A Chinese perspective on autumn

A Chinese perspective on autumn

By Deborah Byrd in EARTH | HUMAN WORLD | September 21, 2017

http://earthsky.org/earth/autumn-equinox-cycles-of-nature-and-chinese-philosophy?mc_cid=1f67c4cb00&mc_eid=8abb4c5e26

October 10 - Basin and Range

Basin and Range by John McPhee

One of the most valuable tools for the advancement of geological science has in fact been the humble road cut. United States Interstate 80 crosses the entire North American continent, in the process exposing hundreds of millions of years of geological history. In Basin and Range, McPhee, accompanied at times by Princeton geologist Kenneth S. Deffeyes, demonstrates how the contorted and tilted rocks seen in these road cuts reveal how islands of the earth's crust have floated across the earth's surface, crashing and folding to form basin and range. This is a masterful and sometimes even poetic volume of popular writing about plate tectonics, communicating the profound satisfaction of using scientific research as a tool for understanding the world around us.

Greenland is burning: Wildfires and floods surge worldwide

The Pacific Northwest has been grappling with unprecedented wildfires — but they aren't alone

http://www.salon.com/2017/09/10/greenland-is-burning-wildfires-and-floods-surge-worldwide_partner/