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• Air Quality
  Fossil Fuels
  Thermodynamics
  Air Pollution
  Energy and Resources
  Energy and the Environment
   
  

  Combustion

  Combustion or burning is a complex sequence of chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of either a glow or flames. ... > more
• Wind Energy
  Renewable Energy
  Energy and the Environment
  Environmental Science
  Energy and Resources
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Wind power

  Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into more useful forms, such as electricity, using wind turbines. At the end of 2006, worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 73.9 gigawatts; ... > 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
• Nature
  Ecology
  Ecology Research
  Endangered Plants
  Rainforests
  Forest
   
  

  Vegetation

  Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere. Vegetation serves ... > more
• Global Warming
  Environmental Policy
  Climate
  Environmental Issues
  Geography
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
   
  

  Kyoto Protocol

  The Kyoto Protocol or Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international treaty on climate ... > more
• Nature of Water
  Thermodynamics
  Sports Science
  Water
  Physics
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Evaporation

  Evaporation is one of the two forms of vaporization. It is the process whereby atoms or molecules in a liquid state (or solid state if the substance sublimes) gain sufficient energy to enter the ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Weather
  Storms
  Geography
  Climate
   
  

  Hurricane Andrew

  Hurricane Andrew was one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the United States. It raged from August 16 to August 28 during the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season, impacting the northwestern ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Weather
  Storms
  Tornadoes
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Geomagnetic Storms
   

  Derecho

  A derecho is a widespread and long-lived, violent convectively induced windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms usually taking the form of a bow echo. Derechos are ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Storms
  Geography
  Tornadoes
  Weather
   
  

  1991 Halloween Nor'easter

  The 1991 Halloween Nor'easter, also known as the Perfect Storm, was an unusual and very powerful nor'easter combining an extratropical low and two hurricanes in October of ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Accident and Trauma
  Natural Disasters
  Sports Medicine
  Storms
   
  

  Hurricane Katrina

  Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest ... > more

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