Energy and the Environment Articles

• Infant's Health
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Food
  Sports Medicine
  Air Quality
   
  

  Pesticide poisoning

  Pesticide poisonings, where chemicals intended to control a pest affect non-target organisms such as humans, wildlife, or bees. Since label directions required by the FIFRA are specifically designed ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Exotic Species
  Animals
  Soil Types
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Japanese beetle

  The Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) is a beetle about 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) long and 1 cm (0.4 inches) wide (smaller in Canada), with shiny copper-colored elytra and a shiny green top of the thorax ... > more
• Floods
  Natural Disasters
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Landslides
  Geography
   
  

  Flood

  A flood is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. Since prehistoric times people have lived by the seas and rivers for the access to cheap and quick transportation and ... > more
• Mammals
  Caving
  Agriculture and Food
  Geography
  Zoology
  Soil Types
   
  

  Mole (animal)

  Moles are members of the family (Talpidae) of mammals in the order Insectivora that live underground, burrowing holes. They have cylindrical bodies covered in fur with small or covered eyes; the ears ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Geography
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Hurricane Camille

  Hurricane Camille was a Category 5 hurricane that struck the United States at peak intensity near the mouth of the Mississippi River on the night of August 17 during the 1969 Atlantic hurricane ... > more
• Nature
  Weather
  Wild Animals
  Rainforests
  Animals
  Marine Biology
   
  

  Camouflage

  Camouflage is the method which allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment. Examples include a tiger's stripes and the battledress of a ... > 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
• Rodents
  Animals
  Mammals
  Early Mammals
  Mice
  Evolution
   
  

  Rodent

  Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing. Forty-percent of mammal ... > more
• Fisheries
  Fish
  Invasive Species
  Exotic Species
  Geography
  Zoology
   
  

  Lamprey

  A lamprey is a jawless fish with a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth, with which most species bore into the flesh of other fishes to suck their blood. Lampreys live mostly in coastal and fresh ... > more
• Tornadoes
  Severe Weather
  Climate
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Natural Disasters
  Storms
   
  

  Iowa Tornado Outbreak of November 2005

  The Iowa Tornado Outbreak of November 2005 was a large and exceptionally rare late autumn season tornado outbreak on the afternoon and evening of November 12, 2005 all throughout the state but ... > more

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