Solar energy is now providing much of the electricity to the rectory at Saint Pius X Catholic Church in Granger, IN.  The system, consisting of 37 connected solar panels atop a pole barn, was proposed by the parish's Creation Care Team, which was formed in response to...

Two solargraph cans were sentinels overlooking Michigan wetlands between the June and December solstices in 2019. 

One of the cans is mounted next to a sundial, with the gnomon barely discernible on the left side.  A small but prominent tree bisects the field of view....

How does Santa Claus find you?  By the stars, of course!  The stars help people navigate at night, and you can discover the constellations that assure Santa finds his way to your home and back to the North Pole.  Print out the two pages (...

Five solargraphs in the the Saint Pius X bell tower yielded new images of the solar arc, shown below paired approximately with cell phone Pano images.

Previous results of solargraphs placed in the belltower by Fr. Bill Schooler appear around 2:56 of the video Solar Imag...

It's solargraph season as the December solstice approaches.  Supporting public outreach, Mossberg & Company Inc. of South Bend, IN, has donated 16-ounce aluminum cans for making the pinhole cameras. Many of the donated cans are being used by 7-8th grade students who ar...

You've seen pictures of the International Space Station (ISS), but have you ever actually seen it?  If you can steady on the moon with a simple telescope, try this: an ISS transit.  

As the International Stace Station (ISS) orbits overhead, occasionally its pa...

Chuck Bueter's public comments at the South Bend Common Council public meeting (see agenda) on Monday, November 25, 2019 in support of Resolution that endorses and supports its Climate Action Plan:

My name is Chuck Bueter.  I live in Granger, IN, outside the South Bend...

I live outside the city limits, but within the city school corporation.  For issues such as climate change, however, boundaries don't matter, for we're in this together.  Let's look at the climate challenge from a global perspective to see what's at risk of being lost....

When the streets are icy, don't slip and fall on the evidence of climate change.  It's underfoot all around you. 

An amazing NOAA video shows how CO2 levels have changed up and down over the past 800,000 years, with a significant spike recorded since the Industrial...

How could all of science be under attack, you ask?  Major legislation relies oftentimes on large scientific studies.  Using data from, say, 100,000 samples would be better than only 100 samples.  Now the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a ru...