Figure 1: A Japanese maple in autumn Source: Pixabay Autumn is the season when life goes to rest. Nights lengthen and days grow cold. Vegetables bolt, dispersing seeds by wind and fruit. Leaves blush red, orange, and pink before piling in a brown heap. As climate change leads to increased global temperatures, and elevated CO2 …
Figure 1: A climber traverses the Marmolada glacier’s dangerous slopes, high in the Dolomite mountains of Northern Source: Wikimedia Commons The Marmolada glacier is known by locals as the “Queen of the Dolomites.” Resting high in northern Italy’s Dolomite range, the glacier is larger than any other in the region and adorns the range’s highest peak: …
Figure: Two cheetahs lie side by side. As the fastest land animal, the cheetah was of particular interest in a recent study that produced a mathematical model predicting the maximum running speed of any given animal. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, safaritravelplus) Cheetahs, sloths, humans — whatever the animal, a new study proposed a mathematical model to …