Right now, as you read this, the Amazon rainforest is burning. Approximately one and a half soccer fields’ worth of rainforest is being destroyed every minute of every day. The amount of deforestat read more
Right now, as you read this, the Amazon rainforest is burning. Approximately one and a half soccer fields’ read more
I think I can speak for us all when I say: we’re trying our best. We try to be good people: to say “please” and “thank you,” to be kind unto others, to pick up after ourselves when we make a read more
I think I can speak for us all when I say: we’re trying our best. We try to be good people: to say “please read more
No matter what background or tradition or religion or belief system you identify with, I think we can all agree: when crazy stuff starts falling from the sky, things get weird. Turns out there are so read more
No matter what background or tradition or religion or belief system you identify with, I think we can all agre read more
Merry Christmas! Chances are, if you’re celebrating the holiday, you have a tree hanging out indoors somewhere, festooned in lights and popcorn and ornaments and whatever else you feel like draping read more
Merry Christmas! Chances are, if you’re celebrating the holiday, you have a tree hanging out indoors somewhe read more
Psh, you might be thinking. This is a lame one. I totally know the difference between a pond and a lake. I just swam in one this weekend, for God’s sake! I dove into its cool waters after manning read more
Psh, you might be thinking. This is a lame one. I totally know the difference between a pond and a lake. I j read more
When one discusses both the climate and the weather, one is drawing from the same bucket of building blocks: think temperature, humidity, solar radiation, precipitation, wind speed, etc. However, ther read more
When one discusses both the climate and the weather, one is drawing from the same bucket of building blocks: t read more
As one might know from the Wizard of Oz or seventh-grade science class, tornadoes form over land, most commonly over the Central Plains in the spring or early summer, when moist, warm air from the read more
As one might know from the Wizard of Oz or seventh-grade science class, tornadoes form over land, most comm read more
For today’s answer, we’re turning to Patrick Megonigal, an ecosystem ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. According to Megonigal, as told to Science News, soil is: the co read more
For today’s answer, we’re turning to Patrick Megonigal, an ecosystem ecologist at the Smithsonian Environm read more