This probably won’t be a regular blog feature, but I do need to somehow work into an answer to the question that some readers probably
The Campania Plain: Part 2, Ischia Volcano
No, Italy’s beautiful Monte Epomeo, shown above, is not the volcano. This mountain is “just” a block of 50,0000-year-old greenish ignimbrite pushed up by volcanic
Guest Video: The Storms of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn
First, a newsflash: Last month, scientists announced that winds on Jupiter and Saturn are rooted at very different levels in each gas giant. Oookay. This
Book Excerpt: “Felis” is The Cat Family’s Newest Member
Today is the last day for a free download of my latest eBook about cats–next week, we start getting into the rest of the cat
The Campania Plain, Part 1: Introduction, and a Hurricane of Ash
Pompeii sits on the Campania Plain–a rich land that stretches, between the sea and the Apennine Mountains, down Italy’s Mediterranean coast south of Rome to
Popocatepetl activity update
Update for today on the Popocatepetl page: February 17, 2019, 4:23 p.m., Pacific: Well, I’ve waited all day, but Popo settled down into a steady
