNationaIParty policy on climate change involves finding more fossil fuels to extract and burn.
And, to cap the evening off I pulled out the Astroscan. It still delivers a beautifully sharp, high contrast view, in some ways more satisfying than the 20x80s. #EclipseLunar#lunareclipse2022