February 7, 2015 Earth Science
ValuJet 592 lifted off the runway at Miami International Airport just after 2 o’clock the afternoon of May 11, 1996, a warm Spring day, the day before Mother’s Day. Six minutes in the air, there was a loud clap. Smoke…
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February 7, 2015 Earth Science
Hurricane Andrew, Hugo (it’s path here), Rita and Katrina; all excellent reasons for those who live in hurricane prone areas to compile a well thought out and stocked hurricane survival kit. The months of June-November are infamously referred to as…
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February 7, 2015 Earth Science
Aquatic ecosystems are classified broadly into marine and fresh water ecosystems. The marine ecosystem covers around 71% of the earth’s surface while freshwater ecosystems cover around 0.8% of the earth’s surface. The life in aquatic ecosystems can be variable from…
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February 7, 2015 Earth Science
Brown clouds or Atmospheric Brown Clouds (ABC) as they are called by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), are a formation of brown haze caused by air pollution containing aerosol particles. They extend over some parts of South Asia, namely…
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February 7, 2015 Earth Science
About 400 B.C. Aristotle wrote “Meteorologica.” That is the title of a book that basically was concerned with the study of things lifted up. Some of his writing pertained to things within the atmosphere. That, I guess, is the earliest attempt to…
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February 7, 2015 Earth Science
Considered a modern day mystery, the arrival of the emerald ash borer beetles on North American soil continues to elude all. Prior to June of 2002, the emerald ash borer beetle enjoyed a rather uneventful and balanced existence in its…
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February 7, 2015 Earth Science
Before 1922, blowouts (gushers) were common. In these early wells, the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud in the annulus (open cylindrical space) between the drill string and the casing was the only thing standing between a successful drill and a blowout….
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February 7, 2015 Earth Science
Over the years the statement “The Year Niagara Falls Froze” has been termed an urban legend. With no actual proof and a few pictures that have been disproved by scientists there is really nothing to prove that the freezing of…
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February 7, 2015 Earth Science
Once geologists discovered multiple large oil deposits around the world oil platforms began to be utilised to increase the production rate and profitability of oil for a growing global population. An oil rig is a platform positioned over deeply concealed…
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February 6, 2015 Earth Science
The greatest damage that was caused by the Mt St Helens eruption May of 1980was the suffocation of the land by huge amounts of volcanic ash that is somewhat sterile and can be toxic or caustic depending on the chemical components…
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