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• Computer Modeling
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  Distributed Computing
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  Computer simulation

  A computer simulation or a computer model is a computer program that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system. Computer simulations have become a useful part of mathematical ... > more
• Global Warming
  Oceanography
  Early Climate
  El Nino and La Nina
  Climate
  Geology
   
  

  Sequence stratigraphy

  Sequence stratigraphy is a relatively new branch of geology that attempts to link prehistoric sea-level changes to sedimentary deposits. The 'sequence' part of the name refers to cyclic sedimentary ... > more
• Natural Disasters
  Severe Weather
  Floods
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  Catastrophe modeling

  Catastrophe modeling (also known as cat modeling) is the process of using computer-assisted calculations to estimate the losses that could be sustained by a portfolio of properties due to a ... > more
• Global Warming
  Nature of Water
  Ice Ages
  Climate
  Oceanography
  Snow and Avalanches
   
  

  Ice shelf

  An ice shelf is a thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface, typically in Antarctica or Greenland. The boundary ... > more
• Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
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  Greenhouse effect

  The greenhouse effect is the process in which the emission of infrared radiation by the atmosphere warms a planet's surface. The name comes from an analogy with the warming of air inside a greenhouse ... > more
• Global Warming
  Oceanography
  El Nino and La Nina
  Climate
  Floods
  Geography
   
  

  Sea level

  Mean sea level (MSL) is the average (mean) height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level, however, involves complex measurement, and accurately ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Weather
  Storms
  Tornadoes
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Geomagnetic Storms
   

  Derecho

  A derecho is a widespread and long-lived, violent convectively induced windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms usually taking the form of a bow echo. Derechos are ... > more
• Global Warming
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  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
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  Weather
   
  

  Attribution of recent climate change

  Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically demonstrate which mechanisms are responsible for observed changes in the Earth's climate. The endeavor centers on the observed ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Environmental Policy
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Science
  Energy and the Environment
   
  

  IPCC Fourth Assessment Report

  The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the fourth in a series of reports on climate change. Two of the three reports (Working groups I and II) have ... > more
• Global Warming
  Water
  Geography
  Oceanography
  Climate
  Ice Ages
   
  

  Iceberg

  An iceberg is a large piece of ice that has broken off from a snow-formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. Since the density of pure water ice is ca. 920 kg/m3, and that of sea ... > more

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