The lands that we come from are certainly a big part of who we are. When people ask at first meeting, “Where are you from?,” they’re trying to get a sense of who you are in a shorthand way — what influences have shaped your thinking and which issues are important to you. But I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘northern lights’
Watch for Ramped Up Aurora Activity This Week
Right now, Earth is experiencing an amazing natural event — one you may not even have noticed if you haven’t been looking directly at the sun, as your mother wisely warned. A very large sunspot has been tracking across our nearest star and is about to face directly toward our planet. Known as AR1476, the [...]
A New Perspective on Earth
When we read about a rhinoceros species that just went extinct in Vietnam, or the plight of polar bears and how we could lose them in forty years, or the countless other news items about continuing habitat degradation and the loss of biodiversity on Earth, well, it tends to get a little depressing. So, on [...]
A Need for the Dark
We humans have long feared the dark. That’s where scary monsters hide and criminals lurk. So that’s why, for most of our history on the planet, we’ve been trying to dominate the night by filling it with light. In many cases, illuminating our nights has worked. Crime often decreases by a significant percent, and the [...]
