Earth Science

In 1921 the Japanese meteorologist Dr. Sakuhei Fujiwara published a scientific paper concerning the movement of vortexes in and over water, one of the effects he described was later named after him as the Fujiwara effect. Fujiwara described this effect…
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The rare earth metals are actually not always that rare! Some of the rare earth metals are among the most abundant in the earth’s crust. They are often incredibly difficult to extract, however. There are fifteen rare earth metals that…
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The Blue Nile: As one of the two major tributaries to the world’s longest and arguably most famous rivers, the Blue Nile is an impressive force in Sudan Country. Originating in Lake Tana, Ethiopia, the Blue Nile joins the White…
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“What a lovely gentle breeze there is outside today,” someone spoke to a friend in hearing distance of me. Turning to face them I replied, “Well, actually a gentle breeze is between 3 and 5 mph, whereas the way the…
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The longest rivers on Earth are not only enduring and silent witnesses to all of the 10,000 years of human civilization, but also survivors of the many millions of years of our planet’s active geologic and climatologic past. The Nile…
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You have, no doubt, seen the bottles lined up on the shelves of your local grocery store. So many bottled water companies try to promote their water as being from “artesian springs” and the consumer is supposed to believe one…
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Conservation International is an organisation which has the goal of protecting the natural world through funding and negotiations in order to maintain the world as a healthy living environment.  This includes protecting the world’s resources so that we can continue…
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Everybody knows about global warming and the effects which it is having on our planet.  As the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere increases due to industrial activities and our love of burning fossil fuels, we are told…
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The term Hydrology comes from the Greek “hydro” meaning water and “logos” which means study. Therefore the science of hydrology involves the study of water and all of its interactions with the environment. Hydrologists can use their knowledge of this…
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Tsunamis are often called tidal waves but they have nothing to do with tides and everything to do with Geology. The word Tsunami refers to harbor waves but they are certainly not restricted to harbors. The Tsunami that destroyed so…
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