Youth voices in climate action We often hear that we should take care of the Earth for future generations. This is true, and we should absolutely do everything we can to make the world a cleaner, healthier, and more equitable place. Simultaneously, we should also recognize all the contributions that young people can and are... Read More
The Buckeye state was the bull’s eye for a small earthquake recently. On August 27th at 10:43 pm, a magnitude 3.6 earthquake shook the region near Lake Erie in Ohio. This incident marked the third and most substantial earthquake in just a week, a frequency unusual for this area. While Ohio generally ranks low in... Read More
Learning from experts in the resiliency space I’m going to take a quick break from our Resiliency in action series to reflect on the recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Literacy Program (ELP) Grantee workshop that I attended in June in Boulder, CO, along with NNC Science Director, Kate Semmens. Many leaders from... Read More
Now that we have an understanding of the three types of resiliency, it’s time to start understanding how to build climate resiliency in our own communities. Our ultimate goal is to make our community stronger and better able to mitigate and adapt to climate change and weather hazards. That is an important but vague goal.... Read More
As spring begins to overtake winter, the first little green leaves are often Tartarian honeysuckle followed by autumn olive, two invasives. Then splashes of yellow can be seen along forest edges. This is not forsythia but spice bush flowers, a native shrub. Those flowers are very small, but in aggregate they make the woods very... Read More
For better or worse the term “resiliency” is used a lot these days to describe communities facing the impacts of natural hazards and climate change. With more and more billion dollar disasters and already a slew of severe weather events in 2023, a growing number of communities are left picking up the pieces. It would... Read More
Guest post from NNC docent, John Cosgrove, in response to see the World of Wonder Science on a Sphere program Sense of Wonder Some thoughts upon returning home after watching Jeff’s “World of Wonder” Science on a Sphere show. There seem to be two types of wonder. There is the wondering that drives investigation. What... Read More
In the early morning hours of February 6th 2023 a massive piece of the Earth’s crust about 30 miles long suddenly and violently moved about 11ft. This released enough energy to cause the surface of the Earth to shake so much it toppled buildings and destroyed infrastructure. Sadly thousands of people are known to have... Read More
Recently I walked through an area where it appears a lot of deer travel. There was deer poop everywhere, little mountains of poop. Its pellets remind me of rabbit poop, but unlike rabbit scat, deer scat clumps. I began to wonder about its use as fertilizer. After all, cow, horse, rabbit and chicken manure are... Read More
Today was my lucky day. First a red squirrel chased a grey squirrel until the latter dashed into a brush heap. Then the red squirrel hid in a nearby brush heap. Later as I drove to Nurture Nature Center, I could hardly believe my eyes but a mink, member of the weasel family, crossed the... Read More
