Thanks to news coverage of hurricanes and other major storms, almost everyone has heard the term “storm surge,” and most people have at least some notion of what a storm surge is, at least to the extent that the words…
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Almost every year, the Great Lakes freeze over. They do not freeze solid, however: and underneath the ice hundreds of thousands of gallons of water per second continue to flow from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan to Lake Huron, down…
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Nearly seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is covered in water; from oceans to rivers, and lakes to streams. There are countless bodies of water across the globe that can be considered “lakes”, and it’s likely that we’ve all either…
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Ever since the 1800s farmers in the Midwestern United States have called hailstorms “the white plague.” And no wonder! In just a few minutes hail can devastate a farmer’s crop. The origin of the term is uncertain. It may be…
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Niagara Falls is located on the international border between Canada and the United States between Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. There are two major waterfalls, Canadian Horseshoe Falls and the American Falls are separated by a small…
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Potable water is water that is fit for human consumption. Without water we die so a safe drinking supply can be deemed essential for life. It should be free of any pathogenic bacteria and parasites. In addition there is usually…
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The Great Glaciations, as distinguished from glaciations as we know them today, is what changed the topography of the North American continent. As an example, during the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition, the land mass and the water…
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Hydrology is the study of water and how it maneuvers itself around, through, over and into rocks and sand and soil. Ground water when mixed with soil usually turns into mud. I say usually because some soil is so nonporous…
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The uses of potable water should be only for drinking, for cooking and for washing vegetables for ourselves and for our animals. Of course, we do not want to bathe or wash in contaminated water so we use potable water…
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The beauty and serene quality of a natural lake is hard to ignore. Lakes are formed by several means, and the different ways they form change the nature of the lake, and also its depth. Most lakes are no more…
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