Ecosystem Articles

• 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
• Geography
  Global Warming
  Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Ice Ages
  Climate
   
  

  Antarctica

  Antarctica is the continent at the extreme southern latitudes of the Earth, containing the South Pole. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and divided in two by the Transantarctic ... > more
• Water
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Science
   
  

  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
• Oil Spills
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Water
  Ecosystems
  Global Warming
  Severe Weather
   
  

  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
• 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
• Energy and the Environment
  Alternative Fuels
  Renewable Energy
  Fuel Cells
  Batteries
  Fossil Fuels
   
  

  Fuel cell

  A fuel cell is an electrochemical device similar to a battery, but differing from the latter in that it is designed for continuous replenishment of the reactants consumed; i.e. it produces ... > 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
• Acid Rain
  Rainforests
  Pollution
  Air Pollution
  Forest
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Rain

  Rain is a form of precipitation, other forms of which include snow, sleet, hail, and dew. Rain plays a major role in the hydrologic cycle in which moisture from the oceans evaporates, condenses into ... > more
• Oceanography
  Geography
  Global Warming
  Ecosystems
  Water
  Earth Science
   
  

  Ocean current

  An ocean current is any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans. The currents are generated from the forces acting upon the ... > more
• Storms
  Severe Weather
  Weather
  Environmental Science
  Renewable Energy
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Thunderstorm

  A thunderstorm, or an electrical storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder. It is usually accompanied by copious rainfall, hail, or rarely, ... > more

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