by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 19, 2024 | Blog, Environment, Uncategorized
The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the earliest and most advanced civilizations in human history,and it was centered around the Indus River in what is now modern-day Pakistan and northwestern India.Water played a critical role in the development and success of...
by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 18, 2024 | Agriculture, Drought, Irrigation, Uncategorized
Water is life, but how we use it is just as important and getting to it. This is the first of a seriesthat will discuss different irrigation techniques. Up today- flood irrigation. So what is floodirrigation? Flood irrigation is an irrigation system that uses pipes...
by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorized
The New Deal. You probably learned about the New Deal in middle or high school as PresidentRoosevelt’s (the one without a mustache) plan to get the United States out of the doldrums of the GreatDepression. But have you ever stopped to think of the effect that the New...
by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Did you know that there is water below the earth’s mantle? Actually, there is about a whole ocean’s worth of water underneath the mantel. Scientists know about this water because of a special rock called ringwoodite. Ringwoodite is a mineral, with a similar structure...
by Eleanor Cabell | Sep 17, 2024 | Blog, Drought, Uncategorized
So the rain has come, what does this mean for the drought?Before we get into what is happening as the rain falls, let’s look at what happens to the groundduring a drought. Soils naturally carry moisture, this moisture spaces out soil particles while also holdingthem...
by John R Grizz Deal | Sep 17, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorized
Colorado winters are famous for snowy days and winter sports. Have you ever lookedoutside as it is snowing and wondered how exactly snow forms? Well go no further.Snow needs two things to form, atmospheric moisture and low temperatures.Evaporated water vapor droplets...