It is very safe to say that man is wasteful, he fouls and pollutes without regard to the land, plants, people, and animals, and he is arrogant in his “right” to do all of this. But is man responsible for…
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What is the concept behind the word “biodiversity”? Although relatively recently coined in the early 1990s from combining the words biological and diversity it is already in extensive use, not only in the halls of natural sciences academia but also…
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What we think we know about hurricanes predictability. The evidence and findings stated here forth is based on true fact-not fiction. Human kind present dependency on fossil fuels and dredging of our oceans for oil has changed the landscape of…
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The best way to describe how hurricanes form and where hurricanes occur begins with a look at the relationship between air temperature, atmospheric pressure, water vapor and wind. Hurricane researchers believe that two important factors are atmospheric pressure and high…
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It is not even a good idea to attempt to manipulate the weather, many of us believe. “What is the way to the place where the lightening is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the…
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Wind is the movement of air across the earth’s surface. The differences in air density causes wind, which results in horizontal differences in air pressure. These pressure systems are both the result and the cause of atmospheric circulation. There are…
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Can animals be weather prophets? Let’s have a look at some of the superstitions that have grown up through the years. I don’t know of any scientific knowledge surrounding these facts, but many people believe them. It has long been…
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South Africa is currently facing a two-pronged energy crisis a shortage of electricity and oil at over $100 a barrel. The sun produces enough energy to provide for almost all of the power requirements of the world if this free…
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As science digs for answers to the history of this planet, the earth in its own time is giving up some clues as to the why and how these events that wiped out species which inhabited the earth took place….
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A look at the abiotic and biotic dynamics of a beech forest ecosystem in Arthur’s Pass National Park, located in the South Island of New Zealand. The Arthur’s Pass National Park extends across the Southern Alps of the South Island…
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