Poem – In The Mood (By Donal Mahoney)

We’re going dancing, my wife and I,  to a Charity Ball high in the sky where Glenn Miller’s band has been playing  since 1944, the year his plane got lost  over the English Channel. No wreckage was ever found, not a single body. Glenn Miller was going to France  to play for American troops  during World War II. Government records say  he’s still “missing in action.”   Maybe so, […]

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Reef madness

It seemed like a good idea at the time. In 1972, Broward County, Fla., organized more than 100 boats to dump an estimated 700,000 tires into the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of sparking the growth of an artificial reef. Ultimately corals never grew on the bundles of tires, and over time the bundles became loose, causing damage to nearby natural […]

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How were the white cliffs of Dover, England, formed?

How were the white cliffs of Dover England formed

The white cliffs of Dover located on the southeastern coast of England, are composed of a variety of calcite shells, including single-celled plants called coccolithophores (a type of algae) that formed on the seafloor.  The conditions in the ocean were perfect to form these coccolithophores because the nitrite levels, low silicate concentrations, and the right amount of iron enabled them […]

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