Earth. Arguably the most majestic and fascinating body within our solar system. But why? Is it because of the ability to sustain an oxygen rich atmosphere through the evolution of photosynthesising plants? Or the fact that water can exist as a liquid state…
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Panicking people fleeing dying cities…Pandemics and epidemics breaking out…Europe facing regional famines…Countries going to war…Millions dying… The plot for a new Hollywood disaster movie? No. Scenes from the near future. For those that live in the upper half of the…
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Volcanoes are natural and amazing phenomena of our planet earth. They are often recognized as mountains but are not always in mountain shape. They sometimes occur as flat holes on the earth’s surface or under the ocean. They often make…
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Building huge structures on water developed through the need to extract oil and gas from fields that lie under the ocean. Altogether there are now more than 1,500 oil platforms stationed in the oceans of the world. The North Sea…
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Earth is not one thing. For humanity, Earth is everything. At least, it is until we somehow download our intelligence into self replicating computers. Even then, those computers will require some earth resources to “be.” Everything that we know, even…
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Jungles are defined as “a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, esp. tropical vegetation or a tropical rain forest.” Beautiful tracts of land but filled with danger that we do not face in other types of environment.It…
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Earthquakes can be terribly destructive, but as with all seismic events, they also reveal things to us that otherwise would be deeply hidden, like natural resources or even the secret testing of a nuclear bomb. This is why many people,…
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GLOBAL HELIUM RESERVES There have been a number of press articles saying the world is running out of helium recently. These articles all seem to be based on one so called expert (Cornell professor of physics Robert Richardson), who is…
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Science cannot save the planet. Humanity can not save the planet. Only the planet can save the planet. Earth as a system has weathered many die offs in her time. This time is only different, in that it is caused…
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There is a huge “detox” industry today. With all the studies showing that exposure to certain substances, even in small amounts, over a period of time can cause cancer, illness, or early aging, we have become obsessed with avoiding and…
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