Earth Science

It is interesting to observe that our survival on the surface is dependent on the resources that are held within our planet. Oil is currently the basis of our source of energy, providing us with movement, heating and power to…
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Rumours have abounded for over one and a half centuries about the year or years that the Niagara Falls froze, but did it really happen? The Niagara falls, being the second largest in the world following the Victoria Falls in…
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The Climate and Geography of Louisiana The climate of Louisiana in the summertime is HOT! New Orleans is eight feet below sea level. We are water, we are a lot of water. The monthly average temperature here in Louisiana ranges…
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A catastrophic forest fire will often decimate an old growth forest so that it will take years for the forest to recover. The devastating bush fires in Australia a few years ago are examples of catastrophic fires. While catastrophic forest fires…
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For twenty years, the Louisiana Earth Scan Laboratory has utilized the equipment and services of several NASA Earth Observation satellites that are packed with the latest in imaging, synchronizing and data sending technology. For the public, the laboratory produces real time…
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The dark clouds roll in, lighting lights up the sky and thunder rumbles in the distance a thunderstorm is coming, or as some people call then a lighting storm or electrical storm. A thunderstorm can develop from one of four…
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Species decline and extinction has gone on since the beginning of life on Earth. In some cases, species are extincted or in decline as far as humans can observe them, but have simply migrated or retreated to more remote and…
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It seems a vision almost too good to be true: energy captured from a breath of wind, our ever increasing needs for electricity supplied  by harnessing something as old as the earth herself. Could electricity generated by wind power ever…
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest oil spill in history, surpassing the Lakeview Gusher of 1910-1911, and the Gulf War oil spill of 1991, and certainly far surpassing the famous Exxon Valdez spill….
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Imagine you’re standing in your upstairs bedroom, you’re thirsty, and the only water in the house is a glass in the basement laundry room. To make the game fun, you can’t leave the room but you have a super-long bendable…
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