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• Soil Types
  Organic
  Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Agriculture and Food
  Geography
   
  

  Earthworm

  Earthworm is the common name for the larger members of the Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum Annelida. Earthworms travel underground by the means ... > more
• Organic
  Soil Types
  Botany
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Sustainability
   

  Organic lawn management

  Organic lawn management is the practice of establishing and caring for a garden lawn without the use of chemical inputs such as pesticides or artificial fertilisers. The garden lawn is a place where ... > more
• Ice Ages
  Global Warming
  Climate
  Nature of Water
  Oceanography
  Snow and Avalanches
   
  

  Ice age

  An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's climate, resulting in an expansion of the continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers. Glaciologically, ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Botany
  Nature
  Pests and Parasites
  Seeds
  Rainforests
   
  

  Plant

  Plants are a major group of living things including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, ferns, and mosses. About 350,000 species of plants, defined as seed plants, bryophytes, ferns and ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Geography
  Environmental Policy
  Charles Darwin
  Origin of Life
  Paleontology
   

  Jurassic

  The Jurassic period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 200 Ma (million years ago) at the end of the Triassic to 146 Ma at the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic ... > more
• Pollution
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Science
  Water
   
  

  Humidity

  Humidity is the concentration of water vapor in the air. The concentration can be expressed as absolute humidity, specific humidity, or relative humidity. Relative humidity is the most frequently ... > more
• Geology
  Nature of Water
  Sports Science
  Atmosphere
  Floods
  Water
   
  

  Sedimentary rock

  Sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups (along with igneous and metamorphic rocks) and is formed in four main ways: by the deposition of the weathered remains of other rocks (known as ... > more
• Wildfires
  Natural Disasters
  Earthquakes
  Ecology
  Exotic Species
  Rainforests
   
  

  Wildland fire suppression

  Wildland fire suppression is a unique aspect of firefighting. Wildland firefighting requires different tactics, equipment, and training from the normal structure fire fighting found in populated ... > 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
• Rainforests
  Ecology Research
  Forest
  Nature
  Environmental Science
  Ecology
   
  

  Deforestation

  Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land use such as arable land, urban use, logged area or wasteland. Historically, this meant conversion to grassland or to its ... > more

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