A latine experience on an all-white Grand Canyon rafting trip Renewable energy is always brought up while discussing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. There are loads of books and podcasts about why the “Colorado River Compact” is a good idea, a...
Photo by Seebany Datta-Barua Antarctica is the world’s largest ice sheet, spanning an area comparable to the entire United States reaching a staggering thickness of up to 3 miles at its center. Consequently, visitors to the South Pole often experience altitude...
After seeing the cherry red stain on the slip of pH paper I held between my tingling fingers, no one else in my group of scientists and adventurers volunteered to touch the water at our feet. I was straddling a small trickle bubbling out of the tundra and...
It is no secret that declining snow cover and increased variability between seasons are impacting outdoor winter sporting events. At the start of the 2022/23 season, seven of the first eight International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup events were canceled due...
Every August for the last 15 years, Creative Alliance member Jill Pelto has joined her father, Dr. Mauri Pelto (a POW Science Alliance member), on a backpacking trip to the North Cascades. This is not only an adventurous father-daughter trip in the PNW, but an...
