The control of fire is arguably mankind’s most important learned skill. Yet … …Yet, we humans are still at the mercy of wildfires (natural or otherwise), which, when uncontrolled can obliterate not just forests, but whatever gets in the way, such as houses, infrastructure and even whole towns and communities. So, we take notice. And […]
It was Ron Stanton (U.S. Geological Survey) who instilled in me the importance of proper representative sampling and John C. Ferm (University of Kentucky)* who drove home the concept of variability. In understanding the character of coal beds, these two concepts should mess seamlessly together. Or so you’d think … As it turns out there […]