Flood geology

Modern Climate Change and Global Warming Affect on Society The Earth is 4.6 Billion years old, and over this course of time, there have been great changes in Earth’s geology that we as humans have never been able to witness due to our short life span on the geologic time scale. It is not until the past couple of decades where we are seeing geologic changes in our lifetime due to human made climate change. Fossil fuels such as gas and coal are used as sources of energy, but they have increased…

disturbances, natural resources Estuaries provide and how as good stewards we can sustain or assist in this invaluable ecosystems recovery. Estuaries are semi-closed bodies of water where freshwater meets with salt water in places such as inlets, bays, or flood river valleys. They help filter out sediment and pollution before going out to the ocean. In addition, they provide natural habitats for animals and sea creatures, as well as providing protection…

harmful effects on human health, especially in young people. Mine drainage and multi-story high chat piles left behind in the Tri-state mining district contaminate local Oklahoma waterways, including Tar Creek, with elements such as lead and zinc. Using flood maps of Tar Creek to select sites to analyze. 30m transect lines were laid on each side of the creek and soil cores were taken every 5m creating horizontal profiles.We took the cores to an OSU lab where we sampled each core at 3, 15, and 24…

Evolution is one of the most debatable theories in all of the scientific world. This leads it to be very widely scrutinized, turned over, go through, and left disheveled. It has been quite a challenge for so many people to hold their standpoint on evolution, and the monumental theory is worthy of all their sweat and blood. Evolution, though it has its weak points, hold strong through years of testing, the discovery of evidence, and the disproving of other theories. Evolution was first…

In public schools, science-based classes focus a decent amount of time on the topic of evolution. Charles Darwin, a naturalist, and geologist is best known for his theory of evolution. Evolution is a change in the inheritable traits of biological populations over successive generations. More specifically Darwin discusses that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, one prime example was that humans evolved from ape-like species. Charles Darwin’s theory always had some…

the global temperature will be at least 8 degrees warmer by 2100 as the global emissions continue. Higher temperature contribute to more frequent and severe weather and worsening many types of disasters. The number of droughts, intense storms, and floods are increasing as we can see today (Walsh). As global warming is caused by human activities, therefore it is also human’s responsibility to fix this issue. There is no single solution to global warming, which is primarily a problem of too much…

constantly erupting, producing flows of lava at a time that eventually melt by flowing into the surrounding sea. Unfortunately, the reason for Stromboli maintaining constant eruptions is unknown. Jessica Ball, a graduate student from the Department of Geology…

Innovations in geography and biology made it easier for scientists to learn more about the world around them, and the development of new scientific fields like geology and anthropology showed a curiosity to understand the natural world even more. In 1858, a physician and scientist by the name of John S. Newberry performed some of the first geologic studies of the Grand Canyon, beginning a trend that would continue…

Natural disasters can be classified into two types. One type is geophysical disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and lahar flows. The other type is climate-related disasters such as storms, cyclones, floods and droughts. Surprisingly, there were almost no changes in the number and the magnitude of geophysical disasters. Only the number and the magnitude of climate-related disasters increased significantly. According to the New England Journal of Medicine…

Study Area Description Geographical Location The study of Ageratum conyzoides distribution took place in riverine and non-riverine habitats of Mweka village which lies on the southern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro [20]. The riverine habitat was the one from Kichau River while non-riverine habitat was chosen randomly from inland area of Mweka village. This village lies between lies between 37°15’ and 37°21’E and 3°03’ to 3°20’S with elevation of 800 – 2000 m.a.s.l. The rivers present in Mweka…