The hydrologic cycle continues unabated, but drying up and removing wetlands forces water to run off and accumulate where it wouldn’t usually go. Human behavior does affect the climate, and it comes back to batter us like a boomerang. Water tells the story of...
Air Pollution is a reality, both invisible and visible. Worldwide, we live with it daily, it’s an unwanted guest in our lungs and bodies. The air around us directly affects our bodies. Global Health Risks “If the air pollution, storms, floods, and...
Three-year-olds are always asking why questions. Why? Why? Why? As they grow up, they want to know; they want complete, coherent answers. At our age, we’ve been trained not to ask why questions—or we’ve forgotten how to ask them. At our age, we've...
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing. Do we want polluted cities and tropical rain forests? Or fresh air, vibrant forests, and livable cities? Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect As we have seen in examining the burning of stars and in viewing...
How is Earth’s Atmosphere faring nowadays? Is it our breath of life or our wheeze of death? Via satellites and planes, we explore the atmosphere. In essence, it’s part of our daily lives; there is little that we do in which the atmosphere, with the carbon...