by admin | Sep 26, 2020 | News
Conglomerates! – September 23, 2020 Yesterday Ricardo and I climbed Challenger Point (14,081 ft.), a 12.5 mile round-trip hike with 5400 vertical feet of gain. As a geologist, I always love to look at the rocks that we’re climbing and this peak was no...
by admin | Sep 26, 2020 | News
Carbon Sequestration – September 16, 2020 Today we talk about carbon sequestration, the long-term natural or artificial storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon from the atmosphere. There is a series of checks and balances that happen on the...
by admin | Sep 26, 2020 | News
Wild Weather – September 9, 2020 It’s Science Wednesday! Here in Colorado, we went from record-setting heat near 100 degrees Fahrenheit with raging wildfires over the Labor Day weekend to freezing temperatures and snow showers Tuesday/Wednesday. What...
by admin | Sep 26, 2020 | News
Fall Colors – September 2, 2020 It’s September and, in 3 weeks (on the 22nd), it officially will be fall here in the Northern Hemisphere. As the days shorten and temperatures get cooler, trees will begin preparing for the winter ahead, preserving their...
by admin | Aug 30, 2020 | News
Hurricanes – August 26, 2020 This time of year is normally known as peak hurricane season due to wind shear slowing down (this is when winds blow in different directions at different levels of the atmosphere), and less dust coming off of Africa. But...
by admin | Aug 30, 2020 | News
Vaccines – August 19, 2020 Given the ongoing pandemic and talk of effective vaccines coming in the next few months/early next year, we wanted to cover this important topic today for Science Wednesday. To start, what exactly is a vaccine? You can think of...
