It Hasta be Shasta
My most recent post (A Show of Hands) certainly woke up some of the usual suspects, and although it was not my intention to spark such impassioned rebuttal, it is comforting to realize that...
Category: Hydrosphere
It breaks my heart… again
Staff reductions at the nation’s National Parks threatens their use in the upcoming tourist season
The Rain She Comes…
I saw a daunting article this morning (16 November 2024) on the San Francisco Chronicle website. The title of the article — “Atmospheric river may bring significant rainfall and wind risks to Northern California,...
Barometric Air Pressure 101
Susie and I woke up to quite a storm yesterday morning — the fall rains have finally arrived (and we can only hope they stick around a bit longer this year). Either way, I...
All Lakes Are Temporary
… for a very good reason. I read an interesting article in the DeseretNews about Lake Powell — the impoundment behind the Glen Canyon dam on the Colorado River. The dam is in Arizona,...
A Search for Alien Life
Are we alone in the universe? Whether you are coming at this as a biologist, anthropologist, or religious scholar, this is a question which has occupied — and befuddled — thinking minds for centuries,...
Disinformation
This one will be short but hopefully very much to the point: The rampant disinformation regarding science really needs to stop. This may be true when we’re talking about climate change (or maybe not),...
The Magic of Density
Before we get started, we need to agree on a couple bits of background information gleaned from the realm of physics (sorry, but it’s gotta be done). First, all matter is composed of tiny...
FEMA and Funding Disaster Relief
This one will be short because I need to get back to work (I am so close to getting Marker Bed off for formatting, and then publishing, that any delay rankles). Anyway, I just...
What happened to my water?
One of the hot button topics again splashing across the media is the looming global water crisis. The article that prompted this post was gleaned from the CNN website on 25 February 2024, but...
