Wind Power in the US – Green Energy In our critical search for alternative energy sources, wind power has grown by leaps and bounds since the 1980’s. The largest wind farm, multiple wind machines in one location, is currently the…
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Forecasting wintry weather is always interesting. The atmosphere is in a constant state of chaos while the steep temperature gradient exists over the sun-deprived middle latitudes. Powerful extratropical cyclones dump massive amounts of snow, sleet, ice, and freezing rain across…
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In the Economist, a very interesting article was published today about the ecosystem within the human body, looking at a person not just as the usual biological, individual body, but as a collection of microbes, bugs and the human being…
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The Earth has experienced a number of mass extinctions throughout its history. During the Permian age, land mass exceeded oceanic area for the first time. Many new species inhabited the Earth during this time, from insects to reptiles on land,…
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In order to understand how El Nino affects the weather, it is first helpful to understand what it is. Considering the number of misconceptions about El Nino, it would seem that this is hard to do. In truth, it really…
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Granite is a course-grained intrusive igneous rock formed by the crystal arrangements of quartz, feldspar, mica, and traces of other minerals. Granite is a plutonic rock which usually forms deep inside the Earth’s crust from the crystallization of molten magma. …
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There are a myriad of environmental and conservation organizations that one can volunteer to work for or donate money. Every state in this country has an organization that is dedicated to land conservancy. To find your local environmental group, do…
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Ground water is one of the United State’s most important natural recourses. Approximately 40 percent of the water used by the public come from ground water, and 30 to 40 percent of agricultural water in the United States is supplied…
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Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together. Snowstorms While light snowfalls occur often, these are typically mostly a concern for travel (e.g. car, plane, or school bus)….
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Between 1953 and 1978 hurricanes, which are tropical cyclones occurring in the Atlantic Ocean were given short and distinctive female names by the U.S National Weather Service, however, since 1979 the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has used both female and…
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