In “El Nino forecasts are climbing” (KPRC’s Click2Houston.com, 17May2023), Frank Billingsley and Amanda Cochran write: “By the end of the year, the European Model has at the very least a moderate El Nino with perhaps an extreme one. “What can we learn from any of this? Get flood insurance. I’m not being flip. The extreme …
Drought map from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Drought Monitor. As you can see, part of Harris County is in D3, the majority in D2. Definitions from Weather.gov. “Moderate Drought (D1): Some damage to crops, pastures, fire risk high; streams, reservoirs or wells low, some water shortage developing or imminent, voluntary water use restrictions requested. “Severe …
As John Ratey says in his book Spark, movement makes us smarter. Our brains and minds need it for optimal function. Even better — get complex movement in complex environments.
Nature is full of cycles. It swells and diminishes. The “swells” are an important time for the earth and geology to absorb water and deliver water to water tables.
In “Ecology Stories Episode One: What is Biodiversity?“, Mike and Debby Kaspari write: Each person’s pursuit of biophilia leads to a discovery: some places are richer in animals and plants and microbes, others less so. This discovery is captured in the word “biodiversity”. In biodiversity, we count and compare the kinds of living things in …
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