A compass, that indispensable tool of direction, measures angles relative to magnetic north. Bearings are expressed in degrees from 0° (true north) to 360° (circling back to true north). This ...
A little over a year after Drake's arrival in Tientsin, another alum of the Stanford geology department arrived: Herbert Clark Hoover. Hoover had worked for the Arkansas Geological Survey in the ...
Researchers have uncovered key insights into the dangerous phenomenon of 'river avulsion,' offering a way to predict when and where rivers may suddenly and dramatically change course.