Environmental Issue Articles

• 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
• Tornadoes
  Severe Weather
  Climate
  Natural Disasters
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Geography
   

  List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

  These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred around the ... > more
• Snow and Avalanches
  Natural Disasters
  Severe Weather
  Storms
  Weather
  Geography
   
  

  Avalanche

  An avalanche is a slide of a large snow (or rock) mass down a mountainside, caused when a buildup of snow is released down a slope, and is one of the major dangers faced in the mountains in ... > more
• Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Oceanography
  Weather
   
  

  Rogue wave (oceanography)

  Rogue waves, also known as freak waves, are relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves which can sink even large ships and ocean liners. In oceanography, they are more concisely defined as ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Trees
   
  

  Kudzu

  Kudzu is a climbing, woody or semi-woody, perennial vine capable of reaching heights of 20 - 30 m (66 - 98 ft) in trees, but also scrambles extensively over lower vegetation. Kudzu is sometimes ... > 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
• Nuclear Energy
  Weapons Technology
  Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Sports Science
  Physics
   
  

  Plutonium

  Plutonium is a radioactive, metallic, chemical element. It has the symbol Pu and the atomic number 94. It is the element used in most modern nuclear weapons. The most important, albeit not most ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Trees
  Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Forest
  Zoology
   
  

  Gypsy moth

  The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, is a moth of European origin. Gypsy moth larvae prefer hardwoods, but may feed on several hundred different species of trees and shrubs. In the East the gypsy moth ... > more
• Floods
  Desert
  Geology
  Water
  Oceanography
  Natural Disasters
   
  

  Sandstone

  Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the earth's ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Storms
  Oil Spills
   
  

  Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina

  The meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina, an extremely destructive hurricane which was Category 5 at its peak, starts from its formation over the southeastern Bahamas as Tropical Depression ... > more

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