February 10, 2015 Earth Science
When younger, the only lessons to we learned from the river were how to fish, swim, raft and play in on and around the rivers water and avoid drowning. Little is taught to us about protecting and preserving the life…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
The Navy’s World Famous “Hurricane Hunters” of Weather Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR (VW-4) conducted weather reconnaissance missions in the skies of the Atlantic and the Caribbean Oceans from 1953 to 1975. With six Lockheed WC-121 Super Constellation aircraft, this distinguished squadron…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
Types of Solar Ovens Solar ovens are simple devices with four basic parts. They have a stand, a cooking pot, a greenhouse device, and a reflector panel. Well, they should be simple, but some have made it much fancier than…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
What is an Artesian Spring or an Artesian Well? The key to understanding an artesian well or an artesian spring is confinement. The groundwater aquifer from which artesian water is obtained must be confined.When an aquifer is confined at sufficient…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
Scientifically manipulating the weather for any purpose is not only morally but ethically wrong. There is a strong purpose for science in our world of today, but it has developed into the ability to go too far without first investigating…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1st and continues until November 30th with the busiest part of the season typically during the months of August through October. As seen from these recent years, being prepared for a hurricane is more…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
Having lived in areas prone to both hurricanes and tornadoes, I have found that tornadoes are deadlier. I have survived both. I was terrified during the storms. I do not swim, so the hurricane made me shake all over at…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
An ecosystem is the place where the organisms of an environment have interactions between their biotic and abiotic components. These organisms respond to the environment and their functional attributes are: a) Energy flow b) Trophic levels c) Biogeochemical cycling of…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
Most of us understand, at the most basic level, that being struck by lightning is something to be avoided. In the first place, we know that the massive concentration of electrical energy (125,000,000 volts in a single stroke) can fry…
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February 10, 2015 Earth Science
The study of the Earth’s oceans and its boundaries is called oceanography. The oceans, which overs over 70 percent of the surface of the world, are interconnected. Humans rely on the oceans for food, as a source of weather and…
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