It would seem that no good news can come out of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There is no denying its devastating effect on the Gulf, its wildlife, the shores that border it, and the economies…
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Heron Island is a member of a group of islands known as the Capricornia Cays that lie 70 km offshore of the city of Gladstone, Queensland on the Tropic of Capricorn and are part of the Great Barrier Reef. These…
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Coral reefs are found in tropical oceans near the equator and are seen as vastly important marvels of the ecological world. Coral reefs are estimated to cover 300,000 square kilometres, with the largest contingency of reefs found in the Indo-Pacific…
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Forensic Science: Explained. Forensic Science has been the search for infallible truth, with roots born from Greek and Roman expressions concerning the ability of one to prove his persuasive argument. (The word forensic comes from the Latin adjective forensis, meaning…
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As we all know, atoms and molecules are particles, no matter how small they might be. So too, protons neutron and electrons are particles. They are the building blocks of the three states of matter that exists within our Universe….
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Demographic growth in developing countries creates water stress by introducing more people into the area than it can handle. In the most simplistic terms of supply and demand, the demand of the increasing population far exceeds the supply of water…
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How many times were you at home or at work when suddenly you heard the sound of the siren of some kind of an emergency vehicle? It could have been a police car, ambulance, or a fire truck. Then again,…
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Bacteria and viruses are often lumped into a general category of ‘things that can make people sick’. But although they can both cause illness, they are very different agents of infection. All viruses are full time ‘bad guys’; parasites which…
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Many fungi perform invaluable, useful activites without which our world would be very different. Fungi are nature’s garbage disposal machines. Many fungi break down the dead bodies of animals and plants to release nutrients back to the soil. If these…
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Glaciers are large masses of ice that move over a land surface. They originate in areas that receive large amounts of snow during the winter and which is greater than the amount that melts during the summer months. Such areas…
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