Earth Science

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates some 400 Americans die each year due to heat-related causes. Summer weather can mean fun in the sun, but when the sun is sweltering due to a heat wave, or just the dog days of August, or…
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The far reaches of Siberia are famous for the numbers of meteors which they seem to attract. Many know about the famed “Tunguska event” of June 30th, 1908, which leveled hundreds of square miles of forest, killed thousands of deer, broke…
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People around the world look forward to warm temperatures and outdoor activities, but the summer heat can turn deadly when those temperatures soar well above normal and stay that high, or higher, for days on end. Blistering temperatures coupled with…
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We as a society are always asking the youth of the world to try and make a positive contribution to it, instead of doing things that might inevitably cause it harm.  We hope that there might be a genius out…
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Other than causing tsunamis, creating lava flows, and pouring ash and gases into the air, volcanoes can be deadly in another way. Pyroclastic flows sometimes result from an eruption and can cause massive damage and loss of life. These flows…
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Meteor strikes are one of the most surprising causes of diamond formation on the surface of the Earth. Most sources of diamonds today were formed by the geological processes of the Earth itself, and meteorites sometimes carry small quantities of…
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People have been extracting resources from the earth forever. From the first human that built a fire or killed an animal to modern extraction of hydrogen for rocket fuel. It’s what people do. Some of these activities have minimal impact…
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Deep below the earths’ surface the waters flow in the dark. No one ever witnesses the mysterious swirling, nor does anyone ever hear the mighty waters as it flows silently by. The underground water surges with energy and its own…
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The destructive Tsunami that hit Japan in March of 2011 was the result of a powerful point nine earthquake. It is both the magnitude of an earthquake and the geology of land and sea that affect a tsunami’s intensity. The…
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Forest fires, or wildfires, change local weather patterns by adding heat and smoke to existing weather patterns. Fire needs three things to burn: heat, oxygen and combustible material, like vegetation. Dr. Terry Clark has devised a computer model that helps…
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