By Local News | MyWabashValley.com
Apr 15, 2021 11:44 AM
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology professors Paul Christensen and Wayne Tarrant will be spending the 2021-22 academic year in Japan and Kenya, respectively, as Fulbright Faculty Scholars.
They join a long list of current colleagues who have been selected to participate in the United States government’s flagship international exchange program.
Rose-Hulman, the nation’s top-ranked undergraduate engineering college, has been recognized as a top producer of Fulbright scholars by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Christensen, associate professor of anthropology, is planning to spend March through June of 2022 doing fieldwork in Japan for a project titled Diverging Tokyo: Poverty, Revitalization and the Shaping of a Meaningful Existence Project Narrative. His findings will become the basis for a future book project examining a meaningful existence in contemporary Japan.
The City of Reykjavík is considering lower speed limits to fight particulate pollution.
Dust pollution is a noticeable problem in Reykjavík and other Icelandic towns, especially in early spring when roads are unlikely to be icy but many are still driving on studded winter tyres. Studded tyres damage road surfaces more than non-studded tyres.
New research highlights a direct link between speed and asphalt dust pollution from tyres, both studded and non-studded alike. Lower speed limits could cut the dust problem, which is clearly visible on calm days and affects people with respiratory problems, by up to 40 percent.
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The new vents at the Geldingadalir/Meradalir volcano lie in an almost straight line between the older ones, which makes for good drone footage but is not a surprise to scientists who have been
The volcanic eruption that started in March is now in its 4th week and does not seem to be slowing down. Four new craters opened up Tuesday morning, all of them under land already covered by lava from previously erupting craters. The active craters now total eight, although one of them seems to h