The haze of gas that could drape the country wouldn't just dim the sunlight — it also would cool temperatures. Falling temperatures would do a number on our food supply, decimating crops and throwing the food chain out of whack by leaving those at the bottom with little to eat. In fa...
However, that wasn’t at all the case. Memorial Day had temperatures at about 88 degrees. Also surprisingly, the visitor’s center claimed that the Dilly Bar was invented in Fargo, which necessitated an adventure to find one of the first Dairy Queen locations because I obviously I couldn’t...
The suction cups on an octopus' arms are called suckers. The internal wall is the infundibulum, and the cavity in the center is the acetabulum. Anatomy of a Sucker "Sucker" may not be the most sophisticated word possible, but biologists make up for the lack of scientific verbiage when disc...
“We’ve seen there is climate change on the mountains, we’ve seen different temperatures, we’ve seen new highs on the top of the mountain, we saw the snow not coming like in the past at the same period and at the same level. There is a lot of change and we have to take care...
Now for the all-important holiday week forecast: Thanksgiving travel week forecast Let's break down next week, day by day. MONDAY: The pick of the week (naturally) for the Boston area. The winds slacken off and we start the week with a mainly sunny, seasonal day. High temperatures will...
Microorganisms that are able to live in the extreme temperatures, such as those in the Grand Prismatic Pool, are a source of heat-tolerant enzymes used in an extremely important microbiological analysis technique called Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). PCR is used to make thousands to millions of...
The Ancient Greeks and their successors, the Romans, associated the rising of Sirius in mid-to-late summer with extremely humid and hot weather. They believed that the "combined heat" of super-bright Sirius and our Sun was...the cause of summer's sweltering temperatures,"according to the...
volcanoes erupted, forming the unique landscape of the park, which is packed with canyons, rock spires, and woodlands. When the park was established in 1908, it was only 2,060 acres, but has now grown to 26,000. Because of hot summer temperatures, Pinnacles is most popular in the winter...
Diamonds are created under extreme conditions deep in the planet's upper mantle, typically between 150 to 250 kilometers below the surface. Here, temperatures exceed 1,000°C, which is hotter than the melting point of most metals, and pressures surpass 45 to 60 kilobars (4.5 to 6 gigapascal...
Welcome aboard from 7500' in SE Wyoming. Glad to have you. I am not an anvil nerd but I can offer a couple bits of advice and factoids. First, and most importantly, DO NOT try to do more to "restore" it than you already have. About all you should do is put a coat of boil...