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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
• Renewable Energy
  Nuclear Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Weapons Technology
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  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
• Civil Engineering
  Engineering
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  Civil engineering

  In modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures, or public works, as they are related to earth, ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Volcanoes
  Archaeology
  Lost Treasures
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  Pompeii

  Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount ... > more
• Recycling and Waste
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  Sewer

  Sewers transport wastewater from buildings to treatment facilities. Storm sewers (also storm drains) are large pipes that transport storm water runoff from streets to natural bodies of water, to ... > more
• Geology
  Earth Science
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  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Natural Disasters
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  Continental crust

  The continental crust is the layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. It is ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
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  Preparations for Hurricane Katrina

  This article covers the details of the Preparations for Hurricane Katrina, a major category 5 hurricane that devastated parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. By August 26 2005, the ... > more
• Pollution
  Pests and Parasites
  Environmental Policy
  Environmental Issues
  Geography
  Nature
   
  

  DDT

  DDT was the first modern pesticide and is arguably the most well known organic pesticide. Overall, it is known that DDT concentrates in biological systems (particularly in body fat), that it is a ... > more
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Early Climate
  Ice Ages
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Temperature record of the past 1000 years

  The temperature record of the past 1000 years describes the reconstruction of temperature for the last 1000 years on the Northern Hemisphere. A reconstruction is needed because a reliable surface ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Natural Disasters
  Weather
  Storms
  Floods
   
  

  Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi

  The Gulf Coast of Mississippi suffered massive damage from the impact of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, leaving 236 people dead, 67 missing, and an estimated $125 Billion in ... > more

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