Oceanography
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Lakes Discovered Beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
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A study published on November 27th 2013 in the Geophysical Research Letter has recently discovered 2 subglacial lakes under the Greenland Ic...
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Vast Freshwater Reserves Found Beneath the Oceans
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Scientists have discovered massive amounts reserves of freshwater below the depths of the oceans. This provides new opportunities fig...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Rogue Waves
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Rogue waves are also known as freak waves. They are quite large but also casual waves that can sink even large ships and ocean liners. ...
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Powering Australia with waves
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Wave energy is moving along rapidly as a valuble source of renewable energy to generate electricity. With Australia's southern marg...
North West Tidal Barrages Could Provide up to 5% of UK's electricity
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Engineers from The University of Liverpool claim that building estuary barrages (just blocking off where the tide meets the stream) throu...
Friday, November 8, 2013
San Andreas Fault
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The San Andreas Fault is a geological stretches to a length of approximately 800 miles (1287 kilometers) through California. The fault i...
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Tsunamis
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Tsunamis are a series of waves that sends surges of water onto a piece of land. They can reach heights up to 100 feet. These massive w...
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