Earth Science

Coral reefs are being damaged and depleted in oceans around the world due to pollution and global warming. The effects on the marine environment are devastating to say the least. But what the impacts of the rest of the world,…
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Many factors contribute to the loss of wetlands each year and one of these factors is related to human beings. Some major human impacts include drainage systems, stream channelization and dredging, diking and damming, tilling to produce crops, levees, logging, mining,…
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We’re all familiar with the image of Benjamin Franklin flying a kite with a key tied to string as he tried to catch a lightning strike. Franklin was trying to confirm that lightning was electricity. He did prove that and…
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Because Iceland is located on the mid-Atlantic Ridge, there is a high concentration of active volcanoes. On the island is 30 active volcanic systems, but only 13 of them have erupted since the settlement of Iceland. The most active of…
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Climate sensitivity is a measurement within a climate system that indicates the change in the amount of energy reaching the surface of the Earth. Climate sensitivity is used to indicate global average surface warming due to radiative forcing. A positive…
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Though cyclones and tornadoes have the same shape, they both have little in common.  A cyclone is defined as an atmospheric system by rapid inward circulation of air in a low-pressure center.  A tornado is a rotating column of air…
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Hurricane damage is caused by 3 factors: wind, storm surge, and rain. A Category 5 hurricane will have exceptionally devastating winds, and may also have an unusually high storm surge. The kind of damage these can do to a major…
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While most that support the idea that man is largely responsible for this increase in temperature contend that it is because of the increase in CO2 levels due to the burning of fossil fuels. Although CO2 levels have increased during…
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People agree that there is no second opinion on the fact that global warming is a serious problem and must be rectified immediately. Every literate person agrees that global warming is a crucial issue and has many harmful effects on…
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Blueschist is not abundant near the California coast. It is scattered among the much commoner greywacke, shale, and chert in a seemingly irregular fashion. Pockets of limestone are more common in the Coast Range than blueschist. The formations here, in…
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