Archive for the 'environment' Category

20 Aug

Breaking the Sound Barrier

Did you know that you can “see” sound?
Take a look at the above image that has been borrowed from the Wiki.
It is a Navy FA-18 Hornet that is passing from transonic to supersonic speed.
The white halo is said to form from the condensed water droplets in the air as the air pressure drops around the [...]

09 Aug

Dangerous Swimming

We have made it a point to go swimming every day at the lake for some much needed exercise.
We have gone to this lake for 28 summers and it has only been closed a couple of times due to Bluegreen Algae that covers the whole lake.
A good rain soaking usually takes care of it with [...]

11 May

The Garden is Off Limits

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There is nothing like fresh picked produce from the garden!
Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, beans, and zucchini are some of the plants we grow in our garden.
It has been a couple of years since we had a vegetable garden - [...]

22 Apr

Earth Day Everyday

This image was one of the first posts I made on this blog over two years ago.
I think it deserves to be posted again in honor of this year’s Earth Day.
It it titled: Earth’s City Lights, and this night time image was comprised in the year 2000.

We are many on this little round ball that [...]

08 Mar

Extreme Ice

One more post about ice, and then I will give it a break.
I don’t usually insert video into my blog - mainly because I have no idea how to do it.
Hopefully this one will come through.
It is a video from the Extreme Ice program on PBS.
What you are viewing is a compilation of slides over [...]

01 Mar

Ice Core Lab

Did you know that there is a laboratory that was built for the sole purpose of storing and studying ice core samples from all over the world - mainly the North and South Pole?
And these are not small ice core samples - take a look at the above photo.
The National Ice Core Laboratory is located [...]

22 Feb

A New Name for an Old Problem

I heard a new term mentioned on the radio yesterday.
We listen to NPR quite often, and there was a discussion going on about the climate changes and global warming.
They were mentioning how the term “climate change” sounds so comfortable and nice - something almost positive and pleasant.
Such as - a change of climate often does [...]

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