The earth's atmosphere
By: Igor Nisic
Atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the Earth and comprises 4 layers. Together with the Earth it makes a unique system that undergoes the laws of cosmic and planetar dynamics. The gas layer of the Earth and the Earth itself belong to the solar...
By: Elizabeth M Young
Environmental forensics is mainly about chemistry. Chemists combine the study of chemistry and environmental issues in an analytic process. Environmental forensics is mainly about the courtroom, where one side or the other is arguing a legal, criminal or civil litigation point that must be adjudicated...
Do the Greek Islands experience traditional winter weather?
By: Katerina Nikolas
Greece has such an image of hot sunny days and calm blue seas that it is often difficult for foreigners to imagine what Greece and her islands are like in the winter, and that it isn’t a land of eternal sunshine. Winters can be...
By: Judith Willson
The factors that affect wind direction and intensity are very similar to those that influence ocean currents. The main variables in both cases are the Coriolis force, pressure, and temperature. Another important factor for winds is friction. All of these are interconnected. Wind systems are...
By: Timmy Duncan
Warm weather is one of the reasons that so many people look forward to the summer months. However, extreme heat can also be hazardous to your health. The human body sweats in order to cool itself down, but there are times when the body is...
By: Elizabeth M Young
There are natural, genetically modified and otherwise enhanced species of bacteria that thrive on certain components of oil and under certain conditions. When the aromatics in oil, such as benzine have vented off, the excessive amounts of oil are removed and when the oil is...
By: Elizabeth M Young
Biopiracy, like the term "bioprospecting", is an unofficial but increasingly common term today. This is not piracy on the highways or high seas, but is the aggressive and unethical taking of natural and intellectual resources for great profit without compensating those who own the resources...
By: Ramona Taylor
Hurricane season is here! From June to November, weather watchers wait to see what tropical storms will come. Remember the devastation of Hurricane Ike or the troubles brought by 2005 storm, Katrina, people are curious what trials the next season may bring What is a...
Worst hurricanes in history
By: Marisol Dayton
Hurricanes and their Pacific counterparts, typhoons, are a way of life for people along coastal regions in many parts of the world. Their sheer size and brute strength make them an awe-inspiring and fearsome part of nature that cause some of the worst disasters in...
By: Ramona Taylor
Forget Zeus and Thor. We know that lightning is not a weapon forged at Mount Olympus or a sound from the hammer Mjolnir. Lightning is a natural phenomenon which has inspired myths and fascinated scientists. Today, lightning is studied as a potential energy source and...

 

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