February 9, 2015 Earth Science
A natural disaster can strike Japan at any time and because that country is not very big, area wise, the population within the entire country is likely to suffer the effects of an earthquake, a hurricane, a tidal wave or some other…
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February 9, 2015 Earth Science
Tropical Storms are formed in a life cycle much similar to our own. However, it could be considered that the tropical storm is merely the childhood or adolescent stage of a hurricane. Where as a tropical depression is the baby…
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February 9, 2015 Earth Science
What in the world about a cold metal pole tempts us to stick our tongues to it? And why does our tongue stick to metal in the winter? Well, besides the simple answer of ‘it freezes,’ it all boils down…
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February 9, 2015 Earth Science
The Long Tom The long tom and its cousins the riffle board, and the rocker are used to mine alluvial gold. They are mining instruments that came out of the gold rush. The early mines in California were all alluvial,…
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February 9, 2015 Earth Science
Threats to Coral Reefs While coral reefs have survived and thrived for millennia, they are also very fragile ecosystems that can be devastated by natural events and human interaction. Tropical reefs grow in shallow waters near the coast. Their location…
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February 9, 2015 Earth Science
The “prepper” community is often considered strange by the rest of society. Why stock up on months and years of food, keep a large stock of weapons and ammunition, and be ready to live in very primitive ways when modern…
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February 8, 2015 Earth Science
Three Seasons Out Of Four Winter When Shakespeare began Richard III with “Now is the winter of our discontent,” he began with the wrong season. Summer is the real season of discontent. Summer has all the disadvantages and none of…
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February 8, 2015 Earth Science
It’s fifty years old and it’s a piece of junk. In another couple hundred years, it’s destined to be destroyed in a violent and fiery blaze of glory. But it’s a lovable piece of junk. And maybe – just maybe…
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February 8, 2015 Earth Science
The Sun is a burning ball of mostly gaseous hydrogen with a surface temperature of 6000 degrees centigrade, large enough to hold a million Earths. The importance of the sun rests on the fact that it warms the surface of…
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February 8, 2015 Earth Science
You see it in the movies, the haggard homeless man with a cardboard box strapped around his neck; the words boldly imprinted “THE END IS NEAR”. You hear friends and family members talk about it right after an Act of…
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