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Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top…
Excuse Me While I Flow My Snows: What Makes An Avalanche Happen?
Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top of a layer of snow, called a weak layer. Scientists...
Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top…
Excuse Me While I Flow My Snows: What Makes An Avalanche Happen? (Spanish)
Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top of a layer of snow, called a weak layer. Scientists...
The question you will answer with this FACTivity is: What are some of the things that make a visit to…
FACTivity – It’s Elemental, My Dear!
The question you will answer with this FACTivity is: What are some of the things that make a visit to Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve different than...
The questions you will answer with this FACTivity are: Are earthworms a part of your schoolyard habitat? and How much…
FACTivity – Worming Their Way In
The questions you will answer with this FACTivity are: Are earthworms a part of your schoolyard habitat? and How much difference exists among the types of soil-dwelling organisms that live...
Some scientists think that wildlife is mostly dependent on the immediate natural area in which it lives. The scientist in…
Goldifinch and the Three Scales: Investigating Songbird Habitats Near Rivers
Some scientists think that wildlife is mostly dependent on the immediate natural area in which it lives. The scientist in this study was interested in exploring this idea because she...
Some scientists think that wildlife is mostly dependent on the immediate natural area in which it lives. The scientist in…
Goldifinch and the Three Scales: Investigating Songbird Habitats Near Rivers (Spanish)
Some scientists think that wildlife is mostly dependent on the immediate natural area in which it lives. The scientist in this study was interested in exploring this idea because she...
In the Western United States, spotted knapweed is one of the most widely found nonnative plants. Spotted knapweed was brought to the United…
Goll-ly! Don’t Take a Knapweed! The Impact of Nonnative Plants and Animals on Deer Mice
In the Western United States, spotted knapweed is one of the most widely found nonnative plants. Spotted knapweed was brought to the United States from Eastern Europe in the early 1900s. To control the...
The Oriental bittersweet is a vine that was transported to the United States from Asia in 1860. Oriental bittersweet escaped from gardens and…
Hurry Up and Wait: Investigating an Unusual Strategy for Invasion
The Oriental bittersweet is a vine that was transported to the United States from Asia in 1860. Oriental bittersweet escaped from gardens and has spread into natural areas where it is not native. When...
In this study, the scientists wanted to identify the most important elements of an experience in Gates of the Arctic…
It’s Elemental, My Dear! What Makes an Experience Different at Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve?
In this study, the scientists wanted to identify the most important elements of an experience in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
Smoke from wildland fires contains hundreds of chemicals. These chemicals can be gases, liquids, or solid forms. The effects of…
Let’s Clear the Air: The Danger of Forest Fire Smoke to Firefighters
Smoke from wildland fires contains hundreds of chemicals. These chemicals can be gases, liquids, or solid forms. The effects of breathing wildland fire smoke include eye and throat irritation, shortness...
Smoke from wildland fires contains hundreds of chemicals. These chemicals can be gases, liquids, or solid forms. The effects of…
Let’s Clear the Air: The Danger of Forest Fire Smoke to Firefighters (Spanish)
Smoke from wildland fires contains hundreds of chemicals. These chemicals can be gases, liquids, or solid forms. The effects of breathing wildland fire smoke include eye and throat irritation, shortness...
Soil erosion and sedimentation reduce the diversity of the natural environment. When soil is eroded and sedimentation occurs, important nutrients…
Should Ditches be Graded? Testing Unpaved Roads with a Computer Program
Soil erosion and sedimentation reduce the diversity of the natural environment. When soil is eroded and sedimentation occurs, important nutrients are carried away from the soil. The scientists in this...