Category Archives: Climates & Seasons
Desert Arroyo
Desert Arroyo An arroyo found in the desert is a dry creek or stream bed that seasonally fills and flows after various rainfalls. An Arroyo is a wash, gulch, or dry creek that temporarily flows with water after rainfall or … Continue reading
Neolithic Wooden Wells (Germany)
Willy Tegel et al. Early Neolithic Water Wells Reveal the World’s Oldest Wood Architecture. PLoS ONE 2012. Open access Image:http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0051374 Figure 2. Tree-ring samples and chronologies. (A) Temporal distribution of 147 oak ring width series, indicating the lengths of the … Continue reading
Cicada
From Prince William Forest Park, Occoquan, Virginia CicadaHemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadoidea I’ve experienced the cicadas before when i was younger, and once again got to see a few of them, up close and personal. As we were camping in Prince William … Continue reading
Climate change is already harshing the weather | Grist
Climate change is already harshing the weather | Grist. Cross Posted via WordPress “Press This” app from the above website. Archived for educational/research purposes. By David Roberts Things are getting weird around here. (Photo by Zach Frailey.) In a sane world, … Continue reading
Thawing permafrost vents gases to worsen warming – Yahoo! News
(Copied/Cross-posted using WordPress “Press This” applet) WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive amounts of greenhouse gases trapped below thawing permafrost will likely seep into the air over the next several decades, accelerating and amplifying global warming, scientists warn. Those heat-trapping gases … Continue reading
“Autumn” and the Season of Fall
Fall Foliage in * Canberra, Australia Capital Territory, Australia * – April 2011 The Season of Fall Foods: Pumpkins, Squashes, Acorns, Nuts, Grains, Apples, and Apple Cider. Dates: (varies around the world) ranging from August 2nd to latest end of … Continue reading