January 31 to February 7, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Venus, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter Lately, I’ve been thinking about the weather. And, why not? With temperatures way below freezing from Christmas Eve through most of January, and then a sudden, radically quick January thaw –...
[caption id="attachment_27069" align="alignright" width="300"] John Kerry, by Creative Commons' Mark Mathosian, 2012John Kerry, by Creative Commons' Mark Mathosian, 2012[/caption] A new Presidential term always starts with some changes, but there are several in store for President Obama’s second term that could make a big difference for...
[caption id="attachment_27034" align="alignright" width="300"] High Camp Warming Hut[/caption] Three weeks into our eco-friendly competition and we have upped the number of participants to 36. The race is on! Daily, participants in this new EcoAction Partners initiative are making a difference in their lives and the environment by...
[caption id="attachment_26934" align="alignright" width="280"] Rooftop solar[/caption] The city of Boulder, Colorado, has long been a vibrant community that understands the symbiotic relationship between quality of life and health of the natural environment. Since at least the 1960s, “Boulderites” have perceived themselves as environmental conservation trendsetters. When most...
[caption id="attachment_26746" align="alignright" width="300"] Soybeans, Infinite Unknown[/caption] At lunch, A friend asked “What’s going to happen with GMOs?” I didn’t have an answer, but I did come up with some issues to watch. I’ll go into some of these in more detail in an upcoming blog,...
January 1, 2013, EcoAction Partners welcomed in the New Year with our Truth or Dare campaign. With 30 participants to date, the heat is on. In this month-long competition anyone who plays has the opportunity to take-on a series of 20 “Dares” requesting lifestyle changes that...
[caption id="attachment_26567" align="alignright" width="214"] Happy New Year!, American Littoral Society[/caption] For this coming year, I have several fishes – I mean wishes – for the ocean. Here are a few: • Less plastic Plastic is one of the most persistent pollutants in the ocean, and one that can...
Weak surface high pressure is over Colorado this morning keeping cold air over the region with zero or below temps in the mountains and lower valleys. Air temperatures will increase during the day along with cloud cover and flow will turn to the southwest as...
Since the first primal grunt, humans have heavily relied on communication to survive. We use the art of language to sculpt our society, to stimulate our economy, and to describe the glorious beauty of nature. Without an effective method of communication, chaos would reign and...
[caption id="attachment_26171" align="alignleft" width="150"] Staghorn coral[/caption] Star. Pillar. Elkhorn. Staghorn. Mountainous star. Pocillopora elegans. Pachyseris rugosa. Astreopora cucullata. Barabattoia laddi. Those are just nine of the 66 species of coral proposed for endangered listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). On Friday, November 30, after more than three...
