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• Sun
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  Solar radiation

  Solar radiation is radiant energy emitted by the sun, particularly electromagnetic energy. About half of the radiation is in the visible short-wave part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The other ... > more
• Volcanoes
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  Krakatoa

  Krakatoa is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It has erupted repeatedly, massively and with disastrous consequences throughout recorded history. The best ... > more
• Water
  Floods
  Drought Research
  Geology
  Ecosystems
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  Artesian aquifer

  An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer whose water is pressurized. Water will thus flow out of an artesian well without ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Oil Spills
  Geology
  Pollution
   
  

  1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake

  The Izmit earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 which lasted for 45 seconds killed over 17,000 in northwestern Turkey on 17 August ... > more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Stars
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Precession of the equinoxes

  The precession of the equinoxes refers to the precession of Earth's axis of rotation with respect to inertial space. The precession of the equinoxes is caused by the differential gravitational forces ... > more
• Climate
  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
  Floods
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  Global Warming
   
  

  Jet stream

  Jet streams are fast flowing, relatively narrow air currents found in the atmosphere at around 12 km above the surface of the Earth, just under the tropopause. They form at the boundaries of adjacent ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
  Geology
  Mars
   
  

  Meteor

  A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. A meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Nature of Water
  Sports Science
  Natural Disasters
  Quantum Physics
  Tsunamis
   
  

  Pumice

  Pumice is a highly vesicular pyroclastic igneous rock of intermediate to siliceous magmas including rhyolite, trachyte and phonolite. Pumice is usually light in colour ranging from white, yellowish, ... > more
• Global Warming
  Geochemistry
  Air Quality
  Forest
  Climate
  Earth Science
   
  

  Carbon cycle

  The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere of the Earth. The cycle is usually thought of as four major ... > more
• Global Warming
  Ice Ages
  Climate
  Geography
  Oceanography
  Snow and Avalanches
   
  

  Antarctic ice sheet

  The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth. It covers an area of almost 14 million square km and contains 30 million cubic km of ice. Around 90 percent of the fresh water on ... > more

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