Rediscovering North America’s Lost Biome
It started with a few sentences in a book I was reading about the history of the Appalachian Mountains. The book briefly discussed Kentucky, before colonization, being covered with dense …
A Nature of Caretaking
by Abigail Kingston In an ecosystem, almost every organism depends on every other in some way for survival. However, the concept of symbiosis is taught to us in school like …
In 2023, Let’s Rediscover the Natural World through Curiosity
written by Abigail Kingston In a world suffering from the effects of colonization, profit-driven destruction of natural environments, and industrialization, humans are becoming more and more alienated from the natural …
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July 2022 Recent Additions to the Known Biodiversity of the Berea College Forest
July 2022 We added at least 35 new species to the project this month with a few dozen more waiting to be confirmed. Most of the new additions were pollinators …
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Can We Predict Eclipses?
by Jeff Hutton Hello Astronomers! For the last two weeks I’ve shared with you some of the thrill we’ve experienced when we’ve seen eclipses of the Sun and Moon. A …
Eclipses–Continued
by Jeff Hutton Hello Astronomers! In the last issue, we talked about shadows. Shadows are why we have special events like lunar and solar eclipses. Let’s look again at lunar …
Eclipses
by Jeff Hutton Hello Astronomers! One of the things I love about observing the night sky is that what we see in the sky makes sense, once you apply a …
Phases of the Moon
by Jeff Hutton Hello, Astronomers! Well, I guess that this week wasn’t the best for Moon watching was it? I heard the weatherman on TV say that this has been …
Hey, Check Out the Moon! — Continued
by Jeff Hutton Hello, Astronomers! I’m back with this week’s ideas to help you get to know the night sky. I also decided that it was time to give this …
Hey, Check Out the Moon!
by Jeff Hutton First, did you get to see any of the Lyrid Meteors this week? As I write this, clouds are overhead but maybe it will be clear. Don’t …