Map Monday, Where to go for sunshine

Sunshine or sunlight is essential to life on Earth.  Sure a small subset of organisms thrive in places that sunshine never reaches, but most are at least indirectly dependent on solar energy.  Whether they live in ever-dark caves or in the depths of the oceans most food chains can be… Read more“Map Monday, Where to go for sunshine”

Map Monday, Periodical Cicada Invasion

Within a few weeks cicadas will inundate readers living in eastern Ohio and West Virginia as well as adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and oddly enough Suffolk county on Long Island.  After spending seventeen years sucking nutrients from tree roots billions of cicada nymphs will emerge from the ground. … Read more“Map Monday, Periodical Cicada Invasion”

Map Monday, Most expensive college in each US state

Spring used to be the season when a young person’s heart turned to love, or for the less romantic baseball; but now it’s the college season.  ****Warning old man stuff coming please switch your internal voice to creaky & cranky****  Back in my day we took our SATs or ACTs… Read more“Map Monday, Most expensive college in each US state”