Posted on February 25, 2024 (Updated on July 16, 2025)
Quantifying Extreme Heat: A Novel Approach to Determining the 95th Percentile of Tmax in Climate Data
Wildlife & BiologyDecoding Extreme Heat: A Fresh Look at the 95th Percentile of Tmax Okay, let’s talk heat. Not the kind you get from a good workout, but the kind that makes you wilt like a forgotten houseplant. As our planet keeps warming up, figuring out just how bad these extreme heat waves are getting is more
Posted on February 25, 2024 (Updated on July 16, 2025)
Defining Rational Flood Severity Classes: Establishing Optimal Thresholds for Extreme Weather Events in Earth Science
Wildlife & BiologyDecoding Flood Fury: Why We Need a Better Way to Understand Flood Severity Floods. We all know what they are, and increasingly, we’re seeing them wreak havoc across the globe. It’s not just a case of a bit of inconvenient rain anymore. Climate change is throwing fuel on the fire, turning once-rare events into all-too-frequent
Posted on February 24, 2024 (Updated on July 16, 2025)
Understanding Hydrosphere: The Technical Term for Water Content in the Surrounding Environment
Wildlife & BiologyThe Hydrosphere: More Than Just Water, It’s Our Lifeblood “Hydrosphere” – it sounds like something out of a science textbook, right? But peel back the jargon, and it’s simply the grand total of all the water on our planet. Think of it as Earth’s water network, encompassing everything from the vast, mysterious oceans to that
Posted on February 21, 2024 (Updated on July 16, 2025)
Resilience and Renewal: Unraveling the Mysteries of Terrestrial Ecosystem Recovery Post-End Permian Mass Extinction
Wildlife & BiologyResilience and Renewal: Unraveling the Mysteries of Terrestrial Ecosystem Recovery Post-End Permian Mass Extinction The End-Permian extinction. Even the name sounds apocalyptic, doesn’t it? Nicknamed the “Great Dying,” it was, without a doubt, the biggest wipeout in Earth’s history. We’re talking about the loss of roughly 96% of marine species and a staggering 70% of
Posted on February 21, 2024 (Updated on July 16, 2025)
How does planned cattle grazing compare with other methods (like carbon capture) of mitigating climate change?
Wildlife & BiologyCan Cows Actually Help Fight Climate Change? Grazing vs. Carbon Capture: Let’s Talk Okay, so climate change is a massive problem, right? We’re seeing innovations pop up everywhere, from souped-up solar panels to crazy carbon-sucking machines. But what about something a little more… pastoral? I’m talking about planned grazing – basically, moving cows around strategically.
Posted on February 18, 2024 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
The Azolla Event: Unveiling the Role of Ancient Ferns in a Mass Extinction
Wildlife & BiologyDid the Azolla event 49 million years ago cause an extinction event? The Azolla Event, which occurred about 49 million years ago during the Eocene Epoch, was a significant phenomenon in Earth’s history. It involved the rapid spread of a tiny floating water fern called azolla, which covered large areas of the Arctic Ocean. The