Earth Science







Alternative Fuels

What are the pros and cons of bio-fuels? Are they worth developing and producing to an increased extent? Bio-fuels appear to provide a viable alternative to fossil fuels. In simple terms, sugar based crops can be used to make ethyl…
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Alternative Fuels

It is easy to over simplify the debate on Bio-fuels. The issue, however, is one of the most important questions facing our nation and the world today. We owe it to ourselves to look at both sides of a story…
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How Sapphire is Formed

Sapphire is the birthstone for September and the blue precious stone to emerald’s green, ruby’s red and diamond’s scintillating transparency. This gem variety of the mineral corundum also comes in the rainbow of other colors found in fancy sapphires. However,…
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Explaining Biodiversity Loss

Biodiversity loss can be explained simply through one precept, however it is much more complicated than that, as Habitat loss, Pollution and Global Ocean Temperature rises are all causes and effects of the immediate environment. Overfishing seems to be at…
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