WHEN WILL PEOPLE WORLDWIDE HAVE ENOUGH CLEAN, SAFE WATER TO DRINK? This is a question of all time. Indeed, when we look at the way population has grown in the last one-hundred years, and the way the environment in general…
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Oceans and the terrain that adjoins them are every bit as unique and diverse as dry land. Just as with any land on the surface of the earth, various realms of the deep are the homes of a wide variety…
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This is surely one subject that mankind can not just turn our collective heads away from and say “God will fix it”. We are ruining our most important resource, fresh water, at a rate unequaled in human history. From pollution,…
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Since the world’s oceans support a great range of biodiversity and ecosystems as well as covering around 71 per cent of the earth’s surface, there must be various environments within this huge body of water to suit the needs of…
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“Water,water everywhere but not a drop to drink”,has become true in the context of the present day world specially in the developing countries where there is huge sources of water but people have to drink dirty and polluted water of…
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The Euphrates River empties into the Persian Gulf. This river recieves it’s water from rainfall and melting snow. The Euphrates River contains 52 species of fish. It has a long history that dates back to the early Dynastic periods. It…
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Hurricanes are deadlier than tornadoes, because most major cities are on a ocean coast, whereas most tornadoes occur around the heart land where there are fewer populated areas. In this debate of hurricanes I am also refering to typhoons and…
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Underneath the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, in the West Antarctica, stronger ocean currents have been melting the glacier. In a public release from the Earth Institute at Columbia University; “The glacier is currently sliding into the sea at a…
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“If you don’t like the weather…” well, you probably know the rest of this oft quoted quip. If you don’t, then “…wait a minute.” It is used in practically every region of the country to explain what the weather is…
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There seems to be a fair amount of confusion surrounding the term “freezing rain”. Part of this comes from local weathermen, most of whom are not meteorologists, using the term interchangeably with the word “sleet”. However, the two are not…
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