On land, people in hurricane-prone areas pay close attention to the track of incoming hurricanes. The same is true when avoiding hurricanes at sea. Information is by far your best tool to avoid a hurricane at sea: and your radio…
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A polar vortex is not like a hurricane or nor’easter that develops and goes away. A polar vortex is a normal feature that’s part of the North Pole. Maue explained in The Times that cold air normally forms at night…
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Ahh, the little decomposers are the tiny or microscopic beings that we generally love to hate or love to eat! From beetles, termites and wasps to fungi and molds, decomposers are the world’s recycling and cleanup crew. They break down everything…
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The ring of fire is basically the geologically active circle around the great Pacific Ocean. Every land mass on the outside of that circle, North and South America, Asia, Russia and Australia encircle, or are located within, an extremely active…
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Stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes) are steep-sided, conical volcanoes. They are formed by many layers of hardened lava flows, pyroclastic flows and lahar flows. Stratovocanoes are most often formed on continental land, and have gentle slopes at the base that gradually rise…
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Coal is used for heating and electricity generation. Understanding how it was originally created is a walk back into history that can be fun, interesting and enlightening. The logical place to start would be to know a bit about the…
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An anemometeris an instrument to record wind speed and pressure, although, it can also give the wind’s direction. An anemometer is most commonly used in meteorology and aerodynamics. Knowing the prevailing winds in certain regions allows engineers to decide where…
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For centuries prized diamonds have either been pure white or deeply colored blue, red, pink, or green or yellow. Pale yellow diamonds have been seen mainly as inferior white diamonds. While yellow diamonds can be manufactured and thus are much…
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Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in the Northwest region of the United States. This volcano is a stratovolcano and is situated in a segment of a volcanically active region known as the Pacific Ring of Fire. Mount St….
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Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest and most striking mountain. It is also still considered to be an active volcano by geologists, although it is not expected to erupt in the near future. In addition to being a memorable and striking…
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