Geography

Shatter cones are distinctive cone or fan-shaped features in rocks, with radiating fracture lines that resemble a horsetail. These are rare geological features that are…

Smoky quartz is a gray, translucent version of quartz. The Smoky Quartz crystal is a grounding stone known for its ability to help you move…

Impactite is a glassy or crystalline material composed of slag and meteoric materials, produced by the impact of a meteorite striking the earth. It is…

Quartzolite is an igneous rock composed essentially of primary quartz (60% to 100%), e.g., a quartz dike, segregation mass, or inclusion inside or outside its…

The Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop (ˌkɑːp di ˌχujə ˈɦuəp); Dutch: Kaap de Goede Hoop (ˌkaːb də ˌɣudə ˈɦoːp); Portuguese: Cabo…

Quartz mining is the mining of gold on veins or ore bodies in place as distinguished from surface digging or washing: underground mining in rock.…

Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad (ˈkɑːpstat); Xhosa: iKapa), the town and seaport, South Africa’s legislative capital and the capital of the province of Western Cape. It…

The Sahara is famously warm, dry, and generally hospitable. Yes, it rains, and yes it is occasionally painted with green pepper trees but it is…

The future looks bleak for a biological wonder of North America, with Western King Butterfly counts down 99 percent in just four years based on…

Sea surface temperature (SST) is the water temperature close to the ocean’s surface. These are the most common use of thermal satellite data over aquatic…

The arctic has been trimmed with microplastic. When most people imagine microplastic contamination, they may think of soda bottles, plastic bags, and other trace assortments. However,…

The Plastics in our oceans have become a big problem, with microplastics making their way everywhere, from seafood to contaminating the Arctic. Sea floors are often…