Earth Science

According to the National Weather Service, a blizzard is defined as a storm accompanied by heavy snow and/or blowing snow creating whiteout conditions.  Sustained winds are at least 35 mph, creating considerable drifting snow near roads, in open areas, and around buildings.  Blizzards usually form…
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Global climate change has been part of our planet’s history for hundreds of millions of years. Major changes had led to the extinction of ninety-nine percent of all organisms that inhabited Earth since the beginning of time. It is now…
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Wildfires have historically been viewed as unstructured fires occurring in the wilderness, forest and arid zones, causing massive destruction to life, property and natural vegetation. However, they are also an important part of the carbon and climatic cycles. Though taken…
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Every year scientists such as meteorologists estimate the probability of an intense hurricane making landfall along the coast of the United States. They study previous weather patterns as far back as 100 years in the past and current climate trends…
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Global warming is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases. The release of C02 results in the depletion of Ozone layer. As Ozone layer depletes, solar radiation penetrates the earth crust causing temperature increase and consequently, the melting of polar…
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Tornadoes are formed when a cool dry air mass collides with a warm moist air mass. As the warm layer of air forces its way up through the cool layer of air it creates a powerful and unique updraft. If…
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As another spring thunderstorm marches across the sky, it begins to worsen. The dark, menacing clouds start to spin. Suddenly the sound of the storm is drown out by what many compare to the sound of a freight train. It’s…
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The earth rumbles, grumbles, snorts, and regurgitates- and no one can do anything about. Human beings, like all creatures on this planet, are at the whim of nature. Weather, volcano eruption, and earthquakes happen. These natural phenomenon cannot be controlled…
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Without the Coriolis Force, the Earth, as a perfectly circular rotating body, would have all of the existing water and air propelled toward the Equator, where it would remain. The Coriolis effect was first described in 1835, by Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis,…
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There are certain areas of the world that fall victim to the whims of Mother Nature during hurricane season on a fairly regular basis. For the inhabitants of these areas, bracing for the storm has become a way of life….
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