Some Cool LINKS for this WINTER Season....
RePOSTED from SCIENCE FRIDAY: JAN. 06, 2012
Photo from NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Plate XIII of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902.
| The winter solstice has come and gone, making it officially winter in the U.S., with cooler temperatures, less sunlight, and, in some places, snow, ice, and frost. A panel of experts discusses the different phenomena that combine to make up the season we call winter, and give tips for how best to appreciate the natural world in wintertime. |
Produced by Charles Bergquist, Director and Contributing Producer
GUESTS
- Andrew Fraknoi
Professor of Astronomy
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, California - Paul Yeager
Writer and Meteorologist
Author, "Weather Whys. Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities" (Perigee Books, 2010)
State College, Pennsylvania - David Mizejewski
Naturalist, National Wildlife Federation
Reston, Virginia
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