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Week of January 9, 2005

Too warm to sleep

The BBC reports that in one Russian zoo, the winter has been so warm that the brown bear never began to hibernate, while the black bear began but woke up early. And out in the wilds of Russia, such animals as badgers and bears also did not hibernate or woke early, while spring flowers are already in bloom.

Posted by Jennifer on Friday, January 14 2005, 8:54 AM

Category: Climate
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How the earthquake...

affected the earth. This page by NASA lays out all the details.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, January 10 2005, 9:11 PM

Category: Landscapes
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Before and after

Someone has taken the Digital Globe tsunami photos and organized them into sets of matching before-and-after photos of various places. It's a really nice presentation of a terrible event.

Posted by Jennifer on Monday, January 10 2005, 3:26 PM

Category: Landscapes
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