The rising temperatures have increased the frequency and severity of forest fires Jeff Ott, a resident of Siskiyou County, was…
How Eratosthenes Calculated the Circumference of the Earth Two Millennia Ago
An ancient foray into scientific calculation with sticks, sunlight, and ingenuity Eratosthenes, a Greek polymath and the director of the…
How Old Is The Earth, and How Did It Start?
A deeper look into the Earth’s beginnings and how scientists radiometrically date rocks Compared to the age of the Earth,…
Ocean Currents Driving Life
How does this abiotic factor affect life? Life on Earth could not be sustained without ocean currents. Ocean currents are…
The Wood Wide Web: Fungal Networks
Fungal networks span across our Earth allowing plant-plant communication “Fungal networks underpin life on Earth. If trees are the ‘lungs’…
Project Bison
Carbon capture: a new solution to an old problem Climate change is a dangerous and pressing issue that Los-Angeles based…
Australia’s Underwater Rivers
Underwater rivers along the Australian coast found using AUVs River systems exist all around us. The Charles River, the Mississippi…
But Wait, What is Sally Selling By The Seashore?
How do seashells form and what dictates their appearance From spiral to ridged, and striped to spotted, seashells are some…
Florida Was Once a Part of Africa
Florida hasn’t always been a part of the United States Florida may seem like it’s always been a part of…