What can be done to clean up the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
By: Jabran Butt
Combine well-experienced environmentalists, petroleum engineers, drafters, software developers, mechanical and electrical engineers by making a team. Create a project and name it ' Cleaning Gulf of Mexico.' This group can definitely come up with a solution which can lead to inventing a device to...
Permafrost explained
By: Brad Arnold
Thirty percent of the Earth's surface is land. Twenty percent of the land is permafrost. There is over a trillion tons of carbon frozen and buried in the land permafrost. More than half the land covered by the topmost layer of permafrost will probably thaw...
Worlds deepest ocean trench: Challenger Deep
By: D. Vogt
Challenger Deep is a depression in the southern Mariana Trench, near Guam, which is the deepest known place on Earth. It drops to nearly 36,000 feet below the surface of the ocean. - About Challenger Deep - Challenger Deep lies in the Mariana Trench...
Overview: The American Geophysical Union
By: D. Vogt
The American Geophysical Union is a professional organization for geophysicists which focuses on promoting and disseminating research into atmospheric and oceanic science, geology and Earth science, hydrology, and space science, and to promote greater public awareness of research in these areas. There are currently over...
Overview: Virginia Institute of Marine Science
By: D. Vogt
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science is an oceanographic research school in the College of William and Mary, which is based on the Gloucester, Virginia, campus, but also operates at other locations. It currently has over fifty faculty members and around one hundred students at...
By: Janet Grischy
Not all crude oil has the same composition. Some is heavier, some lighter, and some sour, meaning it contains more than about 2.5 percent sulfur. All crude oil, though, is a mixture of different hydrocarbons, which are molecules composed of hydrogen and carbon. These...
By: Angie Pollock
2012 – The end of the world as we now know it. Or this is what some have rumored, predicted and/or believe. More than one ancient civilization had experienced upheaval during their time. The prediction from these civilizations all agree that the next devastating disorder...
Proposals to stop global warming
By: Christyl Rivers
Proposal to Stop Global Warming A Modest Proposal, Wherein We Do Not Need to Eat Our Young. There are so many proposals out there to help us learn to reduce our carbon footprints, that it is becoming confusing and counterproductive. Most ignore the highly endangered...
By: Keith Hamburger
The Chicago Electric dual drum rotary tumbler is a product manufactured for and sold by Harbor Freight Tools. Often derided for “cheap” tools imported from China, certain products are simple enough for this company to be an ideal source. The dual drum rotary tumbler...
Layers of the atmosphere
By: Jesse Vorton
Scientists have divided the earth’s atmosphere into four layers, each accordingly to the differences in temperature of each layer. These layers from lowest to highest altitude, are (1) the troposphere (2) the stratosphere, (3) the mesosphere, and (4) the thermosphere. The troposphere: This is...

 

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