Earth Science

A rip current, also known as a rip tide, is explained as an intense conduit of water that flows seaward from the surf line. They transpire when the wind and waves push water towards the shore, which is forced sideways…
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Despite all the scientific research that goes on in today’s technical world, nature still manages to surprise scientists sometimes. That is precisely what happened when a floating island of rock, approximately the size of the country of Belgium, or 26,000…
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The cretaceous period is known as the time in the Earth’s history when the dinosaurs roamed the land. It was a time in which many new species came into existence, and when differences from region to region made the planet…
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Carbon-14 is a radioactive isotope of carbon, and is as a result often used in to date archaeological finds. The presence of Carbon-14 in all organic material (including wood, textiles and bones) comes about because of the bombardment of the…
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Can’t wait for summer! How many times during the harsh winter months do you hear sonmeone say that? The weather conditions can very well control your mental health. This may sound strange but it is true. It’s summer! The sun…
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Jet streams are fast narrow wind currents occurring at the tropopause, which is the region in the atmosphere between the troposphere and stratosphere, at about 10-14 km (6.2-8.6 miles) of altitude. Jet stream winds flow in a west to east…
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In the United States, the jet stream is a wobbly line across the states which is blamed for just about every weather problem that arises.  But more than a wind stream, it is called “jet” because of how fast its…
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Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, Italy, brings to mind the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum buried in ash, their inhabitants frozen in time and place as they tried to escape one of nature’s most powerful and destructive forces. Volcanoes…
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INTRODUCTION BackgroundGenerally, mangroves refer to highly adapted plants found in tropical intertidal forest communities. The term “mangrove” could have been derived from the Malay word “manggi-manggi”, for a mangrove tree Avicennia and the Arabic “el gurm”, for the same, as…
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“Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink,” might be thought of as just a line from Samuel Coleridge’s epic poem, but it is truer than you might think.  While water is the most abundant element on the earth,…
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