Earth Science

How to Survive in Earthquake-Potential Area When an earthquake occurs, there are plenty of people are killed in vain. Earthquake, especially its vibration, however, is not lethal. The victims of earthquake mostly killed because of being befallen by the collapse…
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Aftershocks are the smaller, but sometimes just as damaging, earthquakes that occur after the initial shock. They can continue for days, or sometimes for years, but they normally get smaller and less intense with time. In some cases, the aftershock…
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The moment magnitude scale (MMS) was created in 1979 as a means of measuring medium to large earthquakes because of problems and inability to give reliable results (when applied to earthquakes of magnitudes of 7and above) using the Richter Scale,…
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Perhaps 100 tonnes of the rare earth metal Dysprosium are mined each year. Of that, 99% comes from China. Most is unearthed in Guangdong province, or in neighboring Jiangxi. Half of China’s supply is illegally exported, and the trade in…
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The use of sulfur in gardening  goes back a long time in history. Over 3000 years ago Homer mentions the use of sulfur and a pesticide. As it turns out is is also very effective as a fungicide treatment as…
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At 800 miles long and 10 miles deep or more, the San Andreas Fault is huge. It has a long history of creating devastating quakes. At least one section of the fault holds enormous energies stored up over centuries, locked…
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The San Andreas fault traverses the Western edge of California, beginning at the Mexican border, easing toward the West, and ending at Eureka, CA. This monster has been the source of absolute concern, as it transects two of the world’s megalopolises:…
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Sea water covers almost 70% of the Earth’s surface, which is, no wonder, called the Blue Planet.  The vast terrains holding the sea water within them are filled with animal and plant life of crucial importance for the survival of…
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Haiti got hit with a massive earthquake yesterday and it looks like this has the makings of another catastrophic event, with over 100,000 feared dead according to Haiti’s consul general to the U.N., Felix Augustin. Haiti is a small country…
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Along with being one of the five deadliest hurricanes of all time, Hurricane Katrina was the costliest hurricane in American history. Katrina formed on August of 2005 in the Atlantic Ocean off of the Gulf Coast and made landfall in…
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