Earth Science

In the past several years there have been studies showing plants flowering as much as a month early, butterflies migrating weeks later than usual, changes in the timing and location of bird migrations, tropical frog extinctions, bears in Spain no…
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White sands, tan bodies, coconut melodies, and crystal blue waters that glisten in the sun. Palms sway in the wind right along with the hammocks’ and all is well in Mexico. When the sun sets the party really gets started…
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Water, without it, we die and without a clean drinking water supply, we are likely to become sick. Therefore, the water processing plants around the world play an important part in people’s lives. A water processing plant abstracts water either…
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Global Warming is real. But the way we have chosen to fight it is ineffective. Even if we could stop all production of greenhouse gases (and that’s not going to happen), the concentration of these pernicious gases that we have…
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Brackish water is salty water that has less salinity than sea water. It is generally a mixture of freshwater and seawater that is usually found where rivers or large lakes flow into the ocean. The technical standard is between 3…
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A severe drought causes starvation in Africa. Flash floods kill thousands in the Caribbean. The hottest temperatures in years are witnessed in California. Thousands of marine species die off the coast of South America. These aren’t scenarios out of a…
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For most people visiting Mexico, they wish to go to a warm, sunny, coastal location. Most will enjoy a nice week of consistently warm temperatures and plenty of sunlight. However, some times of the year could present weather issues. If…
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On September 21, 2007, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer met for the nineteenth time at a United Nations sponsored summit. Two hundred countries met to revise a treaty first signed in 1987 to phase out…
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Understanding the Fundamentals of Hurricanes – Hurricanes don’t just occur out of the blue, but require specific conditions to exist. These conditions must all be met in order for a hurricane to form. The conditions are: 1. The water temperature…
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The Beaufort Wind Force Scale is a scale of nautical wind force with twelve steps, plus five added solely for use with hurricane-force winds. The original standardised measure was based upon the amount and type of sail a well-conditioned man…
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