Weathering News & Breaking Stories

What news can we find under Weathering News Section?

The Intriguing World of Weathering

Ever wondered how that striking, jagged mountain you love hiking turned into a rounded peak? Or ever been left puzzled by how those massive rocks on your beach trip slowly crumbled away to tiny particles under the sun's ray? Well folks, meet Weathering!

Weathering is an intriguing natural process hinting at nature’s unyielding power to sculpt the Earth's surface. It includes all the processes causing rock materials on and near the Earth’s exterior crust to break down due to various atmospheric or climatic conditions.

'Rock disintegration?' You may ask. Indeed! Under weathering news contents usually fall into three broad categories:

Mechanical Weathering: This typically talks about tangible changes in rocks. Expansive temperatures triggering cracking, water seeping into crevices during freeze-thaw cycles; breaking them apart are common subjects discussed here.

Chemical Weathering: Remember your science class where vinegar reacted with baking soda erupts like a volcano? That is it! News often reflects this involving reactions between elements in rocks and substances like water or air leading towards decomposition-like quartz turning red when exposed to oxygen.

Biological Weathering: Fascinating stories usually revolve around life forms contributing toward weather mechanisms such as plant roots growing through rock crevices and breaking them apart.

Intrigued much already?
Imagine being able to delve deeper than merely seeing dramatic landscapes evolving overtime but understands why and how they occur too. Welcome again, to the remarkable world of weathering!