by Admin | Mar 22, 2019 | Climate Change
New research from Stockholm University in Sweden has shown that climate change is making it increasingly difficult to predict some aspects of the weather. Before we go any deeper into this news, I’ll explain the difference between weather and climate, since even...
by Admin | Mar 6, 2019 | Climate Change, Sustainability
Among climate change deniers, there has long been this idea that scientists aren’t certain about what’s causing the rapidly escalating global warming occurring on this planet because they’re not 100 percent sure. But science is never 100 percent sure about...
by Admin | Feb 27, 2019 | Climate Change, Conservation
“Raise your voice, not the seal level!” read one sign seen on the train in Amsterdam, in the hands of a student on her way to The Hague, for a massive demonstration regarding climate change. Between 10,000 and 20,000 students turned out on February 7, 2019, at the...
by Admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Information
It’s interesting what happens when people look at a place with new eyes. When West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown went to the African nation of Namibia, they planned to study volcanic rocks. But before they could get started on their...
by Admin | Jan 30, 2019 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica has a problem: it has a cavity two thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet tall between the bottom of the glacier and the bedrock below. Unfortunately, unlike cavities in your teeth, this one can’t be filled. The...