Silviculture blends the ecology of the forest with economy; finding ways to sustain both. It includes the thinning of the forest to provide areas for other vegetation that wildlife uses. Silviculturists want to see the forests continue for millennia, and…
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Caves, those deep dark tunnels going down into the depths of the earth. They at one time sheltered man from the elements as well as stirred his imagination, harboring dragons and riches alike. Even to this day are still both…
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In spite of what we perceive on a daily basis, our small and seemingly docile planet is actually a gnashing, grinding sphere of constant, mind-boggling forces. Earthquakes shake our planet to the core, causing untold damage to cities and towns…
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Hurricanes pose major threat to the safety of those who live in areas where they are a possibility. When dealing with hurricanes, precautionary measures must be taken in order to ensure safety. Below is a list of 10 tips for…
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The city of L’Aquilia (population approximately 68,500) and several nearby medieval towns and villages in the Abruzzo region of central Italy were hit by an earthquake on the morning of Monday 6 April 2009. The earthquake injured over one thousand…
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The Moment Magnitude and the Richter Scales are modern seismic scales, used to measure and compare the severity of earthquakes. Both these scales are classified as Magnitude scales, that measure the magnitude or original force of an earthquake. The ‘magnitude’…
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Second only to the Antarctic ice sheet, the Greenland ice sheet is almost 2,400 kilometers in length and around 1,100 kilometers in width at its northern margin. Roughly, the ice sheet covers around 1.7 million square kilometers, which is equivalent…
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The Earth is constantly changing. Nature and humans have played a part in how the Earth appears today. However, natural forces can change the Earth’s appearance dramatically. Erosion occurs everyday, and plays an important role in changing the Earth’s surface….
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French and English scientists Dr. Benoit Ildefonse of the Montpellier University in France and Dr. Damon Teagle of the National Oceanography Center in Southampton, England have announced a bold and dangerous plan to drill through the Earth’s crust deep into…
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Geophysicist Richard Aster from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is concerned—very concerned. Evidence he’s amassed leads him to the inescapable belief that the Earth has plunged into a terribly dangerous period of huge, devastating earthquakes. The prominent…
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