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• Energy and the Environment
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  Power station

  A power station or power plant is a facility for the generation of electric power. At the centre of nearly all power stations is a generator, a rotating machine that converts mechanical energy into ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Storms
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  1928 Okeechobee Hurricane

  The Okeechobee Hurricane or Hurricane San Felipe Segundo was a deadly hurricane that struck the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Florida in September of the 1928 Atlantic hurricane ... > more
• Climate
  Global Warming
  Early Climate
  Ice Ages
  Environmental Issues
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  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
• Thermodynamics
  Nature of Water
  Energy and the Environment
  Sports Science
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
   
  

  Temperature

  Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of "hot" and "cold"; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. Physically, temperature is a ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Weather
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
  Nature of Water
   
  

  Instrumental temperature record

  The instrumental temperature record shows the fluctuations of the temperature of the atmosphere and the oceans since the invention of ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
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  Weather
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  Oil Spills
   
  

  Hurricane Ivan

  Hurricane Ivan was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane, the fourth major hurricane, and the strongest hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Science
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  Mercury poisoning

  Mercury poisoning, also known as mercuralism, is the phenomenon of toxication by contact with mercury. The main dangers associated with elemental mercury are that at standard conditions for ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Petroleum
  Renewable Energy
  Environmental Science
  Oil Spills
  Fossil Fuels
   
  

  Biodiesel

  Biodiesel refers to a diesel-equivalent, processed fuel derived from biological sources. Though derived from biological sources, it is a processed fuel that can be readily used in diesel-engined ... > more
• Fuel Cells
  Alternative Fuels
  Air Quality
  Organic Chemistry
  Fossil Fuels
  Energy and the Environment
   
  

  Methanol

  Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol or wood alcohol, is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3OH. It is the simplest alcohol, and is a light, volatile, colourless, tasteless, flammable, ... > more
• Storms
  Severe Weather
  Snow and Avalanches
  Geography
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Tornadoes
   

  North American blizzard of 1978

  The Blizzard of 1978 (more commonly known in New England as "Blizzard of '78") was a severe Nor'easter that affected the New England area of the United States. Connecticut, Rhode Island, and ... > more

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