Earth Science

When we sit down to a Sunday Roast do we ever really think about where it came from? What was really involved in ensuring that I can feed myself and my family with nutritious food to stay healthy. And at…
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The temperate regions of the world are those areas that fall between the Topics, Cancer and Capricorn, and the polar regions, Arctic and Antarctic. While the tropics are considered always warm or even hot and the polar regions are generally…
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The rhythm of Native Hawaiian chants will always flow within their veins. Bound to the Cosmos in their creation is as natural as harvesting the fruits of their birth on earth. Linked to their roots in the stars they go…
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The Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis, is a destructive beetle that feeds only on ash trees. The beetle is a splendid metallic green in color although it is as destructive as it is beautiful, so much so that scientists believe…
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The natural way to control a pest species is through the use of a biological control (biocontrol) agent; one of the 3 Ps: predator, parasite or pathogen. Biocontrol is the normal ecological method nature uses for controlling the populations of…
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93 million miles from Earth sits an oven set at 9900 degrees Fahrenheit emitting rays that are strong enough to cook food anywhere on the planet. Solar energy is readily abundant and for many people it could be the perfect…
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Water conservation is vital to the continuance of all lifeforms. There are a number of things that you can do without in life however air and water are not among them. It is a fact that you can live without…
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The importance of organically grown food is that it not only helps to sustain your body and mind but it helps to improve the environment. Organically grown food has been prov-en to have more nutritional value and makes the worlds…
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One form of bioremediation that has been helpful for decades is to introduce either natural or genetically engineered microbes, especially bacteral. For oil spill bioremediation, there are natural and bio engineered bacteria of the class, Pseudomonas. These bacteria are Oleophilic bacteria…
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Future catastrophic oil spills need to be eliminated due to the drastic effects oil spills can have on the environment and people working in the oil industry; and people who’s lifestyles depend on the sea for survival and on the…
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