💧🌏 Greg CocksJan 20
Where To Restore And Conserve? A Regional Benefit/Cost Analysis Of Coral Reef Protection And Restoration For Coastal Flood Resilience
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128166 <-- shared paper
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#USVirginIslands #USVI #coast #coastal #flood #mitigation #flooding #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #cost #benefit #costbenefit #benefitcost #analysis #BCA #coral #reef #conservation #restoration #management #economics #protection #riskreduction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #climatehazard #climaterisk #hydrodynamic #model #modeling #casestudy #extremeweather #storm #stormsurge #infrastructure #SaintCroix #SaintJohn #SaintThomas #valuation #validation #protection #riskmanagement #quantification
AI-Proof Your JobJan 13

Free AI tools: Great for learning, slower.

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For ₹50K+ earners: 1 hour saved = ₹200-300.

Tool cost: ₹600-1,200 saves 5+ hours = ₹1,000-1,500 value.

Obvious ROI: Upgrade.

#AITools #CostBenefit #ProductivityTools #TechInvestment

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Dec 20

A quotation from Terry Pratchett

And Sergeant Colon once again knew a secret about bravery. It was arguably a kind of enhanced cowardice — the knowledge that while death may await you if you advance it will be a picnic compared to the certain living hell that awaits should you retreat.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 21, Jingo (1988)

More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8091…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #alternatives #bravery #costbenefit #courage #cowardice #danger #death #informeddecision #punishment #retreat #riskanalysis #riskassessment

Discworld No. 21, Jingo (1988) - Pratchett, Terry | WIST Quotations

And Sergeant Colon once again knew a secret about bravery. It was arguably a kind of enhanced cowardice -- the knowledge that while death may await you if you advance it will be a picnic compared to the certain living hell that awaits should you retreat.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Dec 19

A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

The advice of a father to his son “Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, bear it that the opposed may beware of thee,” is good, and yet not the best. Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1863-10-26) to J. M. Cutts

More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2191…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #anger #argument #backdown #consequences #contention #costbenefit #fight #priorities #prudence #quarrel #selfcontrol #temper #yielding

Letter (1863-10-26) to J. M. Cutts - Lincoln, Abraham | WIST Quotations

The advice of a father to his son "Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, bear it that the opposed may beware of thee," is good, and yet not the best. Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for…

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💧🌏 Greg CocksNov 27
Beavers Were Brought To The [Utah] Desert To Save A Dying River. Six Years Later, Here Are The Results.
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https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-refresh-utah-desert-ex1 <-- shared technical media article
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https://youtu.be/9-L___3vV9s?si=7H4JJ7sq_t76jw2L <-- shared media video
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https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2025/01/23/voices-federal-water-investments/ <-- shared local media article on the revitalization
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210713-the-beavers-returning-to-the-desert <-- shared international media article on the translocation
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H/T @upworthy
#water #hydrology #desert #Utah #PriceRiver #SanRafaelRiver #restoration #ecosystem #river #waterresources #arid #wildlife #agricultrure #tourism #economics #ROI #costbenefit #humaninpacts #climatechange #overfarming #pollution #Colorado #ColoradoRiverBasin #drought #extremeweather #fluvial #pluvial #wildfire #risk #hazard #fisheries #beaver #translocation #landform #geomorphology #dam #dams #beaverdam #ponds #wetlands #natural #waterquality #reintroduction #keystonespecies #trophiccascade #recreation #fisheries #riparian #habitat #diversity #flow #engineering #fedscience
💧🌏 Greg CocksNov 15
The 3D Elevation Program—Supporting The Economy Of Massachusetts [USGS]
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/fs20253044 <-- shared USGS fact sheet
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #3DEP #opendata #LiDAR #elevation #DEM #Massachusetts #USA #costbenefit #returnoninvestment #topography #usecase #cost #economics #risk #hazard #infrastructure #USGS
@USGS
💧🌏 Greg CocksAug 19, 2025
The Value of Open Source Software [Harvard]
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https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/24-038_51f8444f-502c-4139-8bf2-56eb4b65c58a.pdf <-- link to paper / study [PDF]
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#opensource #software #publicgood #economics #flexibility #responsiveness #cost #economics #marketshare #COTS #globalpublicgood #assessment #ecomomy #sharing #engagement #OSS #costbenefit ##supplyside #demandside #usercommunity #socialvalue #costs #programming #development #developers
@harvardhci
💧🌏 Greg CocksApr 28, 2025
Monitoring Earth's Glacial Lakes From Space With Machine Learning
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https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5200494 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #satellite #earthobservation #remotesensing #glacier #glacial #glaciallakes #lakes #water #hydrology #melting #climatechange #risk #hazard #publicsafety #infrastructure #damage #loss #cost #economics #mountain #cryosphere #artificiaintelligence #glaciallakeoutburstflood #GLOF #satelliteimageanalysis #AI #machinelearning #deeplearning #literaturereview #landsat #sentinel #radar #highalpine #costbenefit #multispectral #hyperspectral #detection
💧🌏 Greg CocksApr 18, 2025
Why Geological Maps Are The Best Investment You’ve Never Heard Of - Investments In Geological Mapping Paid Off Big Time For Americans.
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https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/why-geological-maps-are-the-best-investment-youve-never-heard-of/ <-- shared opinion piece
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https://profession.americangeosciences.org/reports/geological-mapping-economics/ <-- shared technical cost-benefit analysis
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https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/positions/position3.aspx <-- shared 2003 GSA appraisal
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[I am, of course, biased in this regard, but I also like well-presented metrics – and use cases being met are my favourite!]
#geology #value #cost #mapping #cartography #cartographic #USA #costbenefit #geologicmapping #metrics #usecase #fedscience #appliedscience #engineeringgeology #spatial #GIS #construction #resources #naturalresources #engineering #risk #hazard #naturaldisasters #payoff #investment #massmovement #groundwater #waterresources #water #hydrology #rareearth #minerals #mining #oilandgas #exploration #underground #money #economics #publicgood #publicvalue #investment
Why Geological Maps Are the Best Investment You’ve Never Heard Of

Investments in geological mapping paid off big time for Americans.

ZME Science
WIST Quotations Has Moved!Mar 20, 2025

A quotation from Ellis Peters

You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.

Ellis Peters (1913-1995) English writer, translator [pseud. of Edith Mary Pargeter, who also wrote under the names John Redfern, Jolyon Carr, Peter Benedict]
Brother Cadfael’s Penance, ch. 16 (1994)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/peters-ellis/75756/

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Brother Cadfael's Penance, ch. 16 (1994) - Peters, Ellis | WIST Quotations

You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.

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