Our friend, Dr. Amber Soja, up and coming NASA scientist, visited us last weekend on her return from setting fires in Siberia. She and the Russian scientists are studying the boreal forests in the area of the world that has the highest concentration of carbon. Amber told me of her passionate interest in environmental science back in the late 80s when she was a computer technician for Wang in Germany. She is quite accomplished, having earned her masters and Ph.D. at University of Virginia, been published in scientific journals, presented papers at global warming conferences and was interviewed recently for the national radio program, "Earth and Sky." We've traveled together over the years through Germany, France, Crete and England and have always had fun. She has visited me every place I've lived since my return to
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