Earth Science

From June to November of every year, coastal residents dread the weather reports announcing the formation of an Atlantic hurricane. These destructive weather machines are some of the most feared weather events in the world. And they should be. Just…
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Growing food in a way that empowers people, rebuilds the environment and sequesters carbon are just some of the benefits of sustainable agriculture. This term, which used to describe the ethic of organic agriculture, combines cost effective approaches to agriculture…
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Can one person change the world? It’s not likely unless you’re watching a sci-fi movie. But one act multiplied by billions of people can make a big difference in the future of our planet Earth. I’m reminded of the story…
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Coral reefs are structures built by millions of tiny organisms that create an environment favorable to the thousands of varieties of fish and other sea creatures that make their home on the reef. The reef structure builds up over time…
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Sustainable agriculture is a multi-faceted concept, which encompasses those things that must be done to protect the earth’s unified eco-systems to ensure sufficient food, clean water and clean air for this generation and those to come. The importance of sustainable…
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A tsunami, Japanese for “great harbor wave,” is a seismic sea wave, formed as the result of sudden changes in the sea floor brought on by an earthquake. There are four basic stages to a tsunami. Although the cycle starts…
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The rapid expansion of humanity’s technological capabilities over the last 100 years has gifted the populations of the world’s developed nations with a staggering amount of quickly available information. Not least amongst this is the ability to learn of horrendous…
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Oceans become salty when the rivers and their tributaries and streams that flow off mountains and out of all higher to lower places pick up biological materials and small rocks and dump these into the ocean. Their salinity then develops from…
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Abstract Water is necessary for survival; however, with the population on our planet increasing, usable water is becoming short in supply, what can we do to keep our planet from running out of usable water? Even though water is a…
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You’ve turned on the evening news in the heat of summer and hear a news report of areas facing a drought. What causes this drought? Lack of rain? Overuse of water? If your part of the world experiences little rainfall,…
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