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...
by admin | Aug 30, 2020 | News
Sharks! – August 12, 2020 In honor of Shark Week, today’s Science Wednesday covers one of the largest living species of shark: Somniosus microcephalus, otherwise known as the Greenland shark. This shark is comparable in size to Great Whites: growing over...
by admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Starting Kids Early – August 5, 2020 Science is based on curiosity. Kids naturally explore and discover while playing: often they are inquisitive about everything, love to experiment, and in the process, learn more about the world around them. Research...
by admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Comet NEOWISE – July 22, 2020 If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere (and especially in the northern US) and haven’t had a chance yet to look up at the night sky, here’s your chance to see something really cool: a comet! Comet C/2020 F3 (otherwise known as...
by admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Yellowstone Supervolcano – July 15, 2020 While we were in Wyoming last week, we had a chance to spend some time at Yellowstone National Park. As a geologist, I am fascinated by the alien-looking terrain of active volcanic landscapes. Yellowstone is...
by admin | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Gannett Peak – July 8, 2020 It’s Science Wednesday! We’ve been busy the last few days on this end, getting packed and prepared to attempt a new peak for the Summits, Songs and Science project. Over the next week, we’ll be in the Wind River Range, climbing...
by admin | Jul 1, 2020 | News
Dust Plumes – July 1, 2020 In the last week, the skies have been noticeably hazier across the Caribbean and the Gulf and East Coasts of the US. It’s not due to wildfires or increasing pollution from traffic. In fact, it is due to dust coming from 5,000...
by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Very “Gneiss” Rock – June 24, 2020 Last weekend, Ricardo and I ventured to the south of Colorado to climb Culebra Peak (14,047 ft.) and Red Mountain (13,908 ft.) for the Summits, Songs and Science project. Culebra is the southernmost 14er...
by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Dexamethasone – June 17, 2020 In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, some good news is emerging. The steroid – dexamethasone – is part of the world’s biggest trial testing of existing treatments to see if they can work on the coronavirus. Thus far,...
by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Viral Persistence – June 10, 2020 We’ve all heard of the term persistence. But what does it mean in the context of a virus? With acute viral infections (think norovirus), people develop symptoms quickly and then fully recover within days. Other viruses...
by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | News
One Species – June 3, 2020 We live in trying and challenging times. Over the last decade, there had been glimmers of hope that the US had become a post-racial society, free of prejudice and discrimination. However, recent tragic events reveal that race...
by admin | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Return to Flight – May 27, 2020 It’s Science Wednesday – and today is a historic day in spaceflight! For the first time in nearly a decade, US astronauts are launching from US soil again. Not only that, this is the first-ever manned launch for SpaceX in...
by admin | May 20, 2020 | News
Critical Thinking – May 20, 2020 In many instances throughout history, conspiracy theories have cropped up and taken root. This time – the time of the COVID-19 pandemic – is no exception. In matters of life and death, as with this pandemic, people need...
by admin | May 13, 2020 | News
Irrationality and Science – May 13, 2020 “In science it often happens that scientists say, “You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken,” and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old...
by admin | May 7, 2020 | News
Following the Science – May 6, 2020 For this Science Wednesday, we’re sharing 10 key facts on SARS-CoV2, the virus, and COVID-19, the disease it causes, as written by Dr. Alan Townsend*, PhD in biological sciences (Stanford University), provost of...
