I’m a big fan of Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, hosts of one of my favorite radio programs, Radiolab. Today I was browsing Krulwich’s blog and I was very happy to find this post about the world’s tallest tree (tallest known living thing, actually). He’s a great writer, and you should all read the article. In…
Tag Archives: Video
Apr
8
2011
Apr
1
2011
A Video of My Visit to Calais Elementary School
On Monday I had the pleasure of visiting the wonderful Calais Elementary and I wrote about it in a previous post. Today, one of the teachers at Calais created a video of the presentation and sent me the link. The video has been edited down (so it’s not the full presentation) but it…
Feb
7
2010
Ocean Acidification – The Other Carbon Problem
By now, everyone knows that increased carbon in our atmosphere is causing global temperatures to rise, but many people don’t know about another major impact that it is having on our planet: acidification of our oceans. When carbon in the air makes contact with sea water, a certain percentage of it is absorbed, and…
Jan
5
2010
Oh, how tiny our planet is…
Right now I’m immersed in the world of coral reefs, but today my wife showed me this video, which was produced by the American Museum of Natural History. It shows our planet and it’s relation to other know objects in the universe–all to scale, and all in about 6 minutes. It gives a great perspective…
