Why does NOAA no longer provide sunshine data?

Where Did All the Sunshine Go? Why You Can’t Find That Data Anymore Remember flipping through weather reports and seeing the hours of sunshine listed? It was a simple, easy-to-grasp metric. But lately, finding that sunshine duration data feels like chasing a ghost. NOAA, the folks we usually rely on for this kind of info,

Unlocking the Secrets of Seismic Tilt: Insights into Earth’s Rotation and Dynamics

Unlocking the Secrets of Seismic Tilt: It’s All About Earth’s Wiggles and Wobbles Okay, so we all know about earthquakes and volcanoes – the Earth flexing its muscles in a big, dramatic way. But what about the really subtle stuff? The almost imperceptible shifts and shimmies happening beneath our feet all the time? That’s where

Exploring the Regional Geology of Your Local Landscape

Digging Deep: Getting to Know the Geology in Your Own Backyard (San Francisco Bay Area Edition) Ever stop to think about what’s really under your feet? I mean, beyond the sidewalk or that patch of grass? The ground we walk on has a story to tell, a story etched in stone (literally!) over billions of

How are data from tiltmeters used to monitor volcanic activity?

Tiltmeters: Listening to What Volcanoes Don’t Say Volcanoes. Majestic, awe-inspiring, but let’s face it, also a bit scary. Living near one means living with the constant possibility of an eruption. That’s why predicting when a volcano might blow its top is so vital, and scientists have developed some pretty cool tools to help them do

Why is “at least a small tilt” between rotation and magnetic axis required by models of magnetic field formation?

The Wobbling Dynamo: Why Planets Can’t Have Perfectly Straight Magnetic Fields Ever wonder how Earth manages to shrug off the constant barrage of solar wind? A big part of the answer is our magnetic field, a kind of invisible force field that protects our atmosphere and, well, us. But how does a planet get a

The Dehydration Effect: How Water Loss Drives Crystallization in Felsic Magmas

The Dehydration Effect: How Water Loss Drives Crystallization in Felsic Magmas Magma – that molten rock simmering beneath our feet – it’s not just a simple liquid. Think of it more like a complicated soup, a bubbling brew of liquid rock, crystals, and dissolved gases. And what happens in this soup dictates whether a volcano

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