Earth Science

It was 21 September 1938. The time was 10am, the place Long Island. Though the winds were strong, most people were not concerned because the previous day had been worse in that respect. Not much later, eighteen-year-old Arthur Raynor, a…
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Before there was satellite and Doppler radar the hurricane hunters flew missions over the oceans to find and track tropical storms. From 1945 to 1975 the U.S. Navy had squadron of crews and airplanes that they used. Since 1944 the…
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There appears to be a growing interest in the study of terrestrial impact craters on the part of geologists and other Earth scientists. Impact craters are residual evidence on the surface of the Earth that shows that the Earth has…
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The storm deemed “The 1938 Long Island Express” was one of the most notorious storms recorded in the history of the United States. Without warning, the storm was hit on the afternoon of September 21 and was responsible for more…
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The smell, color and appearance of food is not the only thing people are looking for when selecting products. It is also becoming very important how they are grown. The cultivation of organic foods such as fruits and vegetables, dairy,…
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My husband and I moved to rural Oklahoma a few years ago. We bought 32 acres, mostly wooded, but we made sure that we had an open area in which to garden. The first thing we did, before even putting…
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They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but once it still too many times for a person hit by a lightning strike. Many times people don’t realize they have been struck. In the United States a reported…
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Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii is one of the largest marine protected areas ever created. Established by the Bush administration as a joint federal-state project, Papahanaumokuakea is not technically a wildlife sanctuary, but is home to a considerable number…
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Agriculture always impacts the environment, some of it good and some of it bad. Corporate farming, agribusiness, mono-cropping, whatever you choose to call it, is more of an act of war than an act of culture. Since the “bottom line,”…
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The emerald ash borer, or Agrilus planipennis, kills ash trees through a slow process of strangulation of the trees’ circulatory systems. Vital water and nutrients that provide the limbs and leaves with hydration and energy are blocked by the colonization…
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