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GOES-16 offers Earth’s first light in true color
Taken from more than 22,000 miles away, GOES-16 offers rapid and striking imagery of the planet and its weather, giving researchers an unprecedented look for weather forecast applications.
Lake Erie study says farmers need to do more, or plant grass
Water quality study finds two ways to reduce phosphorus into Lake Erie, and one is by converting cropland to grassland.
The dreaded parlor stove makes its return again
Folks in the latter half of the 19th century went through an unpleasant ritual along about this time of year, or probably a little earlier in Northern climes, called “putting up the parlor stove.”
Ten things you should know about ticks
WASHINGTON — To find out how to steer clear of Lyme disease during “picnic season” — a time when people are more likely to pick up ticks — the National Science Foundation spoke with NSF-funded disease ecologist Rick Ostfeld of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, in Millbrook, N.Y., and program director Sam Scheiner of NSF’s Division of Environmental Biology. Below are their insights.
Chesapeake Energy reports 2013 finances; still waiting on infrastructure in Utica shale
As of Dec. 31, 2013, Chesapeake has drilled 425 wells in the Utica, including 230 producing wells and 195 wells awaiting pipeline connection or in various stages of completion.
Motorcycles do have their place in history
Back in the early part of the 20th century gasoline and oil tractors were few and far between. The big heavy monsters that existed at the time were more likely to be found in the vast prairies of the northern plains states, where they were used for breaking the virgin sod, than in the corn
Fainting goat shares her life story
(Editor’s note: With a busy season and remodeling projects under way, guest columnist and fainting goat Ms. O’Malley is taking a turn filling in for Judith Sutherland this week.) My name is O’Malley. I would like to start this story with, “when I was just a kid…” but that would be too easy. I was
Farm dream boils down to one thing: Family
All of his adult life, 32-year-old Randy has been working toward the goal of owning a farm. He and his wife bought 32 acres and built their house, hoping to later sell that land and buy his old family farm back with whatever profit they could gain.
Wild game hunts and stories from the past
In a story in its Jan. 5, 1896, issue, The New York Sun quoted 94-year-old Orrin Decker, who told of two wild game hunts that had taken place in northern Pennsylvania in 1818. The old gentleman was, in 1896, visiting Waverly, Pa., a town just south of the New York border, between the Susquehanna and
Misty Acres sets the bar for breed character
A Jackson Center couple is striving for excellence in their Cheviot herd.
