Earth Science

The Black Blizzards are a weather phenomenon that struck the southern Great Plains of the United States in the 1930’s. These so-called blizzards were in fact massive dust storms that wreaked havoc on the plains. The decade in which the…
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Air masses are very large quantities of air that have approximately the same temperature and humidity throughout. They are created over sea (maritime), large areas of land (continental) and over the poles (arctic and Antarctic). These air masses are further…
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Understanding Arizona’s Monsoon Season  The thing to understand about Arizona’s Monsoon season is in the name, as it is not simply called a “rainy season.” The deluge of a year’s rainfall crowded into fifty-six days over the summer can easily…
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The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season officially gets underway on June 1, and forecasters are predicting that it will be anything but severe. According to the extended range forecast of Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray of Colorado State University,…
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In a city partially below sea level, a lot of people were not surprised that most of the city flooded under the effects of the massive hurricane Katrina. However, few people expected that 75% of the city would be flooded…
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The first levees in New Orleans were constructed in the early 1720s. Portions of the city was sitting several feet below sea level and in 1728, a law was passed that required every land owner to build their own levee…
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I think that the government should allow to scientists to divert hurricanes from a major city to a rural one. We are fast approaching the technology necessary to better predict and even control weather. If we could direct hurricanes away…
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Hurricanes are one of nature’s fiercest and potentially most devastating forces. They can be fickle, and their paths and intensity can be uncertain and unpredictable at times. In spite of all of this uncertainty and unpredictability, it is necessary to…
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A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire that occur in mostly wild land areas. Wildfires can also destroy homes and agriculture. They are labeled wildfires due to the size, speed, and stability to change directions instantaneously from one directio to the…
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Tornadoes are one of the most destructive forces of nature. They occur frequently in the United States. Every year there are on average 800 tornadoes reported nationwide with at least 80 people dead and 1500 injured. Winds in most tornadoes…
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