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  Dew point

  The dew point or dewpoint of a given parcel of air is the temperature to which the parcel must be cooled, at constant barometric pressure, for the water vapor component to condense into water, called ... > more
• Ozone Holes
  Environmental Issues
  Air Quality
  Atmosphere
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
   
  

  Ozone depletion

  Ozone depletion describes the observed loss of ozone in the stratosphere over the past 50 years. It encompasses both a steady thinning of the ozone layer at mid-latitudes and its catastrophic ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Storms
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  Weather

  Weather is a term that encompasses phenomena in the atmosphere of a planet. The term is normally taken to mean the activity of these phenomena over short periods of time, usually no more than a few ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Climate
  Atmosphere
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Global Warming
   
  

  Meteorology

  Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by ... > more
• Aviation
  Atmosphere
  Sports Science
  Vehicles
  Global Warming
  Floods
   

  Altitude

  Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. Common datums are mean sea level and the surface of the WGS-84 geoid, used by GPS. In the United States and the UK aviation ... > more
• Renewable Energy
  Nuclear Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Weapons Technology
  Environmental Science
  Hazardous Waste
   
  

  Nuclear power plant

  A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. Nuclear power plants are base load stations, which work best when the power output is ... > more
• Global Warming
  Geochemistry
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  Forest
  Climate
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  Carbon cycle

  The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere of the Earth. The cycle is usually thought of as four major ... > more
• Alternative Fuels
  Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Fuel Cells
  Energy Technology
  Petroleum
   
  

  Ethanol fuel

  The use of ethanol as a fuel for internal combustion engines, either alone or in combination with other fuels, has been given much attention mostly because of its possible environmental and long-term ... > more
• Water
  Drought Research
  Ecosystems
  Environmental Issues
  Pollution
  Sustainability
   
  

  Water resources

  Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. It is important because it is needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural, industrial, ... > more
• Organic Chemistry
  Extreme Survival
  Marine Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Chemistry
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Oxygen

  Oxygen is a chemical element in the periodic table. It has the symbol O and atomic number 8. The element is the most common on Earth, composing around 46% of the mass of Earth's crust, and is the ... > more

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