Earth Science

Many people have heard of undersea volcanoes but are clueless as to the different types and what each one may do or cause, the seamount is a mountain that rises from the ocean floor but often does not break the…
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Nature always finds a way. This is a saying I have always found fascinating as it Makes me realize just how small human life and our evolution can seem in the grand scale of what this earths been through over…
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Pumice is whipped glass. Whipped in the sense that it incorporates bubbles that make it light enough to float on water, and glass in the sense that its chemical composition is the same as that of obsidian, volcanic glass. Pumice…
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Whether we will have enough water in the future is a topic that environmentalists love to raise and they are correct that many places in this world around the major deserts do not have enough water for the burgeoning populations….
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The speed at which Antarctic Ice is melting has recently been determined to be increasing. The increase in the speed of the melting is being attributed to ocean currents. Loss of glacier ice has been poorly understood in the past In a 2007 report…
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What causes the tides? Tides are periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water. Tides are caused by the gravitational interaction between the Earth and the Moon. The gravitational attraction of the moon causes the oceans to bulge out…
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“No more than one-half of the world`s major rivers are being seriously depleted and polluted,degrading and poisoning the surrounding ecosystems, thus threatening the health and livelihood of people who depend upon them for irrigation, drinking and industrial water” World Commission…
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Sadly yes. Why? because of the reckless endangerment of the environment caused by the intolerence of Man. Air Pollution. Poisonous Chemicals filling the land daily, Toxins in our water. Only a matter of time before our food supply is affected…
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Hurricanes are a fact of life and a recurring natural disaster for those living in “Hurricane Country”. But where and how did the word “hurricane” become part of our language? There are two possible origins of the word “hurricane.” According…
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Tides refer to the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the gravitational pull of the sun and moon coupled with the Earth’s rotation. Because the moon is closer to the Earth than the sun, it has a stronger…
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