Earth Science

The reality is that there is very little new under the sun when it comes to fail safe devices for oil rigs should an emergency or catastrophic failure of surface or sub-sea equipment occur.  What does exist has not been all…
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Is Mother Nature trying to wash, scour and sweep humanity off the earth?  No, but nature is more insistently asking people to pay attention.  The damage, loss, and tragic personal stories of the super hurricane “Frankenstorm” Sandy will not soon be…
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There’s more than one reason some people chase deadly storms, and perhaps some of the reasons for it have yet to actually be reported on news outlets or discovered. For one thing, people that have taken up storm chasing as…
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Lands saturated by heavy rain that pour large amounts of water into drainage ravines and hollows, is the force behind the creeks and rivers that flood low lying areas near creek banks.  Snows that melt too quickly, due to excessively…
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Geologic records show that Ice Ages are the norm, punctuated by brief periods of warming. Now one of the most highly respected paleoclimatologists has weighed in and is warning everyone to prepare for a new Ice Age. A new Ice…
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South Australia, the driest state in the driest country in the world, has been in the grip of a drought for several years; a drought that has been dubbed a once in a ‘thousand years’ drought. The effects of this…
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The sky begins to darken and the summer breeze you have been yearning for all afternoon begins to stir and gather momentum. You glance upwards and notice the leaves on your maple or poplar trees have turned into a mosaic…
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The hottest and coldest National Parks in the U.S. extend from the ice-covered tundra of the Arctic to the sweltering heat and dry terrain of the Arizona deserts. The abundance of wildlife and awe-inspiring terrain of these parks is something…
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Mangrove swamps and sea grasses are both vitally important and critical to the formation and survival of coral reef system. Without the Mangroves and sea grasses, the reefs could not form and many of the creatures found around them would…
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Hydraulic fracturing is the process of creating, and then reproducing a series of fractures within a well.  Millions of gallons of fracturing fluids are then mixed with a proppant material, and pumped into the well.  Hydraulic fracturing produces a highly…
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