Spontaneous tremors are always disturbing. Most of us would have been educated about natural disasters as a point during our existence. We know to get down low and go, go, go during a fire, we know to head towards basements and underground…
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Rock of Ages We cannot speak of years, for to do so would bind the Rock to terrestrial parameters; and the Rock is not of the Earth. “Ages” would be a better term, and “Aeons” better still, neither being restricted…
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Reptile reproduction varies between species. Most reptiles reproduce sexually, while a few are capable of asexual reproduction. There are six families of lizard and one family of snake that are known to reproduce asexually through parthenogenesis. Depending on the species,…
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Igneous rocks are some of the oldest known rocks and one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. These rocks are always formed from the cooling of lava or magma and the exact type of…
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If you have followed my extensive writings about the “green world,” you may have gotten the impression that “environment” and “environmentalist” have very little in common. You are familiar with the word “ghetto.” In today’s parlance, a “ghetto” is an…
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Geysers are some of the most awe-inspiring and rare natural phenomena in the world today. Officially, a geyser is a spring that is characterized by discharges of water and steam which are ejected forcefully. The word “geyser” actually comes from…
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In the search to find renewable sources of energy for the future, solar, wind energy and biofuels are often mentioned, but ocean wave energy is yet another option that is already being used successfully in many countries across the world….
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The very name speaks of the orient, of China, and other far away places lost in the mists of time. But in fact the name jade is from Spanish “piedra de yjado” literally “kidney stone.” Yet most jade today is…
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Agriculture is a major industry in Australia, employing over 400,000 people and accounting for three per cent of gross domestic product. About 70-80 per cent of Australia’s agricultural production is exported overseas. Gross farm production was $34.6 billion in 2006-07…
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The price of oil is going up because we are running out. We do not have the ability to shift enough resources into alternative fuels before our infrastructure starts to collapse. At that point, based on the precedent of how…
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