An Educational Brushpile
January 30, 2020
Last week my blog photo caption mentioned that the children on the brushpile were learning something. Since then, I’ve had... Read More →
And the Good News Is…
January 23, 2020
The media long ago learned that bad news is more profitable than good news. Murders, oil spills, and raging politicians... Read More →
Modeling Climate Change is Successful
January 16, 2020
The argument sometimes made against models of climate change is “if they cannot predict tomorrow’s weather, how can we trust... Read More →
A Brief History of Mapping World Climate
January 9, 2020
Every passing year lately has had some record-breaking climatic extreme, and its consequences. At the moment this is in southeast... Read More →
Welcoming the New Year
December 26, 2019
The winter holidays have always been a season of renewal. Civilizations and religions that long proceeded ours created permanent calendars... Read More →
A Nesting Platform for Vultures
December 19, 2019
While writing to you last week about the Coralville turkey vultures, it occurred to me that it probably would not... Read More →
The Vultures of Coralville
December 12, 2019
Last summer, like many summers before it, a flock of turkey vultures was often to be seen over west Coralville.... Read More →
Mammoths: A Book Review
December 5, 2019
Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age, by Adrian Lister and Paul Bahn, revised edition 2015 – Chartwell Books Everyone knows... Read More →
Proof that Core and Corridor Conservation Works: The Florida Panther
November 28, 2019
On June 20, 27, and July 4 of this year I offered an overview of the core and corridor conservation... Read More →
The Indiangrass Hills
November 21, 2019
It was a half century ago when a young Richard Sanders Rhodes came to the Geology Department at the University... Read More →
