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Potato Blight: The 19th Century Irish Famine and 21st Century Threat

July 3, 2014 by Helga George 1 Comment

Potato Blight: The 19th Century Irish Famine and 21st Century Threat

Potato blight caused the massive 19th century Irish Potato famine and recent research shows that the organism continues to threaten potato and tomato crops today.

Tambora 1815: History’s Largest Eruption and the “Year Without a Summer”

April 18, 2014 by Jennifer Young Leave a Comment

Tambora 1815: History’s Largest Eruption and the “Year Without a Summer”

It’s almost a century since the largest volcanic eruption in historic time. Tambora, in Indonesia, created so much pollution that it caused temporary global cooling – the so-called ‘year without a summer.’

Magnitude of Historic Earthquakes: How Big Were The Biggest Quakes?

March 28, 2014 by Jennifer Young 1 Comment

Magnitude of Historic Earthquakes: How Big Were The Biggest Quakes?

Fifty years after the second largest earthquake, a look at past events indicates that magnitude isn’t the only thing that makes an earth tremor significant.

Earthquakes and the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah and the Destruction of Jericho

March 20, 2014 by Jennifer Young 1 Comment

Earthquakes and the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah and the Destruction of Jericho

The history of the Middle East is punctuated by natural disaster. What evidence is there that major destruction, such as the Battle of Jericho and the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, was associated with seismic activity?

Pi Day: Past, Present, and Future. Pi Men: One More Famous Than The Other

March 12, 2014 by Jon Plotkin 2 Comments

Pi Day: Past, Present, and Future. Pi Men: One More Famous Than The Other

Pi: The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, approximately 3.14. We celebrate the famous ratio on March 14.

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