Monthly Archive: January 2015

Dangers of Summer Heat Waves

There are many dangers to heat waves. It affects people, plants, and wild life. A definition of a heat wave is when atmospheric conditions stagnate the air. The pollutants in the air have nowhere to go, and a haze descends filled with the polluted air. The…
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Limnic Eruptions

The term “limnic” refers to bodies of freshwater, such as lakes and rivers. Limnic eruptions are gaseous expulsions that bubble up from the bottom of lakes. To date, there have been two limnic eruptions that we have knowledge about. The…
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Careers in Botany

Botanists work in any field that requires a comprehensive understanding of plants, fungi and spores. There are areas where plant diseases, plant uses, plants as they relate to society, the atmosphere, the environment and each other need to be studied,…
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How a Thunderstorm Forms

The Cumulus stage, the mature stage, and the dissipation stage are three Stages of development for thunderstorms.  Over 40,000 thunderstorms take place on earth each day. As the thunderstorm begins to form it starts at the cumulus stage.  It continues…
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