Earth Science

Along the edge of each continent is a sloping, subsurface earthen mass extending from the continent’s terrestrial base. This area, known as the continental shelf, provides an environment hospitable to fish and plant life. The area is also home to…
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English novelist J. B. Priestley wrote that “the first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event.” His words epitomize the beauty of the white billowing frozen drops of water falling from the sky. Children…
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Anyone who has lived in a northern climate can attest to the wondrous phenomenon of snowflakes falling from the sky, much like a snow globe being shaken and turned upside down. Examining their intricacies and complexities of design, the first…
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Snowflakes (snow crystals) are collections of frozen ice crystals. Ice crystals freeze around small particles of dust in the atmosphere. As the ice crystals fall to the ground, they join together, forming snowflakes. The shape that each snowflake takes is…
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Like many scientists over the years, Alfred Wegener died before his controversial assumption was accepted as fact throughout the world. Wegener, who was born in Berlin on November 1, 1880, was known as the most ardent supporter for the Continental…
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The transitional zone between a shallow continental shelf and a deep ocean basin has always been an interesting place for scientific research, not only because of the different oceanographic processes that take place within the region, but also because of…
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Photosynthesis is a process of food production of plants, algae and other photosynthetic organisms. In such process, photosynthetic organisms known as photoautotroph aids in the purification of the atmosphere by converting carbon dioxide into organic compounds that they used as…
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A home to various animals such as dolphins, sharks, whales, turtles and fish; there is the danger of some of these and others becoming extinct due to man’s activities especially pollution of the ocean. Among those in the list of…
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Ocean acidification is the name given to the process by which the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, from the burning of fossil fuels, has caused more carbon dioxide to dissolve into the oceans and reduced the pH of…
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 Coral reefs are one of the most diverse marine ecosystems of the world. The coral reef ecosystem is formed by the calcifying organisms inhabiting it, such as corals and algae. Even though, coral reefs occupy a small percentage (0.1%) of…
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