Earth Science

For those of you who do not know, diamonds have been found that are colored other than in shades of grey or what are known as a pure white diamonds. Those other colors are various shades of yellow, purple, red,…
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Are you interested in a job involving marine life and the ocean? An oceanography position might be just the thing for you. Oceanographer jobs encompass many fields dealing directly with the marine world. Oceanographers work with water quality, currents and…
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What is the most incredible and valuable substance on Earth? Yes, it’s water. Most school-aged children know that the majority of the Earth’s surface is water. It isn’t until those children get a little older that they find out that…
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Earthquakes in the UK Many people think that earthquakes are an unknown phenomenon in the UK but they are wrong. Sure the UK does not usually experience severe earthquakes but that does not mean mild ones do not occur regularly….
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At this time there are more than 1,500 volcanoes on the surface of the Earth. This number does not include the volcanoes that exist under the ocean, of which there are potentially thousands. The largest of these 1,500 volcanoes pose…
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The “shrinking” of the world’s lakes can be directly linked to the world’s population growth.  Many places in the world are expeienceing massive population growth, and this is leading to many problems for the world’s lakes.  Rivers and streams are…
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The Arctic Circle is a vast region of frozen earth and sea. Concerns about global warming have opened the world’s eyes to the potential threat posed by Arctic thaw. The term Arctic thaw’ may bring to mind images of ice…
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Permafrost, which is any concentration of rock or soil that has been below the freezing point of water (0 C or 32 F) for over two years, is believed to be holding vast quantities of methane unable to come to…
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Spring tides are a type of tide that occurs twice a month. They are not to be thought of as only happening in the Spring as they are not named for this season but for the action of the tide….
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Thirty percent of the Earth’s surface is land. Twenty percent of the land is permafrost. There is over a trillion tons of carbon frozen and buried in the land permafrost. More than half the land covered by the topmost layer…
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