Earth Science

A geyser is a vent in rock that periodically puts forth a blast of super-heated water and steam. It is likely that most people already know this. However, the cause of the jet of hot water that makes up a…
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Centralia, Pennsylvania: Our Largest Deposit of Back-Up Fuel Up In Smoke, Thanks To Government Ineptitude and Corporate Greed Centralia was a coal mining town nestled in the southern region of Pennsylvania’s Columbia County: home to the largest anthracite coal deposit…
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So how many of you have ever heard of Alfred Wegener? No, he’s not baseball player, rock musician or Hollywood celebrity. He is known as the father of continental drift. He was a meteorologist, studying climate in Greenland in the…
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When thinking of endangered species, most people will automatically imagine the large mammals: giant panda bear, rhinoceros, tiger or elephant. However, there are hundreds of smaller species who find themselves on the endangered list. The task of preserving these species…
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How American Energy Independence Was Won. The Great American Story. Nevada as The New Frontier for Energy again to the rescue of America. The energy solution is not in the past by drilling a way out, or nuking a way…
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An earthquake is a violent shaking in the Earth’s crust. It is caused by a sudden release of tectonic stress within rocks along a geologic fault line, or from volcanic activity. A great deal is known about where earthquakes are…
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The continents move. They break apart slowly, through geologic time, and then crash together again, to re-form the legendary super-continents. Right now we are in the dispersed part of the cycle. The last supercontinent was Pangaea, a single mass that…
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                    Keeping Safe in an Earthquake If you live in earthquake country, you know it. An earthquake is a memorable experience that everyone talks about for days afterward and no matter…
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They are known as the sliding rocks or the moving rocks or the sailing stones of the Racetrack Playa. No one has ever seen them move but move they do, leaving clear tracks in the dried mud that can be…
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Alternative energy has been a popular topic in the news ever since oil prices have increased to astonishing levels. One alternative energy source is wind, but not just in the historical form that has been around for hundreds of years. …
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