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Volcanic cone
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcano formations. They are built by fragments (called ejecta) thrown up (ejected) from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a ... > more -
Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling lasting approximately from the 14th to the mid-19th centuries, although there is no generally agreed start or end date: some confine the period to ... > more -
Timeline of Hurricane Katrina
This Wikipedia article contains a detailed historical timeline of the events of Hurricane Katrina. At approximately 8:14 AM CDT (1314 UTC) on Monday August 29, 2005, the New Orleans office of the ... > more -
Urbanization
Urbanization or urbanisation is the increase over time in the population of cities in relation to the region's rural population. Urbanization has intense effects on the ecology of a region and on its ... > more -
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 -
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America. Because of the ever increasing amount of nitrogen and phosphates dissolved in the waters of the Gulf of ... > more -
Insects (including Butterflies)
Pests and Parasites
Agriculture and Food
Exotic Species
Invasive Species
Zoology
Pest (animal)
A pest is an animal which has characteristics which people regard as injurious or unwanted. An example of serious pests are those organisms which vector human disease, such as rats and fleas which ... > more -
Water pollution
Water pollution is a large set of adverse effects upon water bodies (lakes, rivers, oceans, groundwater) caused by human activities. Although natural phenomena such as volcanoes, storms, earthquakes ... > more
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