by Admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Climate Change
Every year the Arctic sees a melting season, where some of the sea ice melts due to increased temperatures and longer daylight hours. This is natural, but the ice has been melting faster in recent years that it used to. This year, Arctic ice melt reached levels in May...
by Admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change
Droughts are not uncommon in California, but this year’s dry spell has reached unprecedented and dangers levels. California got even more bad news about the state of its historic drought last week, and now, residents have to take drastic measures to conserve the...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2014 | Articles, Climate Change
According to a NASA monthly report, September 2014 was the warmest month to date, going back more than 130 years. During September, the global average temperature was 1.38 degrees F above the historical average, calculated using data ranging from 1951–1980. This...
by Admin | Feb 21, 2014 | Articles, Conservation
Deforestation is one of those environmental topics that can be hard for some to visualize. Living in a bustling city, imagining what deforestation actually looks like, and what it actually does to the environment can be difficult. It’s different than experiencing the...
by Admin | Jan 15, 2014 | Articles
Earlier this month, science enthusiasts got a glimpse of some of the oldest galaxies we have seen yet. NASA has been exploring galaxy clusters using the Hubble, Spitzer, and Chandra space telescopes in an initiative called “Frontier Fields.” The first fruits of that...
