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• Acid Rain
  Food Additives
  Air Quality
  Dietary Supplement
  Air Pollution
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Sulfur dioxide

  Sulfur dioxide (also sulphur dioxide, sulfurous anhydride or sulphurous anhydride) has the chemical formula SO2. The gas is irritating to the lungs and is frequently described as smelling of burning ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Storms
  Geography
  Tornadoes
  Weather
   
  

  1991 Halloween Nor'easter

  The 1991 Halloween Nor'easter, also known as the Perfect Storm, was an unusual and very powerful nor'easter combining an extratropical low and two hurricanes in October of ... > 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
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Early Climate
  Ice Ages
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Temperature record of the past 1000 years

  The temperature record of the past 1000 years describes the reconstruction of temperature for the last 1000 years on the Northern Hemisphere. A reconstruction is needed because a reliable surface ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Geography
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Hurricane Hazel

  Hurricane Hazel was the worst hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the worst hurricanes of the 20th century. Hazel killed as many as 1,000 people in Haiti before striking the ... > 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
• Thermodynamics
  Nature of Water
  Energy and the Environment
  Sports Science
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Temperature

  Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of "hot" and "cold"; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. Physically, temperature is a ... > more
• Rainforests
  Forest
  Geography
  Fish
  Oil Spills
  New Species
   
  

  Mangrove

  Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. Mangrove plants occupy shallow water and intertidal zones in tropical and ... > more
• Storms
  Severe Weather
  Snow and Avalanches
  Geography
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Tornadoes
   

  North American blizzard of 1978

  The Blizzard of 1978 (more commonly known in New England as "Blizzard of '78") was a severe Nor'easter that affected the New England area of the United States. Connecticut, Rhode Island, and ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Floods
  Natural Disasters
  Weather
  Oil Spills
   
  

  Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans

  The effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans was catastrophic and long-lasting. The storm, which was the costliest hurricane as well as one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history, made ... > more

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