If you’ve been paying attention to the weather across the United States this past week, you may have noticed that most of the eastern U. S. is experiencing extremely hot temperatures, especially when you factor in the effects of humidity. At the same time, in the western U. S., it has been snowing in the mountains, even though it is almost July! In this week’s blog post we will look at why this pattern of hot and cold conditions occurs so often and what is causing it.… Continue reading this article “Fire and Ice: Why the East is baking while the West is freezing”
Month: June 2025
Introducing Hamutahl Cohen: from bug-phobic to bug-lover
I wish I could say I grew up with an innate fascination for the insect world—that I was one of those kids who spent hours flipping over rocks to marvel at beetles and ants. But the truth is, growing up in urban Los Angeles, I rarely interacted with nature at all. And insects? I was terrified of them. I was the last person to volunteer for anything involving creepy crawlies.
That all changed in college. I enrolled in an introductory environmental science class, and one guest lecture changed the course of my life.… Continue reading this article “Introducing Hamutahl Cohen: from bug-phobic to bug-lover”