Earth Science

Have you ever noticed how something beautiful to be found in nature can be often very dangerous even lethal? The term “killer cloud” is a generic name given to the often stunning Cumulonimbus clouds associated with the devastation and death…
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From it’s start as a tropical disturbance, hurricanes feature heavy rain, thunderstorms, and wind gusts. Storms aren’t only dangerous when the storm reaches category 5 status with winds above 155 mph. Every stage of a hurricane’s life cycle presents a…
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While tornadoes are a severe weather phenomenon which can be found everywhere in the world except Antarctica, nearly all tornadoes occur in the middle latitudes of the world. In particular, roughly ninety percent of the world’s tornadoes occur in the…
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Seeing the trail of devastation and destruction in Victoria, Australia this week (February 2009) it is hard to imagine that anything good can come of a forest fire. Wild fires like this are relatively common in many of the warmer,…
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United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) planners have indicated that organic production of foods will be the only means possible to provide enough food for growing world populations in future years. Factory farming, or non-organic food production, requires a…
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Groundwater is important to people for two very simple reasons. It is predominantly the water that we drink, and it is the water that nurtures and supports, either directly or indirectly, the food that we eat. Can we legitimately consider…
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Groundwater is an important alternative to surface water. Sadly, this was not fully recognised until late in the 20th century when population pressures, variable rainfalls and increasing polluted water sources forced a search for alternatives. Groundwater, the forgotten, hidden resource…
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Why we should care about sustainability In recent decades, our society has adopted a “bigger is better” principal which has led to a mad rush of over-production and over-consumption that is slowly but surely guiding us on a downward spiral…
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There really are some simple ways to conserve water.  Water conservation is a hot topic today, with the revolution in green technology all over the Internet and the airwaves.  So how can we all do our part to conserve this precious…
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In its native environment and native climate, an ash tree is a species in perfect balance within its ecosystem. As one of the first trees to spring back after a forest fire, ash trees are very tolerant of the high…
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