Dr. Kaye

This week we’re going to take a closer look at one of the oldest and most widespread renewable energy resources – hydroelectric power. Hydropower utilizes the enormous potential energy of … Read More

This week on Ask Dr. Kaye, we’re going to take a look at one of the most promising renewable energy sources – solar power. The sun’s energy is everywhere, and … Read More

For the next few weeks, “Ask Dr. Kaye” is going to focus on renewable energy. I’ll be investigating a select few of the leading sources of non-fossil fuel based power, … Read More

This week, I’m going to discuss a very important concept to those of us who spend a lot of time recreating in the great outdoors – the difference between weather … Read More

This week I’m going to discuss one of my favorite natural phenomenon – aurora. I’ve only seen faint traces of aurora myself, due to having spent most of my life … Read More

For the final installment in the series “skiing Exotic volcanoes” we’re going to have to reach a little deeper into our pockets for this journey of the mind. This week, … Read More

This week’s exotic volcano is Ecuador’s Cotopaxi. Rising to a total height of 19,393 feet, this enormous glacier-clad stratovolcano is one of the true jewels of the Andes, and is … Read More

I awoke in the early morning last Sunday to the unmistakable sound of the wind picking up and rattling the trees in my backyard in Truckee. The forecast from the … Read More

This week’s exotic volcano is truly forbidden fruit – Damavand volcano, lying 70km to the NE of Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Standing at 5,610 meters … Read More

This week, we’re “off” to Africa, to lay imaginary tracks down the majestic and enormous Kilimanjaro volcano in beautiful Tanzania. Now – a bit of clarification – we’re not getting … Read More

No snow in Tahoe? Time for a road trip! This week, we’re off to New Zealand, my former home-for-a-few-years during my doctoral research days. New Zealand is a wild, stark, … Read More

This week we’re off to what just might be the crown jewel in my quest to one day climb and ski the world’s most exotic volcanoes – Russia’s Klyuchevskoy volcano … Read More

This week’s exotic volcanic ski destination is the lofty and uber-remote and continuously active Erebus Volcano in the harsh and frigid Antarctic.  Located on Ross Island in the Ross Sea … Read More

The second volcano on my list of exotic volcanoes that I hope to ski is Alaska’s Cleveland Volcano. Named in 1894 after the sitting president of the US, Grover Cleveland, … Read More

I’m going to be switching things up for a while here at “ask Dr. Kaye.” I”ll be putting the science topics on hold for a few weeks, and in their … Read More

Tuesday night, asteroid YU55 buzzed between the earth and the Moon, as reported Monday  on this website by Miles Clark. What would have happened if its path changed slightly, and … Read More

The Lake Tahoe area experienced a Mw 4.7 earthquake last Wednesday night at 11:37:09 pm PST, shaking most of us out of sleep and rattling the contents of our homes. … Read More

Next weekend on Sunday November 6th, those of us in states that recognize Daylight Savings Time will turn our clocks back one hour at 2am. Why in the world do … Read More

In this modern age, everyone likes to spray about how rad they are. But how would any of us be able to prove that we really did a double backflip … Read More

What causes lightning? Lightning is a discharge of electrical current during storms in the earth’s atmosphere, or during volcanic eruptions that produce ash columns. Storm lightning can be classified into … Read More

  Clouds come in many shapes and forms, and this week I thought I would provide some insight into what they are, how they form, their different shapes and sizes, … Read More

Here in Tahoe, we have a lot of what we call “Type T” personalities. Contrary to what you might think, The “T” does not stand for “Tahoe”  - or the … Read More

This week, I’m thinking forward to winter, and my favorite time of year that stands between it and the end of summer – autumn. I spent my high school years … Read More

                              I had dinner with my friend’s son Lucas this weekend, and since he is my … Read More

This week, I’m going to talk about the difference between El Niño and La Niña, and have a look at the different kinds of weather the Lake Tahoe area experiences … Read More

In three weeks, 50,000 people will congregate out in the normally “empty” Black Rock Desert in north central Nevada for the annual Burning Man festival, an easy three hour drive … Read More