Earth Science
The consequences of using alternative energy
The alternative energy sources are so called because they should replace, in a future that I desperately hope as near as possible, the too polluting and limited fuels obtained from oil, coal and uranium. They are alternative also because clean (they don't create pollution) and unlimited in nature, like SOLAR, WIND, GEOTHERMAL, SEA CURRENTS energy sources. In addition, they can be coupled with a... read more
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N.A.S.A.'s record for safe space travel is not excellent. Their standard of blowing things up on ... read more
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After the "visit" to the Moon by the first humans of the Apollo spaceship in 1969, the following ... read more
Earth Science (Other)
- Identifying the countries of Europe
- How to operate a manual spectrophotometer
- Environmental management: How knowledge of plant and animal interactions can help
- How to make quicksand
- Where to find evidence of dinosaurs in Connecticut
- Book reviews: Supercontinent, Ten Billion Years in the Life of our Planet, by Ted Nield
- Who owns the North and South Poles?
Ecology & Environment
- Determining whether Iguanadon skeletons should be upright
- The types of corals that form coral reefs
- Location and description of the tropical forest biome
- The correlation of water to energy, food supplies, and prices explained
- How irrigation wastes water
- Brown clouds and global climate change
- The endangered sea dragon described
Geology & Geophysics
- What caused the Grand Canyon
- Why geologists are so concerned with the San Andreas Fault
- Geology science projects for elementary school students
- Jade and associated minerals
- Unusual rock collection finds
- Ancient myths of a hollow Earth
- How obsidian is formed
Water & Oceanography
- Siberia: The impact of frozen methane
- How has Europe surpassed the US in water conservation?
- An overview on coral reef diseases
- Saving the Aral Sea
- How the ocean's currents affect weather
- The differences between deep and shallow water corals
- Great American museums to learn about water and oceanography
On September 21, 2007, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer met for the nineteenth time at a United... read more
There are several factors threatening the continued existence of polar bears in the wild. The most vaunted of these currently i... read more
by Ian Loft
The major form of international imports, exports and travel in the 19th century was by sea. A journey from Baltimore in the Un... read more
by Lekeno
There are many different sources of energy, some of these have been harnessed so they can be used for electricity. Not all sour... read more
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- Ecology & Environment
- Alternative homes: The yurt
- Creatures of the open ocean biomes
- How are desert biomes classified?
- Desert biomes described
- Climates of the biomes described
- Animals of biomes: Physical and behavioral adaptations
- Grassland biomes: Kinds of plants
- What can be done to lessen the effects of nonpoint source water pollution?
- How rainforests help regulate Earth's temperature
- How local environments are affected by distant climate changes
- Description of the Altantic ocean biome
- Location and description of the temperate forest biome
- What is a climate aquatic biome?
- The taiga (boreal) forest biome described
- Control measures used to offset noise pollution
- How water determines prosperity and stability
- The correlation of water to energy, food supplies, and prices explained
- Water supply in places like Rawal Lake, Islamabad
- What is a benthic zone biome?
- How the struggle for water threatens fragile states
- How demographic growth creates water stress in developing countries
- How to build a home-based windmill
- Experiences in fighting forest fire
- Marine ocean biomes described
- What is an ocean pelagic biome?
- Reproduction in coral reefs
- Open ocean biomes described
- The ecological relationship of biomes
- Grassland biomes: North American prairie
- Grassland biomes: The pampas
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- Ecology & Environment
- Forest thinning is essential for keeping forests healthy and people safe
- Should beavers be reintroduced to Scotland?
- Should Kruger National Park in South Africa decrease some of its elephant population?
- Water & Oceanography
- Will great rivers die?
- Atmosphere & Weather
- With Gustav looming, is New Orleans prepared for another major hurricane?
- Should scientists be allowed to divert a hurricane away from a major city, dooming rural residents?
