Bees Are Neat- And Major Pollinators
link They range in size from the size of a grain of rice. some fly at night with special eyes to navigate by the moon.
News
Heat Will Kill- New Climate Change Book
Link to book review
New book on climate chaos by Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First-Extreme Heat Is Here to Stay- Why Are We Not More Afraid.
White Paint for Roofs Is a Partial Fix for Global Warming
Dr. Ruan's ( of Purdue) white paint for roofs could lower temperature 8 degrees F in daytime and 19 degrees F at night. article
Great Speakers on Climate Change
Geology Books
geology of the SW US by John McPhee - Basin and Range, and Annals of the Former World-
Annals of the Former World, -McPhee’s tetralogy on geology, was published in a single volume in 1998 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1999. Assembling California, Rising from the Plains, In Suspect Terrain, Crossing the Craton
Geology of Boulder County by Ray Bridges (activist in Audubon and other groups teaching about nature) with hikes here in Boulder, Colorado
Roadside guides to Geology by state for western states
link for Colorado
Oil Company Plans to Make Plastics Waste into Fuel by a Process that give 1 in 4 Persons Cancer
link " EPA gave a Chevron refinery approval to make a fuel that could leave people nearby with a 1-in-4 lifetime risk of cancer" This would occur in a community already poisoned by many other industrial facilities. "“So-called ‘chemical recycling’ has been touted by companies like Chevron as a way to reduce plastic waste through repurposing it but turning plastic waste into fuel increases greenhouse gas emissions, subsidizes the petrochemical industry, and harms frontline communities located near these facilities.”"