Hot Spots of the Earth Hot spots are places within the mantle where rocks melt to generate magma. We know where the hot spots are by the amount of volcanic activity that happens there. We may see volcanoes form. Red-hot magma from th...
The Climate Hiatus Debunked Climate scientists use 'modelling' (complex software programs) to predict future global conditions. When the actual conditions don't match the predictions, theories are rapidly proposed. Average global tempera...
Melting Polar Ice and sad polar bears Sad polar bear In every article about climate change, it’s pretty much guaranteed you’ll see a picture of a sad polar bear balancing on a small piece of floating ice....see right for ours. Climate research c...
GM the good the bad & the ugly The internet is full of articles and posts about how anything GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) are bad for us. There are activists who will destroy experimental crops because their belief is unshakeable th...
What Causes Earthquakes Ancient cultures all had their own beliefs about what caused earthquakes. These ranged from the elephants holding up the world were getting tired (India), a flea-infected dog that was pulling a sled under the E...
Ocean Acidification Ocean acidification is the result of increased greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. When we talk about climate change, pollution or the greenhouse effect, we tend to first look to the changes that ou...
Impacts of Climate Change You’ll hear the terms climate change and global warming, tossed around on the news – temperatures increasing, sea levels rising and obligatory photos of polar bears on shrinking icebergs, but what does it actua...
The Greenhouse Effect The Earth is surrounded by a layer called ozone (O3) – this layer is like a blanket which protects the Earth from harmful UV radiation, but also traps enough solar radiation beneath it the planet warm. This is ...
Building Sustainably The term built environment refers to the human-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from buildings and parks or green space to neighborhoods and cities that can often ...
