Earth Science







Nuclear Winter Theory

The term and theory of “nuclear winter” was popularized in 1983 by Carl Sagan and associates stemming from a scientific paper, “Global Atmospheric Consequences of Nuclear War”.Written by R. P. Turco, 0. B. Toon, T. P. Ackerman, J. B. Pollack…
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Earth Wobble

Over the past week, a panic has broken out across all believers in astrology and the zodiac. People are tweeting about it. It’s all over the news and the Internet. Your friends are freaking out. They are no longer the…
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What is Heat Lightening

Heat lightning seems to be a very misunderstood term. Sometimes even the experts have a hard time explaining the phenomena. Often times sheet lightning and heat lighting are confused, so let’s get down to the nuts and bolts. Heat lightning…
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Minnesota Planetarium Society

The astronomers from the Minnesota Planetarium Society found something interesting in their observations. No, it wasn’t UFOs, it was where the stars themselves were. Because of the “wobble” in the Earth’s axis caused by the moon the dates of the…
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