Earth Science

“I shave in cold water,” a friend of mine told me recently. “Really, why?” I asked. With a straight face, he told me because he was trying to cut down on how much carbon he contributed to the atmosphere. Hot…
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It started in the mid 1800s as nothing more than an oddity that would, in the 20th Century, become a scourge requiring world cooperation to overcome. The industrial revolution provided the world’s population with a previously unattainble quality of life….
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With the ever-increasing cost of electricity, natural gas and other fuels, more and more people are taking a look at the feasibility of solar power. The cost of photovoltaic cells has come down in the last few years and their…
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The years in which, us, humans have badly managed our resources have affected millions of people worldwide. This bad management has affected us economically, environmentally, and physically to the point where all kinds of species disappear and humans die every…
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Solar water heaters save money because the fuel source, the sun, cost nothing. It is the means of storing the energy from the sun that is expensive. Although there still will be need for some other back up heat source…
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One of the most deadly aspects of a volcano is the pyroclastic flow. This current of fast moving rock and molten lava can easily reach temperatures of over 1,800 degrees and travel at speeds over 100 km per hour. Contained…
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Located in Tucson, Arizona, Biosphere 2 is a research facility that serves life-long learning about Earth. Open to the public for tours and conferences, Biosphere 2 is a remarkable structure that houses all Earth’s biomes in one place. Biosphere 2…
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For generations, fishing in the oceans has provided us an endless supply of food. But with major technological advances in the fishing industry, the problem of overfishing has become a continuing concern. Besides the apparent acidification of the oceans (brought…
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Volcanic gases are invisible and hazardous to collect therefore our knowledge of them is imprecise and limited. Normally when there is a volcanic eruption of any extent one gets as far away as possible. Reliable data comes from non-explosive volcanoes…
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When purchasing a new set of tires for your vehicle, have you ever noticed that the price isn’t simply the sum of four tires plus sales tax? Instead, it comes to a bit more. If one expects to enjoy a…
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