Discovering the Outdoors #104

Welcome to Discovering the Outdoors—exploring the wonders of nature from the depths of the seas to the far reaches of the universe. Whether you are a nature watcher on here earth or looking to the skies, we hope you will find some topics of interest in our discussions--Devoted to all things outdoors trying to unlock the wonders of nature for your enjoyment, health and mental well-being.
I’m Richard Bothel, The Outdoor Professor, your host for the show. Each week I work to be your personal guide to interacting with our natural world—sharing with you some of the most interesting and relevant news from our daily blog: DiscoveringTheOutdoors.com/blog.
I’m starting the new year sharing some posting from the Internet that I hope will be of interest to you. Each week I review the hundreds of postings relating to the outdoors and present a digest of them for you with summary postings. You may not agree with me as to the importance of some topics, but hopefully you will find several that interest you. A few of the most recent include:

• Earth closest to sun on January 2
• Fossil find sheds light on duck-billed dinosaurs
• Loud, very close lightning strike
• What’s a safe distance between us and an exploding star?
• How do snowflakes get their shape?
• Here’s Your Chance to Farm on the Remotest Island on Earth
• Mosquito-Borne Zika Virus: What Travelers Need to Know
• GMO Labeling Laws Face Off Against Big Food
• Is El Niño at its peak?
• Horseshoe crab populations in decline as Big Pharma snatches half a million each year
• Snow Lore 101 (How much snow will we have?)

I hope some of these topics sound interesting and you will read or listen to some of these articles if you have not already had a chance to have done so. Leave your comments on blog postings and feel free to email me your ideas for additional topics that you would like to see us cover. I’d be very interested in your ideas about guests you would like me to interview for the show.
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