Oceans are a vast, mysterious place for many people, a watery part of earth that represents recreation by boat or beach. Like land masses, however, oceans teem with life and have many different habitats to support the millions of creatures…
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Great rivers in the tropical climate zones are likely to die. Great rivers in the temperate climate zones are not likely to. This is due to the effect of global warming as a result of man’s activities that include deforestation…
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Unlike the standard mile that Americans are used to using, the nautical mile is based on standard dimensions of the Earth. The international mile, used in the United States as a measurement of length, is derived from an ancient Roman…
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Weather conditions such as wind, temperature and moisture play a key role when it comes to forest fires. Areas that are affected by drought may be extremely vulnerable, due to the hot and dry climate. The moisture level within the…
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Rhyolite is the name applied to a subset of the igneous rocks, those rocks formed by cooling from molten magma. Earth scientists separate igneous rocks based on the minerals that are present and the size of the mineral crystals. Rhyolite…
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A team of brilliant geologists tossed out old theories about volcanic eruptions and discovered the root cause of catastrophic, violent volcanic eruptions. University of Southampton researchers in the UK carefully investigated crystal cumulate nodules and their relationship to pressure and…
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The complete disappearance of any river is not an easy thing to predict, because there may be a lot of factors pertaining to the extinction of a river. Setting aside the ill affects on the rivers caused by the growing…
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Volcanoes are one of the most fascinating phenomena that grace Earth’s surface; they are the windows into the nether region, a brief glimpse into the underlying processes governing our world. A glimpse offered into the fiery subterranean processes that has…
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Ocean habitats describe the five major bodies of water – the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Arctic and the Southern oceans – that cover 71 percent of the Earth’s surface. The largest habitat on the planet contains 97 percent…
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Crater Lake was formed when Mount Mazama erupted thousands of years ago. As the massive magma pocket released its contents, throwing volcanic rock as far as Boise, Idaho and Canada, the action created an empty space above the magma pocket….
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