Tag Archives: geology

How Quickly Can the World Cool?

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

“An ice age here, million years of mountain building there. Geology is the study of pressure and time. That’s all it takes really, pressure, and time.” – Morgan Freeman, The Shawshank Redemption Rocks take a hell of a long time … Continue reading →

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New Farms in Tropical Regions Add More to Global Warming

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

Over the next 50 years, the world’s population is expected to increase by at least half. That’s an extra 3.5 trillion people who are going to need places to live, water to drink, energy to consume and – most importantly … Continue reading →

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane… It’s Armageddon!

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

Have you ever wondered what would happen to your city if an asteroid were to crash into the ground a few miles outside of the city limits? There’s an app for that. A new seriously cool website developed by Jay … Continue reading →

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Haiti May Be Due for Another Quake

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

Since 1989, Eric Calais, Andrew Freed and a host of additional earth sciences colleagues have been studying the complex network of geological plates pushing each other throughout Hispaniola; the island that hosts the countries of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. … Continue reading →

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