Every U.S. state has experienced temperatures of at least 100°F – even Alaska.The hottest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134°F (56.7°C), measured at Death Valley, California, on July 10, 1913. It remains the highest air temperature ever reliably recorded anywhere on Earth.Many states have also reached temperatures well above 115°F (46.1°C). …
A timelapse animation of sea level from 1993 to 2022.
I made a timelapse animation of sea level from 1993 to 2022. Do you notice the sea level seesaw in the Pacific during ENSO? Fascinating, isn’t it! What else do you observe? Sea level data: Fournier S., Willis J., Killett E., Qu Z. and Zlotnicki V. 2022. JPL MEaSUREs Gridded Sea Surface Height Anomalies Version …
Salmon Jumps
One of the reasons salmon are so desired.
Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm.
Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm, as many biologists have imagined, but something else entirely. In fact, the human genome is less a script than a puzzle that gets harder the closer they look. Knowing the entire sequence — the order of all 3 billion or so of our DNA’s chemical …
Moon Dynamics, etc
A good little reminder about how much different it was in the past. Good graphics. I have mentioned before that life here sits on a pyramid of extremely rare events. We are ignoring them at our peril. Jesse Michaels is on a whole different level regarding the UAP phenomena. He’s no dummy either, has a …
Ugh, Waste of time?
This looks good on the Internet but useless in real life. I love how he found perfect soil to dig in. Not a rock. Also, what happens in a flood or even a rain?
Bear Pole 2.0
2022 post. While mowing June 26, 2026 I saw that this pole was savaged once again and more severely. There was a bite at the bottom from a bear on all fours which was unusual. Mostly they stand up to bite a pole\tree. I can’t believe that my first post was 4 years ago. Time is the fire …
Her Boss Called it ‘Girl Talk’
Her boss called it “girl talk.” She had just discovered the largest geological feature on Earth, a 10,000-mile mountain range running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Marie Tharp mapped 70% of our planet from a basement lab at Columbia, using sonar readings, a ruler, and India ink. She wasn’t allowed on the research …
Von Schmidt
Harold von Schmidt’s illustrations for Death Comes for the Archbishop were greatly admired when they first appeared in 1927. And they still are as far as I am concerned. Von Schmidt did over 60 illustrations for the book, and they are artfully interspersed with the text to create a book that is itself an aesthetic object. …
Eagle vs Heron
Still shot of a Bald Eagle capturing a Heron for its lunch in Glenwood, NS. Wow, I didn’t know they would do this. Hopefully, not fake.