WHY THE OCEAN IN THE NORTH POLE DOESN’T DRIP In geological terms the Arctic Ocean, sitting atop the world, doesn’t drip due to that constantgravity. With earth’s center of mass at its inner core, gravity pulls inward in all directions…
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The temperature at which water is most dense is 3.98 degrees Celsius (39.164 degrees Fahrenheit, 277.13 Kelvin). At this temperature water’s density is about 999.9720 kilograms per cubic meter. At room temperature (20 degrees Celsius) water has a density of…
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Although there are over 1800 differing species of starfish (Sea Stars), this article will focus on 4 unique species, which are: THE SUNFLOWER STAR (Pycnopodia Helianthoides) The Sunflower Star is among the largest of any starfish species. They commonly grow…
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A large amount of starfish were recently discovered in the reefs in Halmahera, Indonesia, at the very center point of the Coral Triangle. Starfish, who latch onto coral and use their digestive enzymes to break down at it, could become…
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As the full moon of the year’s shines down on a Caribbean coral reef of the Belize, 10,000 brown and white fish congregate 100 ft (30 m) beneath the water surface, where the reef drops down into the sea depths….
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What are Coral Reefs one may ask? Coral Reefs are simply the “rain forest of the sea” but as beautiful as they appear, not much research has been done to evaluate their general condition. They play a very important function…
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The bottom line is that science is never truly satisfied until the last observation can be made, tested for accuracy and recorded. With an oil spill of the magnitude of the BP oil spill, there is simply no way to…
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Nature produces some amazing scenes, and the Yellow River is one of these sights, what else but nature could produce a river that that is most definitely yellow in colour? Flowing across China, the Yellow River is one of the…
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Tides are the rise and fall of the world’s ocean and estuary river levels, together with the waters in smaller water inlets along a coastline. They are caused by a number of factors, but the key driving mechanism behind tides…
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Rain plays a important part and is one of the stages that helps the Earth to keep its youthful face. This is called the Hydrologic cycle. The water, or water vapour as it is more scientifically called, gets into the…
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