Tag: Winter - Page 2
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TreeHugger Staff Meets in Atlanta, Gets Overtaken by Beards (Pics)
This week, the full-time TreeHugger crew met up in Atlanta to pow-wow over the blog we all know and love. We are serious subscribers to the working-from-home-is-green ethic, but about every 18 months or so, we get together to
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Lower the Thermostat to Lower 60s, Lose Weight!
Super-sized meals and sedentary living don't seem to be the only contributing fat-factors present in American and UK lifestyles. New research published in the journal Obesity Reviews points to a link in increasing average
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Your Ski and Snowboard Wax Could Be Seriously Harmful to You, Wildlife
We're in the thick of ski and snowboard season, and if you've been hitting the slopes a lot, you've probably had to wax your
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December 2010 Coldest in UK Since Nationwide Records Began
Another one to nip in the bud and contextualize: The UK's Met Office has announced that December 2010 was the coldest in the nation since nationwide records began in 1910. The previous coldest December was in 1981.
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Dancing Baby Penguin Rings in the New Year (Video)
As 2010 comes to a close with intense blizzards bringing much of the world to a standstill, there are still a few creatures who just can't keep from celebrating the chilly approach of a new year -- with a carefree dance in the winter wonderland. One
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A Holiday Tale to Warm the Heart
Most everyone has heard the phrase "yule log," and many have enjoyed the various versions of a log-shaped cake that grace the celebration of the winter holidays, whether Christmas or the solstice. But in the age of central
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Blizzards & Blustery Wind Don't Mean Global Warming Is Fake - Say It With Me (Again) People
I have to say that I haven't yet heard some wrong-but-glib media personality exclaim that the blizzard that just whacked the East Coast proves that global warming isn't happening, but no doubt it'll be said or has been said and
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Hibernating Off The Grid At Wilbur Hot Springs
As colder temperatures crept into the Bay Area this weekend, and my toes began to get cold, I started to dream about hibernating until Spring. One place that can alleviate this feeling is Wilbur
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Should We Still Spring Forward and Fall Back?
It's that time of the year again: set the clocks back an hour and walk around in darkness and misery after 4 p.m. every day for a few months. It's time for the annual debate on the subject too.
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"Winters of My Life" - The Story of a Man Who's Spent the Last 35 Winters at Yosemite (Video)
Howard Weamer first visited Yosemite National Park in 1971 to do research for his doctoral thesis, on John Muir. In 1974, the Yosemite Association hired its first winter hut keeper to staff the Ostrander Ski
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A Warming World Will Still See Severe Snowstorms - Columbia University Scientists Remind Us
Still think last year's heavy snows in parts of the eastern United States were a sign that the world isn't warming? A new study in Geophysical Research Letters by scientists from Columbia University's Earth
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What's it Like Living on a Sea of Ice? Arctic Surveyors Speak (Slideshow)
"Today I was caught out on the thin ice with my feet between two ice islands. I started to lose my balance, but as quick as a flash Charlie grabbed my harness and pulled me back."
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Overweight Hedgehogs: Must Lose Weight or Face Predators
In case people aren't well-versed in a hedgehog's survival tactics, a crucial skill involves rolling into a ball in order to fend off predators with those thorny spines. So it was a big problem when a group of hedgehogs in
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Losing the Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead
What a fabulous name for a tree: the Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead. And what a pity that this 1,200 year old oak tree has split down the middle and died this month.
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A Canadian Journalist on Riding His Bike All Winter
The Globe and Mail's new City Hall columnist Marcus Gee may not know anything about architectural preservation, but he rides his bike all winter in Toronto and appears to know what he writes about on that subject. After two winters of
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Get Your Shovel, It's a Blizzard (Slideshow)
Whether you called it the "Snopacalypse," "Snomageddon," or simply the "Unusually Large Snowstorm," there was no ignoring the blizzard that brought Washington, DC, and other northeastern cities to a halt this week.
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Get Your Shovel, It's a Blizzard
Whether you called it the "Snopacalypse," "Snomageddon," or simply the "Unusually Large Snowstorm," there was no ignoring the blizzard that brought Washington, DC, and other northeastern cities to a halt this week. The storm, NOAA spokesman Justin Kenney
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When Snow Slides: Alarming Videos of Avalanches (Slideshow)
For those living and traveling in the mountains, there is no danger more powerful than an avalanche. Caused by sliding layers of snow, an avalanche has the power to pick up rocks, uproot trees, and bury people, cars, and
