Earth Science

Lightning doesn’t strike twice? Really? Just ask the guy who’s been hit by lightning seven times! Knowing the truth about this and other common lightning myths can save your life! Myth: Lightning never strikes twice in the same placeFact: Lightning…
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The jet stream is a fast moving current of air found in the upper atmospheric levels between 10 to 15 kilometers above the surface of the earth. The stream can be thousands of kilometers in length while its width can stretch…
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It’s never fun when lightning strikes your car. Paint peels. All your electronics could be fried. Your tires could blow. And just to add insult to injury, the thunder’s going be a crash like you’ve never heard before. But as…
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Oceanographic waves are disturbances propagating on or through water that do not move the water itself. Most waves are caused by wind blowing over the water’s surface. Swells are waves that occur in the absence of strong winds and are…
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Oregon, a jewel in the Pacific Northwest, is not normally thought of as being a place with wetlands, yet the state has tens of thousands of acres that are strictly maintained for exactly that purpose. You may wonder why this…
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Alluvial Gem Mining This will work anywhere there is a deposit of gravel, or virtually anywhere you want to dig even in your own backyard. This does not mean that gemstones are common they’re not, but your chances of finding…
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Wetland are necessary for wildlife to live, so preserving them is the right thing to do. Not only that, people are  encroaching on them and they are rapidly dwindling, leaving the existing swamps and rivers polluted but the natural animal…
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The Great Barrier Reef is the only living organic collective that can be seen from space. It is the largest coral reef ecosystem and lies off the east coast of Australia. The coral forming the Great Barrier Reef has caused…
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I guess the thing that confuses me about this question is we must assume that all “natural waters” are not drinkable. That is not really the case as some well waters are actually relatively pure and good for human consumption…
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A better title to this discussion might be “How we contaminate our lakes”. Contaminate according to Merriam-Webster is to “soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association” or “to make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or…
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