Teaching and learning about Hurricanes has been a interest of mine for many years, beginning as an Earth science teacher in Lexington, Massachusetts, and then extending to the writing of textbooks for elementary and middle school students. In 2005, right after...
In his weblog, Andrew Revkin reported that the dual activity of Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna pose a double threat to the Southeast and to the Gulf Coast. As seen in this map, the hurricanes are close enough to each other to be considered a double system, perhaps like...
Yesterday, my wife and I attended the annual art in the park festival (Marietta Square)in which more than a 100 artists presented their work. It was crowded with people of all ages strolling through the park and bordering streets, looking at the art, and...
Earlier this year, there were concerns that air pollution in Beijing would be a serious threat to athletes participating in outdoor events, especially running, and cycling. In fact I wrote several posts in the Spring that highlighted this issue that you read, and find...
First, let me say that the Georgia I am referring to in the title is not the state of Georgia, in the USA, but the Republic of Georgia. The conflict that is ongoing between Russia and Georgia is not only frustrating, but filled with sadness for myself, and many of my...
In Kenneth Miller's book, Only a Theory, he talks about the fundamental concept underlying "intelligent design" and goes on to show how the fundamental concept is wrong, and not supported in biological research. The fundamental idea is that there are some aspects of...
