Did you know that the "Seven Sisters" known to the Greeks is the same as the "Flint Boys" known to the Navajo?
Did
you know that early Chinese believed that there were ten
suns that appeared each day in the sky during the ten-day Chinese week?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
Orographic lift
xOrographic lift : Occurs when an air mass is forced to rise over geographic relief from a lower elevation. As the air mass rises it expands and cools adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100%, create clouds and precipitation.
Scientists in South Africa have discovered two fossil skeletons that are about two million years old. These skeletons are of a young male and adult female of a species that had never been found before....Read more