NOAA updates its long-term weather forecasts near the end of each month, and the April updates were released late last week. There have been some concerns about the cool and wet spring season that has caused/threatened to cause planting delays and perhaps even some prevented planting across parts of the western Corn Belt and northern Plains. It is still early in the season, though, especially for corn and soybean planting. Soil conditions can change rapidly, and all are aware that today’s farmers can plant at an incredibly fast pace. For example, Iowa’s corn crop can be planted in one week if conditions are right (or so the saying goes). The two maps below are the precipitation and temperature forecasts for May. Note that preci...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
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From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.