Map Monday, USDA Hardiness Zones for Climate Change

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its plant hardiness zone scores in November 2023. This scale is one tool gardeners can use to determine if a plant can survive their region’s winter. The previous scores were based on temperature data from 1976 through 2005 and published in 2012. The… Read more“Map Monday, USDA Hardiness Zones for Climate Change”

Map Monday, Antarctica – What’s under all that ice?

Antarctica is the coldest, driest, windiest, and emptiest place on our planet.  Over 97% of its surface is covered in ice that at it’s thickest is almost three miles deep and averages one and a third miles.  While there’s been a lot of news about the arctic ice sheet or… Read more“Map Monday, Antarctica – What’s under all that ice?”