What Is Biodiversity (Biological Diversity)?
Biodiversity or “biological diversity” refers to the variety or genetic diversity of species in an ecosystem. Ecosystems rely on biodiversity for resiliency.
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What is Radioactive Decay Inside Earth?
Four radioactive isotopes inside Earth account for 50% of its internal heat. Like a slow cooker, they slowly release heat within the planet keeping it warm.
What Do Geotechnical Engineers Do?
Geotechnical Engineers understand the behavior of earth materials. For example, they interpret rock and soil samples to investigate subsurface conditions.
Long-Term Carbon Cycle: Carbon Dioxide to Hydrocarbons
Carbon is re-purposed into fossil fuels in the long-term carbon cycle. The coal that we use today was produced millions of years ago from buried swamps.
Continental Drift: A Tale of Moving Continents and Plate Tectonics
Plate tectonics are deceptively slow. It’s just centimeters each year. Continental drift is the idea that continents passively move due to tectonic activity
Mantle Convection: Earth’s Plate Tectonic Conveyor Belt
Under the rigid layer of rock we live on, the Earth is plastic & more dense. Because of its fluid properties, mantle convection can occur within the Earth.
7 Red-Hot Planet Mercury Facts [Infographic]
Not only is planet Mercury the closest to the sun, but it has extreme temperatures. Facts about Mercury: Its long comet-like tail, craters and unusual orbit
30 Environmental Science Careers: How To Be an Earth Scientist
This list of 30 Earth Science careers has everything you need to know to carve your own career path as an Earth scientist. It’s time to start your journey.
10 Electrifying Lightning Facts: Get Thunderstruck
Lightning is hotter than the sun, it strikes 8.6 million times a day and more lightning facts. Because when there’s thunder, there’s sure to be lightning.
Metamorphic Rocks: Heat, Pressure and Metamorphism
If you take an existing rock and add immense heat or pressure to it, the rock becomes soft and pliable like cookie dough transforming into metamorphic rocks.
Antarctic Plate: The Drifting Continent of Antarctica
Antarctic plate holds the continent of Antarctica including the surrounding ocean. It shares borders with the African, Pacific & South American plate.
How Much Will Sea Level Rise?
As temperatures surge, sea levels rise with it. This is because melting ice sheets add to total water volume. By 2100, water levels could rise 32-68 inches.
States of Water: Gas, Liquid and Solid
Because water is extremely versatile, it changes phases rapidly. The states of water are gas, liquid and solid. Water cycles through these phases in nature.
Forestry Career: What Do Foresters Do?
Money doesn’t grow on trees for foresters but it still makes a great career option. You will harvest timber while conserving the environment as a forester.
What is Meteorology? 15 Branches of Meteorology
Weather and climate is all around us. It affects our work and play. Big disasters cost money and lives. Here are the branches of meteorology.