Plastic Water Bottles: Friend or Foe?
I read yet another article about the dangers of plastics (this time from Newsweek on 09 January, 2024). I could go on and on about the possible permutations of the controversy and potential dangers...
A Guide to the Earth for the Layperson
I read yet another article about the dangers of plastics (this time from Newsweek on 09 January, 2024). I could go on and on about the possible permutations of the controversy and potential dangers...
The big science news of the week (possibly the decade, if not the century) comes out of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, where nuclear physicists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) finally...
We’ve already spent a bit of time looking at streams (click here for a listing of posts related to moving water). And while many of us may assume that glaciers work just the same...
I mentioned in an earlier post that sitting at the beach gives us a chance to listen to the voice of the sun. While this may sound like a 60s flashback — and fifty-plus...
I think that one thing most of us will agree upon is that sitting on the shore and listening to the sound of the sun can help soothe even the rockiest of passions. Any...
The tagline on the noon news was enough all by itself: “California to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.” This is another one of those ideas that sounds so good, and yet...
Oh my! The images and videos of the August 2022 flooding in Death Valley, California, are certainly impressive. Only 1.46 inches of rainfall were recorded at the Furnace Creek Visitor’s Center, but that was...
I saw an article this morning about a lithium prospect in the Alvord desert of southeastern Oregon. The company that was exploring for the metal — used in batteries for electric vehicles, consumer electronics,...
It’s funny: water is nearly incapable of going in a straight line when it’s moving across the land. Think about it. Any little thing — or nothing — will divert the flow. I once...
Susie and I were married in our teens, and by the beginning of our third year at the university we were broke — flat busted and living on ramen and bean burritos (love can...