Varyan Jain · Earth & Space Science
I write about Earth & Space Science, make videos, and build interactive projects that run in your browser.
The world has changed greatly, and studying relationships between humans and our environment have become increasingly essential to solve modern problems. Yet Earth Science, the field that equips us to understand these problems, is undervalued and barely taught, especially in K-12.
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Identifying minerals are extremely important, and in this article, we learn about the characteristics we can use to distinguish them!
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The Coriolis force causes things to be deflected on earth from ocean currents to winds, and understanding it is essential for Earth science. In this article, we explore why this force occurs.
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Everything here runs live in the page. Click it, break it, reset it.
Live demoLaunch winds across a spinning Earth and watch them bend. Right in the Northern Hemisphere, left in the Southern, and dead straight on the equator.
Live demoSet off an earthquake and watch the P-waves spread through a real cross-section of the Earth, bending and bouncing off every layer they meet — including the one that hides half the planet from view.
Live demoThrow a ball across a spinning disk and watch it curve. Then flip to the non-spinning view and watch the same throw fly perfectly straight.
I'm Varyan Jain, a student who writes about Earth & Space Science and builds interactive tools that make it click — so more people can use the science to help solve the environmental problems ahead.
