January 15, 2015 Social Science
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is charged with more than we see in the high speed, high profile television shows and films. The FBI investigates terrorism, counter intelligence, cyber crime, public corruption, civil rights, hate crimes, organized crime, white…
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January 15, 2015 Earth Science
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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January 15, 2015 Earth Science
Many disaster movies have portrayed giant earthquakes and the tsunami’s that follows as changing the world as we know it. Through the eyes of Hollywood directors we have been able to watch as a single monster wave washes away entire…
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January 15, 2015 Earth Science
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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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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January 15, 2015 Earth Science
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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The Passion Flower (passiflora) is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants. Different species range from, vines, shrubs, annuls and even trees. The vine is the most commonly found. It also produces a fruit (passionfruit). The passion Flower…
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If biological evolution had its way, we would be living for around 40 years, which was round about the average lifespan that modern humans have had for the vast part of their existence on earth. Disease was nature’s way of…
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When we think of evolution of man, we think of Charles Darwin. His theory of evolution says that man evolved from the apelike ancestor. “Modern man” evolved around 40,000 years ago. Ever since man has ‘come’ into planet Earth, life…
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January 15, 2015 Earth Science
Harbor waves, commonly known as a tsunami when translated in Japanese is a series of strong and huge waves rushing at the ocean beds and sea shores of coastal areas causing havoc and disrupting life and property. The waves can…
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