Tag: forest fires
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2020 Pika Patrol
Over the weekend, my husband and I went up to the mountains for the first time this summer. We’ve been trying to isolate ourselves, and the mountain trails have been busy with people trying to get out of their houses while being safe. We headed up to do our annual Pika Patrol for the Denver…
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Forest Fire Smoke
My husband and I love to sleep with the windows open in the summer time. We enjoy the night sounds, and the cool breeze coming in. Not last night. Last night, we had to close the windows due to really irritating smoke, either from somebody’s barbecue, or a forest fire. This morning, I went out…
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NASA Computer Simulation Shows 2017 Hurricane Tracks
This computer simulation from NASA shows just how interconnected the world is. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=12772&button=recent The computer simulation runs from August 1 through November 1, 2017. It follows hurricanes that tracked over the Atlantic Ocean this fall, letting you see how dust from the Sahara ends up in Miami, and smoke from the wildfires in California and…
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Birds flee drought areas
I have seen more different birds at my feeders than I ever have before in the summer. In addition to the usual house sparrows, house finches, American and lesser goldfinches, mourning and collared doves, house wrens and dramatic raids by Cooper’s hawks, we’ve had white-crowned nuthatches, chickadees, spotted towhees and black-headed grosbeaks – birds that…
Amy Law, Science Geek 