Desert Articles

• Geography
  Tundra
  Mammals
  Wild Animals
  Nature
  Animals
   
  

  Reindeer

  The reindeer, known as caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer. About 1 million live in Alaska, and a comparable number live in northern Canada. There are an ... > 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
• Volcanoes
  Nature of Water
  Sports Science
  Natural Disasters
  Quantum Physics
  Tsunamis
   
  

  Pumice

  Pumice is a highly vesicular pyroclastic igneous rock of intermediate to siliceous magmas including rhyolite, trachyte and phonolite. Pumice is usually light in colour ranging from white, yellowish, ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Solar Energy
  Renewable Energy
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Environmental Science
  Sustainability
   
  

  Solar panel

  Solar panels are devices for capturing the energy in sunlight. The term solar panel can be applied to either solar hot water panels (usually used for providing domestic hot water) or solar ... > 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
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Animals
  Exotic Species
  New Species
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  Ant

  Ants are one of the most successful groups of insects in the animal kingdom and are of particular interest because they are a social insect and form highly organized colonies or nests, often ... > more
• Wildfires
  Natural Disasters
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Invasive Species
  Ecology Research
  Severe Weather
   
  

  Bushfire

  A bushfire is a wildfire that occurs in the bush (collective term for forest, scrub, woodland or grassland of Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia). In southeast Australia, bushfires tend to be most ... > more
• Fossils
  Paleontology
  Dinosaurs
  Early Climate
  Early Mammals
  Ecology
   
  

  Trace fossil

  Trace fossils are those details preserved in rocks that are indirect evidence of life. While we are most familiar with relatively spectacular fossil hard part remains such as shells and bones, trace ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Tornadoes
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Galveston Hurricane of 1900

  The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (215 km/h) at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Seeds
  Nature
   
  

  Purple loosestrife

  Purple loosestrife is a semi-aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the loosestrife family, Lythraceae, native to the wetlands of Eurasia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing 1-2 m tall, ... > more

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