We recently witnessed the death, destruction, and devastation caused by two hurricanes, Helene and Milton. Before that we had Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 hurricane in history with winds of 165 mph. The five years from 2017 to 2021 saw more Category 4 and 5 hurricanes make landfall on Read more…
The Brooks Range is a sparsely populated mountain range located north of the Arctic Circle in northern Alaska and northwestern Canada. Named for geologist Alfred Hulse Brooks in 1925, these mountains stretch about 700 miles from west to east. The rugged Dalton Highway, which runs from near Fairbanks to Deadhorse Read more…
The average global temperature is the average of temperature readings taken throughout the year all over the world. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the average global temperature in 2021 made it one of the seven warmest years on record, about 1.11º Centigrade (almost 2º Fahrenheit) warmer than the average Read more…