The cold temperatures have frozen over most rivers, except for where the current is fast enough to keep it open, as it has in several spots near the Bowersock dam in Lawrence. Eagles, geese and other birds looking for food/protection are concentrated by the open water.
City of Lawrence staff will recommend commissioners repeal a 2020 renewable energy ordinance and instate a resolution aimed at attaining climate neutrality by 2050.
Two City of Lawrence advisory boards will consider asking the commission to replace a 2020 ordinance aiming to transition to full renewable energy use by 2035 with a new resolution aiming for climate neutrality by 2050.
This eagle is walking, looking to do a little fishing if it can get around the ice. This week, for most of Kansas, temperatures will be above freezing, which is good for tapping tree sap but not for skating.
Sycamore trees are white barked and easy to spot. Their smooth round seed balls stay on the trees all winter long and persist into the spring when they can be pulled off and thrown at a wall, exploding into seeds.
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For a team of researchers at KU, fungal doomsday looks less like parasitic mushrooms transforming people into zombies, and more like the loss of a fungi collection that serves as a major global resource for sustainability and restoration.
K-State University and Habitat for Humanity are working on an affordable house in Ogden, Kansas, that will use hemp insulation to keep its residents warm in winter and cool in summer.
This cardinal brings a little color and entertainment to the new year. It’s not too late to set up a bird feeder; it might take some time for the birds to find it, but word travels fast.
Look closely: all those little black dots in the beautiful blue sky are robins. They are a fairly common in Kansas winters, with hundreds or even thousands in a flock.
Great blue herons can be spotted in winter. Their diet is mainly aquatic but they are happy to snatch a mouse, shrew or other rodent in the winter if the ice limits options.
