Tag Archives: Earth
Oil Extraction Only Hurts Earth
As a ninth-grader at Columbus North High School and a member of the Columbus North Environmental Club, I was pleased that President Obama rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline contract with TransCanada Oil recently.
This issue has been very...
Thermometer For The Earth
According to climate change experts, our planet has a fever – melting glaciers are just one stark sign of the radical changes we can expect. But global warming’s effects on farming and water resources is still a mystery. A new Tel...
Nitrogen Cycle: Key Ingredient In Climate Model Refines Global Predictions
For the first time, climate scientists from across the country have successfully incorporated the nitrogen cycle into global simulations for climate change, questioning previous assumptions regarding carbon feedback and potentially helping to...
Discovered: First Rocky Planet Outside Our Solar System
The confirmation of the nature of CoRoT-7b as the first rocky planet outside our solar system marks a significant step forward in the search for earth-like exoplanets. The detection by CoRoT (Convection ROtation and planetary Transits) and follow-up...
NASA Drops “Spiders” Into Volcano
NASA helicopters have lowered about a dozen monitoring “spiders” in and around Mount St. Helens’s volcanic crater to better predict major eruptions.
NASA scientists are using high-tech devices placed inside and around the mouth...
Sea Temperatures in July Hottest on Record! Surprise
The Earth’s oceans were the warmest ever this July, according to a study released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The planet’s ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for July, breaking the previous...
Crashing Comets Not Likely The Cause Of Earth’s Mass Extinctions
Scientists have debated how many mass extinction events in Earth’s history were triggered by a space body crashing into the planet’s surface. Most agree that an asteroid collision 65 million years ago brought an end to the age of...
Explosive Growth Of Life On Earth Fueled By Early Greening Of Planet
Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history is filled with several turning points when temperatures changed dramatically, asteroids bombarded the planet and life forms came and disappeared. But one of the biggest moments in Earth’s lifetime...
‘Hotspots’ Of Human Impact On Coastal Areas Ranked
Coastal marine ecosystems are at risk worldwide as a result of human activities, according to scientists at UC Santa Barbara who have recently published a study in the Journal of Conservation Letters. The authors have performed the first integrated...
Green Earth – No Longer a Dream
“Kiss of the sun for pardon. Song of the birds for mirth. You’re closer to God’s heart in a garden than any place else on earth.” — Dorothy Frances Gurney
A beautiful garden enlightens both our eyes and our soul,...