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• Landslides
  Natural Disasters
  Volcanoes
  Snow and Avalanches
  Geology
  Earth Science
   
  

  Landslide

  A landslide is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes, and shallow debris ... > more
• Environmental Policy
  Fish
  Earthquakes
  Marine Biology
  Environmental Issues
  Sea Life
   
  

  Rachel Carson

  Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 - April 14, 1964) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born zoologist and biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global ... > more
• Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
  Healthy Aging
  Sustainability
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Environmental Science
   

  Environmental impact assessment

  An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an assessment of the likely human environmental health impact, risk to ecological health, and changes to nature's services that a project may have. The ... > more
• Mining
  Pollution
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Nutrition
   

  Lead poisoning

  Lead poisoning is a condition, also known as plumbism or painter's colic, caused by increased blood serum lead levels. The symptoms of lead poisoning include neurological problems, such as reduced ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Animals
  Exotic Species
  New Species
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  Ant

  Ants are one of the most successful groups of insects in the animal kingdom and are of particular interest because they are a social insect and form highly organized colonies or nests, often ... > more
• Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Soil Types
  Molecular Biology
  Nature
  Microbiology
   
  

  Decomposition

  Decomposition is a phenomenon common in the sciences of biology and chemistry. In biology, decomposition refers to the reduction of the body of a formerly living organism into simpler forms of ... > more
• Natural Disasters
  Severe Weather
  Floods
  Earthquakes
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Tsunamis
   

  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
• Endangered Plants
  Agriculture and Food
  Botany
  Genetics
  Nature
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Plant breeding

  Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. This manipulation involves either controlled pollination, ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Snow and Avalanches
  Geography
  Global Warming
  Water
   
  

  Mount Rainier

  Mount Rainier is a composite volcano in Pierce County, Washington, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It is the highest peak in the Cascade Range, with a ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Geography
   

  Numerical weather prediction

  Numerical weather prediction is the science of predicting the weather using "models" of the atmosphere and computational techniques. Manipulating the huge datasets and performing the complex ... > more

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