While de-icing salts are said to be essential to keep safe mobility for travel routes (e.g. roads, parking lots, sidewalks) their extensive use can become very harmful to wood species and landscapes near or around road sides where most often…
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Urea based ice melts are generally the ones labeled as safe for use around pets. However, with a practical working temperature of around -3.9°C / 25°F, urea is not a very effective ice melting product. Whereas an icemelter such as…
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La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, compared to El Niño, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures. This is the second consecutive La Niña winter. Last year’s episode was atypically short, forming…
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