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• Oceanography
  Geography
  Earth Science
  Water
  Ecosystems
  Ecology
   
  

  Ocean

  Though generally recognized as several 'separate' oceans, these waters comprise one global, interconnected body of salt water often referred to as the World Ocean or global ocean. This concept of a ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Energy Technology
  Sustainability
  Solar Energy
   
  

  Renewable energy

  Renewable energy (sources) or RES capture their energy from existing flows of energy, from on-going natural processes, such as sunshine, wind, flowing water, biological processes, and geothermal heat ... > more
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Earth Science
  Geography
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Chicxulub Crater

  Chicxulub Crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatan peninsula, with its center located approximately underneath the town of Chicxulub, Yucatan, Mexico. Investigations suggest ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Petroleum
  Pollution
  Water
  Oil Spills
  Energy and the Environment
   
  

  Methyl tert-butyl ether

  MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) is a chemical compound that is manufactured by the chemical reaction of methanol and isobutylene. MTBE is produced in very large quantities (more than 200,000 ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Weather
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
  Nature of Water
   
  

  Instrumental temperature record

  The instrumental temperature record shows the fluctuations of the temperature of the atmosphere and the oceans since the invention of ... > more
• Geography
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Geology
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Circle of latitude

  On the Earth, a circle of latitude or parallel is an imaginary east-west circle that connects all locations with a given latitude. The position on the circle of latitude is given by the longitude. ... > more
• Pollution
  Sustainability
  Air Pollution
  Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Policy
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Brownfield land

  Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental ... > more
• Rodents
  Animals
  Mammals
  Early Mammals
  Mice
  Evolution
   
  

  Rodent

  Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing. Forty-percent of mammal ... > more
• Sun
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Solar Flare
  Renewable Energy
  Atmosphere
  Northern Lights
   
  

  Solar radiation

  Solar radiation is radiant energy emitted by the sun, particularly electromagnetic energy. About half of the radiation is in the visible short-wave part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The other ... > more
• Floods
  Desert
  Geology
  Water
  Oceanography
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Sandstone

  Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the earth's ... > more

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