Artificial volcanoes could cool the earth [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 40, Hits: 410]
Spewing Tons Of Sulphur-Based Particles Into Upper Atmosphere Could Help Curb Warming
Updated On: 9/2/2009
Tags: Royal Society, Volcanic eruptions, Climate change, Global programme, Studies geo-engineering, Earth, Global warming, World cool, United Nations, Copenhagen, Carbon dioxide emissions, Scientists, Ken Caldeira, Earth scientist, Stanford University, California, Royal Society working group on geo engineering, Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, Britain premier science institution, Brian Launder, Professor at Manchester University, Tim Lenton, Professor of earth sciences, University of East Anglia, Construction of mirrors in space, Amazon, Africa
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‘Global warming will affect Earth’s tilt’ [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 46, Hits: 643]
Influx Of Water From Shrinking Ice Sheets Will Change The Axis Of Rotation From The Present 23.5°
Updated On: 8/22/2009
Tags: Global Warming, Heat up oceans, Earth axis to tilt, New Scientist, Earth wobbles, Earth spins, Planet axis, Distribution of mass around the Earth, Felix Landerer, Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Changing climate, Fresh water from shrinking ice sheets, Melting of Greenland ice, Greenhouse Gases, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Carbon dioxide levels, Direction of Alaska and Hawaii, Sea level
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How animals react to solar eclipse [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 62, Hits: 401]
Did you know animals and birds often prepare for sleep or behave confusedly during total solar eclipse?
Updated On: 8/18/2009
Tags: Animals react to solar eclipse, Animals and Birds, Solar Eclipse, 90 percent covering moon, Start at sunrise in India, Eastern Hemisphere, Saros Cycle, Moon shadow travels, North and South poles, Temperatures, Modern atomic clocks, Astronomers, Slowing Down in Earth Rotation, Akash Ganga Center for Astronomy, India
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How to handle Earthquake? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 620, Hits: 4819]
Develop a Family Plan and locate the following...
US Geological Survey | Updated On: 6/19/2008
Tags: Before quake, Develop Family Plan, Safest places, Most dangerous places, alternative exits, Utility shutoff valves, First aid kit, Fire Extinguishers, US Geological Survey, Intensity Scale, Richter Scale, Seismologist, Killer Quakes, Tangshan, Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, Killer Quakes, Tangshan, China, Kwanto, Japan, Ashkhabad, USSR, Turkmenistan, Gujarat, India
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Why Do We Carve Jack-o'-Lanterns on Halloween? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 525, Hits: 4358]
As Christian belief overcome pagan superstition in Ireland and Scotland, celebrants took over the role of mischief-makers from supernatural apparitions...
Debby Birli | Updated On: 10/15/2007
Tags: Halloween celebration, Saints Day, Pope Gregory III, Sambain, Christian celebration, Irish legends, Celtic year, Witches, Ghosts, Hobgoblins, Evil Spirits
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Quake Glossary [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 869, Hits: 3846]
Get to the core, Learn more - EARTHQUAKE / EPICENTER / INTENSITY / RICHTER SCALE / INTENSITY / FREQUENCY OF QUAKES...
US Geological Survey | Updated On: 10/5/2007
Tags: Killer Quakes, Richter Scale, logarithm amplitudes, sudden fracture, California Institute, seismic creep
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Polar Regions [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 950, Hits: 3948]
The northern and southern ends of the earth's axis are known as North and South Poles respectively...
Updated On: 10/5/2007
Tags: North America, South America, Ships sailing, freezing point, Cape Horn, United States
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Tides [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 832, Hits: 4741]
The tides are caused by the gravitational action of the sun and moon upon the rotating earth...
Updated On: 10/5/2007
Tags: atmospheric pressure, Mediterranean Sea, gravitational, distinct tides, rotating earth, tide producing agent
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Volcano [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 656, Hits: 3438]
The most famous, Krakatoa erupted in 1883 with such force that the resulting tidal wave killed 36,000 people and tremors were felt as far away as Australia...
Updated On: 10/5/2007
Tags: mid day chapati, spring season, myths associated, remarkable book, shimmering, aerial roots
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Why is winter colder than summer? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 638, Hits: 6877]
The seasons, spring, summer, fall and winter, occur because of the inclination of the earth's axis while the earth moves around the sun...
Updated On: 10/5/2007
Tags: tropical storms, Northern Hemisphere, hurricanes, thunderstorm, Southern Hemisphere, horizontal spinning
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