Showing posts with label Geoscience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geoscience. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 February 2017

The Secret Behind Diamonds - How Are They Formed?


Its amazing that so many people love diamonds but just a few knows how they comes about. It is also intriguing to know that the world's most prices stone - Diamond - is a substance made of purely carbon. Carbon is the same element that accounts for other substances such as coal, graphite, soot and a host of other substances that would rarely catch your attention or you will even dream to spend money on. However, diamond is a priceless jewel to kill. Now the big question - How did carbon as an element become such a priceless jewel?
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Friday, 12 December 2014

Distance Between The Earth And The Moon Much Bigger Than You Could Ever Believe


We see the moon as the closest space body to the earth. However close is an ironical word to use for the distance between the earth and its only natural satellite, the moon. How far apart can they really be? The answer is - unimaginably far. Let us illustrate this in a big way by using planetary diameter.
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Tuesday, 12 August 2014

Extreme Space Weather Threatens To Leave The World In Blackout


As much as we harness the good energy of the sun, the sun may pose a huge threat to our world anytime soon. The concept of a global electric blackout should not be ruled out as a myth because with the present unstable solar behavior, this is more than possible. How? It is simple. Just read on.
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Sunday, 10 August 2014

Natural Laws Series - The Truth About Gravity


Gravity may not be just what you think it to be. It's concept has being wrongly described to many. Lets correct our views now by considering this brief but very informative article, You will be thrilled by what gravity really is.
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Saturday, 9 August 2014

Shocking Report - A Ship Dugged Out Of The Ruins Of World Trade Centre ( Twin Towers )


Imagine finding a lion in the middle of the ocean, a crocodile in the desert, or finding a building in the cloud. It would be real shocking. Such is the case when workers found something unexpected in the Lower south Manhattan, where the Twin Towers once stood. While excavating the site of the World Trade Center, the excavators uncovered muddled skeleton of a 32-foot-long (9.75 m) wooden ship from 22 feet (6.7 meters) under the current street level.
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Thursday, 3 July 2014

11 Trapped Underground As Landslide Hits Gold Mine In Honduras


Eleven miners have been trapped in a gold mine in southern Honduras after a landslide at the entrance.

The landslide occurred at a gold mine in San Juan Arriba in a vertical tunnel at a depth of about 80 m (260 ft), BBC News updated quoting firefighter spokesman Oscar Triminio.
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Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Another Earth Found Far Away In Space


Astronomers from the University of New South Wales in Australia have discovered a new planet that could be the most similar to the Earth ever observed.
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The planet, dubbed Gliese 832c, is about 16 lightyears away and about five times the size of Earth.
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Monday, 23 June 2014

Family Of Nine Buried Alive As Landslide Hits Gulmi


Nine members of a single family died after they were buried in a landslide at Aglung VDC in Gulmi district Thursday night. Of the deceased, five are below 10 years.
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Monday, 16 June 2014

Unveiled - Two Extra Monster Sized Planets Beyond Pluto


The count continues as new monsters of our solar system enters the stage. Just months after astronomers announced hints of a giant "Planet X" lurking beyond Pluto, a team in Spain says there may actually be two supersized planets hiding in the outer reaches of our solar system.
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Flooding Hits Cape Town Affecting Thousands


Recent flooding in Cape Town has affected more than 8,000 people, News24 reported quoting the Disaster Risk Management Centre.
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Sunday, 15 June 2014

Why The Tectonic Plates May Have Slowed Up



Recent studies show that the movement rate of plates carrying Earth's crust may not be constant over time.The work presented at Goldschmidt 2014, the premier geochemistry conference taking place in Sacramento, California, USA. This findings could provide a new explanation for the patterns observed in the speed of evolution and has implications for the interpretation of climate models.
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