In 1831, explorer James Clark Ross discovered the Magnetic North Pole. At the time, it was just above the Arctic Circle, and located in Canada. Then, in 1904, Roald Amundson discovered that the Magnetic North Pole had moved approximately fifty…
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The terms shallow focus and deep focus (and a third term: intermediate focus) earthquakes relates to the depth below the earth’s surface at which the earthquake occurs. An earthquake originates at a point known as the focus or hypocentre, and…
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A Perspective on Trinidad and Tobago’s Natural Gas Reserves In 2007, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) commissioned a consulting firm to do a study of the nation’s natural gas reserves. The report, which became known locally as the…
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Everyone by now has an opinion on climate change. The record heat of 2012 and its accompanying tornadoes, fires, droughts, floods, severe storms woke many Americans up. The year culminated with Hurricane Super Storm Sandy slamming the east coast. At…
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The idea that the earth’s continents move has been around for centuries. As early as the sixteenth century, cartographers noticed the puzzle-like similarities between the coastlines of Africa and North America. The theory of continental drift, however, was not popularly…
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The daily need for water by every creature on earth has led to conflicts and crisis over the precious resource world wide. There have always been fights over water, since the first Australopithecus man in any arid region noted newcomers…
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Earthquakes are caused by the natural movements of the shifts that occur in the plates of the Earth fall beneath the surface of the land. Not all of them cause any damage. especially those that occur out to sea. In…
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Nickel is a metallic element found in period four and group ten of the periodic table. It is silvery white in color. The metal is hard, ductile and malleable it is also very resistant to corrosion. It is these properties…
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The first rock I remember seeing was when my dad plopped a blob of sparkling quartz onto the kitchen table. “Look at this,” he said. My heart skipped a beat and my mind danced with possibilities. Now I understood why…
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Early ocean explorers took on unchartered seas; overcame countless dangers and were the first to lay their eyes on the New World. Guided by celestial navigation techniques, they embarked on their perilous journeys in the hopes of conquest, trade and…
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