Personifies the Earth. Takes the stance that the Earth is "sick." Discribes its symptoms and offers suggestions to improve its health.

Alfred's Wegener's theory of continental drift and how he proved it.

The Mt. Keira mountain rainforest in Australia contains a unique vegetation and animal arrangement, as shown through studying how the leeches and the Moreton Bay Fig trees have adapted to the environment. Human impacts, in the form of logging, agriculture, urbanization, industrialization, and tourism, have reduced such rainforests throughout Australia, which threatens both the plants and the animals of the region.

As the polar ice caps melt, the climate change will produce advantages and disadvantages. The Artic will be more open to exploring for natural resources, but global warming is dangerous for the Earth.

A summary of Alaska's geography: its main rivers, mountains, climate, and coastal regions.

This essay about snow includes how it's formed and its functions in the weather system. We've developed some control over snow through plows and snow fences, and love to have fun with it skiing, sledding and snowmobiling.

An examination of alternative fuels, or methods of powering an engine without using petroleum. Some of these alternative fuels include coal; hydrogen; nuclear power; biofuels; tar sands; "green" alternatives such as solar, wind, wave, and geothermal energy; and thermal depolymerization. All of these alternative energies and fuels cannot currently compare to the proficiency of oil.

Essay provides a brief discussion of the various elements regarding the region of Antarctica.

Describes the creation of a model aquatic ecosystem. Explores what caused its failure. Considers how mistakes could have been avoided.

The purpose of the lab was to find how well the disinfectants killed the bacteria after we incubated them both together on a petri dish containing agar. The independent variable in this lab was the type of disinfectant that we used to kill the bacteria. The dependent variable was the zone of inhibition on the petri dishes.

Barrier islands or "barrier spits" are found around the world along various coastlines. They are long and narrow deposits of sand divided by a sound, bay, or lagoon. They also are aligned in a chain along the coastline, which are separated by tidal inlets.

Definitions of geography and the Earth's geographic components.

Soil erosion and mass wasting within a beach

Describes the shoreline biome. Details native animals, plant life, climate, and discusses tides.

Essay answers the problem of how to increase the amount of Brine shrimp as well as what water solution should be used.

Facts and figures about Canada's Montane Cordillera, including information about land area, vegetations, forestry and wildlife.

Details an experiment on cappilary compasity. The purpose of the project is to find out which of the soils hold the most water, peat moss or sand.

This essays tells about the danger of carbon monoxide. It is all around us and we have to take precautions to protect ourselves from it.

Carbon sequestration describes the process of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon sequestration usually occurs naturally through absorption of carbon dioxide by trees and the oceans. However, today there are a variety of technologies being researched to try to artificially capture and storing carbon.

A descriptions of hurriances, or tropical cyclones, and how they are formed. Descriptions of the classification of hurricanes. The life cycle of a hurricane from formation to its breakup are described.

Details the conditions affecting 'the perfect storm' in October, 1991. Describes the devastation of Hurricane Andrew.

Details the environmental characteristics of a deciduous forest. Describes the five different zones which can be found there.

Describes the environment of a desert biome. Explains where deserts are likely to be located on earth. Details how plant and animal life manages to thrive in a desert biome.

Essay discusses the Duration of Insolation, which is the amount of incoming solar radiation or the amount of day length.

A review of a lecture on rock flows and avalanches, delivered by Richard Iverson of the U.S. Geological Survey in April 2005.

Essay analyzes the effects of an earthquake that occurred in Turkey in 1999.

Few scientists anymore deny that global warming is occuring, but we may be able to adjust to this new climate with only modest changes in lifestyle. There are two schools of thought on whether agriculture will be hurt or helped by increased temperatures and rainfall. Some crops will likely thrive while others will not.

Provides the details of an experiment examining if hydroponically grown plants would be stimulated by electricity causing the seed to sprout quicker than normally expected.

Almost all of earth's energy comes from the sun. Radiant energy travels through space and heats the earth's surface, although not uniformly due to the shape and geography of the planet.

How to calculate the enthalpy of neutarlisation

Provides extensive detail on on estuary life, its importance, and its formation. Describes how estuaries have three different sections, the first section is where the rivers, lagoons, or bays meet saltwater, there is generally more fresh water then salt water. Examines how estuaries also create commercial actives, leading to a large number of jobs to be filled, contributing $20 billion towards the U.S income each year.

Essay explains the role of ice in periglacial environments.

An introduction to the concept of air pressure, which is the weight of the Earth's atmopshere. A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure.

Information about careers as a geologist, include the types of jobs, pay, and what geologists do.

Rainforests, which provides us with the most air we breathe, cover 2 percent of the world's land mass but have more than two-thirds of living species. They are being cut down because of financial interests such as logging, agriculture, fuel wood, large dams, mining and industry, colonization schemes, and tourism.

Facts and figures about the Amazon River Basin rainforest of South American. The tremendous biodiversity found in this region is under threat from human developers and must be preserved.

Explores the use of Fossil Fuels and their future depletion. Postulates that when the demand for fossil fuels is greater than that of supply, it will have a drastic effect on almost every aspect of life.

Frogs and toads have many similarities and differences.

Among Galileo's historic scientific findings was that the sun revolved around the earth. Galileo found through research that the earth revolved around the sun, disputing the belief held by The Roman Catholic Church that the earth was the center of the universe. He refused to obey orders from Rome to terminate discussions of his theories and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Galileo's theories and inventions that were thought to be unconventional are now the baseline of modern science today.

Explains the difference between relative and absolute geologic time. Describes how by interpreting the sequence of layers in sedimentary rocks the geologic history of an area can be determined.

The equipment required to build and install a geothermal heating and cooling system for a home to replace a propane, natural gas or electrical system.

Information and discussion of the effects of global warming.

The costs and problems of global warming.

Temperature, time has told us, is a fickle thing-prone to many variables. One day man may be able to calculate where our spinning home in the universe is going, what we can expect: whether a frozen winter dusk is our future or a blazing fiery sahara or an unaltered static terrain, but that time is not today, for now we are blinded by the lights of too many conflicting truths.

Not only is global warming harming species of life such as polar bears around the poles, but throughout the entire planet. Scientists studying a deteriorating species of colorful frogs in Central and South America say global warming has joined with a spreading fungus that is creating vast areas of once plentiful living conditions of misty mountainsides to extinction.

Briefly discusses the Grand Canyon and how it was formed.

Describes the great feelings of hunting.

This is a research paper about the harmful effects of pesticides. Pesticides, however, could easily be replaced by alternative methods.  Although pesticides were thought of as a victory over pest control, research has shown that these chemicals endanger lives, have harmful side effects, and, therefore, need to be banned.    

Idaho has had a large history of earthquakes over the years. Idaho has earned a number five rank on the list of most at risk of earthquake activity. Only California, Nevada, Utah, and Alaska have a greater overall hazard.

Essay performs an analysis of land degradation in the Canadian prairies.