Biodiversity Articles

• Wildfires
  Oil Spills
  Rainforests
  Trees
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
   
  

  Controlled burn

  Prescribed or controlled burning is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, or prairie restoration. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire ... > more
• Floods
  Water
  Landslides
  Natural Disasters
  Geography
  Ecology
   
  

  Floodplain

  A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional flooding. It includes the floodway, which consists of the stream channel and ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Ecology
  Fish
  Ecology Research
  Sea Life
  Oceanography
   
  

  Plankton

  Plankton are drifting organisms that inhabit the water column of oceans, seas, and bodies of fresh water. Plankton abundance and distribution are strongly dependent on factors such as ambient ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Fungus
  Landslides
  Agriculture and Food
  Acid Rain
   
  

  Soil science

  Soil science deals with soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils ... > more
• Fisheries
  Mating and Breeding
  Fish
  Animals
  Invasive Species
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Horseshoe crab

  The horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is an arthropod that is more closely related to spiders than crabs. Horseshoe crabs possess the rare ability to regrow limbs lost. Limulus has been extensively ... > more
• Mining
  Environmental Science
  Engineering
  Civil Engineering
  Sports Science
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Mining

  Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) ... > more
• Ecology Research
  Ecology
  Nature
  Biology
  New Species
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Ecological succession

  Ecological succession, a fundamental concept in ecology, refers to more-or-less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community. Succession may be initiated ... > more
• Ecology Research
  Ecology
  Marine Biology
  Invasive Species
  Ecosystems
  Water
   
  

  Algal bloom

  An algal bloom or marine bloom or water bloom is a rapid increase in the population of algae in an aquatic system. Algal blooms may occur in freshwater as well as marine environments. Typically only ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Environmental Issues
  Nature
  Geography
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Effects of global warming

  The predicted effects of global warming are many and various, both for the environment and for human life. There is some speculation that global warming could, via a shutdown or slowdown of the ... > more
• Geography
  Forest
  Earthquakes
  Water
  Weather
  Global Warming
   
  

  Himalayas

  The Himalayas, also Himalaya, are a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name of the massive mountain system which ... > more
• Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Pollution

  Environmental pollution is the release of environmental contaminants, generally resulting from human activity. Carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides produced by industry and motor ... > more
• Tundra
  Animals
  Mammals
  Global Warming
  Endangered Animals
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
   
  

  Polar Bear

  The polar bear, also known as the white bear, northern bear, sea bear, or nanuq in some Inuit languages, is a species of bear that is native to the Arctic and the apex predator within its range. Its ... > more

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