Monthly Archives: March 2020

Is Thwaites Glacier doomed? Scientists race against time to find out.

“I prefer dangerous liberty over peaceful slavery” Thomas Jefferson “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Ben Franklin I’m living in Central Nebraska this month, staying at the home … Continue reading →

By the end of June, there will be 15 times as many COVID-19 patients as beds. By the end of the summer, the pandemic will have directly killed 2.2 million Americans How the Pandemic Will End – The Atlantic – … Continue reading →

I took my Costa Rica trip just in time. They banned going to the beach, because the Pacific Ocean isn’t big enough for social distancing. Stab Magazine | Shots Fired: Costa Rican Pro Arrested For Surfing, Kelly Slater Inadvertently Comes … Continue reading →

Interesting map from NASA, which shows how polluted the air in Northern Italy normally is. Satellite data shows air pollution drop in Europe amid COVID-19 lockdowns | CBC News My sister used to live in Wuhan – the air there … Continue reading →

On this date in 1890, as massive tornado outbreak in the Ohio Valley killed hundreds of people and wiped out dozens of towns. At the same time, a building flood on the Mississippi River was forecast to wipe out New … Continue reading →