by admin | Apr 21, 2021 | News
(Science Wednesday is posted early due to some upcoming travel): On the north side of Denali, North America’s highest peak, the Muldrow Glacier has been moving unusually fast: as much as 90 feet/day! What is causing this? It’s called a glacial surge which is a...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | News
Life on Earth originated billions of years ago. While there was likely plenty of water and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to work with – essential ingredients for life – most of Earth’s phosphorus was locked up in insoluble rock, making it impossible to...
by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | News
It’s Science Wednesday – and it’s an exciting time in the realm of planetary science! On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in order to explore the Jezero Crater. The primary mission is an astrobiological one: to identify environments capable...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | News
So, I should probably be working right now….but…. What is it that makes us procrastinate? Is it because we’re lazy? Or does it have roots in our evolutionary development? As Dr. Tim Pychyl, a psychology professor states, procrastination “is not a time...
by admin | Mar 24, 2021 | News
It’s Science Wednesday! For several weeks, Icelanders had been bracing themselves for a volcanic eruption of some sort, given the island recorded more than 50,000 recent earthquakes! A few days ago – on March 19 – a new fissure (linear volcanic vent through which lava...
by admin | Mar 17, 2021 | News
When we think of climate change, often we think about how the atmosphere is changing – how it’s getting hotter. But there is also a story of change unfolding in the ocean, which absorbs some 90 percent of the excess heat from greenhouse gas emissions. A system of...
