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• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Nuclear Energy
  Petroleum
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Future energy development

  Energy development is the ongoing effort to provide abundant and accessible energy, through knowledge, skills and constructions. When harnessing energy from primary energy sources and converting them ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Floods
   

  Climate changes of 535-536

  In the years 535 and 536, several remarkable aberrations in world climate took place. The Byzantine historian Procopius recorded of 536, "during this year a most dread portent took place. For the sun ... > more
• Nature
  Weather
  Wild Animals
  Rainforests
  Animals
  Marine Biology
   
  

  Camouflage

  Camouflage is the method which allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment. Examples include a tiger's stripes and the battledress of a ... > more
• Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Climate
  Environmental Policy
  Nature
  Air Quality
   
  

  Greenhouse gas

  Greenhouse gases are components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. Some greenhouse gases occur naturally in the atmosphere, while others result from human activities such as ... > more
• Air Quality
  Organic Chemistry
  Global Warming
  Healthy Aging
  Forest
  Geochemistry
   
  

  Carbon monoxide

  Carbon monoxide, with the chemical formula CO, is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas. It is the product of the incomplete combustion of carbon-containing compounds, notably in ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Zoology
  Behavioral Science
  Animals
  Trees
  Pests and Parasites
   
  

  Insect

  Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the Phylum Arthropoda. Insects comprise the most diverse group of animals on the ... > more
• Soil Types
  Water
  Agriculture and Food
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
  Drought
   
  

  Irrigation

  Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. The water source for irrigation may be a nearby or distant body of ... > more
• Genetically Modified
  Biotechnology
  Genes
  Biochemistry Research
  Gene Therapy
  Genetics
   
  

  Genetically modified organism

  A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using techniques in genetics generally known as recombinant DNA technology. Recombinant DNA technology is ... > more
• Early Climate
  Climate
  Ice Ages
  Global Warming
  Geology
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Paleoclimatology

  Paleoclimatology is the study of climate change taken on the scale of the entire history of the earth. Glaciers are a widely employed instrument in paleoclimatology. The ice in glaciers has hardened ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Floods
  Geology
  Global Warming
   
  

  Seismic retrofit

  Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes. Seismic retrofit techniques will ... > more

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