Earth Abides

came to rule the earth for millions of years. The author gives us an example of what the ancestor of dinosaurs may have looked like, by telling us that it “probably looked something like a chicken”. Just as there was a mass extinction that wiped out most dinosaurs, there was a mass extinction millions years before, that gave the dinosaurs an opportunity to rise and evolve. 252 millions years ago, between the Permian and Triassic periods a mass extinction wiped out most life on Earth. This gave the

Wow! Talk about variety. In this piece of writing, information is essential. When we talk about the sun, it is the big yellow circle that comes out once a day and makes us sweat. Here in this detailed literature written by Steven Szokolay is compelling. The particulars written by Szokolay are captivating, such as his analysis about the Sun and time, something as essential as time is captivating when a reader is trying to connect the dots. Time is simple; it comes and goes, but always forward. The

This is a subduction in the northern part of the west side of the North American plate at the Cascadia subduction zone. It goes from the top of California to the bottom of Canada around Vancouver Island. There have been thoughts of a megathrust earthquake since the mega quake in Japan in 2011. As mentioned earlier, the Juan de Fuca plate is being pushed under the North American along the Cascadia fault. The theory is, when big parts of the plates lock, the stress is gathered until it breaks and a

Venus is like the planet of hell. It has acid clouds and volcanoes. It is a nice 900 *F. The air is filled with foul and corrosive sulfur. This planet has water but not a lot of it. If you are going to To venus you will need a oxygen mask. Also, you will need a lot of sunscreen. You need to to bring food because nothing else lives there. Bring some water because it has water but not a lot of it.You will also need to bring a big AC micheine becuse it is so hot there. Scientists once thought Venus

This would suggest that habitat had been destroyed. Cattle, energy development, invasive species, and fire have all contributed to the loss of habitat. Not only do cattle eat the foliage that is in the habitat, they can also crush the eggs of the sage-grouse (Beck and Mitchell 2000). Urban expansion is also a source of habitat destruction, as the human population has continued to grow exponentially in recent decades. This trend will continue for many years to come, thus threatening more sage-brush

The Great Smog and other Fog What weather can be so dangerous that it killed ye twelve thousand people in London, during the year 1952? Fog did! But how could ye fog be so dangerous? Well normally ye fog is not that dangerous, it is only a low-lying, thick or thin, cloud that touches the ground, but different types of fog are dangerous. Fog forms when the water vapor condenses and combines with monocles in the air making the droplets of water that hang in midair. Henceforth Fog is formed, and since

natural, the pollutants cause by deforestation, and fracking, can, and in fact, do, destroy the ozone layer, continually allowing the sun to emit more UV rays into the atmosphere heating the earth’s surface. The natural, or not so natural heating of the earth is a very important aspect to look at, when talking about the reasons behind global warming. In the painting, by Chantal Bilodeau, one is able to see a polar bear stranded on an iceberg in the middle of an ocean where it is unable to make the lengthy

land back to the nature world, instead of letting human society goes along with nature in harmony. The new technologies would allow us to achieve much more from a limited amount of land. Thus, “humans have the opportunity to re-wild and re-green the Earth” (Page 14) and will achieve a great Anthropocene. I also deeply love and emotionally connected to the natural world, and I really hope what the manifesto proposed could come true. I agree that by using new technologies, we can make what impossible

The passage article mainly discusses the theory that why dinosaurs may be endotherms which mean that they can keep a constant temperature higher than their environment. The reading passage cites some proofs for this theory but the lecturer clearly casts doubts on this assertion. First, the reading passage mentioned that fossils that have been found in polar regions show us that dinosaurs are endotherms otherwise, they can’t survive this kind of harsh environment. The speaker opposes with this reasoning

This process is similar to planetary differentiation which formed the core of Earth, thus iron meteorites are considered equivalents for the Earth's core. Pallasites are another group of meteorites, which are intimate mixtures of silicate crystals and iron-rich metal, and are thought to represent regions where achondrite and iron