Shannon Stirone

Apr 6, 2024 | pasadenanow.com | Shannon Stirone

Astronomy outreach on campus. Credit: Caltech Editor’s note: Caltech will host a at the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics and the adjacent space on April 8, 2024. Here in Pasadena, we will see it as a partial solar eclipse, where the shadow of the moon will cover part of the Sun over the course of 2 hours. At its peak at 11:13 AM, the Moon will cover almost 50% of the disk of the Sun.

Jan 31, 2024 | agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net | James Arnott |Shannon Stirone

By James Arnott and Shannon StironeRecent research shows that the unfolding crises in climate change and social isolation may actually be connected. The climate crisis isn’t just altering our physical environments. It could even be transforming our minds and how we connect to each other. Many people are experiencing escalating anxiety levels about the potential for extreme weather events and the safety of their homes, property, and livelihoods.

Dec 19, 2023 | yaleclimateconnections.org | James Arnott |Shannon Stirone

The climate crisis isn’t just altering our physical environments. It could even be transforming our minds and how we connect to each other. Many people are experiencing escalating anxiety levels about the potential for extreme weather events and the safety of their homes, property, and livelihoods. Still more are numbed by general ennui about how the planet and our existence are being fundamentally altered.

May 30, 2023 | nytimes.com | Shannon Stirone

Update: This article was published in 2022 and now includes 2023’s dates and times. It’s time for New Yorkers to get very excited about the setting sun. That’s because Manhattanhenge is upon us. It can produce, when the weather cooperates, four of the most striking sunsets of the year in New York City. The name is a New Yorker-style nod to Stonehenge, the ancient rock structure in the English countryside that aligns with the sunsets and sunrises during the summer and winter solstices.