Earth Science

It is sometimes difficult to sort science fact from superstition, especially when the underlying facts haven’t been around long enough to gather superstitions. However, even sorting fact from supposition is hard at times. Such is the case of global re-polarization….
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There was a time when the steel mills of America belched forth fire and forged more steel than elsewhere on the planet. In those days the mills devoured high grade and continued to do so until there was little left….
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Seemingly complex scientific devices are often quite simple to create right out of the home, and a hygrometer is no exception. Created to measure the relative humidity of a room, hygrometers are fairly useful for anyone with a love of…
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Petroleum oil and natural gas are two of the scarcest yet most important natural resources of all. During this day and age where we start to realize how important oil is and how it can affect millions of lives, oil…
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It seems that most debates these days revolve around the controversial topic of “saving the planet.” There are those who are apathetic, content with whatever happens to the earth as long as their circle of concern is not being infringed upon. There…
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A climate calendar has many uses.For example, it can help assess weather patterns in the area you live and enable you to make best use of your heating and cooling systems. Industry, and in particular the farming community, can make…
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Everyone has heard of plagues of locusts in the bible, and most people associate plagues of locusts with the punishment of God, but most people don’t know that plagues of locusts are common occurrences. In fact plagues of locusts are…
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The Hawaiian Islands fit the textbook definition of “the middle of nowhere” perfectly. A glance at any globe shows that the islands are remarkably isolated, lying 3000 km (1850 miles) from the nearest landmass. What might be even more interesting…
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Since the era of using aerial photography to identify areas where crops, fences, land boundaries, rocks and other geographical features interfaced with potential mineral finds, the science and technology of aerial and space photography to identify geological features has vastly…
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The Hawaiian Islands form an archipelago of nineteen islands and atolls, abundant smaller islets, and undersea areas making a way from the northwest by southeast in the North Pacific Ocean between latitudes 19 N and 29 N. The archipelago takes…
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