Northern California Fires
The European Space Agency has posted high resolution imagery of the northern California fires. A high number of fires are burning in the Big Sur … Read more
Ice-free North Pole?
Researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado are predicting that the North Pole may be briefly ice free this summer. … Read more
Tipping Elements in Climate Warming
Forbes has an article with a round-up of the earth systems considered by scientists to having tipping points considered a danger to global climate systems. The … Read more
Geography and Geology of the Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos archipelago is located about 1000 kilometers to the west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. It is formed by 13 main islands: Darwin, … Read more
Caribbean Islands: the Lesser Antilles
Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands is an archipelago located in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, in the Caribbean Sea. To the east lies … Read more
Longest Avian Non-Stop Flight
E7 is a female bar-tailed godwit who has earned herself the distinction of the longest non-stop flight recorded for a land bird. According to … Read more
Birth of an Iceberg From Pine Island Glacier
This iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica.
How long will the North Pole ice cap last?
Pen Hadow of Vanco Artic Survey hopes to answer that question with the most detailed survey ever of the Arctic ice thickness at the North Pole. Starting … Read more
Virtual Parks
If you’ve ever aspired to visit some of the world’s greatest natural parks but haven’t been able to get to them, the site VirtualParks.org can … Read more
Amazon trumps the Nile
If a group of Brazilian scientists get their way, the answer to “What is the longest river in the world” may no longer be the … Read more
Travelers in the Middle East
Travelers in the Middle East Archive http://timea.rice.edu/ As Edward Said demonstrated in his landmark work, Orientalism, the ways in which the Middle East has been … Read more
Biogeography of the Californian Trapdoor Spider
Californian trapdoor spiders are found in a wide range of habitats and climates, ranging from hot, dry cresote bush scrub to cool montane red fir forests, and wet coast redwood forests.
How Space and Time Affect Conservation Biology
Time and space are two extremely important concepts that are central to formulating theories and models in biotic conservation.