Earth Science

Names are given to tropical storms when they reach a wind speed of thirty-nine miles per hour because there can be more than one at a time it helps weather forecasters to differentiate between them. The National Hurricane Center has…
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The importance of clean and readily available water is as necessary for the present as it is for the future.  All countries, regardless of their location should promote clean water acts within their own boundaries and expect their neighbors to…
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If you live in the Midwestern United States, you’ve probably seen them: towering cumulonimbus anvil clouds rising into a sky colored with the palette of bruised skin- sickly green, purple, or orange-brown. One glance at these phenomena is enough to…
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When a storm spews forward hard packed ice pellets and hail, insurance companies cower in wait for the onslaught of claims to roll in; storm chasers race forward hoping to catch a glimpse of a tornado being formed, and farmers…
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The Beaufort Wind Force Scale, or Beaufort Scale for short, is a standardized method of estimating and reporting wind speed. By observing the visible effects of the wind upon the open sea surface or land objects, a person can determine…
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Dark, looming clouds sweeping across the sky, threatening to burst. With this, they will unleash a torrent of heavy rain and booming thunder laced with electrical streaks of lightening. Thunder storms are a normal occurrence, especially in the early fall,…
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A “killer cloud,” swept over the British Isles in the spring of 1783. This huge natural disaster caused a mass of devastation yet appears to have been forgotten about in British history. Not so for Iceland who lost up to…
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Greenland’s ice is melting, however the speed at which this is occurring is debated. According to National Public Radio, a scientist named Ian Joughin of the University of Washington arrived at a net rate of 30 percent after analyzing ice…
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Developed by Sir Francis Beaufort in 1805 the Beaufort Wind Scale is now the standard by which all wind and storms are measured. The scale which is used to determine the wind speed starts at zero for calm and goes…
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Millions of ash trees in North America are dying due to the infestation of the invasive emerald ash borer beetle. As its name suggests, the beetle bores through the bark of the ash tree, leaving a tell-tale D shaped hole,…
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