Black Mesa – November 4, 2020

Black Mesa – November 4, 2020

Black Mesa – November 4, 2020   It’s Science Wednesday! Yesterday we did a sunset trail run on Black Mesa, Oklahoma’s highest point at 4,973 ft. Black Mesa is actually a 3-5 million year old basaltic lava flow, originating from a vent that...
Water on the Moon – October 28, 2020

Water on the Moon – October 28, 2020

Water on the Moon – October 28, 2020   In some more exciting space news, a team of scientists found evidence for widespread presence of water molecules on the Moon! This is exciting as lunar exploration continues – and lunar bases may soon become a reality....
Asteroid Bennu – October 21, 2020

Asteroid Bennu – October 21, 2020

Asteroid Bennu – October 21, 2020   It’s an exciting time in the realm of space exploration! Yesterday, NASA made history as its spacecraft, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) performed a...
Kilimanjaro – October 14, 2020

Kilimanjaro – October 14, 2020

Kilimanjaro – October 14, 2020   On Sunday afternoon, a fire suddenly erupted on the slopes of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, with high winds contributing to its rapid growth and spread. Investigators recently discovered that it was started accidentally...
Historic Hurricane Delta – October 7, 2020

Historic Hurricane Delta – October 7, 2020

Historic Hurricane Delta – October 7, 2020   The 2020 hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean has been a very active one, seeing 25 named storms (the average for a season is 12). And it’s still not over, as the season doesn’t officially end until November...
Fire: The Climate Connection – September 30, 2020

Fire: The Climate Connection – September 30, 2020

Fire: The Climate Connection – September 30, 2020   As we’ve gathered more data and evidence these last few years on the global impacts of climate change, a new field has emerged: extreme-event attribution, which investigates if and to what extent climate...