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• Tornadoes
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  Floods
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  April 6-8, 2006 Tornado Outbreak

  The April 6-8, 2006 Tornado Outbreak was a major tornado outbreak in the Central and parts of the Southern United States that began on April 6, 2006 and continued until April 8 across at least 13 ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Construction
  Sports Science
  Physics
   

  Richter magnitude scale

  The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. It is a base-10 logarithmic scale obtained by calculating ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Geography
  Weather
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Cyclone Tracy

  Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Australia, from December 24 to December 25, ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Petroleum
  Fossil Fuels
  Renewable Energy
  Energy Policy
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Fossil fuel

  Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons, primarily coal, fuel oil or natural gas, formed from the remains of dead plants and animals. In common dialogue, the term fossil fuel also includes ... > 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
• Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Petroleum
  Environmental Science
  Vehicles
   

  Automobile emissions control

  Automobile emissions control covers all the technologies that are employed to reduce the air pollution-causing emissions produced by ... > more
• Tornadoes
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Climate
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Tornado

  A tornado is a violently spinning column of air in contact with both a cumiliform cloud base and the surface. A tornado is typically shaped like a funnel with the narrow end on the ground. Tornadoes ... > 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
• Air Quality
  Organic Chemistry
  Global Warming
  Healthy Aging
  Forest
  Geochemistry
   
  

  Carbon monoxide

  Carbon monoxide, with the chemical formula CO, is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas. It is the product of the incomplete combustion of carbon-containing compounds, notably in ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Tsunamis
  Earth Science
   
  

  2005 Kashmir earthquake

  The Kashmir earthquake (also known as the Northern Pakistan earthquake or South Asia earthquake) of 2005 was a major earthquake whose epicenter was the Pakistan-administered disputed region of ... > more

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