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• Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Construction
  Civil Engineering
  Earthquakes
  Sports Science
   
  

  Tsunami

  A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions and large meteorite impacts all have the ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Tornadoes
  Storms
  Weather
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
   
  

  Storm chasing

  Storm chasing is broadly defined as the intentional pursuit of a thunderstorm, regardless of motive. A person who storm chases is known as a storm chaser, or simply a chaser. While witnessing a ... > more
• Oceanography
  Water
  Floods
  Geography
  Global Warming
  Desert
   
  

  Sediment

  Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. ... > more
• Global Warming
  Oceanography
  Early Climate
  El Nino and La Nina
  Climate
  Geology
   
  

  Sequence stratigraphy

  Sequence stratigraphy is a relatively new branch of geology that attempts to link prehistoric sea-level changes to sedimentary deposits. The 'sequence' part of the name refers to cyclic sedimentary ... > more
• Oceanography
  Geography
  Global Warming
  Coral Reefs
  Floods
  Geology
   
  

  Geology of the Capitol Reef area

  The exposed geology of the Capitol Reef area presents a record of mostly Mesozoic-aged sedimentation in an area of North America in and around Capitol Reef National Park. Nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) ... > more
• Aviation
  Atmosphere
  Sports Science
  Vehicles
  Global Warming
  Floods
   

  Altitude

  Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. Common datums are mean sea level and the surface of the WGS-84 geoid, used by GPS. In the United States and the UK aviation ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Geology
  Geography
  Earth Science
   

  North Anatolian Fault

  The North Anatolian Fault is one of the most energetic earthquake zones in the world. Turkey is set on a minor tectonic plate which is being squeezed westwards as the Arabian and the Eurasian plates ... > more
• Tsunamis
  Natural Disasters
  Water
  Oceanography
  Wildfires
  Ecosystems
   
  

  Ocean surface wave

  Ocean surface waves are surface waves that occur at the surface of an ocean. They usually result from distant winds or geologic effects and may travel thousands of miles before striking land. They ... > more
• Geology
  Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Earth Science
  Tsunamis
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
   
  

  Lithosphere

  The lithosphere is the solid outermost shell of a rocky planet. On the Earth, the lithosphere includes the crust and the uppermost layer of the mantle (the upper mantle or lower lithosphere) which is ... > more
• Fish
  Marine Biology
  Fisheries
  Sea Life
  Geography
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Seahorse

  Hippocampus is a genus of fish known as Seahorses (family Syngnathidae). Seahorses range in size from 16 mm (the recently discovered Hippocampus denise) to 35 cm. They are notable for being one of ... > more

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