At some inopportune time in everyone’s life there is an intrusion upon the ability to peacefully go about daily life, more succinctly termed as noise pollution. Noise pollution is the basic forceful impression of extreme sound, and can be attributed…
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I’ve lost count of the number of hurricanes I have experienced in my life- upwards of twenty. As a kid, I saw them as both a blessing and a curse. Hurricane days meant no school, but of course there were…
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Wildfires are uncontrolled fires in the wilderness and forests, that can create widespread destruction and havoc because of their ability to jump gaps, rivers and firebreaks. In recent years, wildfires have become issues of national concern due to the extensive…
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Having studied one small rainforest community for over twenty years,I would have to say that rainforest ecology cannot yet be explained beyond the most basic essentials. We still have so much to learn about rainforest ecosystems and they are being…
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Artesian springs or wells are formed by underground water that is water under pressure and when tapped will emerge to the earth’s surface with more force than would an underground water source without pressure. Although sometimes spoken of as artesian…
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In our neck of the woods, these brutes of nature are called tropical cyclones. Having said that, tropical cyclones, typhoons, hurricanes – they are all interchangeable titles for what is the most destructive example of Mother Nature’s fury. Whichever applies,…
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Drought Mitigation Strategies: Lessening Droughts’ Impacts Drought can occur almost anywhere. Drought is less rainfall than is normal in an area over a period of several months or years. Places which have low normal rainfall have more experience in dealing with conditions…
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was formed in 1970 as an agency in the US Department of Commerce. At that time several older scientific agencies were brought under the umbrella of NOAA, including the weather bureau, bureau of…
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The Ogallala aquifer was named for Ogallala, Nebraska in 1898, but it actually lies under 225,000 square miles of the Great Plains of the U.S., 800 miles long from North to South and 400 miles wide, including eight states: southern…
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Do you know where your last glass of water came from? If you drink tap water in the U.S. there is a 37% chance that it came from an aquifer, and if you drink bottled mineral water you can almost…
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