by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | News
This week, we explore the Earth’s oceans and natural ocean-atmosphere interactions. Chapter 3: Natural Climate Change: The Oceans and Internal Variability When the air temperature starts to warm and it’s time to open up the backyard pool and go for a swim, it’s...
by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | News
Chapter 2: Natural Climate Change: Volcanoes and the Sun So, we’ve established that orbital parameters, like eccentricity of Earth’s orbit and the magnitude of the tilt of the planet are not responsible for the current and rapid climate change that we are seeing. What...
by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | News
In the lead-up to our “Climate Solutions Days” summit/virtual conference at the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center during “Earth Week” 2022, Science Wednesdays are going to focus on climate change these next few weeks, starting with natural climate change...
by admin | Mar 23, 2022 | News
In order to prevent future pandemics, it is important to understand the circumstances that led to past ones. This includes looking at all hypotheses in detail and trying to discern the origin from a complex array of data. Did the COVID-19 outbreak originate at a...
by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | News
It’s the year 2022. Despite scientific progress in many realms, there’s still a stubborn persistence of pseudoscience, irrational beliefs and even downright science denial. There are many ways we can and do deceive ourselves on a day-to-day basis. When we want...
by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | News
Over 100 years ago, an incredible story of survival transpired at the bottom of the world. The “Endurance” was a ship used to transport an expedition team, headed by Ernest Shackleton, to cross Antarctica on foot. But, instead, the ship and the crew got trapped in the...
by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | News
For this Science Wednesday, I’d like to share something we’ve been working on at the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Colorado. Interested in learning more about climate change impacts? How to communicate science? Then...
by Ulyana Horodyskyj | Feb 23, 2022 | News
Around this time last year, Texas experienced an intense and damaging Arctic blast of cold air. Texas, of all places! This week, the “polar vortex” is at it again, bringing snow, ice and incredibly cold temperatures, this time across the central and eastern US. So,...
by admin | Feb 17, 2022 | News
It’s wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere – and typically that means cold temperatures and snow at the higher latitudes. Beijing, China, the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, is at roughly the same latitude as Denver, Colorado. It’s cold, but it’s also incredibly...
by admin | Feb 17, 2022 | News
It’s no surprise that there is worldwide retreat of mountain glaciers in recent decades given rising greenhouse gas emissions and rising temperatures. The concern of losing water from these frozen “storage towers” lies in the fact that ecosystems will suffer,...
by admin | Feb 2, 2022 | News
What does a particle accelerator, a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, have to do with imaging the human body? At the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, a particle...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | News
In some exciting news on the space front, the James Webb Space Telescope, which launched on Christmas Day in 2021, has reached its final destination. Webb is the most powerful telescope ever built and is about the size of a tennis court. Over this last month, it had...
by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | News
On Saturday, January 15th, a powerful undersea volcano erupted near Tonga, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, covering the group of islands in a thick layer of ash. A 4-foot wave swept ashore in the Tongan capital, leaving behind flooded homes and structural damage....
by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | News
Happy New Year 2022 – wishing you all health and happiness! In this Science Wednesday, learn more about Maine’s highpoint, Katahdin, and the Appalachian Mountains. Here is a link to the new video. #sciencewednesdays #summitssongsandscience
by admin | Dec 29, 2021 | News
Come explore the ancient landscape of west Texas, home to Guadalupe Peak, the state highpoint at 8,750 feet! Here is a link to the new video. #sciencewednesdays #summitssongsandscience
by admin | Dec 22, 2021 | News
Travel with us down to Antarctica and explore the different penguin species during this week’s special holiday Science Wednesday! Here is a link to the new video. #sciencewednesdays #summitssongsandscience
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | News
Learn more about Mont Blanc and its changing glaciers in this new Science Wednesday. Ricardo and I climbed the peak back in August 2018 – and even got engaged on the summit! Here is the new video… #sciencewednesdays #summitssongsandscience
by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | News
On June 1, 2019, we hiked Illinois’ highpoint, Charles Mound (1,235 ft) for the Summits, Songs and Science project. It’s on private property and, due to the owners’ wishes, only open the first weekend in June, July, August and September. While in the...
by Ulyana Horodyskyj | Dec 1, 2021 | News
Check out our new video Science Wednesday. This one explores the volcanic features of northern Arizona. Also featured is Humphreys Peak, Arizona’s highpoint at 12,633 feet. While Ricardo climbed it back in 1999, this was Ulyana’s 20th state highpoint,...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | News
Check out our new video Science Wednesday. This one explores the glaciers of the Wind River Range, home to Wyoming’s state highpoint: Gannett Peak, 13,804 ft. #sciencewednesdays #summitssongsandscience
