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It will be snowing in an hour or two. The snapping turtles just hatched. I wonder if they will survive the record cold?

In 1986, NASA’s James Hansen made some projections about how global warming was going to affect eight cities. Mintzer distributed a chart showing a 1986 projection made by NASA climatologists of the likely impact of global warming on eight major … Continue reading →

Apparently electricity from wind turbines is less evil than natural gas powered electricity.

Everyone was busy gathering nectar yesterday ahead of the record cold weather today. This video needs to be watched full screen. Insects who are gainfully employed in useful work, unlike their completely useless human counterparts.

I was walking the dogs yesterday afternoon in calm weather close to 80 degrees. Suddenly the wind came up as a gale, and temperatures dropped 15 degrees in about one minute. We are currently at 26 degrees, which is 43 … Continue reading →

Today was the earliest autumn day on record which Boulder did not get above freezing, Our peak temperature this afternoon was 27 degrees. The previous record early cold was 34 degrees on October 8, 1985. Average temperature for the date … Continue reading →

We are about to blow away our cold record for this early in autumn here in Boulder, CO – and the animals are busy preparing for winter. The Chamisa is blooming late because summer started so late this year. I … Continue reading →