Earth Science

I heard that the Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing down. We have longer days now than during the Roman era. I heard this is due to friction between Earth and whatever.So when will the Earth stop rotating completely? When it…
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There is little doubt anymore that earthquakes and volcanoes are linked, in more ways than one, but it can be an interesting and worthwhile exercise to explore just how they are connected. Most volcanoes are formed when one tectonic plate…
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One of the most destructive forces on Earth is also one of the most creative forces on Earth; volcanic eruption. When assessing the dangers of volcanic eruptions, it is best to divide those very real threats to two categories –…
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There are a lot of rich trivia and facts relating to the history of fossil fuels and petroleum. Dinosaurs died out too late to become part of the oil and fossil fuel reserves that we have on earth. In 400…
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By the year 2080, the world’s supply of oil will be in steep decline. It is not likely that petroleum supplies will run out any time in the near future, but the oil reserves that are still economically viable to…
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People always ask, “how is solar power the solution behind our energy crisis?” The response is rather simple. With the sun’s natural light, we can produce more than 50 percent of the energy used on a daily basis by businesses,…
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During the middle Pleistocene era, there were two oceanic plates: the Kula and Farallon plates. About 300,000 to 360,000 years ago, these two plates were subducted, or pushed beneath the western edge of the North American Plate and created a…
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When speaking of riparian restoration, the reference is to ecology and the natural flow of rivers, streams and lakes. The steps to restore it depend to a large part on what exactly has happened. Have fish stopped using the stream? Have…
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The call for renewable options for energy has become ever more imperative each and every day. We need to act right now on fine tuning our best alternative sources to avert the impending problems we will surely have regarding energy…
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Why would we risk the danger of extinguishing all human lives by sending a few travelers to Mars? I strongly believe, as an engineer with personal experience working in the space program, that human space travel to Mars would be…
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