Note: I’m in the process of building a file of 458 weekly and biweekly Thorson OpEd columns published by the Hartford Courant between 2004 and 2018. The numbers indicate sequence from first to last. The first ten are pasted below. All deal with vulcanism.
Tsunami Warning System Could Have Saved Lives
#39 Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on December 30, 2004, p. A9 (on the Indian Ocean tsunami).
#200. Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on Feb 28, 2008, p. A13, (on global soccer matches picked up by seismometers in Africa).
#129. Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on September 21, 2006, p. A13, (on the growing mud volcano at Sidoarjo, Indonesia and oil drilling).
#148. Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on February 1, 2007, p. A9 (on the importance of geothermal energy development).
#100. Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on March 2, 2006, p. A11 (on deadly lahars in the Philippines).
Yellowstone – Just the Tip of the Volcano
#222. Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on Jan 15, 2009, p. A15, (on news that isn’t news and reverence for Earth).
Europe at the Mercy of Broken Bubbles
#255. Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on April 22, 2010, p. A11 (on Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull and the explosion process).
A Lesson From Yellowstone’s Deadly Pools
#410. Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on June 22, 2016 (Drawing a conclusions from the tragic death of Colin Scott).
Hawaiian Eruption – A Power Beyond Ours
#458. Originally published in Hartford Courant by Robert Thorson on May 10, 2018 (On Kilauea and human powerlessness.)
Appreciating Subtlety, But Longing for Fireworks
#27. October 7, 2004, p. A11. (Mt. St. Helens and the presidential debates).