Tom Cuba

Essays and Opinions

Short Stuff - Essays on Science. 

The links below will take you to short essays (1 to 3 pages) on a wide variety of topics.
A Comparative Case Study In Rehydration As A Tool In Restoration And Exotic Plant Control: A Tale Of Two Cities. 2007.
An exploratory assessment of the inter annual comparative condition of selected members of Acropora palmata at Looe Key 2007-2008.
Coral reefs and science: Considerations of Climate Change. 2023.
Ecological Restoration at the Landscape Level: Submerged Aquatic Habitat Restoration in Estuaries: Issues, Options and Priorities. 2002
Environmental Permitting
Epilithic community structure and connectivity with fish assemblages on the nearshore hardbottom in Broward County, Florida. 2003.
Essential Fish Habitat
Habitat Creation for Subadults of the Grouper-Snapper-Grunt Population in Tampa Bay. 2009.
Investigation of Acropora palmata Colonies in Southeast Florida Along Broward County First Reef. 2011
More on Models
On Artificial Intelligence
On the Benefits and Hazards of Models
On the Environment - 2010
On The Origins of Cancer
Plants, People, and Priorities
Redefining Science to meet Financial Needs
RJ explains the Science of Spirituality to Freddie (excerpt from Miss Match)
Science
Socialism and Science (a scientific piece, not a political one).
Sustaining Sustainable Development
The Cooling World - Newsweek
The Cooling World with graphs
The Mississippi, Amazon, and Orinoco River Theory. 2006.
The Role of Stakeholder Involvement, Sustainable Development, and Environmental Justice, in Developing and Implementing Watershed Management Plans
Thoughs on Cancer
PHYSICS
Gravity: An Hypothesis. Original text 1983
Gravity: An Hypothesis: Expanded - 2022
Beyond the Body Physical - 2025
Light and the Red Shift - 1982
Light, Energy, and Matter 2025
Mass, Matter, and Energy - 2025
More on Gravity and Light - 2025
Sea Surface Temperature in three dimensions - 2008
Speculation on the Properties of Light and Gravity - 2022
Speeding - a scientific assessment - 2001