Global Economies
Many factors or indicators can affect or be used to measure the economies of the world. This article explains these factors/indicators and explains how they effect the global economies. Creation of Money Gross Domestic Product Official Exchange Rate GDP...
Global Food Production
Despite global food production being adequate to meet demand more people died of hunger, or hunger related diseases, than died of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Global Food Production Interactive Map of Global Food Production Chronic Undernourishment ...
Global Population
Since the last catasphrophic event that hugely affected global population some 70,000 years ago it took the human race until 1804 (69,800 years)to reach a population of 1 billion and only 211 years to grow to 7 billion. World Human Population Global Population...
Geography of Earth
The Geography of Earth is unique in our solar system in that it is predominantly covered by water with the oceans covering 70.1% of the surface and with only 29.1% dry land (this is without taking into account all the lakes and rivers etc). Land Mass Continents...
Bodies of Water
The geography of earth includes many bodies of water from streams, rivers and lakes to channels, seas and oceans with many of these terms overlapping in their definitions. Bodies of Water Streams Rivers Watersheds and Drainage basin Ponds Lakes Lochs Is The...
Big Bang Theory
The big bang theory accompanied by inflation theory, is to date, the most accurate explanation for the creation of the universe. Naming the Big Bang Theory Prediction of the Big Bang The Big Bang from a Singularity Evidence of the Big Bang Theory The Big Bang...
Geographical Land Use
Geographical land use is an article discussing the environmental features on Earth and how humans have adapted the environment to meet their requirements Geographical Land Use Urban land Advantages of Urbanisation Problems with Urbanisation Additional Effects of...
Steady State Theory
Steady State Theory was a model to explain the observation of the expanding universe before the Big Bang Theory became a viable theory. The Problem The Answer What is Steady State Theory? Rise of the Steady State Theorists Problems with Steady State Theory Rise...
Pluto – the Dwarf Planet
Pluto is situated in a region known as the Kuiper Belt, a band that sits approximately 30-50 AU’s (astronomical units – the distance from Earth to the Sun) from the Sun in a ring shape that encompasses the 8 planets. Discovery Naming ‘Planet...
Standard Model of Particle Physics
The Standard model of particle physics (or quantum field theory) is the ultimate theory of everything. The standard model explains interactions between all subatomic particles and the fundamental forces. It is a work in progress, most recently updated in 2012 to...
Milky Way Galaxy
The shape of the Milky Way Galaxy is a Barred Spiral Galaxy. Made of hudreds of billions of stars the Diameter of the disk is 100,000 light years with the average thickness is about 2,000 light years. How the Milky Way Galaxy got its Name Early Discoveries of the...
Stars – from Birth to Death
Born in the cosmic clouds (which can be up to 300 light-years across) known as nebula (meaning cloud) or “stellar nurseries”, stars form almost by chance. The Birth of Stars Plasma Nuclear Fusion in Stars The Life of Stars Hydrogen Fuelled Stars (Stage I)...