Environmental Science Articles

• Wildfires
  Oil Spills
  Rainforests
  Trees
  Ecology Research
  Ecology
   
  

  Controlled burn

  Prescribed or controlled burning is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, or prairie restoration. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Nuclear Energy
  Petroleum
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Future energy development

  Energy development is the ongoing effort to provide abundant and accessible energy, through knowledge, skills and constructions. When harnessing energy from primary energy sources and converting them ... > 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
• Hazardous Waste
  Petroleum
  Pollution
  Water
  Oil Spills
  Energy and the Environment
   
  

  Methyl tert-butyl ether

  MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) is a chemical compound that is manufactured by the chemical reaction of methanol and isobutylene. MTBE is produced in very large quantities (more than 200,000 ... > more
• Mining
  Environmental Policy
  Environmental Issues
  Air Pollution
  Geography
  Sustainability
   

  Remediation

  Generally, remediation means giving a remedy. In this article, the term refers to the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface ... > more
• Pollution
  Sustainability
  Air Pollution
  Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Policy
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Brownfield land

  Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental ... > more
• Nature
  Sustainability
  Ecology
  Biodiversity
  Environmental Policy
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Conservation ethic

  The conservation ethic is an ethic of resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its forests, fisheries, habitats, ... > more
• Atmosphere
  Renewable Energy
  Weather
  Climate
  Severe Weather
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Hadley cell

  The major driving force of atmospheric circulation in the tropical regions is solar heating. Because of the Earth's 23.5 ° axial tilt, the sun is never more than a few tens of degrees from ... > more
• Renewable Energy
  Nuclear Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Weapons Technology
  Environmental Science
  Hazardous Waste
   
  

  Nuclear power plant

  A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. Nuclear power plants are base load stations, which work best when the power output is ... > more
• Recycling and Waste
  Environmental Issues
  Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Science
  Sustainability
  Energy and the Environment
   
  

  Recycling

  Recycling is the collection of used materials that would otherwise be waste to be broken down and remade into new products. Similarly, reuse is collecting waste such as food and drink containers to ... > more

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